AU$1,150 Main Event | 2021 Poker Palace Summer Championships

03-08-2021 08:56 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
John Bogdanovski	2,900,000	-800,000
David Hirst	900,000	480,000

Josh Norvock Eliminated in 12th Place (A$4,200)

MervHarvey

Level 25 : 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Josh Norvock went all-in from the small blind for 450,000 and Joseph Antar in the big blind called.

Norvock
Antar:

Antar turned the flush to send Norvock to the rail in 12th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Antar	900,000	150,000
Josh Norvock	Busted

Level: 25

Blinds: 20,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

03-08-2021 08:36 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
John Bogdanovski	3,700,000	-100,000
Toby Giles	3,100,000	100,000
Adnan Al-Maliki	2,400,000
Kiavash Arbabi	1,600,000
Michael Tran	1,400,000	400,000
Didier Guerin	1,300,000	400,000
Mark Staples	1,300,000
[Removed:271]	1,100,000	450,000
Joseph Antar	750,000	-550,000
Grant Levy	650,000	-170,000
David Hirst	420,000	-110,000
Josh Norvock	420,000	-280,000

Dinner Break

MervHarvey

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Players are currently half-way through a 30 minute dinner break

03-08-2021 08:33 UTC

Al-Maliki Told The Answer

MervHarvey

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

With a pot size already over 1,000,000, Adnan Al-Maliki was all-in for around 1,200,000 and Kiavash Arbabi was thinking about making the call.

"Will you show if I fold", Arbabi asked, in a reversal of the situation that happened not too long ago when Al-Maliki asked Arbabi to show and he said no.

Al-Maliki said "you didn't show me, but if you tell me what you had in that other hand, I'll show".

Arbabi agreed to tell Al-Maliki and folded his hand.

Al-Maliki showed him top-pair on the board of .

"Now what did you have in that other hand", said Al-Maliki. "Busted flush draw" Arbabi replied, confirming Al-Maliki's belief that he was previously bluffed off the pot. Al-Maliki scooped in the large pot but it would've been even larger if Arbabi called.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adnan Al-Maliki	2,400,000	1,000,000
Kiavash Arbabi	1,600,000	100,000

03-08-2021 08:15 UTC

Three Way All-In, Bogdanovski Takes Two Out

MervHarvey

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

In what ended as a 3-way all-in, Marc Seymour (13th) and Michael Oscuro (14th) have been eliminated.
Seymour raised with , Michael Oscuro shoved with , and Michael Bogdanovski re-shoved with .
There was only two aces left in the deck that Seymour had to avoid, but it dropped on the turn .

Player	Chips	Progress
John Bogdanovski	3,800,000	2,200,000
Michael Oscuro	Busted
Marc Seymour	Busted

03-08-2021 08:04 UTC

Chris Pisani Eliminated in 15th Place (A$3,500)

MervHarvey

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Chris Pisani went all-in with and found himself at risk against Kiavash Arbabi with the . Pisani was still ahead but Arbabi ended up on the river with a flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Pisani	Busted

03-08-2021 08:00 UTC

Toby At Three Milly

MervHarvey

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

On a board showing in a substantial pot already, Toby Giles bet 400,000 into Kiavash Arbabi. Arbabi folded and Giles scooped a nice pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Toby Giles	3,000,000	400,000
Kiavash Arbabi	1,500,000	-700,000

03-08-2021 07:45 UTC

Al-Maliki Left Wondering

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Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

In a pot that was over 700,000 already, Kiavash Arbabi had bet 400,000 on a completed board of .
Adnan Al-Maliki counted the calling chips, going close to putting them over the line while he pondered making the call.