On the tail end of a bigger pot between Stefan Huber in the big blind and his opponent in the small blind, the board showed and the action checked to the Swiss. Huber bet 3,700 for around half the pot and his opponent reluctantly called.
Huber showed the for trips nines and the small blind folded face up.
One hand later, Huber raised to 600 from the small blind and the big blind called. A bet of 400 by Huber on the was called before the turn and river brought no betting action. Huber showed , but couldn't beat the of the big blind.
Eric Wasylenko raised to 500 first to and picked up three callers including the hijack, small blind and big blind. The four players checked through the flop and the turn. On the river, the small blind bet 500 and all folded to get shown the .
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Three players got to the river with on the felt. After one check, Chance Kornuth bet 1,100. One player mucked his , lamenting his missed draw, but the third player still had cards. He called after the snafu was cleaned up, and Kornuth showed for quads.
Kornuth is no stranger to big success here at Crown Melbourne. The American won the $25K Challenge here two years ago for A$790,560.
Joep Raemaekers is among the Dutch guys that have relocated to Malta in order to pursue an online poker career. Part of that group made the journey across half the world, with Steven van Zadelhoff as their most notable name. After chatting with Raemaekers a bit about jetlags, the Dutchman promised fireworks to keep everyone awake and subsequently raised to 500. On the button, Ludovic Geilich called and Xixiang Luo defended his big blind.
The flop was and Raemakers continued 1,000, with Geilich as the only caller. Both players checked the on the turn. On the river, Raemaekers bet 2,275 and Geilich snap-called.
Raemaekers flipped over for a straight flush, prompting some "oohs" from the table. Geilich flashed and mucked his hand.
A player opened to 600 and got three-bet to 2,100 by Jesse Sylvia. The player on the button cold-called and the opener made it three to . Sylvia bet 2,200 and got called by only his opponent on the button. Sylvia checked the turn and called a small bet of 2,500. Action went check-check on the river and the player on the button opened . Sylvia shook his head as if he maybe thought the pot should have been bigger and then showed down .