Rayan Nathan was the pre-flop raiser from under-the-gun and he found himself 4 callers including Shaun Deeb and Billy "The Croc" Argyros from the big blind. The flop came and Nathan made a continuation bet of 800. Deeb made the call, before Croc came over the top of both of them with a bet of 2,000. Nathan folds before Deeb re-raises all in for an additional 3,725 in chips.
The Croc goes into the tank, exclaiming "All my hard work is now undone!". Croc puts Deeb on a set and passes his hand before declaring "Shaun, you know if you called, you get it all!"
Sam Youssef and Julian Powell know each other quite well from the countless hours they've played together here at the Crown, though they may not be talking to each other for awhile after a recent hand that just took place.
We caught up to the hand after Youssef min-raised an opponent's 300 bet, making it a total of 600 to go. When the action got around to Powell in the big blind, he kicked it to 2,200. Sam then announced "All in," sending Powell into the tank.
While Julian contemplated his decision, Sam inquired, "What you got?" "Kings," Julian told him, before asking if Sam had aces. According to Julian, Sam looked him square in the face and nodded, indicating that he did indeed have aces.
The information prompted Julian to fold his kings face-up on the table, at which time Sam showed A-K. Julian, clearly distraught, told Sam not to talk to him again.
After being crippled in an earlier hand, Kenna James was down to a single green chip. The very next hand he tossed his chip into the middle in the dark and found a big multiway pot developed.
The board of brought straights for two of his opponents who held aces, but they could only chop up the side pot as Kenna revealed pocket sixes for a higher straight!
Could we see an amazing "chip and a chair" comeback story from Kenna James?
On a board of Sol Bergren fires out a third barrel on the river that is enough to put his opponent to a decision for his tournament life. After going into the tank, his opponent makes the laydown and Bergren takes down a juicy pot to move to over 10,000 in chips.
Jim Sachindis has just been eliminated when his fell to the of Mike Watson. The board of gave Watson the nut flush and Sachindis was left heading for the exit.
Chris Chronis is on fire and has stormed to the tournament chip lead.
His first victim was Andrew Demetriou on a board of . On the flop, Demetriou held the lead with against Chris Chronis' gutshot draw with . But the running tens gave Chronis trips to snatch the pot and eliminate Demetriou.
Soon after Chronis called the flop push of a short stacked Michael "Sticky" Guttman. The board read 5-8-3 and Guttman flipped 6-5 for a pair of fives but trailed Chronis who held 9-8 for a pair of nines. The turn and river blanked and Sticky also found himself heading to the rail.
On a flop of Jai Kemp pushed his last 2,000 chips into the middle holding pocket eights, and when his opponent made the call he assumed he was in some trouble. However his opponent flipped over for only a draw and Kemp was looking good to double up. The turn brought the and river and Kemp, who made the final table of the APPT Grand Final in Sydney, is now back in business on about 5,000 chips.