On a flop of , Seat 5 shoved all in, sending Zhi Hong Ma into the tank for several minutes. Ma finally called and tabled , while his opponent said "great call" and turned up for an open-ended straight draw. The turn was the , the river was the , and Ma dragged a monster pot, sending his stack up to 40,000.
An aggressive Sam Khouiss raises from the hijack position and the equally aggressive Karib Karib decides that it's a good spot to push the rest of his chips into the middle. Seated right next to each other, Khouiss stares him down and fires some verbal ammunition before flashing the and mucking his hand. Karib has been battling the short stack for a lot of the day and now sits at around 10,000 while Khouiss has close to 18,000. Expect these two tournament titans to clash again sometime soon!
Billy the Croc = Busto
An interesting pot unfolded pre-flop. Seat 3 bet 400. Seat 4 called. Seat 5 raised to 2,000. Seat 6 called. Seat 7 called. Billy the Croc moved all in for 11,500. Seats 3 and 4 folded. Seat 5 called. Seats 6 and 7 folded.
Seat 5:
Billy the Croc:
Seat 6 said that he folded A-K. The flop was . The turn was the and Seat 5 took the lead. The river was the and Billy the Croc was eliminated.
With both players chips in the middle pre-flop, Karib Karib held but found himself racing against the of his opponent.
The flop was an interesting one with the giving Karib additional outs for his flush. The turn brought the and Karib was left needing a diamond. The hits the river and the table erupts as Karib makes the nut flush, but they soon realize that it's not enough to take the pot against his opponent's full house!
Mark Saber opened for a 1,100 raise. Peter Aristidou re-raised to 3,500 and Saber called. The flop was Q-9-3. Saber checked. Aristidou fired out 6,000. Saber moved all in and Aristidou called.
Aristidou: K-K
Saber: A-A
The turn was a 10 and the river was an 8. Saber's Aces held up and Peter Aristidou busted out. Saber increased his stack to 37,000.