Mike McDonald and Terence Clee were involved in a pot on the flop of . Clee checked, and McDonald bet 25,000. Clee came back with a check-raise to 90,000, and then McDonald went into the tank, studying Clee's every move under his microscopic stare.
Eventually, McDonald moved all in, and Clee instantly asked for a count. Once received, Clee called with the . McDonald was on the ropes with the .
The turn was the to vault McDonald into the lead with a better two pair. The river was the , and that meant McDonald would win the hand.
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Don Mishra was the 37th place finisher after he was unlucky to bust to chip leader Brian Rast.
He moved all in for 103,000 from second position and was only called by Rast.
Mishra:
Rast:
To be fair, when the chips went in, it was a coin flip but after the flop came down, Mishra was very confident of doubling up. The board ran out though to make Rast a straight.
"Sorry man, really unlucky!" said Rast to his defeated opponent.
The final 36 will now redraw onto six tables of six and the full draw will be posted in the blog shortly.
Anthony Legg came over to table 8 to tell a friend how fortunate he'd been in doubling up. The dealer was still counting down his stack over on table 10 after he rivered Toan Ngoc Nguyen.
All the chips went in pre flop and the cards were flipped up:
Luis Pampliega got his stack of 180,000 all in preflop and found himself in a race situation against Richard "nutsinho" Lyndaker, who only had him covered by 20,000 or so.
Lyndaker:
Pampliega:
It was a big flip for both players, and Lyndaker's walking sticks held through the flop. The turn provided Pampliega with a wheel draw, but the blanked on the river to give Lyndaker the knockout.
Meanwhile, Australian pro Andrew Hinrichsen and Keanu Simpson were eliminated from the tournament in 39th and 38th place respectively.
Alexander Lynskey opened for 16,000 from the cutoff and Michael Pedley called from the small blind. A short-stacked Guangqi Zhang proceeded to three-bet jam for 97,000 from the big blind, and Lynskey four-bet it to 160,000 to drive Pedley from the hand.
Zhang:
Lynskey:
Zhang was looking for some help, but he was left wanting as the board ran out a dry . Zhang officially exits in 41st place.
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. Clee checked, and McDonald bet 25,000. Clee came back with a check-raise to 90,000, and then McDonald went into the tank, studying Clee's every move under his microscopic stare.
. McDonald was on the ropes with the 
.
to vault McDonald into the lead with a better two pair. The river was the 
, and that meant McDonald would win the hand.
. Uphoff called from the big blind with 
and the board ran 
flop came down, Mishra was very confident of doubling up. The board ran out 
though to make Rast a straight.
flop. The 
. Zhang officially exits in 41st place.
