Ona flop of , Matt Lagarde bet 10,000. Peter Ling called.The turn was the . Lagrade bet 16,000 and Ling called. The river was the . Lagarde bet to put Ling all in. Ling called and showed . Lagarde insta-mucked. Ling increased his stack to 440,000. Lagarde slipped to 270,000.
Kevin Saul held A-10 and Putt had 8-8 on a board of 10-8-5-2 when the money went in and Saul was drawing stone dead. Putt now has 300,000 and Saul is down to 105,000.
Nick Putt said he only played the hand because pocket eights is his father's favorite hand. His father is popular Australian pro Graeme "Kiwi G" Putt. Graeme is a regular high profile tournament and cash game player here at Crown Casino.
Charles Cuschieri has been eliminated and avoids the bubble
Charles Cuschieri moved all in for his last 2,000. Jean Gianotti called from the button.
Gianotti:
Cuschieri:
The flop was . The turn was the and the river was the . Jean Gianotti won the pot and Charles Cuschieri was eliminated.
At the same time, Lucio Baroni was eliminated when his pocket tens lost a race against Mark Kassis' Big Slick. Kassis flopped a King and Baroni was eliminated.
Since they both busted out at the same time, they were awarded 80th place prize money. Baroni and Cuschieri won $7,500 each.
Johan Percivall
Johan Percivall moved all in for his remaining 26,000 from UTG and Matt Lagarde made the call.
Lagarde
Percivall
The board ran out and Percivall headed to the rail.
19-year old Percivall hails from Sweden and qualified for the Aussie Millions on Pokerroom.com. His day job is at McDonalds and he couldn't be happier to be $15,000 richer!
Kenna James playing on Day 2
Cowboy Kenna James has just survived a pre-flop all in confrontation against Peter Mobbs and doubled through to 70,000 in chips.
Kenna opened with an 18,000 pre-flop raise from early position and when the action got around to Mobbs in the cutoff he re-raised, kicking it up to 45,000.
"I don't blame ya . . . I don't blame ya," said James before sliding a tall stack of purple chips - his last - into the middle. Mobbs made the call and tabled ; James was well ahead with .
As the board filled out , Kenna called for the to fall on the river and amazingly, it came!
Mobbs was left with approximately 270,000 in chips after the hand.
"Don't hate me because I'm beautiful...."
On a flop of , Perry Friedman moved all in for 147,000. Matt Kirk called.
Kirk:
Friedman
Friedman was ahead with two pair. The turn was the and the river was the . Kirk rivered a flush and sent Freidman to the rail in 77th place. The Tiltboy collected $15,000.
, Matt Lagarde bet 10,000. Peter Ling called.The turn was the 
. Lagrade bet 16,000 and Ling called. The river was the 
. Lagarde bet to put Ling all in. Ling called and showed 
. Lagarde insta-mucked. Ling increased his stack to 440,000. Lagarde slipped to 270,000.
. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
. Jean Gianotti won the pot and Charles Cuschieri was eliminated.
; James was well ahead with 
.
, Perry Friedman moved all in for 147,000. Matt Kirk called. 
. Kirk rivered a flush and sent Freidman to the rail in 77th place. The Tiltboy collected $15,000.
