Michael Dix defended his big blind and rivered a straight with to get paid off by initial raiser Brendon Rubie for 210,000 on a board of . One hand later, Dix folded the button and Rubie open-shoved into short stack Shivan Abdine. The latter had around 525,000 chips remaining and nodded, then turned over his cards for the showdown:
Abdine:
Rubie:
The flop was a sweat for Abdine, as Rubie had a gutshot and flush draw. It was all over after the turn, making the river meaningless. Abdine takes home A$49,650 for his efforts and Rubie enters heads-up with a 3-2 lead over Dix.
Just one hand after his double up, Xixiang Luo open-shoved as first to act and the action folded around to Michael Dix. He peeked at both his hole cards and then announced the call.
Dix:
Luo:
The board left Luo with only 15,000 chips and 5,000 of those disappeared for the ante. He was forced all in the next hand and Brendon Rubie limped in, Dix called from the small blind. Rubie then bet the flop for 50,000 and Dix "folded a winner".
Luo:
Dix:
Again the ace-rag found no help as the turn and river were both blanks. Luo's story from hero to zero lasted all but 10 minutes after the dinner break and he finished fourth.
Xixiang Luo shoved all in over a 90,000-chip Michael Dix raise and Dix called with the .
Luo had the spades covered with the and they both flopped a flush when the came out. The turn and river combo left Luo with the nuts and the double up.
The playing style has been pretty much reduced to clicking buttons. Brendon Rubie typically min-raises and scoops the blinds and antes half of the time while folding to three-bet shoves for the other half. All other players including second-biggest stack Michael Dix keep shoving regularly and no call or even a flop has been in sight at all.
Both Xixiang Luo and Shivan Abdine have moved all in several times as of lately without getting called. Luo once showed the , then raised to 70,000 soon after. Michael Dix called in the big blind and then shoved the flop to enforce a fold.
Xixiang Luo raised to 70,000 as first to act and Michael Dix moved all in from the big blind. Luo asked for a count and then called the shove for 292,000.
to get paid off by initial raiser Brendon Rubie for 210,000 on a board of 
. One hand later, Dix folded the button and Rubie open-shoved into short stack Shivan Abdine. The latter had around 525,000 chips remaining and nodded, then turned over his cards for the showdown:
was a sweat for Abdine, as Rubie had a gutshot and flush draw. It was all over after the 
turn, making the 
river meaningless. Abdine takes home A$49,650 for his efforts and Rubie enters heads-up with a 3-2 lead over Dix.
flop for 50,000 and Dix "folded a winner".
turn and 
river were both blanks. Luo's story from hero to zero lasted all but 10 minutes after the dinner break and he finished fourth.
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came out. The 
turn and river combo left Luo with the nuts and the double up.
to enforce a fold.
over the 
. However, the 
