From under the gun, Jonathan Karamalikis raised to 80,000. Ben McLean called from the button and Tom Rafferty called from the big blind. The three players then saw a flop of and Rafferty checked. Karamalikis fired 125,000 and McLean raised to 270,000. Rafferty got out of the way and Karamalikis went into the tank. When he came out, he reraised to one million even. It was now McLean's turn to tank. He thought for a couple minutes and then moved all in for 1.482 million. Karamalikis quickly called.
Karamalikis:
McLean:
The turn brought the and the river the . Both of those cards missed all of Karamalikis' outs and he sent over the chips to double McLean to 3.084 million. Karamalikis dropped to 2.7 million and has lost the chip lead.
Peco Stojanovski limped in from the button and Jonathan Karamalikis said, "I like that," when he saw him limp in. In the small blind, Tom Rafferty raised to 125,000. Karamalikis folded from the big blind and then Stojanovski also folded. Rafferty showed the .
Ben McLean raised to 115,000 from the button and Tom Rafferty put in a reraise from the big blind to 265,000. McLean made the call.
After the flop came down , Rafferty checked and McLean moved all in for a little bit over one million. Rafferty folded and said, "Jacks," as he flung his hand into the muck. He's down to 1.68 million now.
From under the gun, Antoine Amourette pushed all in for his last 151,000 before Benjamin McLean followed suit by moving all in from the button to force the blinds to fold.
Amourette:
McLean:
With Amourette needing to spike to stay alive, the flop changed little apart from giving the Frenchman a backdoor straight draw.
The on the turn, followed by the on the river, would unfortunately end the PokerStars.net Online Qualifier's tournament in 5th place for a A$97,970 payday as McLean climbs to 1,280,000 in chips.
On the first hand after play - and sporting an exchanged white shirt for a black t-shirt - Antoine Amourette opened the button to 88,000 only to have Benjamin McLean three-bet shove from the big blind for his remaining 517,000.
Amourette swiftly made the call, and before a few of the remaining players were ready, one was already at risk.
McLean:
Amourette:
With McLean trailing, the flop for the second nuts thrust him into the lead and sent him cheering in the direction of his rail.
The on the turn however gave him a sweat, but when the river landed the , McLean doubled through to 1,074,000 as Amourette was left crippled with just 159,000 in chips.
and Rafferty checked. Karamalikis fired 125,000 and McLean raised to 270,000. Rafferty got out of the way and Karamalikis went into the tank. When he came out, he reraised to one million even. It was now McLean's turn to tank. He thought for a couple minutes and then moved all in for 1.482 million. Karamalikis quickly called.
and the river the 
. Both of those cards missed all of Karamalikis' outs and he sent over the chips to double McLean to 3.084 million. Karamalikis dropped to 2.7 million and has lost the chip lead.
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, Rafferty checked and McLean moved all in for a little bit over one million. Rafferty folded and said, "Jacks," as he flung his hand into the muck. He's down to 1.68 million now.![[user80015]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
flop changed little apart from giving the Frenchman a backdoor straight draw.
flop fall.
while collecting the pot.
