With around 10,000 already in the pot and a board reading , Liv Boeree moved all in for her last 9,100 and Jonas Mackoff, who won a preliminary event here at the 2015 Aussie Millions, thought for a bit before making the call.
Mackoff:
Boeree:
Mackoff had the granddaddy of all hands, but in this spot it was second best as Boeree had flopped trips and turned a flush draw. The river completed the said flush, and a disappointed Mackoff sent some chips over to the former EPT Sanremo champ.
Rahul Rastogi opened for 1,200 under the gun and cleared the field all the way to the player in the small blind, who put in a three-bet to 3,800. The big blind folded, Rastogi made a quick called, and the flop fell .
The small blind led out for 3,000, Rastogi called, and the dealer promptly burned and turned the . The small blind bet again, this time 8,500, and against Rastogi just called. When the completed the board on the river, the small blind slowed down with a check and Rastogi mimicked the action.
"Ace high," the small blind admitted before showing the . Rastogi then tabled the for top pair and the win.
Elliot Smith must know his neck pulses as he's wearing a small scarf to cover it up. He was involved in a hand just now and his pulse was that strong that the scarf was moving in time and almost acting as an amplifier for the pulse.
The pot was contested heads up and Smith eventually bailed on the river to drop to 26,000. He raised to 1,200 from the cut off and was called only by the button en route to a flop where he continued for 1,500. Call.
The turn was the and Smith checked to face a 1,750 bet. Before he called his opponent said, "I told you I always have the best hand when the reporters are here!"
The river came as the and Smith snap folded when faced with a 2,800 bet.
Just before the break Jan Suchanek won a monster pot to take over the chip lead.
One player was all in and around 28,000 had made it into the middle by the time a flop had appeared. The side pot was dry but was soon wet with chips after Suchanek called the third party's 12,750 bet.
The turn came as the and the same player jammed for an effective 40,600. Suchanek gave it some thought and called all in with . His opponent gave out a cry of disbelief at the call as he could only muster and the all in player opened pocket sixes. The board completed with the and Suchanek celebrated as he left one opponent eliminated and another with less than 5,000.
Level 5 has come and gone, which means it's time for the penultimate 15-minute break of the day. When they return, the remaining players will play two more 90-minute levels before bagging and tagging for the night.
Joe Reina used his big stack to opened for 1,100 under the gun and Liv Boeree called him from the hijack. Joe Hachem came along from the cutoff, and the trio saw a flop of .
Two checks saw Hachem toss out six red T500 chips for a bet of 3,000, and it did the trick as both Reina and Boeree mucked. It wasn't much of a hand, but it gave us a good excuse to update you on all their hands.
James Rann had a big stack earlier but a bad period saw him drop to below 10,000. Winning a hand with aces just now has seen him rise to 14,000 to help reverse that negative trend.
He opened to 900 and was called by Mike Guttmann (button) and the big blind. The flop came and Rann continued for 1,600. Only Guttmann called and both players went on to check the turn and river down.
Rann opened and scooped the pot. Guttmann indicated he was chasing spades.
, Liv Boeree moved all in for her last 9,100 and Jonas Mackoff, who won a preliminary event here at the 2015 Aussie Millions, thought for a bit before making the call.
river completed the said flush, and a disappointed Mackoff sent some chips over to the former EPT Sanremo champ.
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. The small blind bet again, this time 8,500, and against Rastogi just called. When the 
completed the board on the river, the small blind slowed down with a check and Rastogi mimicked the action.
. Rastogi then tabled the 
for top pair and the win.
flop where he continued for 1,500. Call.
and Smith checked to face a 1,750 bet. Before he called his opponent said, "I told you I always have the best hand when the reporters are here!"
and the same player jammed for an effective 40,600. Suchanek gave it some thought and called all in with 
and Suchanek celebrated as he left one opponent eliminated and another with less than 5,000.
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and Rann continued for 1,600. Only Guttmann called and both players went on to check the