Manny Stavropoulos opened for 1,300 and was met by a three-bet to 3,500 by Brian Rast. Steve O'Dwyer then flatted from the big blind, Stavropoulos called, and the three of them watched the flop come down . All three players checked, and then action repeated itself on the turn.
When the completed the board on the river, O'Dwyer bet 7,000, Stavropoulos called, and Rast took his time before doing the same.
"Queens," O'Dwyer said before flashing his ladies. Rast then rolled over the for a pair of kings. O'Dwyer mucked his pocket pair and then Stavropoulos did the same.
Every time there's a raise and a reraise in front of Ole Schemion it seems he wants to four-bet. And then, a good amount of the time he actually does come in with amped up aggression. This was one of those cases.
After Sorel Mizzi opened with a raise from early position to 1,500 and another player three-bet from middle position to 3,600, action folded to Schemion in the small blind. The young German stuck in a cold four-bet to 7,500, and that won him the pot.
On the button, Phil Ivey raised to 1,600. The player in the big blind called, and the flop came down . The first player checked, Ivey bet 2,000, and his opponent called.
The turn was the , and both players checked to see the land on the river. The first player bet 2,500, and Ivey thought about it for a minute before folding.
Brian Rast opened with a raise to 1,500 from early-middle position, and then play folded to Steve O'Dwyer on the button. O'Dwyer reraised all in for an even 15,000, and play folded back to Rast. He mulled it over, then called, and it was his versus the for the at-risk O'Dwyer.
The flop, turn, and river ran out , and O'Dwyer was eliminated.
Isaac Haxton will be hoping for (at least) a repeat performance on last year's efforts in the AU$250,000 Challenge (2nd for AU$2,820,000) when he plays on the weekend as the Main Event didn't work out so well for him today.
He was on the button and three-bet to 4,200 after the hijack had opened to 1,400. The action was back on his opponent and he buried his head in in arms for enough time that it seemed odd. When he resurfaced, he moved all in with . Haxton called all in for 17,000 with but failed to hit on the board.
"You been drinking from the start?" asked Ole Schemion to his new table mate, Connor Drinan.
"No," responded Drinan, smiling wide to display his now purple teeth thanks to a couple glasses of wine.
"Some guy tilted me, so I had to start drinking on dinner," he continued. "I knew if I didn't start to drink, I would just punt it all off," Drinan said as he waved his arms wide as if to motion him spreading his chips everywhere. "But if I started to drink, I'd run up a big stack after the break. Now look!"
Back in October Alex Antonios won a bracelet in the World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific $2,200 Six-Max No-Limit Hold'em event, not to mention AUD$128,784 in prize money, and right now it looks like he could very well bag the Day 1c chip lead.
In a recent hand, we stumbled upon the action with around 20,000 in the pot and a board reading . A player in middle position had checked and Antonios took the opportunity to bet 7,900. His opponent thought long and hard before making the call, but mucked just as soon as Antonios rolled over the for two pair.
"Didn't see that one on the river!" commented Daniel Laidlow to Craig McCorkell after he bet-folded.
Four players had taken to a flop and all checked to the turn where McCorkell led out for 2,500 from the small blind. Aditya Agarwal was the only caller from the button and the board completed with the .
McCorkell bet again, for 5,500 only to see Agarwal quietly raise to 18,600. McCorkell took a few minutes to fold as he needed to stare down his opponent for while first.
"Oh, how much do I owe you?" asked Connor Drinan after the waiter delivered another glass of wine. Luckily for Drinan, the waiter informed him that Dan Smith had already taken care of it from the other side of the room.
"Oh, well tell Dan Smith thank you for me," Drinan told the waiter.
After that, Drinan continued the zestful conversation he was having about playing suited, but accidentally limping in with the hand when he meant to raise.
"I can't even bluff this table!" he exclaimed. "You guys are too smart! I bluffed the other table so much, but here... here I gotta try and trap you guys by limping king-three!"
. All three players checked, and then action repeated itself on the 
turn.
completed the board on the river, O'Dwyer bet 7,000, Stavropoulos called, and Rast took his time before doing the same.
for a pair of kings. O'Dwyer mucked his pocket pair and then Stavropoulos did the same.
. The first player checked, Ivey bet 2,000, and his opponent called.
, and both players checked to see the 
land on the river. The first player bet 2,500, and Ivey thought about it for a minute before folding.
for the at-risk O'Dwyer.
, and O'Dwyer was eliminated.
. Haxton called all in for 17,000 with 
for two pair.
suited, but accidentally limping in with the hand when he meant to raise.