Russel Wheatley was all-in for around 18,000 before the flop and had the best of it when he was looked up by the bigger stack Darryl Shaff.
Russel Wheatley: A♠K♠ 
Darryl Shaff: K♥Q♦
The board ran out A♦J♥3♣6♥10♦ and Shaff rivered broadway.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
Busted |
"Nobody believes me," Merwan Corront joked when he min-raised a bet of 6,000 by Joe Rahme to 12,000 on the J♥7♠3♠A♠7♣ river while on the button. Rahme went into the tank and Corront started some table chat, guessing the hand of his opponent for "ace-queen with the queen of spades."
"I have an ace ... no spade," Rahme replied. He used one time bank and eventually folded the A♦K♦ face-up. Corront flashed only his 2♠ before collecting the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Samuel Tebege checked the A♠10♦3♦ flop and called a bet worth 2,000 by Muzey Gothey from one seat over on the button. The same action repeated on the 2♣ turn for 7,000 and Tebege checked the Q♣ on the river.
Gothey now sized up to 20,300 and Tebege folded eventually.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
68,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Joining the action on the Q♥4♥2♣4♣ turn, Sugen Singh checked out of the small blind. Russel Wheatley bet 3,000 on the button only for Singh to make it 10,000 to go. Wheatley used one time bank extension and then folded.
"I was hoping you had a queen, I had ace-queen," Singh mentioned in the table chat. Wheatley had around 30,000 chips left after the hand but was eliminated by Howard Lipman soon after that at the end of the level.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
45,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Joining the action on a flop of A♣Q♠7♣, Okkie Fourie checked in the cutoff. Samuel Tebege bet 1,700 on the button and Fourie came along. That led them to the A♠ turn on which Fourie checked again. Tebege bet 3,400 and Fourie used his entire 25-second shot clock before making the call.
Both ended up checking down the 9♥ river and Fourie revealed 10♠10♣. Tebege had that beat with the K♥Q♦ for the superior two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
74,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
59,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
155,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
110,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
95,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
95,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
95,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
85,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
55,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
55,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
38,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
30,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
25,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
24,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
A large pot of around 55,000 was brewing to the 10♦9♦5♦3♣J♥ river on which Stephen Courtney pushed all-in from the big blind. Brad Kibel had around 20,000 behind on the button and went into the tank, using two time bank extensions while talking through possible hand combinations.
Ultimately, Kibel called and was shown the A♦6♦ for the nut flush by Courtney. He tossed his 10♠10♣ in disgust to the muck before heading out of the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
140,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
Busted |
Muzey Gothey bet the K♦7♠3♣Q♥ turn for 7,500 to earn a call from Bradley Moore. He then jammed the 9♥ on the river and Moore instantly called.
Gothey revealed the K♣9♣ for rivered kings and nines, but Moore had turned superior two pair with K♥Q♣ already. The double of Moore was for 29,100 and that sent Gothey back below the starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
33,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
Roy Bitton soared to a big stack over on table nine and that left some empty chairs to be filled. One of them was taken by Costa Sissou, who was seated on the button of his dad Peter Sissou. His brother is also in the field as well as Nick Sissou can be found over on table four.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
||
|
|
70,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
50,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
44,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
