The details escaped us, but we do know that David Steicke got his stack all in and was racing against Patrik Antonius.
Steicke:
Antonius:
Antonius was ahead with his pocket tens, which meant Steicke, who won this event back in 2009, needed to improve to avoid becoming the eighth-place finisher.
Studio 3 was eerily quiet as the flop came down to give Steicke the lead with a pair of kings. The Australian let the slightest of smiles cross his face and then watch as the turn and river propelled him to a double.
Unfortunately we're not sure of the counts (limited access and no announcer), but we'll be sure to grab updated counts at the first available opportunity.
Mike McDonald opened to 80,000 from under the gun, Doug Polk called in the hijack, and the button and blinds both released.
The flop fell , McDonald led out for 110,000, and Polk called. Both players checked after the turned, and the suicide king () completed the board.
McDonald checked, Polk bet 340,000, and McDonald tossed out a time bank chip. He eventually moved all in for just under a million, and Polk used a time bank chip of his own before calling.
Both players showed down , and chopped the pot with Broadway.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko opened for 80,000 under the gun and Mike "Timex" McDonald responded with a three-bet to 200,000 from the button. The blinds both folded, and Timoshenko used one of his "time-bank" chips before four-betting to 375,000.
McDonald wasted little time in announcing that he was all in, and Timoshenko thought for about 30 seconds before tossing his hand to the muck.
Short-stacked Martin Jacobson was all in preflop and dominated against Yevgeniy Timoshenko. Jacobson had the , and Timoshenko had the .
The flop came down to give Timoshenko a pair of kings. The turn added a nice sweat when the fell to give Jacobson a flush draw, but the river was the and that was the end of the line for Jacobson.
Jacobson finished in eighth place and earned AU$350,000 for his finish.
Mike "Timex" McDonald opened for 100,000 from the button and Doug "WGCRider" Polk called from the big blind. Both players checked it down as the board ran out and McDonald tabled the to take down the pot.
to give Steicke the lead with a pair of kings. The Australian let the slightest of smiles cross his face and then watch as the 
turn and 
river propelled him to a double.
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against the 
for Martin Jacobson. The board ran out 
, and Seidel doubled through. He was all in for 305,000.
, McDonald led out for 110,000, and Polk called. Both players checked after the 
turned, and the suicide king (
) completed the board.
, and chopped the pot with Broadway.
, and Timoshenko had the 
and that was the end of the line for Jacobson.
and McDonald tabled the