Chipping Away

There have been no significant clashes since the departure of Tom Rafferty as the first 1-hour drew to a close. Karamalikis and the short-stacked Julien Sitbon played a pot that saw Sitbon's stock drop further.

With 51,000 in the pot on the flop of Sitbon had bet out 16,000 from the hijack and been raised by Karamalikis from the button to 37,000.

The Frenchman made the call and the came off on the turn, which saw no betting. The river completed a possible heart flush and Sitbon check-folded to Karamalikis' river shove to drop to 80,000, while Karamalikis climbed to 199,000.

There were a few small pots played, only one more of which made it to the river, but again there was no showdown, with Qiang Fu and Karamalikis battling in the blinds in another limped pot that saw Fu take it on the river.

Jonathan Karamalikis and Mladen Vukovic played a limped pot that made it all the way to the river, but not to showdown, with Karamalikis taking down with a pot-sized river bet.

Ryan Otto has been raising a lot of pots in position, none of which have made it past the flop, winning all but one of them.

The one in question saw Otto make it 12,000 to go from the hijack, with Roger Teska (button) and Qiang Fu (big blind) coming along to take action three-way to a flop of , which saw no betting. Fu took a stab for 15,000 on the turn and that was enough to win the hand.