Former champion Lee Nelson was faced with a bet of 3,000 on the final board of 
. Nelson took some time to think, and then raised all in for right around 17,000. HIs opponent gave it up, and Nelson scooped in the pot to move to 42,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
42,000 | 8,000 |
From the button, Michael Guzzardi opened with a raise to 600. Brendon Rubie made the call out of the big blind, and the flop came down 
. After Rubie checked, Guzzardi bet 600. Rubie check-raised to 1,575, and Guzzardi made the call.
On fourth street, the 
was added to the board. Rubie stayed aggressive, following through after his check-raise with a bet of 2,200. Guzzardi, though, didn't shy away and made the call.
Then, the 
paired the board on the river. Rubie moved all in for just under 22,000, although his shove was effectively worth 11,025, as that's what Guzzardi had left. Guzzardi spent a couple of minutes in the tank before eventually folding his hand. Rubie won the pot and moved back to the starting stack of 30,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | -10,000 |
|
11,025 | -975 |
Team PokerStars Pro Jonathan Duhamel has been fairly quiet today, so we decided to spend an entire orbit at his seven-handed table to see if we couldn't catch him in a big pot. Ultimately we failed, but we did catch a couple interesting hands. Have a look:
Hand #1 (Big Blind): Action folded to Andrew Scarfe in the small blind and he limped. Duhamel checked his option from the big and it was heads-up action to the 
flop. Scarfe led out for 300 and Duhamel quickly folded.
Hand #2 (Small Blind): A player in the hijack opened for 775 and "Crazy" Marco Johnson called from the cutoff. Duhamel folded the small blind, the big three-bet to 1,700, and the original raiser folded. Johnson decided to make the call, the flop came down 
, and the big blind led out for 1,700. Johnson pushed back to 4,200, the big blind called, and the dealer burned and turned the . The big blind checked and then folded to a bet of 5,200 from Johnson.
Hand #3 (Button): Rob Schiffbauer opened for 600 under the gun only to have the hijack three-bet to 1,200. Duhamel folded, the small blind called, and Schiffbauer came along to make it three-way action to the 
flop, which all three players checked.
When the turned, the small blind led out for 800 and Schiffbauer raised to 1,800. The hijack folded, the small blind called, and the completed the board on the river. Schiffbauer bet 2,125 after his opponent checked, but he couldn't shake the small blind who called with the . It was good as Schiffbauer could only muster the 
.
Hand #4 (Cutoff): Action folded to Duhamel in the cutoff and he does the same. Schiffbauer ultimately get a walk.
Hand #5 (Hijack): Scarfe opened for 800 from middle position and Duhamel looked him up from the hijack. The rest of the players folded and it was heads-up to the 
flop. Duhamel called a bet of 1,100 from Scarfe and then folded when his opponent fired out 3,600 on the 
turn.
Hand #6 (UTG+1): The under-the-gun player folded and Duhamel did the same.
Hand #7: (Under the Gun): Duhamel folded.
It wasn't the most interesting seven hands, but we're confident we'll catch Duhamel in a big hand sooner or later.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
|
38,500 | -15,500 |
|
31,000 | 5,500 |
It seems as if every time Daniel Nielson puts in a few chips preflop, his opponents play back at him.
In a recent pot, Nielson was faced with a raise to 700 and a call from an opponent. Nielson three-bet to 3,100, only for another opponent in the small blind to four-bet to 7,000. The action folded back to Nielson, who folded as well, and we will certainly monitor this preflop dynamic.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
178,000 | 28,000 |
|
89,000 | 9,000 |
|
|
78,000 | -12,000 |
|
76,000 | 8,500 |
|
71,000 | 19,000 |
|
70,000 | 16,000 |
|
68,000 | 8,000 |
|
58,000 | 3,000 |
|
57,000 | 17,000 |
|
55,000 | 27,500 |
|
48,000 | 4,000 |
|
47,500 | -500 |
|
44,000 | 4,000 |
|
|
40,000 | 10,000 |
|
37,500 | 3,500 |
|
33,000 | -4,000 |
|
32,000 | -9,000 |
|
28,500 | -5,500 |
|
27,000 | -15,000 |
|
26,000 | -10,000 |
|
|
25,500 | |
|
24,500 | |
|
19,000 | -3,000 |
|
16,500 | 8,250 |
|
|
12,000 | -10,000 |
After losing a big pot with a flush draw, David Steicke moved all in for 3,900 from early position. A player on his direct left called, and the rest of the players folded.
Steicke:
Opponent: 
Steicke locked up the hand when the flop fell 
, giving him a flush, and the turn and river came 
, 
respectively.
"Pair of kings!" Steicke said, grinning.
He doubled to around 8,000 chips, and still has some work to do.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,250 | 3,750 |
Paul Klann, winner of the Season XI WPT LA Poker Classic, was faced with an all-in bet of around 7,000 on a board of 
. He made the call, tabling 
, which had his opponent's 
crushed. The 
bricked off on the river, and the player was eliminated.
Klann now sits with over 60,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000 | 11,000 |
"I'm sorry, Dave," Dennis Huntly said after he made a flush on the river to eliminate 2011 Aussie Millions Champ David Gorr. "I'm sorry that you didn't have more chips."
According to Huntly, Gorr had gotten his chips in holding 
on a king-high flop that happened to contain two clubs. Huntly held the 
and the rest was history.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
It all started when David Steicke limped in from under the gun. A player on his direct left raised to 600, Julius Colman called in late position, and a player on the button three-bet to 1,500. All three of his opponents called.
The dealer fanned 
, Steicke checked, and the original raiser fired out 1,500. Colman called, the three-bettor folded, and Steicke check-raised to 6,500. The original raiser called, Colman moved all in for 23,500, and only Steicke called.
Steicke: 
Colman: 
Steicke could eliminate Colman with running sixes or a club, but the turn () and river () both produced bricks.
Colman doubled to 60,000 chips, while Steicke fell to 4,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
60,000 | 23,000 |
|
|
4,500 | -25,500 |
A supervisor was called over to clear up some commotion when Jesse 'OnTheMac' McKenzie had placed out 1,250 chips in response to a Dennis Huntly bet of 750 on a flop of . The dealer originally announced that the amount had to be double the bet to constitute a raise and therefore McKenzie's action was merely a call. 2011 Aussie Millions winner David Gorr had made the call of 750, when the supervisor was called over for an official ruling.
The supervisor declared that since the amount thrown out was over 50% of Huntly's original bet McKenzie's actions constituted a raise and therefore McKenzie must raise the minimum of 1,500 to which he obliged.
Gorr made the call of the new amount and all three players saw the on the turn.
Huntly, who declared he was ahead on the flop, checked, McKenzie bet 2,700, and Gorr.
"Maybe I wasn't ahead" Huntly said before folding. The river brought the and both players checked. McKenzie then showed the 
for a pair of sixes and Gorr shook his head before mucking.
After the hand McKenzie declared that his intention was actually just to call but couldn't say that during the hand as it would make his hand look weaker.
McKenzie moves up to 44,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
44,000 | -8,000 |
