Fabien Dunlop -- 295,000
JP Kelly -- 232,000
Adnan Alshamah -- 175,000
Ganesh Bathmanathan -- 170,000
William Martin -- 160,000
Anthony Roux -- 132,000
Thor Drexel -- 125,000
James Tomlin -- 120,000
Said Englund -- 117,000
Richard Allen -- 105,000
Ian Frazer -- 73,000
Toni Huynh -- 73,000
Neil Suarez -- 67,000
Thor Drexel raised to 11,000 from the button, and following a minute or two of very vocal squirming and requesting that Drexel show if he fold, etc, from Ganesh Bathmanathan in the small blind, big blind James Tomlin was the only caller.
They went heads up to a flop, and Tomlin checked. Drexel bet 10,500, and after a moment, Tomlin folded, showing Drexel the . Drexel silently showed him the for top pair in return, and raked in the pot.
A hefty old pot had formed by the river of the board, when Said Englund bet out 30,000. After a few moments of indecision, Adnan Alshamah made the call, leaving himself less than 30,000 behind -- and then promptly mucked when Englund turned over for trips. Yikes.
Toni Huynh just found himself all in for the umpteenth time, but this time his tournament life seemed pretty safe with versus the of Fabien Dunlop. The board teased, but to no avail as the river bricked out with the and at least one player exhaled a thankful sigh of relief.
James Tomlin opened for 11,000 from the cut-off, Ian Frazer made it 35,000 from the small blind, Richard Allen pushed all in from the big blind and Tomlin folded. With around 35,000 behind, Frazer thought and thought before one final thought, and then folded. Disappointingly, our curiosity remained unsatisfied and play continued with 12.
Said Englund limped under the gun and it folded around to Fabien Dunlop in the small blind, who raised to 27,000. Back to Englund, who reraised an amount that escaped me as by the time I got around to looking up from my notepad, Dunlop had announced all in, and Englund had called.
Dunlop:
Englund:
Board:
We are down to 12, and Dunlop is up to a frankly obscene 550,000. "How big are your wrists?" enquired tablemate William Martin. "You should get them to get the bracelet now..."
With the board reading , Ganesh Bathmanathan led out for 8,000, along with his trademark trash talk. After a brief dwell, Thor Drexel, who was out of position, made the call.
"Two pair," declared Bathmanathan as he tabled . Drexel mucked.
"Thank you," continued Bathmanathan. "I'll give you respect when it's due, yeah? Thank you, thank you. I am the Daniel Negaru of this country."
"It's Negreanu," corrected neighbour James Tomlin.
"I don't know how to say his name, but whatever it is, I'm the Daniel Negaru of this country."
Chip monster Fabien Dunlop has taken a couple of hits.
First of all he got himself involved from the button with William Martin in the cutoff. They made it to the end of the board and Martin checked. Dunlop checked behind, and turned over for two pair -- and everyone was most surprised when Martin turned over for a sneakily-played full house that never got paid off.
A few hands later, Dunlop doubled up Anthony Roux when his failed to hit against Roux's pocket fours.
Nevertheless, the 480,000 that Dunlop is left with still represents roughly a 2:1 chip lead over anyone else in the tournament.
flop, and Tomlin checked. Drexel bet 10,500, and after a moment, Tomlin folded, showing Drexel the 
. Drexel silently showed him the 
for top pair in return, and raked in the pot.
board, when Said Englund bet out 30,000. After a few moments of indecision, Adnan Alshamah made the call, leaving himself less than 30,000 behind -- and then promptly mucked when Englund turned over 
for trips. Yikes.
of Fabien Dunlop. The 
for two pair -- and everyone was most surprised when Martin turned over 
for a sneakily-played full house that never got paid off.
failed to hit against Roux's pocket fours.
