John Juanda just doubled up through Jonathan Duhamel. The final board read when all of the money went in, and it was Juanda's for two pair beating Duhamel's for a weaker two pair. Juanda moved to half a million in chips, while Duhamel was clipped back to 585,000 or so.
Things can change a lot over the course of two hands. For instance, Heinz Kamutzki went from contending for AUD$1.6 million to sitting on the rail.
In the first hand, Ying Kit Chan got his stack of 258,000 all in preflop holding the and was racing against the of Kamutzki. The flop kept Kamutzki in the lead, but he had a sweat as the turn gave Chan a flush draw to go with his gutshot straight draw and overs. Much to Kamutzki's dismay, the river gave Chan the straight and crippled Kamutzki.
Not long after, Kamutzki moved all in for 46,000 under the gun and received a call from Jie Gao in the small blind.
Kamutzki:
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The flop gave Gao a hammerlock on the hand, and the turn would leave Kamutzki drawing dead. The was run out on the river for good measure, and then Kamutzki made his way to the payout desk in 29th place.
Salvatore Fazzino opened for a min-raise to 24,000 from the hijack seat. Sorel Mizzi called in the cutoff, Darren Rabinowitz three-bet to 107,000 on the button, and both Fazzino and Mizzi called.
The flop fell , Fazzino and Mizzi both checked, and with 351,000 in the middle, Rabinowitz tossed out a tiny bet of 69,000. Fazzino check-raised to 175,000, Mizzi quickly got out of the way, and without missing a beat, Rabinowitz called.
The turn was the , Fazzino checked a second time, and Rabinowitz reached for chips. With two hands he placed 182,000 in front of him, and Fazzino tanked for less than two minutes before folding.
Players are now on their second 15-minute break of the day. Just 28 players remain, which means 21 of them need to hit the rail before the final table is set.
In a button vs. small blind battle, Patrick Crivell and Liv Boeree played an all-in pot moments ago. Boeree was all in and at risk for roughly 400,000 or so with , but unfortunately for the Team PokerStars Pro she was dominated by Crivell's .
The jacks held as the board came , and Boeree hit the rail. Crivell is up over two million chips.
Jake Balsiger opened for 32,000 only to have Marco Ng three-bet to 87,000. Action folded back to Balsiger, he announced that he was all in, and Ng took a deep breath before calling off.
Balsiger:
Ng:
Ng got it in good, but a wave of disappointment crossed his face when Balsiger paired his ace and took the lead on the flop. The dealer then burned and turned the to give Ng back the lead with a set. The other players at the table reacted sharply, but Ng didn't miss a beat and pointed out his opponent's flush draw.
Sure enough, the peeled off on the river to complete the flush draw and the table, minus Ng, were in disbelief. Balsiger was pushed the pot while a crestfallen Ng made his way to the payout desk in 27th place.