With roughly 5,400 remaining in his stack, Stewart Scott moved all in from under the gun. His opponent in the big blind was the only player to give the 2009 Aussie Millions Champion some action.
Scott:
Opponent:
With Scott's suited connectors needing to . . . connect . . . the flop gave him additional outs to completing a straight.
Unfortunately for Scott, the turn and river both saw paint drop with the and , to force him to the rail.
On one of the far tables, we were just informed of an amazing five-handed hand that took place.
Three players saw all their chips enter the pot preflop in an amazing versus versus cooler hand.
It would be the worst hand of the lot striking first when a queen spiked on the flop, but when a king landed on the turn, Daniel Laidlaw would be the one gleaming with joy.
No fairy-tale ace on the river would fall as one player exited, one was left crippled and Laidlaw happily soared to 23,000 in chips.
Full Tilt Poker Red Pro Scott Montgomery pushed from under the gun for roughly his last fifteen big blinds and Gabriel Xiourouppa made the call from the button.
Montgomery:
Xiourouppa:
Both players caught a pair on the flop, and although Montgomery turned a flush draw, he would brick the river and find himself on the rail.
Chess prodigy Jeffrey Sarwer is the next player to find himself heading to the rail.
After losing a race holding against , a now short-stacked Sarwer committed what remained of his stack with against the very opponent who crippled him and his .
Sarwer would again fall short and be bounced to the rail - unable to add to his one Aussie Millions cash from the Event 1: $1,100 Opening Event (60th place for AUD$3,570).
Brendon Rubie opened with a raise preflop before Chris Yea three-bet from the big blind.
Rubie made the call, and when the flop brought about a continuation-bet from Yea, Rubie bumped it up with a two-bet.
Yea moved all in and Rubie made the call for his tournament life.
Rubie:
Yea:
With Rubie's two-pair trailing, the turn and river blanked out to see him hit the rail as Yea - the brother of Full Tilt Poker Red Pro Steve - moves to 63,000 in chips.
Ben Delaney has just soared into great position to progress through to the next stage after eliminating three opponents - two of which were in the same hand.
In the first hand, one player pushed his last 8,000 holding only to have Vladimir Geshkenbein commit his last 7,000 with .
Delaney made the call holding , and when an ace spiked on the turn, he sent two players to the rail while climbing to 51,000.
Just a few hands later, Delaney would open his button to 1,500 only to have Darren Kramer make it 4,400 from the big blind. Delaney pushed, Kramer called for roughly his last 23,000 and we were off to the races.
Kramer:
Delaney:
The board ran out to end Kramer's tournament while sending Delaney soaring up to 73,000.