David Stucke in mid position and Fabien Dunlop on the button saw a flop; Stucke bet out 9,500. Dunlop smooth-called and they saw a turn.
The turn came down the and now Stucke bet out 25,000. A swift call, and they proceeded.
The river was the and this time Stucke announced all in for his last 50,000 or so. With no hesitation at all, Dunlop called.
"You got me," said an only slightly sheepish Stucke, forced to turn over . Dunlop turned over for trips, and he is our new chip leader on around 225,000. Stucke, on the other hand, is entirely busto in 17th place.
The only ballroom-dancing, vegetable-chopping, Lemmy-doppleganging man in poker is finally out after a performance so plucky it would have made Rocky Balboa look like a quitter. Despite successfully nurturing his short stack for the last couple of levels, Chris Ferguson made his last stand with , pushing all in from UTG+1 for a total of 11,400.
With less than four big blinds and some big stacks behind, it was always going to be difficult to get his push through, especially when Frazer picked up in the small blind. Naturally, he made the call.
The in the window looked ominous for Ferguson, but the bullet was accompanied by to complete the flop and offer more than a glimmer of hope. Although the and teased a straight, it was ultimately close but no cigar, and the 2000 WSOP Main Event Champion was finally gone.
As he exited, he received a much deserved round of applause for his 15th place finish.
James Tomlin shoved to a raise from Ganesh Bathmanathan, and Bathmanathan gave it some thought. He flipped a coin. "If it's tails, I'm calling," he announced. It came down heads. "You know what, I'm calling anyway."
Tomlin:
Bathmanathan:
Flop:
Bathmanathan: "YESSS!!!"
Turn:
Silence.
River:
More silence. Eventually, Bathmanathan: "Three aces! That's sick." It seems the poker gods don't like it when you celebrate too soon.
Adnan Alshamah raised with , and then called the shove from Martin Green. Green could only boast , failed to spike, and becomes our 14th place finisher.
In poker, one can experience extreme highs and lows in a matter of seconds, and none more so was this the case than in the last hand for Ian Frazer.
Having raised it up preflop to 8,000 from UTG+1, Frazer then made a brave call with after James Tomlin had pushed all in from the big blind for 55,000 with .
You could almost sense the little voice in Frazer's head chanting "small cards, small cards, small cards," and although the board was awash with rags, Frazer had completely missed the backdoor flush, and duly punched the air in celebration of what would have been a crucial victory.
But sadly for the Razer, it wasn't to be, as the dealer swiftly requested payment, and the realisation finally set in. Meanwhile, it's happy days for Tomlin, who now has over the 100,000 mark for what I would imagine is the first time today.
The end of the level is upon us, and it's time for players to take another 20 minutes off while those pesky and henceforth unnecessary 100-denomination chips are got rid of.
flop; Stucke bet out 9,500. Dunlop smooth-called and they saw a turn.
and now Stucke bet out 25,000. A swift call, and they proceeded.
and this time Stucke announced all in for his last 50,000 or so. With no hesitation at all, Dunlop called.
. Dunlop turned over 
for trips, and he is our new chip leader on around 225,000. Stucke, on the other hand, is entirely busto in 17th place.
versus Drexel's 
. There was a queen on the river for good measure.
, pushing all in from UTG+1 for a total of 11,400. 
in the small blind. Naturally, he made the call.
teased a straight, it was ultimately close but no cigar, and the 2000 WSOP Main Event Champion was finally gone.
, failed to spike, and becomes our 14th place finisher.
board was awash with rags, Frazer had completely missed the backdoor flush, and duly punched the air in celebration of what would have been a crucial victory.
