Joshua Budin has increased his stack to half of the chips in play with five participants remaining. Xen Xenofontos defended his big blind until the river of a board and then faced the bet of 155,000 by his opponent. The pot until then was already close to 200,000 chips and Xenofontos then called only to see Budin flip over for the nut flush.
"Such a mistake," Xenofontos said to himself and his opponent, forfeiting a big portion of his stack with a straight.
On the three-way flop of , Joshua Budin led for 23,000 out of the small blind and Daniel Laidlaw in the big blind as well as Nikolaos Solomos from under the gun called. The on the turn saw Budin check-call a bet of 55,000 by Laidlaw while Solomos let go. Both players checked the river and Laidlaw gave up the pot, checked behind and announced eights before showing .
Budin held the for trips deuces and scooped yet another pot to increase his domination.
On the three-way flop , Joshua Budin fired a bet of 45,000 and enforced folds from his two opponents including Billy Argyros, who flashed the . Budin now has 1.2 million in chips while his four opponents combined only have 675,000!
Daniel Laidlaw and Billy Argyros chopped with pocket aces each, then Joshua Budin somehow folded against the bet of Nikolaos Solomos.
Xen Xenofontos dropped down in the counts further and was all in for his last 24,000 on the flop out of the blinds. Laidlaw called and had his opponent dominated, holding . Xenofontos flipped over and stayed in the tournament thanks to the turn and river.
One hand later, Xenofontos bet the pot for 66,000 on the flop and Solomos folded the .
Xen Xenofontos limped from the button, Billy Argyros called in the small blind and Joshua Budin checked his option in the big blind. On the flop all three players checked. Budin then bet the turn for 25,000 and his opponents folded.
After a limp, Billy Argyros raised the pot and Daniel Laidlaw repotted to put Argyros all in and at risk of elimination.
Argyros:
Laidlaw:
The flop improved Argyros to two pair, but he then needed an eight or king once the fell on the turn. It was all over after the river and Argyros headed to the rail in 5th place.
In a limped pot, Daniel Laidlaw fired three streets on the board and Nikolaos Solomos called him down until he was all in after the river. Laidlaw showed the for a flopped set of fours and Solomos only held the inferior .
Solomos has been eliminated in fourth place for a payday of AU$26,715.
and then faced the bet of 155,000 by his opponent. The pot until then was already close to 200,000 chips and Xenofontos then called only to see Budin flip over 
for the nut flush.
, Joshua Budin led for 23,000 out of the small blind and Daniel Laidlaw in the big blind as well as Nikolaos Solomos from under the gun called. The 
on the turn saw Budin check-call a bet of 55,000 by Laidlaw while Solomos let go. Both players checked the 
river and Laidlaw gave up the pot, checked behind and announced eights before showing 
.
for trips deuces and scooped yet another pot to increase his domination.
, Joshua Budin fired a bet of 45,000 and enforced folds from his two opponents including Billy Argyros, who flashed the 
. Budin now has 1.2 million in chips while his four opponents combined only have 675,000!
. Xenofontos flipped over 
all three players checked. Budin then bet the 
fell on the turn. It was all over after the 
river and Argyros headed to the rail in 5th place.
turn was a brick, but the 
river provided the flush for Xenofontos and he doubled.
.