Phillip Willcocks opened the pot with a min-raise from under the gun and the action folded around to Steve Bouya in the cutoff, whereby he shoved his 605,000 chip stack into the middle. With Willcocks making the call it would be a Bouya tournament life on the line for the second time in three hands.
Willcocks:
Bouya:
By the time the board had ran out , Bouya would need any ten, king or ace to survive.
The on the river was all that Bouya was looking for as he took the down the pot and the big double-up to thrive with a healthy 1,250,000.
Leo Boxell raised it to 65,000 from the cutoff position and received a call from Phillip Willcocks in the big blind.
The players opted to check on the flop and watched as the landed on the turn. Willcocks seemed to like the five, leading for 100,000. Boxell made the call and the hit the river. Willcocks again led, this time for 300,000 and Boxell made the call.
Boxell sent his cards flying into the muck when Willcocks tabled his for a flopped two-pair and a rivered full-house.
It seems like no matter how often you look at the final table of the APPT Melbourne Main Event, it is always Steve Bouya deeply involved in a pot.
Bouya was in the big blind when William Jones raised it up to 61,000 from the button. Bouya made the call and the flop landed . Bouya then check-called a bet of 78,000 from Jones as the landed on the turn. Bouya again opted for the check-call, this time with a 170,000 chip bet from Jones.
The river was the and when Bouya checked again, Jones this time went with an all-in play. Bouya went into the tank. Bouya eventually folded, leaving himself with only 400,000 in chips.
Steve Bouya has been extremely busy in the early stages after the dinner break, being involved in the first three hands we have played.
Firstly, Bouya raised to 65,000 from the cutoff and received a call from Leo Boxell on the button. A flop fell and Bouya led for 105,000 before getting raised out of the pot by Leo.
In the next hand, Bouya opened again, this time from under the gun and got the call from Phillip Willcocks. A flop hit the felt and Bouya check-folded.
The third hand Bouya was involved in started when Boxell opened to 70,000 from under the gun, with Bouya coming along for the ride from the big blind. The flop fell and Bouya check-called a 100,000 chip bet from Boxell. The turn brought about the and a couple of checks to go along with it and the same thing happened on the river. Bouya then mucked his hand when Boxell tabbled his .
All in all, it was a pretty unsuccessful few minutes back from the break for Bouya.
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, Bouya would need any ten, king or ace to survive.
on the river was all that Bouya was looking for as he took the down the pot and the big double-up to thrive with a healthy 1,250,000.
. He would have to catch good against the 
of William Jones.
, the king on the turn and a bricked river giving Bouya all that he needed to stay alive in this tournament.
flop.
as he joked around with Jones, who had thought for some time before folding on the aforementioned flop.
landed on the turn. Willcocks seemed to like the five, leading for 100,000. Boxell made the call and the 
hit the river. Willcocks again led, this time for 300,000 and Boxell made the call.
. Bouya then check-called a bet of 78,000 from Jones as the 
landed on the turn. Bouya again opted for the check-call, this time with a 170,000 chip bet from Jones.
and when Bouya checked again, Jones this time went with an all-in play. Bouya went into the tank. Bouya eventually folded, leaving himself with only 400,000 in chips.
flop hit the felt and Jones checked the action to Bouya who bet 90,000. Jones then threw in a check-raise to 225,000 and Bouya let his cards go.
flop hit the felt and Bouya check-folded.
and a couple of checks to go along with it and the same thing happened on the 
river. Bouya then mucked his hand when Boxell tabbled his