From under the gun, Andrew Jeffreys raised to 175 and Dennis Huntly called from the button. The two players have seen several flops together and this time it came down .
Jeffreys led out for 250 and Huntly called. The turn was the , and Jeffreys bet again, for 525 this time, with Huntly calling.
Before the river, Jeffreys fired 1,100 in the dark. The final card was the , and Huntly quickly tossed in the call.
"You win," said Jeffreys as he prepared to muck his cards. Huntly showed for a pair of eights to which Jeffreys commented, "Just fold Dennis, one time."
There have been several pots between these two today that Huntly has won; the cause of Jeffreys stack being down to just 2,000 chips.
David Lim came in raising from late position, and eventually. both Danny McDonagh and Lim ended up getting it all in before the flop, with McDonagh at risk for his tournament life.
When the cards were rolled over, it was a classic race; Lim's versus McDonagh's . The flop was pretty dry for McDonagh, showing up . Lightning struck the turn though, as the peeled off, giving him the lead. The river was the , and McDonagh's bigger two pair was enough to earn him a double up. He now sits with 3,950 in chips.
Right at the start of play, director Jonno Pittock announced that there was one bounty player in the field today. That player is Danny McDonagh, who was unable to make it to town for yesterday's "Tony G Bounty Shootout." To the man who eliminates McDonagh today, Pittock promised a "special prize."
How's this for a lineup: Sam Youssef, Aytune Tezay, Dion George, Van Marcus, Peter Pratis and Jamie Pickering. Pretty tough, considering we're six-handed.
Also of interest is table 40, where Tim Duckworth, Gareth Edwards and Michael 'Sticky' Guttman are sharing real estate.
On the button, Andrew Jeffreys raised to 150. Dennis Huntly called from the big blind and the flop came . Huntly checked, and Jeffreys fired 175 in position. "I'm going to have to raise you," said Huntly.
"Ok, how much?" asked Jeffreys. Huntly then raised to 500. "All right, I call," answered Jeffreys.
The turn brought the , and Huntly led out for 1,300. Jeffreys made the call.
The river was the , and Huntly moved all-in for a little over 3,500. Jeffreys checked his hole cards and turned up the before mucking his hand.
Tony Dunst opened with a raise to 175, and both Graham Woodbine and Tony Hachem joined in to the flop.
It came . Dunst led out with 300 chips, and Woodbine raised to 800. Tony Hachem called, as did Tony Dunst, with all three of them seeing the turn.
Fourth street brought the . Dunst kept the heat on, firing out another 1,200 chips. Woodbine ducked out, and Tony Hachem moved all-in. Dunst quickly called, and the hands were shown down:
Dunst:
Hachem:
Both players hit the flop hard and the turn even harder, but Dunst's flush was no match for that of Hachem. The river was a meaningless , and Hachem collected an early double up.
Tony Dunst was left with just 175 chips, and they all went in on the very next hand, working with . Graham Woodbine made the call with , and his pocket pair held up, relegating Tony Dunst to the rail very early.
Despite the fact that Woodbine notched the knockout, Tony Hachem was in his glory, chanting to himself, "Tony H. takes out Tony D.!"
Andrew Scott raised from the button to 150 and Marcus Veenhuyzen reraised from the big blind to 650. "Oh sh*t, here we go," said Veenhuyzen after Scott tossed in the extra 500 chips for the call.
The flop came down and both Veenhuyzen and Scott checked.
The turn brought the , putting a possible backdoor flush draw on board. Veenhuyzen bet out 600 and was quickly raised by Scott to 1,200. Marcus made the call.
The river was the and Veenhuyzen checked. Scott immediately picked up his entire stack and tossed it into the middle of the table, announcing "I'm all in."
"Ahh, there's only a few hands that beat me right now," claimed Veenhuyzen. He checked his watch, and then the tournament clock, before yelling something to his mates on the rail about going to lunch. Veenhuyzen eventually called.
Veenhuyzen:
Scott:
Left holding a flopped set versus a flopped nut straight, Veenhuyzen was sent to an early lunch as Scott collected the pot to double his stack.
The Poker Room here at the Crown is jam packed today as many tables are being used throughout the room due to the 6-handed format. Some of the faces we've spotted thus far include Tony Hachem, Karib Karib, Dennis Huntly, Patrick Fletcher, David Steicke, Gareth Edwards, Martin Harvey, Emad Tahtouh, Lisa Walsh, Marwan Nassif and Andrew Jeffreys.