From under the gun, Sam Trickett raised to 34,000. James Obst was in the next seat and reraised to 126,000. Action then folded to Tony Bloom in the big blind and he made it 275,000 to go. Trickett folded and Obst went all in for a little bit more. Bloom called.
Obst:
Bloom:
The flop, turn and river ran out and that was the end of the road for Obst. He finished in fifth place and took home AUD$200,000 in winnings.
David Steicke limped in from the button and Tony Bloom raised to 64,000 from the small blind. After Sam Trickett folded from the big blind, Steicke followed suit and tossed his hand into the muck.
A raise of 40,000 came from Tony Bloom to kick off the action. Erik Seidel called from the small blind and David Steicke called from the big blind.
The flop came down and action checked to Bloom. He bet 65,000 and Seidel made the call. Steicke folded his hand.
The turn brought the and both players checked to see the fall on the river. Seidel checked and Bloom bet 80,000. Seidel made the call, but mucked his hand when Bloom tabled the .
Bloom is now over 1.5 million in chips, having increased his lead with that pot.
Tony Bloom entered the pot first to speak with a 38,000-chip raise which was called by Sam Trickett and David Steicke from the button and big blind respectively.
Bloom continued for 70,000 on the flop with only Trickett making the call as the rolled off on the turn.
Using his full time bank, Bloom eventually arose to a decision of betting 300,000 to put Trickett to big decision.
His full thirty seconds would count down before he casually tossed in his time breaker button to extend his time bank by a further thirty seconds.
That thirty seconds wouldn't be enough for Trickett as it eventually timed right down to see his hand deemed as being dead.
"I needed longer then that!" stated Trickett as he slipped to roughly 800,000 in chips as Bloom surges to 1,650,000 in chips.
From under the gun, Sam Trickett raised to 34,000. Tony Bloom called from the big blind and the flop came down . Bloom check-called a bet of 39,000 on the flop from Trickett before the turn brought the to the party.
On the turn, Bloom checked and Trickett didn't slow down. He bet 89,000. Bloom stared blankly for a few moments and then gave it up.
Erik Seidel took his turn from under the gun to raise the action up and made it 35,000 to go. David Steicke made the call in the next seat and off to the flop they went after everyone else folded.
The flop came down and Seidel stayed aggressive with a bet of 43,000. Steicke made the call, not going anywhere just yet.
The turn brought the and Seidel thought for a little bit. He then announced that he was all in for 155,000. Steicke made the call.
Seidel turned over the , but Steicke had one-upped him with the , having slow-played his hand and drawing Seidel into the trap.
The dealer burned and dealt the on the river to give Seidel a miracle two-outer and double him up.
"THat's why you have so many bracelets," said Steicke, shaking it off.