The player in the small blind opted to complete but Dominik Panka wasn't letting his opponent see the flop that easily and he raised to 120. The small blind called.
The flop came , Panka's opponent check-called the 90,000 bet of Panka.
The turn brought them the , the player in the small blind checked once more. Panka continued with a bet of 225,000. His opponent considered all his options but then decided to fold.
Hand #1:
Jon Kyte (big blind), Antonios Koukouras (hijack) and Leo Margets (button) all paid to see a flop of . Koukouras continued with a bet and both Margets and Kyte called. The turn brought them the , Kyte checked, Koukouras fired another 300,000 into the pot. Margets folded quickly but Kyte shoved for about 1,200,000. Koukouras had a similar stack and decided to call.
Antonios Koukouras:
Jon Kyte:
Koukouras had flopped a set of tens and Kyte was hoping for another ace to win the hand. The river completed the board with the . After counting out both stacks, Kyte had 10,000 left to play with.
Hand #2:
The player on the button raised to 75,000 and Kyte was all-in for his remaining 10,000 from the small blind.
Jon Kyte:
Opponent:
The board ran out to give Kyte the more than double-up as he also picked up the ante and part of the big blind.
Hand #3:
The final blow was dealt when Kyte had shoved all in with ace-eight against the king-ten of his opponent. The king on the flop meant the end of Kyte's tournament life and he was sent to the cashier to reenter in Day 1b.
Erik Peters is sitting on a stack of almost 4,000,000 and he was kind enough to recount what had happened.
First he had check-jammed on a queen-jack-nine rainbow flop in a four-way pot when he held .
But in the last hand he got most of the chips. Peters opened from the under-the-gun position and the player on the button called.
The flop came , Peters continued with a bet of about 1/3rd of the pot. His opponent called. On the on the turn Peters jammed with the bigger stack and his opponent called. The river was a blank. Peters held for top pair with ace-kicker. His opponent was eliminated as he also had a pair of kings with the but a lower kicker.
Peter Jaksland raised to 55,000 from the under-the-gun position and was only called by Clyde Tjauw-Foe in the big blind.
The flop came on which they both checked to the on the turn. Tjauw-Foe check-called the 60,000 bet of Jaksland.
The river completed the board with the , now Tjauw-Foe check-called the 125,000 bet of Jaksland. Jaskland turned around for the trip sixes on the flop and that was enough for Tjauw-Foe to muck his hand.