Antonis "Toothpick Tony" Kambouroglou made a good fold. After Tom Pongrass opened for 7,000 and Ben Delaney three-bet for his whole stack of 35,000, Kambouris had a tough decision with pocket threes. His hand "timed out" after Kambouroglou took longer than the allotted twenty seconds to act. That brought the action back to Pongrass, who made the call.
Pongrass:
Delaney:
The flop came down , causing Kambouroglou to bemoan his bad luck and giving Delaney a sweat over Pongrass' flush draw. The on the turn gave Pongrass a few more outs, but he missed them all when the river blanked . Delaney doubled up to 75,000, and Kambouroglou was left to wonder what might have been.
Josh Field got his chips in good. He moved in preflop with and was called by John MacNaughton's . Unfortunately for Field, MacNaughton was the one who connected with the board when it came . MacNaughton is on 160,000 as a result, and Field is on the rail.
Yesterday, Michael Pedley sat next to Oliver Gill for several hours. Irritated by Gill's incessant chatter, Pedley put four AU$50 notes on the table and stated that there was a AU$200 bounty on Gill's head. The player to eliminate Gill would be paid from Pedley's own pocket.
Pedley didn't make it to Day 2, but he was watching from the rail when Stephen Boots opened to 11,500 and then called after Gill pushed all in for 46,200. Boots showed , a slight favorite over Gill's . The board ran out , sending Gill out of the tournament. Pedley fished AU$200 out of his pocket and gave it to Boots in satisfaction of the bounty.
Liv Boeree has plenty of admiring railbirds today, but she hasn't provided them with much action so far. She shoved all in for 37,900 from the big blind after Neville Eber opened the button for 8,000. Eber made a quick call, tabling , a hand that had Boeree's dominated. Boeree turned the tables on a flop of , making a pair of fives. The turn blanked and the river was a harmless , giving Boeree the pot and the double-up. She's up to about 80,000.
Anthony Kellet watched as his stack was relentlessly blinded down. He finally moved all in with and was called by Saidal Wardak, who showed . Wardak hit a jack on the flop to take the lead. Kellett was not able to improve from there, as the turn and river came running kings.
That leaves Jai Kemp, Aaron Jacobs, Steve Topakas, Sherrie Gelber, Con Kamaris and Saidal Wardak still alive on Table 25.
Sean Keeton - 222,000
Chriss Barratt - 73,000
Stephen Boots - 116,000
Con Angelakis - 30,000
Oliver Gill - 47,000
Neil Channing - 48,000
Table 27
Tom Pongrass - 76,000
Ben Delaney - 30,000
Cort Kibler - 59,000
Tony Kambouris - 75,000
Eric Assadourian - 120,000
Josh Field - 31,000
John MacNaughton - 160,000
Two names that we haven't called much yet today tangled in a recent hand at Table 28. Danny Joukhadar opened with a raise to 5,500 that was called by Neville Eber from the small blind and Matthew Lea from the big blind. All three players checked the flop of . On the turn , Eber led out for 6,000, folding Lea. Joukhadar called.
The river fell . Eber opted to slow down, checking the action over to Joukhadar. Joukhadar seized the initiative by bettting 8,000, then was surprised to see Eber check-raise to 28,000. After thinking it over for a few moments, Joukhadar called. His mades aces and deuces and took down the pot against Eber's , kings and deuces.
Joukhadar cracked the six-figure mark by dragging the pot, moving to 102,000 in the counts. Eber fell to 131,000.
Oliver Gill fans, listen up. Your man is still in the hunt, doubling to 45,000 chips after hitting a set of sevens with on a flop of against Con Angelakis' top two pair, . The board did not repeat, allowing Gill to drag the pot. Angelakis is down to 40,000.
Tom Pongrass was up, up, up to start the day. Then he was down, down. Then up. Then he wound up calling the all-in bet of Josh Fields. Fields showed against Pongrass' , but spiked a king on the turn to double up to 40,000 and stay alive. That loss knocked Pongrass back to about 30,000.
A few hands later, Pongrass was at it again, calling an all in with against the pocket jacks of one of three "Cons" in the tournament, Con Cotsomitis. Cotsomitis was left looking for a gutshot straight draw to fill after the flop fell . It missed. The turn was the and the river was the . That moved Pongrass back to about 70,000 and crippled Cotsomitis to just 3,000.
Pongrass finished Cotsomitis off a few hands later, taking his against the of Cotsomitis. Neither player hit the board. Pongrass' ace-high was enough to win and sent Cotsomitis off to the payouts cage.
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, causing Kambouroglou to bemoan his bad luck and giving Delaney a sweat over Pongrass' flush draw. The 
on the turn gave Pongrass a few more outs, but he missed them all when the river blanked 
. Delaney doubled up to 75,000, and Kambouroglou was left to wonder what might have been.
and was called by John MacNaughton's 
. Unfortunately for Field, MacNaughton was the one who connected with the board when it came 
, a slight favorite over Gill's 
. The board ran out 
, sending Gill out of the tournament. Pedley fished AU$200 out of his pocket and gave it to Boots in satisfaction of the bounty.
, a hand that had Boeree's 
dominated. Boeree turned the tables on a flop of 
and the river was a harmless 
, giving Boeree the pot and the double-up. She's up to about 80,000.
and was called by Saidal Wardak, who showed 
. Wardak hit a jack on the 
flop to take the lead. Kellett was not able to improve from there, as the turn and river came running kings.
. On the turn 
against Pongrass' 
. It missed. The turn was the 