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Dennis Huntly - eliminated
Dennis Huntly has every right to feel incredibly steamed because of his bust-out from the tournament. He wound up in a three-way all-in preflop against two opponents. John Paul Kelly opened with a raise preflop before a player in middle position shoved with . Huntly had been dealt and re-shoved for about 20,000 chips. That brought the action back to Kelly. He hemmed and hawed, but with chips to burn decided to go for the double-knockout and called with .
Huntly had the best of it preflop, and extended his edge by flopping a set, . The middle-position player was practically drawing dead; Kelly was drawing at four outs. The turn didn't change the picture, but the river did. It made a Broadway straight for Kelly to send Huntly to the rail, tattooed forehead and all.
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It seems inevitable that Andrew Jeffreys will be eliminated by Antonio Casale. Once again, Jeffries and Casale tangled. Once again, they tangled with vs. . Once again, Casale won the hand. Only this time Casale had the kings and Jeffreys wasn't able to outdraw him.
Jeffreys opened to 2,100, which Casale popped up to 4,200. Jeffreys called. The flop came and Kasale fired 10,000, which Jeffreys flat-called. The on the turn saw Kasale fire and Jeffreys flat-call again. This time the bet was 15,000. On the river , Casale moved enough chips in to put Jeffreys' tournament life on the line, and in the end Jeffreys thought better of it and folded.
Ironically the card that made Casale a set was the card that Jeffreys states, "Saved my tournament from elimination right there."
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Billy "The Croc" Argyros is out of the tournament. He pushed his short stack into the middle with and was called by an opponent with . The board never rescued Argyros. He finished with queen high and has left the tournament area.
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Neil Channing eliminated
Larry Karambis raised to 2,700 from early position before Neil Channing popped it up to 10,000 from the button. Karambis moved all in and Channing made the call.
Karambis:
Channing:
Channing was in control but the flop was a devastating to give Karambis a set. With only two outs to survive, the turn was the and river the and Channing is busted as Karambis cracks the 100,000 barrier.
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Loud expletives from the high-limit side of the room brought our reporter quickly over to Aleks Lackovic's table. He had tanked for ages on a board of after betting and watching Rajkumar Ramakrishnan check-raise all in for more than 80,000. Lackovic finally made the correct decision and called with his . Ramakrishnan was on a stone bluff with , but got bailed out by the board when it came running aces, . Lackovic was visibly steamed, although he remains in the tournament with 40,000 chips. Ramakrishnan is now among the leaders with 175,000.
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Jeff Madsen is lucky to still be alive in this tournament. He was all in preflop with against an opponent with . Madsen had his tournament life on the line as the flop left him with one foot out the door when it arrived to pair up his opponent.
The turn was the but the on the river was the savior as Madsen doubles to 45,000 chips.
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Antonio Casale was all in with the worst of it. He butted heads with Andrew Jeffreys, tabling pocket queens against the pocket kings of Jeffreys. The picture card that hit the flop was a queen, giving Casale the best of it. His edge held through the river. That hand propelled Casale to 75,000 chips. He moved to 115,000 shortly thereafter.
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Sam Capra has risen from one of the shorter stacks at the start of the day to now sit with a very healthy 160,000 chips. He accumulated most of them in a recent clash with Perth's favorite son, Max Veenhuyzen.
Capra raised preflop to 3,500 before Veenhuyzen popped it up to 8,500 from the cutoff. Capra then put in another raise, making it 28,500 with Veenhuyzen making the call in position.
The flop came down and Capra moved all in for 56,000 sending Veenhuyzen into the tank. He eventually found a call with but he'd run into Capra's .
The turn was the and river the and Capra doubled through to leave Veenhuyzen with only 50,000 as he grumbled, "Geez I dislike poker!"
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Joshua Malone is the current chip leader, and he just extended his lead at the expense of Michael Guzzardi. Guzzardi and Malone were at the river on a board of . 9,000 chips had already made their way into the pot. Guzzardi was first to act and opted to lead out for 5,400. Malone raised him to 25,000 and Guzzardi called with . He might have thought the pot was going to be split -- that Malone would turn over an ace of his own for matching sevens full of aces -- but Malone had flopped middle set with and had a bigger full house, eights full of sevens.
Guzzardi is down to 40,000. Malone is currently leading the tournament with approximately 230,000.
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Is it Christmas?
Mel Judah opened with a raise to 3,000 from the button before Steve Sung popped it up to 11,100 from the small blind. The big blind folded before Judah moved all in for his last 23,600. Sung sighed and calculated some pot odds before decided he was committed to call.
Judah:
Sung:
It was a case of the best hand in the game versus nearly the worst hand possible. It could've been the cruelest of bad beats to Judah but it wasn't to be as the board fell and Judah receives a generous double-up to 52,000. Sung is back to 42,000.
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. Huntly had been dealt 
and re-shoved for about 20,000 chips. That brought the action back to Kelly. He hemmed and hawed, but with chips to burn decided to go for the double-knockout and called with 
. 
. The middle-position player was practically drawing dead; Kelly was drawing at four outs. The turn 
didn't change the picture, but the river 
did. It made a Broadway straight for Kelly to send Huntly to the rail, tattooed forehead and all.
and Kasale fired 10,000, which Jeffreys flat-called. The 
on the turn saw Kasale fire and Jeffreys flat-call again. This time the bet was 15,000. On the river 
and was called by an opponent with 
. The board never rescued Argyros. He finished with queen high and has left the tournament area.
to give Karambis a set. With only two outs to survive, the turn was the 
and river the 
after betting and watching Rajkumar Ramakrishnan check-raise all in for more than 80,000. Lackovic finally made the correct decision and called with his 
but the 
but he'd run into Capra's 
and river the 
and had a bigger full house, eights full of sevens.
