Matthew Hall raised to 1,000 from the small blind. Erik Sturkenboom called in the big blind.
Hall check-called a bet of 800 on the 9♥6♣7♠. He then checked the J♠ turn and Sturkenboom sized up to 2,100. Hall quickly folded.
Action was picked up on the turn of J♦3♠Q♠2♦. Aidan Quinlan l was all in and at risk versus the covering stack of Terrance Reid.
Aidan Quinlan : A♠A♣
Terrance Reid: K♠J♠
Quinlan was ahead but Reid had plenty of outs. He improved to a flush on the 4♠ river and Quinlan was eliminated.
Ken Beckers opened to 800 from middle position. Jason Morneau-Powell raised to 3,000 from the hijack. Brian Slattery then moved all in for 22,600. Beckers folded and Morneau-Powell called as the covering stack.
Brian Slattery: 6♠6♣
Jason Morneau-Powell: A♥K♦
Slattery's pair held across the 4♣2♦3♦Q♥10♠ runout to secure the double up.
Action was picked up on the flop of A♦8♠7♦ with Zoran Ruvceski checking from the big blind. Brian Morgan checked from the cutoff to Volkan Alkan who bet 1,500. Ruveceski called and Morgan folded.
Ruvceski check-called a bet of 2,200 on the 3♦ turn. He then check-raised a bet of 3,000 from Alkan on the 9♣ river. Ruvceski made it 10,000 total. Alkan called.
Ruvceski showed 6♥5♠ for a straight. Alkan was left short and bust a few hands later.
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Action was picked up on the monotone flop of Q♣4♣9♣. Adrian Creagh and Lawend Mardini checked from the blinds before Christos Xanthopoulos bet 600. Creagh called before Mardini raised to 3,000.
Xanthopoulos folded and Creagh called. Creagh checked again on the board pairing Q♠ turn. Mardini then bet 7,000. Creagh took a moment before tapping the table and folding his hand.
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Boris Chong-Sit opened from middle position to 600. Frederico Hitner raised to 1,200 from the hijack, Glen Davies defended the small blind. Chong-Sit folded.
Davies check-called a bet of 3,500 from Hitner on the flop of 7♦2♠9♥. The 5♣ was checked around before Davies led for 6,200 on the K♦ river. Hitner took a moment before calling.
Davies tabled 8♠4♠ and was bested by Hitner's Q♦5♦ for third pair.
John Duthie called in the small blind and Zoran Ruvceski checked his option.
Duthie led for 300 on the A♣10♣8♣ flop. Ruvceski called. Duthie led again on the 8♠ turn for 700 and Ruvceski called again. Duthie sized up to 2,500 on the 10♦ river. Ruvceski called again.
He tabled Q♣7♣ for a flopped queen-high flush but Duthie went runner runner to boat up with Q♦10♠.
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