Jamie Pickering just sent an opponent to the rail after cracking his aces in a pre-flop all in confrontation via the power of the (Pickering had been in the big blind and it only cost (approximately) 800 more to call.
The board ran out 10-8-7-J-5 and Pickering took down the pot with a jack-high straight.
A wealth of talent has gathered at table 30. Of the four remaining tables, this is the one you DON'T want to be at, if you're looking for an easy route to the final table.
Seat 1: Mike Watson
Seat 2: Thomas Bihl
Seat 3: James Potter
Seat 4: Warren Pritchard
Seat 5: Sarah Bilney
Seat 6: Harris Pavlou
Seat 7: Ivan Sop
Seat 8: Eddy Scharf
Seat 9: Kenna James
The winner of today's event will walk away with the trophy and AU$39,360 in prize money with payouts down to 18th place. For full payout information, click on the "Prizepool and Payouts" link in the right-hand menu on this page.
Graeme "Kiwi G" Putt has just doubled up after finding pocket kings at the right time. His opponent showed pocket queens and the board bricked out to give Putt a much needed double up.
"The Hoon" finally stopped talking long enough to get the last of his chips in the middle pre-flop against Ivan Sop.
Stanton:
Sop:
The flop came and "The Hoon" was looking good for a double up, however the turn and river landed and Sop had made a running straight to send "The Hoon" to the rail.
The mouth of Mick "The Hoon" is running at a hundred miles an hour at the moment. Stories of watches, federal police and dream sequences starring some well known Australian high limit players, has his table in hysterics.
Unfortunately his chips aren't doing much talking at the moment - "The Hoon" only has around 3,000 chips in front of him!