Make a Wish
Level 19
: 6,000/12,000, 0 ante
Daniel Laidlaw and Billy Argyros chopped with pocket aces each, then Joshua Budin somehow folded against the bet of Nikolaos Solomos.
Xen Xenofontos dropped down in the counts further and was all in for his last 24,000 on the flop 
out of the blinds. Laidlaw called and had his opponent dominated, holding 
. Xenofontos flipped over 
and stayed in the tournament thanks to the 
turn and 
river.
One hand later, Xenofontos bet the pot for 66,000 on the flop 
and Solomos folded the .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000 | -90,000 |
|
169,000 | 36,000 |
, Joshua Budin fired a bet of 45,000 and enforced folds from his two opponents including Billy Argyros, who flashed the 
. Budin now has 1.2 million in chips while his four opponents combined only have 675,000!
river and Laidlaw gave up the pot, checked behind and announced eights before showing 
flop, Godena bet the pot with another 4,000 behind and Budin tanked before pushing his opponent all in.
for a pair of sevens
turn and 
river both blanked to award one of the biggest pots of the tournament so far with just a pair of sevens. Godena headed to the rail in 6th place for a payday of AU$18,280.
river for 20,000. Xenofontos called with five-six for a straight and 
, a juicy pot of 110,000 chips had developed and Ilias Sagias checked out of the big blind. Daniel Laidlaw bet 85,000 from the hijack and Nikolaos Solomos folded in the cutoff, as did Sagias.
