Hand #186: Alex Antonios limped the button and then called when Steven Zhou, who has upped his aggression as of late, three-bet to 35,000. Both players then checked it down as the board ran out . Zhou tabled the and Antonios mucked.
Hand #187: Zhou raised to 25,000 from the small blind won the pot.
Hand #188: Alexander Antonios raised to 26,000 from the button and Michael Tran three-bet to 81,000. Steven Zhou asked for a count of the stack of Antonios and then folded his big blind. Antonios called and they checked the flop.
After the turn, Tran check-called a bet of 56,000 and the fell on the river. Antonios bet 125,000 and Tran only had about 200,000 behind. He gave it a lot of thought before calling and Antonios showed for a set of aces as winning hand.
Hand #189: Tran raised to 24,000 from the button and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #190: The action folded to Antonios in the small blind and he open-shoved into the big blind of Tran. The latter mucked his cards.
Hand #191: Tran raised to 32,000 from the small blind and Zhou called out of the big blind to see the flop. Tran moved all in for 51,000 after the action got checked to him and Zhou called off.
Zhou:
Tran:
Middle pair versus open ended straight draw. Tran needed to catch the straight after the turn improved Zhou's hand to two pair and sure enough the fell on the river to let Tran's rail erupt.
Hand #192: Michael Tran opened for 27,000 from the button and Steven Zhou called from the small blind. The flop saw Zhou check-call a bet of 24,000 and then both players checked the turn as well as the river. Tran showed the and Zhou mucked.
Hand #193: Zhou raised to 26,000 on the button and won the pot.
Hand #194: Alex Antonios limped the button, Tran did the same from the small blind, and Zhou exercised his option from the big with a raise to 37,000. Only Antonios called and then both players checked the flop. Zhou check-called a bet of 46,000 on the turn, and then he check-called one of 140,000 on the river. Antonios tabled the for a set, and Zhou mucked. Zhou then claimed to have flopped two pair.
Hand #195: Zhou raised to 26,000 from the small blind, Antonios called from the big, and the flop fell . Zhou bet 28,000 and Antonios folded.
Hand #196: Zhou raised to 30,000 on the button, Tran called from the big blind, and then both players checked the flop. Tran proceeded to check-call a bet of 47,000 on the turn before both players returned to checking on the river.
Zhou showed the for two pair, but it was inferior to the two pair of Tran.
Hand #197: Michael Tran limped from the small blind, Steven Zhou raised to 37,000 and Tran released his cards.
Hand #198: Zhou raised to 40,000 and Alexander Antonios called after some consideration. Zhou continued for 65,000 on the flop and 125,000 on the turn. Antonios called the first barrel but eventually let go after the second one.
Hand #199: Antonios raised to 26,000 and Tran called out of the big blind. On the flop, Antonios check-folded to a bet of 28,000 by Tran.
Hand #200: Antonios limped from the button, Tran called and Zhou checked. The flop was checked to Antonios and he took it down with a bet of 14,000.
Hand #201: Tran raised the button to 25,000 and Zhou called the small blind. On the flop no bet was made before the fell on the turn. Zhou fired 27,000 and was called before he put in a hefty bet of 125,000 on the river. That was more than half the stack of Tran and the latter eventually mucked.
Hand #202: After hours of three-handed play a hand finally came that could very well determine the winner of this tournament.
It began when Steven Zhou raised to 25,000 on the button and Alex Antonios called from the small blind. Michael Tran came along from the big blind and all three players saw a flop of . Two checks saw Zhou continue for 32,000, and then Antonios woke up with a big check-raise to 107,000. Tran quickly folded, and Zhou snap-shoved for 341,000.
Antonios let an expletive slip his lips before asking for a count. After a minute he dropped in some chips to create a monster pot.
Antonios:
Zhou:
Zhou was ahead with a pair of kings, but Antonios was drawing to a flush in addition to his ace. The turn have Antonios added straight outs, but it'd be the river that would give him the win. The river sent Zhou home in third place for AU$79,646, while Antonios takes a 6-1 chip lead into heads-up play.
Hand #203: Michael Tran raised to 26,000 and Alexander Antonios folded.
Hand #204: Antonios limped, Tran made it 37,000 to go and Antonios called. They checked the flop and Tran bet 41,000 on the turn to claim the pot.
Hand #205: Now Tran limped and called the raise to 37,000 by his opponent. The flop was again checked through very much like the previous hand. On the turn, Tran reluctantly called the bet of 28,000 by Antonios and both checked down the on the river. Antonios showed and the pair of sevens was good.
Hand #206: Antonios limped and then bet the flop for 16,000. Tran mucked his cards.
Hand #207: Tran raised to 28,000 from the small blind and won the pot.
Hand #208: Alex Antonios raised to 25,000 on the button and won the pot.
Hand #209: Michael Tran limped the button, Antonios checked his option, and then both players checked it down as the board ran out . Tran showed the , but it was no good as Antonios held the for king high.
Hand #210: Antonios raised to 25,000 on the button and won the pot.
Hand #211: Tran raised the button to 32,000, Antonios called, and the flop came down . Antonios checked and then folded when Tran moved all in for roughly 110,000.
Hand #212: Antonios raised to 25,000 on the button and won the pot.
Hand #213: Michael Tran raised to 28,000 and that won the pot.
Hand #214: Alexander Antonios raised to 25,000 and quickly folded to a three-bet of Tran.
Hand #215: Antonios limped the small blind, Tran checked. The flop was checked through and same applied for the on the turn. Antonios won the pot with a bet of 12,000 after the on the river completed the board.
Hand #216: Antonios got through with a raise to 25,000.
Hand #217: Tran made it 38,000 and Antonios said "take it" - fold.