Ken Demlakian opened with a min-raise from the small blind to 40,000, but David Allan wasn’t going to fold for that price in the big blind as the two took a flop of . Demlakian bet 46,000 and Allan made the call before both checked the turn.
The river brought the and Demlakian checked again to Allan who slid out a bet of 55,000. Demlakian made the call but couldn’t beat the of Allan. With that pot Allan is now into the chip lead.
Back-to-back hands have gone the way of the online gun, to get Allan off the short stack.
Both hands were a little unusual. The first saw all three pay 40,000 preflop to see a flop of . Action checked around and the turn brought the . Ken Demlakian checked and Allan bet 45,000. Both Jordan Westmorland and Demlakian made the call as the river was the . All thing checked it down. Demlakian showed for ace-high, with Westmorland’s also pairless, as Allan collected the pot with for just a pair of sevens.
Next hand, Allan raised the small blind to 40,000 and Westmorland called to see a flop of . Both players checked before Allan bet out 30,000 on the repeat turn. Westmorland called and the river fell the . Allan thought for some time before bombing the river for 130,000. Westmorland made the call but mucked when Allan showed for a full house.
Westmorland is now on the short stack as Allan has recovered nicely to sit with almost one million chips.
David Allan has been the most active at the table, letting himself blind down a little before three-betting all in. He has done that a couple more times here during the final three, now sitting with around 440,000 in chips. Ken Demlakian and Jordan Westmorland have rumbled in a couple of pots, but have checked it down to the river and mostly stayed away from each other.
Ricky Kroesen had been struggling to find a good spot or good cards to make a move for the last hour or so. He got a walk in the big blind and showed ace-king, and hoped that would be the start of his recovery. Unfortunately two hands later, it was all over.
Kroesen moved all in from the button for 270,000 with but Jordan Westmorland woke up with in the big blind and made the call. The flop of wasn’t bad for Kroesen but he couldn’t catch up through the turn or river.
Kroesen takes home NZD$34,200 for his fourth place finish.
David Allan was under the gun when he raised it up to 32,000. Ken Demlakian was only player to give Allan some action, calling out of the small blind.
Both the players checked the flop and a was dealt on the turn. This time Demlakian checked and then called the bet of 22,000 from Allan. An on the river would see Demlakian check and this time raise it up to 185,000 when Allan bet 62,000. Allan didn't take too long to call, but then mucked immediately when Demlakian tabled for a flopped set.
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. Demlakian bet 46,000 and Allan made the call before both checked the 
turn.
and Demlakian checked again to Allan who slid out a bet of 55,000. Demlakian made the call but couldn’t beat the 
of Allan. With that pot Allan is now into the chip lead.
. Action checked around and the turn brought the 
. Ken Demlakian checked and Allan bet 45,000. Both Jordan Westmorland and Demlakian made the call as the river was the 
. All thing checked it down. Demlakian showed 
for ace-high, with Westmorland’s 
also pairless, as Allan collected the pot with 
for just a pair of sevens.
. Both players checked before Allan bet out 30,000 on the repeat 
for a full house.
but Jordan Westmorland woke up with 
in the big blind and made the call. The flop of 
for a flopped set.