Andrew Jeffreys has just lost a monster pot that left him with 3,700 in chips. The hand began with an 800 preflop raise from Jeffreys which was called by both Brett Chalhoub and Gary Cleaver.
The flop came and the action checked around to Jeffreys, who made a continuation bet of 1,800. Chalhoub made the call and Cleaver folded, sending the action heads up to fourth street: .
Chalhoub checked, Jeffreys bet 6,000 and Chalhoub check-raised all in for a total of 10,400. Jeffreys made the call and tabled ; Chalhoub had him dominated with a pocket pair of tens for a set.
The river brought the improving Chalhoub to an overkill boat and Jeffreys was left with 3,700 in chips afterward.
Jonathan Karamalikis has just been eliminated at the hands of Aytunc Tezay. After a series of raises on a flop of , Karamalikis was all in with but Tezay tabled for two pair.
The turn was the and river the to end the day for Karamalikis as Tezay climb to 55,000 chips.
Stephen Goldwater and Oliver Gill just collided in a huge preflop clash. Gill tabled but ran into the of Goldwater.
The board fell to give Goldwater the double-up to over 40,000, leaving Gill with only about 6,000.
"I knew he had aces or queens but I've never folded kings preflop. If there was ever a time to do it, it was then!" said Gill as he shook his head in disgust.
Sam Khouiss came in with a raise to 350, and three players called, including Chris Chronis and Celina Lin. After the flop, action checked around to Lin, and she put out a bet of 850. Khouiss folded, and it passed to Chronos, who had just 2,000 chips left.
Sam Khouiss took the opportunity to get a dig in on Chronis. "Just shove, mate," he prodded. "Sitting there like a banana with your puny stack..." Chronis seemed unaffected by the banter, as he mucked his hand, saving those 2,000 chips for another battle.
As we approached the table, Gareth Edwards was sliding all of his chips into the middle on a flop of . It was 6,100 to Daniel Perfeito and he verbally declared a call and the cards were tabled.
Perfeito:
Edwards:
Perfeito held the lead with his overpair as Edwards was gambling with his open-ended straight draw. As Edwards called, "One time!" the turn bricked the but the river hit the to complete Edwards' straight, giving him the double-up to stay alive in the tournament.