In a preflop raising war over on table eight, Cole Swannack had an opponent at risk for more than 110,000 and held the best of it preflop with 
versus 
. The board came 
and the pot was shipped to Swannack.
The start-of-the-day chip leader has increased his stack by quite some margin, but still trails Farid Jattin. Further big stacks on the same table include Michael Soyza and Andrian Chin.
Andrew Theakstone held 
and was up against the pocket fours of an opponent.
The board ran out 
with the queen on the river somehwat of an overkill as Theakstone boosted his stack up over 120,000 in chips.
"Bad flop for queens," muttered someone at the table.
With over 15,000 in the pot and the board spread out 
Rainer Kempe bet 5,000 from the hijack. Ana Marquez was on the button and raised it up to 17,000 sending Kempe into the tank.
A few minutes passed before Kempe finally released his hand to the muck as he relinquished the pot to Marquez.
With 15,000 in the pot and the flop showing 
the player in the big blind checked his option followed by Koray Aldemir in middle position. The player on the button then bet 5,000 and was called by the big blind. Aldemir then raised it up to 15,700 forcing the button out. The big blind called.
The turn brought the 
and the big blind checked. Aldemir reached for his chips and splashed out 30,000 which had his opponent's 19,300-stack covered. A minute passed before the player in the big blind reluctantly made the call.
Aldemir tabled 
for a straight and flush draw but trialled his opponent who held 
for two pair.
The on the river didn't change anything and the player in the big blind doubled up through Aldemir.
On a flop of 
both Clinton Taylor and Riku Piiroinen exchanged several raises until the latter was all in for 64,500 and was matched.
Riku Piiroinen:
Clinton Taylor: 
Piiroinen was at risk after flopping top two pair but trailing Taylor's flopped set of eights.
Fortunately the turn brought the and Piiroinen rocketed to the lead with a higher full house.
The meaningless completed the board and Piiroinen raked in the massive double up.
Both Matt Edwards and Paul-Francois Tedeschi have gone in opposite directions since the start of Day 2.
In this hand, Edwards opened to 2,300 from the cutoff and Tedeschi three-bet to 6,900. Edwards called and the flop came 
.
Edwards check-called 6,500 and the pair both checked the turn. Edwards then bet 16,000 on the river and Tedeschi quickly called.
The Brit turned over for a rivered straight and Tedeschi mucked.
"I just thought I'll peel the flop," Edwards said to the table. "And then the turn came and I was like 'Oooooo!'"
Jue Gao raised to 2,500 from the hijack before the player on the button re-raised to 7,800. The decision fell back to Gao who picked up a stack of 5,000-chips and pushed them forward forcing his opponent all in. He was matched almost immediately.
Jie Gao:
Opponent:
Gao had his opponent dominated until the flop fell 
. The board would then run out the and 
to see Gao hit running spades giving him the winning hand with a flush.
An excited Gao jumped up from his chair in celebration before sitting back down and raking in the pot.
Farid Jattin started the day with an above-average stack and has since not only increased that but taken over a commanding lead. In the final hand of the previous level, Marc Seymour raised to 1,800 first to act and Jattin defended the big blind. The flop came 
and Jattin check-called a bet of 4,200 before doing so again for 12,000 on the 
turn.
The came on the river and Jattin splashed in a stack of T-5,000 chips. Seymour only had around 45,000 behind and eventually called it off. Jattin turned over 
for a flushdraw that improved to running two pair, and Seymour was eliminated with for top pair.
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
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