We regret to inform you that Australian Poker Hall of Famer Leo Boxell has been eliminated from the tournament, though we did discover Toby Lewis in the tournament. Also as a side note, Jeff Rossiter has been moved to Table 24 and is currently sitting with a stack of 12,000.
Roman "ROMES_HOME" Priplotski has just taken a hit to his stack and we managed to catch the action with a flop showing .
Priplotski was in the hand with Steve Bouya and Priplotski bet 1,000. Bouya made the call and the was dealt on the turn. This time both players checked and a hit the river. Priplotski opted to check-call a bet of 2,650 and mucked his hand when Bouya turned over .
With about 4,000 in the pot and a flop of , Sorel Mizzi checked from the big blind, as did a player in middle-position. The button then bet out 1,300, which Mizzi called. The MP player then woke up with a check-raise to 5,000, leaving himself just a few thousand behind. The button thought long and hard before announcing a raise to 10,000.
The squeeze worked on Mizzi as he folded and preserved his stack of 18,000. It was a good thing he did too, as the MP player snap-called and revealed , which had the button's crushed.
The end of Peter Arisitidou's tournament began when a player opened to 475. It was at this point that Aristidou popped it to 1,150. When the action flew back around the table, Aristidou's opponent four-bet to 3,600. Aristidou didn't hesitate when he shoved his stack in and his opponent made a quick call.
Arisitidou:
Opponent:
The flop was just about enough to send Arisitidou packing anfd when the turn and river bricked, it was all over for the prominent Melbourne local.
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