It was folded around to Charlie Combes, who lobbed out a bet of 13,500. Barry Drysdale out of the big blind was the only caller.
The flop came down .
Drysdale checked to Combes who bet 18,000. Drysdale casually tossed in four yellow chips for the call and the turn brought the .
Drysdale took charge this time, putting together a bet of 35,000. After some thought, Combes folded his hand and Drysdale raked in the chips putting his stack at 285,000.
It's very much the case of much ado about nothing as the action (or lack thereof) continues all up in here.
The action folded around to Charlie Combes who raised to 10,500 from the button before the flop. Jack Powell called from the small blind and then he led out for 15,000 on the flop of . Combes mucked his hand.
A short time later, the action folded to Daniel Neilson who open-shoved his last 55,000 into the middle. Andrew Teng asked for a count and when Neilson responded, Teng folded, as did Barry Drysdale from the big blind.
Rarely a flop has been seen since the elimination of John Eames, but we've already seen Australia's Barry Drysdale and England's John Keys go toe-to-toe in a couple of pots.
Earlier, Drysdale limped in from under the gun before Keys raised to 13,200, forcing the others out of the way. Drysdale called and both players checked the flop of before Drysdale check-folded after Keys' bet of 16,500 on the turn of the .
A few hands later Drysdale again limped in from middle position before Keys raised to 13,500 from the hijack position. Drysdale called, then fired out 20,000 on the flop of . Keys let his hand go into the muck.
In related news, not much else is happening, apart from Andrew Teng reraising all-in after a raise from Justin Walch preflop, but Walch folded. Action Jackson!
The railbirds are out in full force, sweating their friends at this feature table here in the poker room at Crown Casino. If you're in the area, (or like many of you, upstairs here in the hotel), you should come down and check out the action!
And just like that, we've had our first elimination of the day.
From middle position, John Eames made it 19,100 to go and found a caller in James Keys from the hijack. The flop came down .
Eames moved all in for his remaining 8,000 and Keys made the call.
Eames:
Keys:
The turn brought the and the river the and Keys' queens gave him the pot, and moved his stack to 307,000 while Eames was sent to the payout desk as the first elimination of the day, collecting AUD$3,160 for his efforts.
Wondering where your favorite player is sitting? Here's the seat draw.
Seat 1: Justin Walch
Seat 2: Andrew Teng
Seat 3: Barry Drysdale
Seat 4: Soren Blanner
Seat 5: John Eames
Seat 6: James Keys
Seat 7: Daniel Neilson
Seat 8: Chris Yea
Seat 9: Charlie Combes
Seat 10: Jack Powell
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. Combes mucked his hand.
before Drysdale check-folded after Keys' bet of 16,500 on the turn of the 
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. Keys let his hand go into the muck.
and the river the 
and Keys' queens gave him the pot, and moved his stack to 307,000 while Eames was sent to the payout desk as the first elimination of the day, collecting AUD$3,160 for his efforts.