Patrik Antonius raised to 7,000 from the cutoff seat, and the small blind reraised all in for 29,500. Antonius made the call with the 
. His opponent held the 
.
The board ran through 
, and Antonius sent over the chips to give his opponent the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
320,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
|
||
Phil Ivey raised to 7,000 from under the gun, and Patrik Antonius called from the hijack seat. In the cutoff seat, Aaron Lim three-bet to 21,500. Everyone folded back to Ivey, and he also gave it up. Antonius followed suit, and Lim won the pot.
Dylan Honeyman opened to 6,000 from under the gun, and Rajkumar Ramakrishnan called from the small blind. Phil Ivey called from the big blind, and the flop came down 
. Ramakrishnan and Ivey checked, Honeyman bet 9,000, Ramakrishnan called, and Ivey folded.
The turn was the 
, and both Ramakrishnan and Honeyman checked to see the 
land on fifth street. Ramakrishnan bet 18,000, but Honeyman opted to put in a raise and made it 41,500 to go. Ramakrishnan called.
Honeyman tabled the 
for the nut flush, and Ramakrishnan mucked his hand with a slight shake of his head.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
375,000
296,000
|
296,000 |
|
165,000
-185,000
|
-185,000 |
We were first introduced to Slade Fisher last year when he went deep in the 2012 Aussie Millions Main Event, ultimately finishing in 18th place for AU$60,000. Given his unique dreads, Fisher is easy to pick out of a crowd.
Fisher had a great Day 1c, finishing second in chips, but he couldn't get anything going here on Day 2. In what would be his last hand, Fisher moved all in from middle position for his last 50,000 and received a call from Elliot Smith in the hijack. The rest of the field folded and the cards were turned up.
Fisher:
Smith: 
It was a bad spot for Fisher and he seemed to know it was the end as he was up out of his seat even before the flop came down 
. Neither the 
turn nor river were what Fisher needed, and he exited a bit sooner in 2013 than he did the year prior.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
Busted |
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Tom Grigg and Sam Cohen were heads up on a board of 
. Grigg led out for 10,500, and Cohen made the call.
The river was the , and Grigg led out again - this time for 15,500. Cohen quickly called.
"Just a jack," Grigg announced, showing 
.
Cohen rapped the table, then mucked her cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
85,000
-67,000
|
-67,000 |
The hardest seats to sit in right now definitely belong to the players that have to face Patrik Antonius and Phil Ivey. The two poker superstars do not want to give in against any player and they both try to control ever single pot.
We just saw seven hands in a row, four of which were won by Antonius and two by Ivey. During one of the hands it was Antonius who three-bet Ivey and the crowd immediately leaned over the rail to take in every second of this exciting scenario. Ivey opted to lay it down, and everybody exhaled.
Only once did Antonius have to give up a hand, this was when a short stack decided to three-bet him. All the other pots that were played did not contain a lot of chips but it sent a clear signal to all the players at the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
365,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
||
|
|
330,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
The most famous non professional poker player left in the event has just been knocked out. Nate Silver, who was on the PokerNews Podcast earlier this week, fell to Gary Benson when he ran pocket kings into aces. Silver, who started the hand with around 120,000 chips, ended up all in preflop and couldn't catch up with the Aussie.
For all you Silver fans out there you can still listen to the podcast we recorded with him right here.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
270,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Back in December, Tony Chang took third in the World Poker Tour Prague €3,500 Main Event for €106,260. Chang traveled south of the equator to take a shot at the Southern Hemisphere's most prestigious title, but it didn't quite pan out as he was just eliminated by Adam Carlton.
We didn't catch the action until the end with 100,000 already in the pot and a board reading 
. Chang, who had apparently check-called bets on the flop and turn, had opted to ship all in for 86,500 and put the screws to Carlton. The latter player thought for a spell before spiking in a call, and Chang confidently turned over 
. Carlton then rolled over 
and said, "Yes."
Chang collected his things and made a quick exit from the tournament floor while Carlton, who clearly received a shot of adrenaline from the hand, stacked the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
450,000
343,700
|
343,700 |
|
|
Busted |
From under the gun, Aaron Lim opened with a raise to 6,000. Rajkumar Ramakrishnan made the call from the hijack seat, and Patrik Antonius called from the big blind. From there, the dealer ran out the 
flop, and action checked over to Ramakrishnan. He bet 25,500, and Antonius folded.
Lim didn't go away so easily, though, and he check-raised all in for 118,000. Ramakrishnan took his time — about a minute and a half — then called. Lim then turned up his , but was surprised to see that he was behind the 
for Ramakrishnan.
Lim mumbled a little something under his breath about the call being a slowroll as the dealer ran out the 
on the turn and the 
on the river. Lim finished second best to Ramakrishnan, and he was eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
340,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
330,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
From under the gun, Rajkumar Ramakrishnan raised to 6,000. Patrik Antonius called on the button, and the player in the big blind also called. On the 
flop, action checked to Ramakrishnan, and he fired 21,000. Both of his opponents folded, and Ramakrishnan picked up the pot.
