Igor Kurganov just leveled the playing field a little bit by doubling through chip leader Niklas Heinecker. Kurganov raised under the gun to 9,000 and Fabian Quoss called from the small blind as did Heinecker from the big blind.
The flop came down and Kurganov put out a continuation bet of 12,000 and Quoss folded. Heinecker check-raised to 27,500 and Kurganov called.
On the turn the showed up and Heinecker bet 29,000 and Kurganov made the call. The river brought the and Heinecker checked to Kurganov who moved all in for 105,000. Heinecker made the call and mucked when Kurganov turned over for a flopped full house.
The flop read in a very decisive hand between Jonathan Karamalikis and Fabian Quoss. The Aussie checked to the German who bet 10,000 and he was check-raised up to 70,000. Quoss moved all in for 96,400 and Karamalikis made the call.
Karamalikis:
Quoss:
The board ran out , and Karamalikis was left behind with just 9,500 chips. On the very next hand he doubled through Ole Schemion but a hand later it was over for the man known as "xMONSTERxDONGx".
Karamalikis was all in from the small blind with versus Quoss' . The board ran out and Quoss took his final chips.
The tournament has been turned upside down after a ginormous clash between Ole Schemion and Niklas Heinecker. The latter now has more than 30% of all the chips in the tournament as we are still with nine players.
The action started off with a standard raise to 6,000 from Schemion who was called by Erik Seidel. Heinecker three-bet to 18,200 and Schemion proceeded to four-bet to 40,500. Seidel folded and Heinecker five-bet to 76,200! Schemion made the call and created a massive preflop pot.
The flop brought and Schemion check-called 48,500 after which the turn brought the . Both players checked and the river was the . Schemion put Heinecker all in for 143,600 and he made the call. Schemion mucked his cards immediately and so did Heinecker who picked up the biggest pot of the tournament!
Mark Teltscher moved all in from under the gun for a few thousand chips, and Philipp Gruissem called from the big blind. Teltscher held the and Gruissem the .
The board ran out to give Gruissem two pair and eliminate Teltscher.
While there was a monster pot going on at the other table, we missed Joe Hachem's bust out. Daniel Neilson told us that Hachem, who was short, ended up all in with versus Igor Kurganov's . No help for Hachem from the board and he's gone in tenth place.
Anthony Hachem, Joe Hachem's son, wins the $600 No-Limit Hold'em Cubed Event.
The Hachem family is very, very well known around these parts in Australia, and especially when it comes to poker at Crown and the Aussie Millions. To further add to that, Anthony Hachem, son of world champion Joe Hachem, just won the $600 No-Limit Hold'em Cubed Event.
The event attracted 94 entrants and generated a prize pool of AU$117,000. For his win, Hachem took home AU$37,500. This came just hours after his Anthony's uncle, Tony Hachem, took sixth in the $2,500 Six-Handed Event for AU$30,000.
and Kurganov put out a continuation bet of 12,000 and Quoss folded. Heinecker check-raised to 27,500 and Kurganov called.
showed up and Heinecker bet 29,000 and Kurganov made the call. The river brought the 
and Heinecker checked to Kurganov who moved all in for 105,000. Heinecker made the call and mucked when Kurganov turned over 
for a flopped full house.
in a very decisive hand between Jonathan Karamalikis and Fabian Quoss. The Aussie checked to the German who bet 10,000 and he was check-raised up to 70,000. Quoss moved all in for 96,400 and Karamalikis made the call.
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and Karamalikis was left behind with just 9,500 chips. On the very next hand he doubled through Ole Schemion but a hand later it was over for the man known as "xMONSTERxDONGx".
. The board ran out 
and Quoss took his final chips.
and Schemion check-called 48,500 after which the turn brought the 
. Schemion put Heinecker all in for 143,600 and he made the call. Schemion mucked his cards immediately and so did Heinecker who picked up the biggest pot of the tournament!
and Gruissem the 
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to give Gruissem two pair and eliminate Teltscher.
versus Igor Kurganov's 
