From the button, Justin Bonomo opened with a raise to 45,000. Fresh off his double up through Isaac Haxton, Igor Kurganov reraised all in from the small blind for 524,000. After Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier folded from the big blind, Bonomo snap-called.
Bonomo's snap was followed by him tabling the mother of all hands with the . Kurganov turned over a not-so-good-looking . The board ran out , and Kurganov was gone.
Bonomo moved to nearly 1.3 million in chips and assumed the chip lead.
Doug Polk and Daniel Negreanu have been seated next to one another for the entire day and have been doing a good bit of friendly chatter. While they're clearly enjoying each other's company, the two just clashed in an all-in pot that saw Polk double through "Kid Poker."
Polk was all in for 146,000 with the against Negreanu's . The board ran out , and Negreanu was halved with Polk doubling up.
Nine-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner Phil Ivey just doubled up through Justin Bonomo. Ivey was all in on the flop with the against the for Bonomo.
The on the turn and on the river sealed the deal for Ivey, and he moved to 900,000 in chips.
Mike "Timex" McDonald was all in preflop for 344,000 with the against the for Fabian Quoss. The flop came down to give McDonald a lead with a set of sixes, and then the river added the to leave Quoss drawing dead. The river was the to complete the board, and McDonald doubled up.
The prize pool for the LK Boutique $250,000 Challenge has just been announced. The 46 entries generated a total purse of AU$11,270,000, and the top six players will earn AU$500,000.
The winner will take home a whopping AU$4 million.
We're not sure when the money went in, but Paul Newey was all in with on a board of . He was crushed by Fabian Quoss' , and drawing dead when the turned.