The last five hands havn't seen a flop hit the felt, with Michael Frydman, Steve Bouya, Phillip Willcocks and William Jones each taking down the blinds and antes preflop. In one of the hands, Willcocks even got a walk.
While all this excitement was occuring Frydman and Bouya could be overheard discussing the last time they played together at the Victorian Poker Championships.
With a double-up from Eddie Mascardi, Phillip Willcocks is no longer the dominating chipleader as he was a the start of the final table.
Folded to Mascardi in late position he moved his remaining 300,000 into the middle. Willcocks would be the lone caller, throwing the extra chips from the small blind.
Mascardi:
Willcocks:
While the flop didnt give Mascardi enough for the victory, he did have bunch more outs, now needing any spade, any ace or and jack to make the double-up.
The on the turn would be of no help, but fellow New Zealander assured Willcocks that he had no chance of taking down this pot, using some profanities to describe the state of Willcocks hand.
Zheng's predicition would come true when the landed on the river and Mascardi would take the double-up, while Willcocks is now only a slight chip leader.
The action was folded to Steve Bouya on the button, where he made it 35,000 to go. Jackson Zheng made the call and a flop would be dealt.
Flop:
Zheng checked and Bouya bet 51,000. At this point Zheng decided to check-raise making it 134,000 to Bouya. With a call, the rolled off on the turn.
This time Zheng would lead, throwing out 161,000. Bouya then moved all-in and Zheng had a decision to make, eventually opting to send his cards into muck.
William Jones oppened from the hi-jack seat, making it 33,000 to play. Phillip Willcocks made the call from the cutoff and Leo Boxell would come along for the ride from the big blind.
Flop:
Boxell opted for the check-fold after Jones led for 51,000. Willcocks decided to call and watched as the hit the turn. Jones would slow down here, check-calling a 100,000 chip bet from Willcocks.
The river landed with a and again Jones went for the check-call, with Willcocks firing out 230,000.
Willcocks:
Jones:
The aces of Jones would be too strong for Willcocks busted straight-draw, with the chip leader making his first misstep at the final table.
The two hands played after Julius Colman made his way to the rail, saw no flops hit the felt.
First, Leo Boxell opened the pot to 32,000 from middle position, whereby William Jones three-bet to 82,000 from the small blind. The action was sent flying back around to Boxell who opted to fold, flashing the .
The next hand after that saw Eddie Mascardi move all-in from the hi-jack seat and took down the blinds and antes as all the players at the table threw their cards into the muck.
Julius Colman was left crippled when he ran his queens into the aces of Van Marcus and it was on the very next hand that Colman woke up with another few good looking cards.
Steve Bouya raised to 28,000 from middle position and Colman announced he was all-in from the seat right next to Bouya. When the action folded around to William Jones, he too announced he was all-in. With Bouya out of the way the too players turned their cards over and we were in danger of seeing our first elimination.
Colman:
Jones:
The board ran out , with no help for Colman as he exits the building on the fourth hand of the day.
Colman takes home a handy A$27,500 for his gallant effort.
On one of the first hands at the final table our chip leader Phillip Willcocks raised to 30,000 from early position. Now, it wouldn't have been suprising if the players opted to stay out of the way of the monsterous chip stack held by Phillip Willcocks, but when action came to Julius Colman he had different ideas, popping it to 80,000 from the hi-jack seat.
Action then folded around to Van Marcus and he went into the tank as the excitement around the rail is already building. Marcus announced he was all-in and Willcocks got away out of the way, whereby Colman made the snap-call.
Julius Colman:
Van Marcus:
A massive hand for Marcus, and as the board ran out he took the early double-up to put himself in great position, while Colman now finds himself in trouble.
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flop didnt give Mascardi enough for the victory, he did have bunch more outs, now needing any spade, any ace or and jack to make the double-up.
on the turn would be of no help, but fellow New Zealander assured Willcocks that he had no chance of taking down this pot, using some profanities to describe the state of Willcocks hand.
landed on the river and Mascardi would take the double-up, while Willcocks is now only a slight chip leader.
hit the turn. Jones would slow down here, check-calling a 100,000 chip bet from Willcocks.
and again Jones went for the check-call, with Willcocks firing out 230,000.
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