If only the rail knew that the Phil Ivey's table wasn't the only stacked one present in the room at the moment, with Tom Dwan sitting with Eli Elezra to his left and JP Kelly to Elezra's.
We caught this hand with a board showing .
The player in the small blind position fired out a 2,100 chip bet into Elezra. Elezra made the fold and sent the play to Dwan.
Dwan then looked in pain as he tanked for a while before staggering the call into the pot. His opponent turned over . Dwan turned over .
"So we all flopped a jack?", said Elezra as he stood up. "I folded queen-jack."
It didnt matter what Elezra had, as Dwan took down the pot with the best hand, his look of pain all for nothing.
Julian Powell is amongst the latest to have been sent to the rail after copping friendly fire from fellow Australian Reza Vakili before falling to Matthew Wood.
Vakili raised to 425 from under the gun and Powell followed along before the action folded to the player on the button who raised to 1,600. Both Vakili and Powell made the call and then the dealer spread the flop that read .
Vakili and Powell checked, the button led out for 2,300 and Vakili came back with a check-raise, making it 7,500 to go. Powell shipped the rest of his stack into the middle (around 25,000 in chips), the button folded and Vakili called.
Vakili:
Powell:
"I knew you had that hand!" Vakili exclaimed. "So sick - it's like baccarat!"
Unfortunately for Powell, his natural nine missed all his outs and he was smashed back to 6,000 in chips after Vakili improved to two pair on the turn of the before the bricked out on the river.
A short time later, Powell got the rest of his chips into the middle with pocket sixes, but ran into Wood's pocket kings. Bada bing, bada boom.
It's like an episode of High Stakes Poker in the back corner of the tournament area. Erick Lindgren and Howard Lederer are sitting next to each other, and one table over, Tom Dwan and Eli Elezra are in just about every pot together.
In the latest hand, Dwan raised under the gun to 525, and Elezra called. The big blind joined them to see the flop. The big blind checked, and Dwan eyed the guy's stack before pointing at Eli. Elezra took the bait and bet 1,225. The big blind flatted, and action back on Dwan, he tossed out around 20,000 - enough chips to put both men all in. Elezra folded quickly, and the big blind happily called all in for about 17,000. "Whoah!" yelled Eli, standing up.
Dwan tabled for a straight draw. But with , the big blind was already there. The on the turn meant Dwan could only chop with a jack. And the river saw him shipping about two-thirds of his stack to his right. Eli started yelling at Durrrr, claiming he'd folded and would have rivered a full house.
Dwan is down to 12,000 and Elezra is in the red zone and has his chips laid out one-high in front of him.
Keeping up with the big names sitting right next to each other, one Patrik Antonius has just been seated next to Barny Boatman.
That now puts Phil Ivey on James Akenhead's left, Tom Dwan with Eli Elezra on his left, Howard Lederer on Erick Lindgren's left and of course now Antonius and Boatman.
Only a few hands after sitting down, Patrick Antonius is already showing how it is over at his table.
Antonius limped under the gun before the player in the hi-jack seat popped it to 1,000. With the action back on Antonius he made the call.
The flop turned over and Antonius again checked. The hi-jack player sent a 1,200 chip bet Antonius' way.
What will Antonius do in the position? I'll tell you what, he will check-raise it to 5,800 and send his opponent's cards to the muck, asserting his authority while raking in his new chips. Thankyou very much.
The Crown Poker Room is bursting at the seams with plenty of spectators railing the Main Event action and a line that is literally heading up the escalator and out the door.
That's because the 2011 Aussie Millions Teams Event is about to get underway. What's particularly special about this year's Teams Event is that it's one of the cheapest championship events of the series - it's only AUD$550 to enter - per team!
And while the players in the queue are waiting to register, they can amble by the feature tables and check out their favorite poker pros in action. Sweet!
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. Dwan turned over 
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before the 
bricked out on the river.
flop. The big blind checked, and Dwan eyed the guy's stack before pointing at Eli. Elezra took the bait and bet 1,225. The big blind flatted, and action back on Dwan, he tossed out around 20,000 - enough chips to put both men all in. Elezra folded quickly, and the big blind happily called all in for about 17,000. "Whoah!" yelled Eli, standing up.
for a straight draw. But with 
on the turn meant Dwan could only chop with a jack. And the 
and would have rivered a full house.
on the river would see Dunst check again. His opponent would this time make it 4,750.
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and Antonius again checked. The hi-jack player sent a 1,200 chip bet Antonius' way.