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Kenny Tran
With the board reading Kenny Tran and his opponent had committed their chips into the middle. Kenny held for a set of queens but was sweating the river as his opponent held for top pair and a flush draw.
The crowd gathered around the rail as the river peeled off the to complete the flush and leave Kenny Tran, who is better known for his "sick calls" rather than "sick beats", with less than 14,000 chips.
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Jimmy "gobboboy" Fricke and Matt Sexton were involved in a pot. Sexton raised 600 from the cutoff and Fricke called from the big blind. The flop was . Fricke check-called a 1,000 bet from Sexton. The turn was the . Fricke check-called a 2,00 bet from Sexton. The river was the . Fricke check-called a 4,000 bet from Sexton. Sexton tabled while Fricke mucked his hand.
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Jamie Pickering - three final tables at the 2008 Aussie Millions
Jamie Pickering was eliminated by Nicholas Macmillan. Pickering check-raised all in on a board . Macmillian called with . Pickering had a flush draw and missed. He was eliminated.
Pickering had a very good week at the Aussie Millions. He was the Event #4 winner and he made a final table at Event #7 and Event #10. Sadly, his run at the Aussie Millions has come to a close.
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Brandon Schaefer gets Big Slick outflopped by A-Q
Sam Vakili raised 2,000 from the button. Brandon Schaefer re-raised to 7,000 from the big blind. Vakili called. The flop was . Schaefer fired out 15,000. Vakili called all in for the rest of his chips (about 12,000).
Vakili: A-Q
Schaefer: A-K
The turn was the and Scahefer was drawing dead. The river was a blank and Schaefer was crippled.
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On a flop of Karib Karib opened the betting with an 800 bet from the cutoff. Dan Shak re-pops it to 2,800 from the big blind and Karib calls.
The turn is the and Shak leads out for a 3,000 chip bet. Karib thinks and calls once again.
The river brings the and both players check it down.
Karib shows for flopped two pair but Shak had flopped a straight with his which is good to win the pot. Karib slips to 16,000 while Shak is now up to 34,000 chips.
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Raymond Rahme likes runner-runner flushes
On the last hand before the break, Gary Benson raised to 600 pre-flop and got four callers, including Raymond Rahme. The flop was . The action was checked to Rahme, who moved all in for 9,675. Three opponents folded, and Gary Benson went into the tank, ultimately making the call with . Rahme turned up . The turn was the , giving Rahme a flush draw. He'd need a queen, a ten, or a heart to survive. And the river was... the , doubling Rahme up to 18,000.