To say Jan Collado is on a heater would be an understatement. That fact was evidenced by a hand that just played out between him and Paul O'Brien.
We're not sure of the betting, but we do know that O'Brien got his stack of 210,000 all in preflop holding and was dominating the of Collado. Like we said, the young German is running hot and continued to do so as the flop came down with a queen in the window... . The table reacted in disbelief while O'Brien was clearly stunned.
The turn gave O'Brien some added outs as a king would make him a straight, but it wasn't in the cards as the peeled off. O'Brien left the tournament floor in a bit of a daze while Collado was all smile as he chipped up to 1 million.
Matthew Ginn was all in and at risk preflop holding , and he was dominated by Jarrod Glennon's . The board ran out , and Glennon doubled to 590,000 chips.
Tony Da Costa Silva was all in preflop for his last 30,000 or so holding , and Ang Pangleng had him at risk with .
The flop fell , giving Pangleng a gutshot straight draw, and the on the turn gave him extra outs to make a flush. The completed the board. giving Pangleng said flush, and eliminating Costa Silva.
A short-stacked Craig McCorkell, who was the short stack on the money bubble, decided it was time to go with the and was at risk against the of 2010 Aussie Millions Main Event champ Tyron Krost, who got into this event for free after winning last year's Tournament of Champions.
According to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, McCorkell had a 52.56% chance of surviving the hand, but even though the flop didn't hit Krost directly, it made him a 52.63% favorite by giving him a flush draw to go with his overs. The turn gave McCorkell back the lead and made him a 68.18% favorite, but the spiked on the river to give Krost the flush and the win.
David Garcia and Adam Schmidt were heads up on a board of . Schmidt tossed out a bet, and Garcia moved all in. Schmidt called with for trip jacks, but they were no good against Garcia's for a rivered full house.
The stacks were counted down, and Garcia had Schmidt out-chipped by a few thousand, sending him to the rail.
After Kitty Kuo raised from the button, Stephen Goodridge got his short stack all in from the big blind with . He was way behind the of Kuo, though the flop gave him some hope. "Nine," Goodridge requested of the dealer, who did not oblige on the turn when he put down the {6}. The card meant Goodridge could also chop with a four, but neither that nor a nine appeared as the blanked on the river.
Meanwhile, Billy Jordanou has also been eliminated from the tournament.
and was dominating the 
of Collado. Like we said, the young German is running hot and continued to do so as the flop came down with a queen in the window... 
. The table reacted in disbelief while O'Brien was clearly stunned.
turn gave O'Brien some added outs as a king would make him a straight, but it wasn't in the cards as the 
peeled off. O'Brien left the tournament floor in a bit of a daze while Collado was all smile as he chipped up to 1 million.
, and he was dominated by Jarrod Glennon's 
. The board ran out 
, and Glennon doubled to 590,000 chips.
, and Ang Pangleng had him at risk with 
.
, giving Pangleng a gutshot straight draw, and the 
and was at risk against the 
of 2010 Aussie Millions Main Event champ Tyron Krost, who got into this event for free after winning last year's Tournament of Champions.
turn gave McCorkell back the lead and made him a 68.18% favorite, but the 
spiked on the river to give Krost the flush and the win.
. Schmidt tossed out a bet, and Garcia moved all in. Schmidt called with 
of Kuo, though the 
flop gave him some hope. "Nine," Goodridge requested of the dealer, who did not oblige on the turn when he put down the {6}. The card meant Goodridge could also chop with a four, but neither that nor a nine appeared as the 
blanked on the river.
