Four players, including Jesse Sylvia, Man Hei Lam, Jan Collado, and Lee Markholt took a flop of . The action checked to Markholt, who bet 9,600. Sylvia folded on the button, and Lam and Collado both called from the blinds.
The turn was the , all three players checked, and the river brought the . Lam checked, Collado fired 25,500, and Markholt folded. Lam mulled the decision over for less than 30 seconds before flicking forward a brown T25,000 chip. Collado showed for a pair of sevens, prompting Lam to turn over for a pair of aces.
He raked in the pot, and now has over 400,000 chips.
We saw a crowd forming around Table 24 and made our way over to see what all the fuss was about. When we arrived there was already 50,000 in the pot and a board reading . Jan Collado slide out a huge bet of 125,000 from the small blind, and it was up to Jesse Sylvia, who only had 35,000 behind in the cutoff.
The 2012 World Series of Poker runner-up hit the tank hard as a call would be for his tournament life. One by one the minutes ticked by until, after about five minutes, Jackie Glazier (who had recently moved to the table) called the clock. After another 30 seconds or so had passed, Sylvia called and tabled . He seemed relieved when Collado revealed for the same hand. Chop it up.
Meanwhile, Jamie Pickering has been eliminated from the tournament.
Players are now on a 75-minute dinner break. While we fill up on the delights that Crown Melbourne has to offer, take a minute to enjoy Lynn Gilmartin's Calling the Clock on Nate Silver.
This one is from before the dinner break, but still very much worth mentioning. On a flop the action was checked to Patrik Antonius who bet 8,000. One player folded which brought the action to Tom Grigg. Grigg moved all in for 23,700 and Antonius called after about 20 seconds.
Grigg:
Antonius:
The board ran out , and Antonius doubled up Grigg. The Finnish mastermind had a sour look on his face, but that quickly changed.
"I won a pot against Antonius!" Grigg celebrated sarcastically and the Fin cracked up. Antonius still has 265,000 chips and nothing to worry about.
This one is also from quite some time ago, but we got word of Ashley Warner's bustout. Rajkumar Ramakrishnan raised to 4,500 after which Warner made it 14,000 and the initial raiser called.
The flop brought and Warner bet 10,000. Ramakrishnan decided to raise it up to 50,000 and Warner proceeded to move all in. Ramakrishnan called.
Ramakrishnan:
Warner:
The turn brought the and the river the eliminating Warner.
After Man Hei Lam had opened for 5,000 and Jan Collado called from the hijack, Ang Pangleng three-bet to 15,000 from the button. The blinds both folded, as did Hei Lam, and then Collado made the call. The latter then checked the flop and Pangleng wasted little time in betting 26,500. It was enough as Collado released his hand.
With around 9,000 in the pot and a flop of , an unknown player in the small blind checked and Tom Grigg bet 5,700 from the button. A call was made and then the dealer burned and turned the . The small blind checked once again, but this time he woke up with a check-raise to 30,000 when Grigg bet 13,700. The latter thought for a few moments before calling, and that brought about the on the river.
The small blind kept the pressure on by betting 35,000, and Grigg, who only had about 35,700, hit the tank. He thought for a solid minute before tossing in a call and the small blind showed the for a missed straight. Grigg then tabled the for the second nuts.
Richard Ashby, who was seated to Grigg's right, asked what took him so long. "He could have had ," Griggs replied.
. The action checked to Markholt, who bet 9,600. Sylvia folded on the button, and Lam and Collado both called from the blinds.
, all three players checked, and the river brought the 
. Lam checked, Collado fired 25,500, and Markholt folded. Lam mulled the decision over for less than 30 seconds before flicking forward a brown T25,000 chip. Collado showed 
for a pair of sevens, prompting Lam to turn over 
for a pair of aces.
. He seemed relieved when Collado revealed 
for the same hand. Chop it up.
flop the action was checked to Patrik Antonius who bet 8,000. One player folded which brought the action to Tom Grigg. Grigg moved all in for 23,700 and Antonius called after about 20 seconds.
, 
and Antonius doubled up Grigg. The Finnish mastermind had a sour look on his face, but that quickly changed.
, and Ivey checked. Ljung bet all in for 48,600, and Ivey folded.
eliminating Warner.
flop and Pangleng wasted little time in betting 26,500. It was enough as Collado released his hand.
, an unknown player in the small blind checked and Tom Grigg bet 5,700 from the button. A call was made and then the dealer burned and turned the 
. The small blind checked once again, but this time he woke up with a check-raise to 30,000 when Grigg bet 13,700. The latter thought for a few moments before calling, and that brought about the 
on the river.
for a missed straight. Grigg then tabled the 
