Chuck Danielsson raised the button to 17,000 before Peter Aristidou put in the three-bet to 45,000. Danielsson rocked back in his chair and cringed before making an apparant tough fold.
"That's a reluctant fold!" sighed Danielsson, but David Saab gave his usual laugh and didn't seem so convinced.
"What percentile do you think my hand was in there?" said the analytical Danielsson.
"King-ten off," came the reply from Saab, failing to address the question.
"I monster king-ten off!" responded Danielsson, which drew more laughter from the table, as another tablemate chipped in, "Mate, one thing to learn is that you don't bullshit with Australians!"
Harrison Kaczka has just doubled through Daniel Carter to move to 220,000 in chips.
The two got it all in before the flop; Kaczka with queens and Carter with jacks. It was all but over after the flop came , giving Kaczka queens full. The turn and river followed up an inconsequential , and Kaczka raked in the pot.
Carter dropped to just 12,000 in chips after the hand.
It's been a rather frenetic pace so far this afternoon as we rapidly approach that stage of the tournament where the short stacks nervously look over their shoulders as the money bubble is now upon us.
According to the big screen we have 112 players remaining which means we are only four eliminations away from the cash. The minimum reward for players in this event is $2,286 AUD, so certainly worth hanging around a little bit longer to reach!
Xen Xenofontos is feeling the pressure after losing another big pot to Luke McLean just before the break.
The money was all in the middle on preflop and we caught the action as the cards were tabled:
McLean:
Xenofontos:
The board was spread - McLean moves back up to 100,000 while Xenofontos is on 79,000. However they have an even bigger problem to deal with - Jarred "FlopNutsOnYou" Graham has just been moved onto their table and holds 297,000 in chips!
Petar Lackovic has been eliminated at the hands of Brendon Rubie. Lackovic moved all-in for his last 20,000 from late position, finding one call in the cutoff position, before Brendon Rubie moved all-in over the top from the small blind to force a fold from the cutoff player.
Lackovic:
Rubie:
The board was spread and Rubie takes it down to eliminate Lackovic from the tournament.
2009 PokerNews Cup Australia Main Event winner Con Tsapkounis has just been eliminated from Event 1.
Tsapkounis opened with a raise to 11,000 from the hijack position and an opponent came over the top with a 30,000 three-bet. Tsapkounis made the call and the two saw a flop, which, under most circumstances would've been golden for Tsapkounis who held the . As fate would have it, his opponent held pocket aces and called Tsapkounis' all-in bet on the flop. The turn and river blanked out , and the aces held to eliminate Tsapkounis from Event 1.