Jamie Pickering held two opponents all in preflop with the himself in the best shape of soaring close to the six-figure mark.
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The flop of gave both all in opponent's outs to remain alive, but when the and fell on the turn and river, Pickering happily collected the pot to move to 93,000 in chips.
In a limped pot, four players saw a flop fall with the initial limper firing out 8,000.
Billy "The Croc" Argyros folded from the cutoff before Gary Benson check-raised all in from the small blind for his last 16,400. The big blind passed, but the flop aggressor made the call to put Benson at risk.
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The on the turn saw Benson give up the lead, but when the landed on the river, he happily scooped the double to send him to over 40,000 in chips.
Martin Kozlov opened with a raise under the gun only to have Tyron Krost move all in. Kozlov made the call for his tournament life tabling to be in a race against Krost's .
Fortunately for Kozlov, the board blanked out and he managed to find a double while also crippling Krost.
The following hand, Krost pushed holding and it would be Kozlov from the big blind finding to put the Aussie Millions Champion at risk.
Yet again, Krost failed to improve once the board was spread as he was forced to hit the rail while Kozlov climbed to just under 60,000 in chips.
Joel Dodds pushed his last 12,600 into the pot from early position as the action folded round to Nino Marotta on the button.
Not realizing that Dodds had moved all in, Marotta tossed in 3,500. Made aware of the action before him, Marotta opted to make up the additional 9,100 as the blinds folded.
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In a race, Dodds unfortunately saw the provide some cruel justice on the river as Marotta made a pair to send Dodds to the rail and Marotta to over 75,000 in chips.