After a player moved 7,100 chips into the pot, declaring that he was all in, Peter Aristidou made a stand and called off his remaming 4,100 from the small blind. The big blind got out of the way and let the two players duke it out with Aristidou at risk.
Aristidou:
Graham:
The board ran out . After taking the lead on the turn with the ace, Aristidou was able to dodge a queen or the straight draw from his opponent to double up. He now has just under 9,000 chips.
Matthew Kirk opened with a raise to 1,325. All others folded around to the big blind and he moved in for his last 4,200. Kirk was rather quick to make the call.
Kirk:
Opponent:
The flop landed Kirk with top pair when the was spread out by the dealer. The turn, the , added a flush draw for Kirk and took away some outs for his opponent. A picture card on the river, the , concluded the hand and sent the chips over to Kirk while eliminating his opponent.
Doing well, Kirk has now built up to 27,000 chips.
There seems to be no method to Mark Vos' madness on the felt tonight, as once again he raised preflop, this time to 1,100. One by one, each player folded until the action got to Bryce Tickner. He moved all in for 2,850 total and Vos made the call.
The two hands were exposed with Vos saying, "You got me on this one."
Vos:
Tickner:
The flop was dealt out , putting Vos in the lead with two pair. A little help on the turn or river was what Tickner needed to stay alive, but when the and came off on the turn and river respectively, it was all over for Tickner.
"I'm sorry mate, I really am," explained Vos while stacking up his mountain of 40,000-plus chips. "I was getting like 26,000 to one."
Karib Karib moved all in first-in on the button holding . One of the players in the blinds decided to look him up with , and Karib's tournament life was on the line.
The community cards showed up , spelling the end for Karib.
After his elimination, he summed things up nicely in his broken english: "Hand caught in cookie jar," he said with a shrug, as he made his way towards the rail.
Three players, including David Saab, got it all in before the flop. Saab held , and was up against and .
The flop came , giving Saab a set of kings, but giving his two opponents a few outs. The turn was the , and the on the river gave him the winning full house. He tripled his way up to 13,000 chips with a big smile.
Of course, regardless of the result, Saab always seems to be smiling.
Mark Vos has done it again. When a middle position player opened with a raise to 1,600, Vos casually announced a raise to 10,000 and stumbled to slide his chips into the middle. The action folded around and the MP player went into the tank.
"No matter what you've got, it's going to be a race!" declared Vos, and somehow this logic convinced his opponent to call for his tournament life.
Vos:
Opponent:
With Vos calling for an eight, the board ran out and Vos adds another 10,000 chips to his stack.
Under the gun, James "Andy McLEOD" Obst limped into the pot, and he and big blind James Frendo went to the flop.
It showed up . Frendo checked, and Obst bet 1,000. Frendo put in a check-raise, making it 3,000 to play, and Obst moved all in for a total of 3,650. Frendo made the call, putting Obst at risk.
Obst:
Frendo:
Having out-flopped the young pro, Frendo had Obst's tournament life in his hands. The turn was the , and the river paired the board, but it was another , giving James Frendo the winning full boat.
Mark Vos -- perhaps aided a bit by all of the liquid courage he's downed since the start of play -- has recently shot up to ~30,000 in chips, the result of a pair of back-to-back hands.
In the first hand, Vos made it 600 to go before the flop from middle position and his bet received three callers. The flop came and the action checked around to Vos who bet 2,200. A player seated in the hijack position made the call and all others folded, sending the action heads up to the turn: . Vos then led out with a 5,500 bet which was enough to put his opponent all in. A call was made and a showdown ensued:
Vos:
Opponent:
The was the last card off the deck and Vos' single pair of queens held up to earn him the pot and ~20,000 in chips.
One hand later, Vos picked up pocket aces and used them to add another 12,000 or so to his stack, bringing him to right around 32,000 in chips.
Roy Vandersluis called Julian Powell's all-in bet before the flop holding just one overcard to Powell's black pair of tens. Vandersluis choose to battle with Powell holding the .
Vandersluis flopped gold when the dealer spread the first three community cards: . Powell was unable to extract one of the two remaining tens from the deck on the turn and river as the and finished off the board.
Vandersluis jumped to 15,000 chips after the land and pocketed $500 for the bounty on Powell's head.