The action started off with a 300 chip raise from German pro Khiem Nguyen. It got folded to Raymond Rahme, and the South African former WSOP Main Event finalist three-bet to 975 from the button. Both blinds folded and Nguyen who four-bet to 2,375 and Rahme called.
The flop came down and Nguyen threw out 2,100. Rahme gave it some thought and made the call. On the turn the hit the felt and Nguyen made a 5,100 bet. Rahme grabbed for more chips and eventually raised to 12,725. Nguyen seemed like he hadn't seen this coming and after a solid minute he went all-in for 18,175 total.
Rahme still had 15,800 behind if he called and lost, considering the small shove a call seemed very likely. The South African had a lot of trouble figuring it out and after a good couple of minutes he finally decided to make the call. Nguyen turned over his and Rahme threw away his cards face down. The dealer shoved the cards into the muck and Andrew Hinrischen said, "It's a showdown, you have to turn over the cards". "I know" the dealer replied and Hinrichsen, who wasn't pleased at all, said, "So why did you muck them then?". The dealer went silent and finally burned after which the hit the river. Nguyen managed to get a big double up without having to sweat the river while players were guessing what Rahme could've had.
With approximately 6,000 in the pot and a board reading , Barry Greenstein bet 1,500 and received a call from his lone opponent. Greenstein rolled over for a full house, which was good enough to give him the pot and increase his chip stack up to 43,000.
An under-the-gun player opened the action and was met by a three-bet from a middle-position opponent. Nauv Kashyap was in the cutoff and made the call, as did the small blind and the original raiser. When the flop came down The small blind checked, UTG bet, MP raised, and Kashyap put in a three-bet.
The small blind, who had coyly checked and flew under the radar, then woke up with a check-raise all in for 14,775. It proved too much for the others as one by one they sent their cards to the muck. Kashyap dropped to 12,025 after the hand.
With about 1,400 in the pot and a board reading , Maria Ho bet 700 from the big blind position, the under-the-gun player called, and the button got out of the way. When the was put out on the river, both players checked and Ho turned over . Her opponent bounced his cards up and down a few times before sending them to the muck.
It wasn't much of a hand, but it gives us an excuse to tell you that Ho is approaching 50K. Not a bad first level to say the least.
Players from all over the world come over to Melbourne to play in this event, and the Swedes are also here. We just ran into Ramzi Jelassi ($1,1 million in live tournament earnings) and EPT winner Michael Tureniec. The Swedes just can in today and decided to hop into this tournament right away. Anton Wigg, who won EPT Copenhagen just like Tureniec, is seated with McLean Karr and that could give us some interesting hands throughout the day.
On a flop of , Jim Collopy fired out 500 and received a call from Chris Barratt. The latter proceeded to call bets of 800 on the turn and 1,500 on the river, prompting Collopy to reveal . Barratt then rolled over for the same hand.
We don't like to write chopped pots, but then again, we don't like to write down action and let it go to waste either.
The other day, the Official 2012 Aussie Millions Welcome Party took place at Guiseppe Arnaldo & Sons as the Aussie Millions Main Event is just around the corner. See what happened here!
A ruling was just made over on Table 27 that did not sit well with the table, especially with McLean Karr. From what we could piece together, two players took their seats and proceeded to play a hand. The player in Seat 3, someone Karr was familiar with, cold four-bet him right off the bat and ended up winning the hand. It was then discovered that the two recently-seated players had sat in the wrong seats.
The floor was called about the mix up and ruled that since a hand had been played, the players would each be given a one-round penalty but be allowed to stay in the "wrong" seats. Karr was furious with the decision, explaining that it was too exploitable and setting a terrible precedent.
The entire table disagreed with the ruling, but the floor was firm in his decision. He also noted that Table 27 would be the first to break, meaning the situation wouldn't last all day.
Karr was unhappy with the ruling, and as if things couldn't get any worse, he was robbed on the following hand. It happened on the river with a board reading and Karr rolled over , showing that he had been counterfeited. His opponent, not seeing this, started to slide his cards towards the muck when the player in Seat 5 mentions that Karr only had six high. His opponent then flipped over his for ace high and the win.
"What the hell is going on in this tournament?" Karr asked in disgust after scolding Seat 5, who immediately realized his folly. Karr's opponent admitted that he would have mucked had it not been for Seat 5.
We should also note that the floor staff consulted one another on the mis-seated players and reassigned them to random seat in the tournament area after they returned from their penalty, a decision that pleased everyone involved . . . even Karr.
and Nguyen threw out 2,100. Rahme gave it some thought and made the call. On the turn the 
hit the felt and Nguyen made a 5,100 bet. Rahme grabbed for more chips and eventually raised to 12,725. Nguyen seemed like he hadn't seen this coming and after a solid minute he went all-in for 18,175 total.
and Rahme threw away his cards face down. The dealer shoved the cards into the muck and Andrew Hinrischen said, "It's a showdown, you have to turn over the cards". "I know" the dealer replied and Hinrichsen, who wasn't pleased at all, said, "So why did you muck them then?". The dealer went silent and finally burned after which the 
hit the river. Nguyen managed to get a big double up without having to sweat the river while players were guessing what Rahme could've had.
, Barry Greenstein bet 1,500 and received a call from his lone opponent. Greenstein rolled over 
for a full house, which was good enough to give him the pot and increase his chip stack up to 43,000.
, Maria Ho bet 700 from the big blind position, the under-the-gun player called, and the button got out of the way. When the 
was put out on the river, both players checked and Ho turned over 
. Her opponent bounced his cards up and down a few times before sending them to the muck.
, Jim Collopy fired out 500 and received a call from Chris Barratt. The latter proceeded to call bets of 800 on the 
river, prompting Collopy to reveal 
. Barratt then rolled over 
for the same hand.
and Karr rolled over 
for ace high and the win.