A player in late position raised to 20,000 and got calls from the hijack and the cutoff.
Diana Shamshoum was on the button and without much thought, put in a hefty three-bet to 150,000. The players at the table looked stunned, but eventually everyone folded and the dealer shipped Shamshoum the pot.
Nikolas Chinell raised to 23,000 from early position and action was on Illankumaran Kandiah in the hijack. He thought for a moment before putting in a three-bet to 75,000. Chinell wasted no time and put in a four-bet to 202,000. Kandiah had a decision to make for his remaining 750,000 and decided to five-bet jam. Chinell called.
Kandiah tabled , up against Chinell's .
The flop came , with Chinell holding on the only spade and taking away an out from Kandiah. The turn was the and the river was the to send Kandiah to the rail.
Chinell is looking to ride his heater after finishing third in the Big Bounty last night at Playground for $3,850 plus $2,500 in bounties! He ran into a cooler three-handed in a chip-lead pot but couldn't hold in a 60/40.