Dennis Huntley will be dreading the day he decided to limp with from under the gun. Bruno Portaro was the player going toe-to-toe with Huntley as the flop hit the felt.
This is when Huntley got his stack all in. Portaro held and no cards helped Huntley as he made his way home.
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Rupert Elder entered a hand bounty hunting and exited the hand upsetting another player greatly.
The table bounty, Brendan Ruby, opened to 225 from the hijack and was called by the cut-off player before Rupert Elder squeezed to 675 from the button. Ruby folded but the other player called to the flop.
Elder c-bet for 800 and called when his opponent check-raised to 1,800. The turn brought the and Elder faced a 2,600 bet that he treated to an all-in push for 6,375. Snap call.
The cut-off player opened for a set. Elder opened the drawing and that prompted his opponent to go. “F##k” as if he knew that the river was coming as the to complete the Brit’s flush.
Elder swiftly left the table to go and grab some water, and it was probably just as well. His opponent was pretty upset and the cursing from his mouth continued until we left the scene.
Elder’s good friend, Dominik Nitsche, who also “got there” today commented with, “Well played, Rupert, well played.”
We've lost the first bounty of the day. After an exchange of raises pre-flop, Craig Cockburn got all his chips in the middle with , versus Jason Mo's . There was an in the window to put a frown on Jason's face, but when the peeled over with the rest of the flop, Cockburn was left drawing pretty slim.
The board bricked for Cockburn and Mo has picked up the first $1,000 bounty for the day.
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Fresh off his 3rd place finish in the PCA Main Event, Faraz Jaka has entered the building and taken his seat as a bounty in today's tournament. Jaka received $755,000 USD for that impressive finish in the Bahamas and will be looking for similar results here in Melbourne.
The action started when Andrew Hinrichsen opened the pot from under the gun. The bounty player enticed Adam Cusenza and Bruno Portaro to make the call as the flop was dealt.
All three players checked on the flop and the hit the turn. This time Portaro led for 1,500 and both Hinrichsen and Cusenza made the call.
When the landed on the river, Portaro again led, this time for 3,000. Hinrichsen let his hand go, while Cusenza made the call. When Portaro turned over his , Cusenza sent his cards into the muck and Portaro took down the hand.