Australian Poker Hall of Famer Billy "The Croc" Argyros got his last 22,000 all in on the turn with a board reading . Joe Reina called him and the cards were turned up.
Argyros:
Reina:
Argyros was ahead with a set, but Reina was drawing to an open-ended straight draw. The dealer burned one last time and put out the . Reina spiked his straight and an unhappy Argyros was eliminated from the tournament.
Fabian Quoss bet 12,000 on the flop, and his opponent, Mike Leah, made the call to see the come out on the turn. Quoss checked, and Leah checked behind. That brought the two players to the river card that paired the board, and Quoss checked. Leah bet 37,000, and Quoss went deep into the tank.
Quoss tanked for several minutes about the decision. In fact, he tanked so long that Mike Watson dozed off for a bit in the seat to the left of Leah. That got a little chuckle from Jonathan Duhamel and Jeff Rossiter. Eventually, Quoss folded. Leah showed the and pulled in the pot.
We picked up the action on a flop when Brian Rast checked from the big blind and David Steicke bet 10,000 from the cutoff. Rast responded with an all-in check-raise to 36,000, and Steicke thought for nearly a minute before making the call.
Rast:
Steicke:
Rast seemed surprised to see Steicke turn over an overpair, and he watched helplessly as both the turn and river failed to deliver him salvation.
We missed the action unfold, but we do know a preflop raising war resulted in both Vanessa Rousso and Sam Khouiss getting their stacks in against Johnny Huynh.
Khouiss:
Rousso:
Huynh:
The board ran out a dry and Khouiss took down the huge pot. Meanwhile, Rousso was eliminated while Huynh was left with just 17,500 after the hand.
The tournament staff has just announced the remaining players will play six more hands before bagging and tagging for the night. We're headed out to catch any last-minute action and to compile a list of chips counts. Stay tuned for those as well as a full recap of the Day 1 action.
George Karageorge was just eliminated when his pocket kings fell to Peco Stojanovski's . The money went in preflop and Stojanovski hit an ace on the turn to win the hand.
From early position, Mike Leah opened the action with a raise to 4,000. Andy Lee reraised to 12,500 on the button, and then Jonathan Duhamel reraised to 27,000 from the big blind. Leah then made it 54,500 to go, and Lee folded. Duhamel also folded, and Leah was awarded the pot.
Phil Hellmuth opened for 5,000 under the gun only to have Jason Mo three-bet all in for roughly 47,000. The button folded, and then Joe Reina four-bet jammed from the small blind for approximately 135,000.
"What's going on?" Hellmuth asked. "It's like the cards come off differently down under."
Hellmuth released his cards and the hands were tabled.
Mo:
Reina:
Mo had kicker problems, and they didn't get resolved as the board ran out a dry .
Meanwhile, Johnny Huynh was eliminated from the tournament over at Table 12.
. Joe Reina called him and the cards were turned up.
. Reina spiked his straight and an unhappy Argyros was eliminated from the tournament.
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flop, and his opponent, Mike Leah, made the call to see the 
come out on the turn. Quoss checked, and Leah checked behind. That brought the two players to the 
river card that paired the board, and Quoss checked. Leah bet 37,000, and Quoss went deep into the tank.
and pulled in the pot.
flop when Brian Rast checked from the big blind and David Steicke bet 10,000 from the cutoff. Rast responded with an all-in check-raise to 36,000, and Steicke thought for nearly a minute before making the call.
turn and 
. The money went in preflop and Stojanovski hit an ace on the turn to win the hand.
