A raised pot would have Oliver Speidel, Alexander Debus and JP Kelly all witness the roll out on the flop.
Oliver Speidel checked his action to Debus who fired out 3,800. Kelly made the call, as did Speidel and the three players would see another card.
The fell on the turn and Speidel again checked and so did the originall aggressor Debus. With action now on Kelly he made it 8,100 to come along for the river. Speidel called and Debus folded.
The would be the final card to entice these two players and again Speidel checked. This time it would be a 12,500 bet from Kelly.
Speidel went deep into the tank, only coming up for air long enough to announce his fold, sending the pot Kelly's way.
We hadn't seen much of JP Kelly during the early stages of this final table, but he's now up to more than 85,000 after sending Andrew Scarf to the rail.
Scarf raised to 3,500 from UTG +1 and the action folded to Kelly who called from the small blind, making it heads-up to a flop of . Kelly checked to Scarf who leaned back in his chair and sipped on his iced water for some time before quickly shoving out a bet of 19,000.
Kelly quickly check-raised and Scarf called all-in, rolling up but he was outkicked by Kelly's . The turn of the gave Scarf a few more outs, but the river sealed the deal and Scarf was cast out in ninth place, picking up a healthy AUD$10,230 from the cage.
The action is still crawling along at a snail's pace and the atmosphere around the table is that of great unease. However, Andrew Scarf has managed to double up through Randy Dorfman to move up to more than 35,000 in chips. Scarf raised to 9,500 from under the gun and the action folded to Dorfman who reraised to 23,000.
All the others got out of the way and Scarf was only too happy to commit his remaining 6,000, showing down but found himself flipping for his tournament life against Dorfman's .
The flop of improved neither hand, but the on the turn put Scarf in the lead and he stayed there when the blanked out on the river.
John Zindo has just managed to double up for a second time through Randy Dorfman, moving up to more than 14,000 in chips as the action continues nine-handed at this final table.
Dorfman raised to 1,800 from early position and the action folded to Zindo who shoved for a further 6,500 from the big blind. Dorfman looked rather squeamish, but given he had uber-value to call, he threw in the rest of his chips and showed , but he was dominated by Zindo's .
Dorfman did manage to score some more outs after the flop of , but neither the turn of the or the river were any of the cards he was looking for and Zindo doubled through.
Randy Dorfman came in today as the chip leader and so far he has been acting that way, maneuvering his stack to bully and bruise his opponents around the table. One of those opponents has been Andrew Scarf.
Scarf was in the big blind when Dorfman raised to 1,800 from middle position. Scarf made the call in the big blind and we would see a flop.
Flop:
Scarf checked to the big stack and Dorfman not letting any free cards come, fired out 3,400. Scarf would not be pushed around though and check-raised to 9,100.
"Player is all-in," announced the dealer.
The relentless strength of the big stack forced Scarf out of the pot as he sent his cards flying into the muck.
It could have been a safe option to have bet on John Zindo to have busted out first, but incredibly, it was Jeff Chu who was the first to depart this final table, having just been eliminated by Randy Dorfman.
The action folded to Dorfman who raised from the hijack position to 1,800 before Chu reraised to 5,300 from the big blind. Dorfman snap-shoved; Chu looked stunned, but he thought about it for a minute or so before making the call.
Chu:
Dorfman:
The dealer produced a heart-breaking in the window and spread a flop of . Chu could only shrug his shoulders and quietly make his way to the cage when the turn and river bricked out , . Chu collects AUD$6,820 for his 10th place finish.
John Zindo was always going to have to put his pittifully small stack on the line early this afternoon, and what better time than from under the gun, right before he would be forced to put in a blind.
Zindo open-shoved for his 4,700 and when play came to Randy Dorfman he slid in a stack of grey 1,000 denomination chips, enough for a big raise and to scare the rest of the players out of the pot.
Zindo:
Dorfman:
It was bleak days indeed for Zindo and when the flop turned over the bleakness continued.
Zindo would need a five or some runner-runner luck on his side.
The turn was the saviour card, flipping over the . A safe river card and it was a double-up for Zindo.
Zindo still only has around 10,000 though so stay tuned for some more all-in carnage.
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roll out on the flop.
fell on the turn and Speidel again checked and so did the originall aggressor Debus. With action now on Kelly he made it 8,100 to come along for the river. Speidel called and Debus folded.
would be the final card to entice these two players and again Speidel checked. This time it would be a 12,500 bet from Kelly.
but he was outkicked by Kelly's 
gave Scarf a few more outs, but the river 
sealed the deal and Scarf was cast out in ninth place, picking up a healthy AUD$10,230 from the cage.
but found himself flipping for his tournament life against Dorfman's 
.
improved neither hand, but the 
, but he was dominated by Zindo's 
.
, but neither the turn of the 
. Chu collects AUD$6,820 for his 10th place finish.
. A safe river card and it was a double-up for Zindo.