After a player limped in from early-middle position, Aaron Benton raised to 1,200 from the next seat. Everyone folded before he limper made the call.
The flop came down and the first player checked. Benton bet 2,475 and his opponent folded, showing that he was laying down the . Benton showed a heart as well, the , and moved to 18,000 in chips.
On a flop of Warwick Mirzikinian called a 1,200-chip bet from his opponent as the rolled off on the turn and Mirzikinian proceeded to call a 3,500-chip bet.
The river of the was greeted by a check and Mirzikinian moved all in. His opponent made the call holding , and once Mirzikinian was sure his was no better, he made his way to the rail.
Action folded to the player in the hijack seat and he raised to 850. The button then made it 2,000 straight before action fell on Daniel Reijmer in the small blind. He four-bet to 4,000. The big blind and original raiser both folded quickly. The button took a little bit longer with his decision and then tossed his hand in as well. Reijmer showed the and collected the pot. He's up to 83,000 now.
Peter Aristidou strolled by the PokerNews blogging desk and detailed us his elimination.
Only having 6,000 remaining in his stack, being dealt under the gun, he opted to limp in a hope that someone might make a move on him.
He was wrong as two other players limped behind to see a flop. He led and a player behind him raised before Aristidou three-bet jammed all in with his opponent calling.
Aristidou:
Opponent:
A on the turn reduced Aristidou's out as a queen blanked the river to send the local tournament regular to the rail.
Martin Kozlov found himself all in for his last 7,275 against Kosta Varoxis.
Kozlov:
Varoxis:
The board would be spread to see Kozlov spike his two-outer to double through to 21,000 (as there was a third player in the hand also) while Varoxis slipped to 13,500.