A player opened to 525 in middle position, Kahle Burns three-bet to 850 on the button, and the action folded back to the original raiser, who called.
The flop fell , and the player check-called a 2,100-chip bet from Burns.
The turn was the , both players checked, and the completed the board. Both players checked again. The original raiser tabled for a pair of nines, and Burns mucked his hand.
Tobias Reinkemeier is playing the Main Event as well today, and he's sitting a little below the starting stack. Reinkemeier's main concern right now is halfway across the room where his good friend Igor Kurganov is playing the final three of the $100,000 event.
"We kinda need some Aussie cash," Reinkemeier said with a smile. "That way we can borrow some to play the $250,000," he added while folding his cards.
The group of young German professionals keeps impressing with big results and Kurganov's cash today could propel many of them to enter the big $250,000 event on Thursday. You can follow updates on the $100,000 right here on PokerNews.com.
Andrew Pantling checked on a board of , and his opponent tossed out two teal T2,000 chips. Pantling thought for ten seconds or so, then called.
His opponent turned over for a busted flush draw, and Pantling showed for a better ace-high. He raked in the pot, and now sits with around 40,000 chips.
"It's the only way to get money though," Feldman said with a smile as the dealer fanned out on the flop. The player in the under the gun position had raised to 1,300 and both Feldman and another player called. The player in the big blind was contemplating a call, but opted out with the following words.
"It's too much money for me."
The initial raiser checked to Feldman on the flop and he bet 1,500. The player to Feldman's left called and the initial raiser folded.
On the turn the hit and this time Feldman check-called 2,200. The river brought the and both players checked. Feldman's opponent showed and the young Aussie mucked his cards.
No money for Feldman this time, but he's still very close to today's starting stack.
Oliver Gill just managed to double up and that moves him back up to 25,000 chips. Gill raised preflop to 475 and no less than three players decided to call.
The flop came down and the small blind lead out for 1,100. Gill called the 1,100-chip bet after which a third player raised it up to 3,500. The small blind folded his hand and Gill quickly called.
On the turn the showed up and Gill checked again. Gill's opponent moved all in and the young Aussie snap-called.
"Top set," Gill said as he flipped up his . He was up against and the river brought the .
"I'm not even back up to the starting stack, but it makes up for the spewing I did in the beginning," Gill laughed as he raked in the most important pot of his day so far.
We've just spotted Aaron Li on one of the far tables and his stack isn't looking all that good. Lim is down to just 9,700 chips and he will be looking for some help in the upcoming orbits.
Lim had a killer 2012 with $650,526 in live cashes, with his best result finishing third in the Partouche Poker Tour Main Event.