Action folded to the player in the cutoff, and he shipped all in for his last 900. Jonathan Aguiar called on the button, and both blinds folded.
Aguiar:
Cutoff:
The flop came , and the cutoff pulled ahead. A on the turn gave Aguiar some extra outs, but the river just brought another king, solidifying the short stack's double.
If you want to see a trio of talented players flexing their poker muscles then head over to Gold #56 because there you will find Rupert Elder, Matt Giannetti and Eoghan O'Dea seated within close proximity of each other.
Between them, the three young men have $8,777,037 in live tournament winnings, a European Poker Tour title, an Aussie Millions ring, two World Poker Tour titles and two World Series of Poker Main Event final table appearances.
World Poker Tour Venice champion Rocco Palumbo opened to 600 from under the gun and the action passed all the way around to Brendon Rubie who was seated on the button. Rubie, who has made the trip from Australia, three-bet to 1,550 and Palumbo called.
The pair saw the dealer spread the flop, a flop that Palumbo check-called a 1,700 bet from Rubie. That was the last of the action as both players checked the arrival of the turn and river, Palumbo mucking before he even saw Rubie's hand. Rubie held , by the way.
Phil Collins was in position against an opponent, heads up on a flop of . His opponent bet 750, and Collins called. The turn came , and both players checked. Another three came on the river, this time , and Collins' opponent came out with 1,675. Collins quickly called, and his opponent showed . Collins mucked.
Darryll Fish has just doubled up when his held against his opponent's when the board ran out . Fish is now up to 4,400 chips, or 11 big blinds if you are that way inclined.
Earlier in the WSOP, Fish took some time out to talk about an interesting hand he played in Event #2, the $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Eight-handed that he finished third in. You can check out the article here.
We believe that Brendon Rubie has been eliminated from this tournament due to the fact there is a completely different person sat in his seat and judging by how Rocco Palumbo's stack has grown to 48,000 from 27,000 he is the likely executioner.
Our intrepid reporter Matt Whitefield has just handed us a slip of paper informing us that Justin Bonomo has busted out.
There was around 11,000 already in the pot on a board, and a player bet 10,000. Bonomo called off his remaining 6,200 and turned over . Unfortunately for Bonomo, his opponent held , which left Bonomo drawing dead. The meaningless was the river card and Bonomo headed for the rail.