Mat Hawker has found a double up with his pocket tens winning a race with Ben Savage's . The board was spread to double Hawker to 6,000.
Meanwhile Stewart Scott is on the verge of leveling his match with Jarred Graham. They got their chips in preflop with Scott's in dominant shape against Graham's . The board fell to leave Graham with just 600 in chips.
Guzzardi's good
Michael Guzzardi is on the verge of becoming the first player into the quarter finals. Already leading his match 1-0, he has taken a commanding advantage in the second rubber.
All the chips went in the middle preflop with Guzzardi's in front of Bruno Portaro's .
"It's ok, I'm going to suck out Michael," said Portaro.
He didn't. The board ran out to move Guzzardi up to 8,500 in chips.
Portaro has some work to do, to avoid becoming the 11th member of the live team to hit the rail.
Ben Savage limped from the button before Mat Hawker raised it up to 300. Savage made the call and they saw a flop.
Hawker led out for 525 and Savage made the call. The turn was the and both players checked to see the fall on the river. Hawker checked and then called the 600-chip bet of Savage, only to muck when Savage revealed for the rockets!
Don't Flip With This Man
"Mate, what are you doing trying to flip against Jarred?" came the cry from Joel Dodds on the rail as Jarred Graham gained the early ascendancy in his match after taking down a big pot against Stewart Scott.
Catching the action on a flop of , Graham had moved all in over the top of Scott's bet of 600. Scott sat in the tank and made the call with as Graham flipped for straight and flush draws.
The turn was the but the river was the to give Graham the flush and the double up. Scott is down to around 1,500 in chips.
The players have now redrawn for their round two match ups. With the online team taking a 10-6 lead into the second round, there will some online players forced to play against each other.
Dave Lee vs Rayan Nathan
Ben Savage vs Mat Hawker
Stewart Scott vs Jarred Graham
Clonie Gowen vs Matthew Pearson
Lisa Walsh vs Ben Delaney
Bruno Portarto vs Michael Guzzardi
Andrew Jeffreys vs Jonathan Karamalikis
Damien Elsing vs Steve Leonard
Leonard banishes the Big Show
Steve Topakas has finally submitted against Steve Leonard to give the Online Team a 10-6 advantage coming into the second round of heads up matches.
Topakas had his all in preflop against Leonard's . The board ran out to give the Leonard the 2-1 match victory.
Almost down to the felt once again Steve "The Big Show" Topakas has found another double up.
Steve "StevoL" Leonard raised enough to put the Big Show all in preflop. Topakas made the call for his remaining 1,250 chips and the players tabled their cards.
Leonard
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