David Allan was down to 130,500 when he got all his chips in preflop holding . Jordan Westmorland held to see Allan at risk. When the board was safe for Allan and he raked in the double up.
"Nice hand," said Westmorland as Allan raked in his chips.
"Bottom of my range," laughed Allan as he scooped up the pot.
Returning from the break and it was Matt Wakeman who was the short stack. He has now been eliminated at the hands of Jordan Westmorland. Wakeman's last hand of the tournament started when the action was folded to him in the cutoff. He shoved all in for a touch over 130,000 and Westmorland called directly on his left. The blinds got out of the way and Westmorland tabled .
"I need to get lucky," Wakeman said as he flipped over . "I can make wheels though, i've got a wheel draw!"
By the time the board ran out to the turn, the on the felt certainly did give Wakeman a straight draw, but the on the river sealed the nail in his tournament coffin as he was eliminated in sixth place.
The six players are back from their break. For your information, the 500-denomination chips have been removed from the tournament. Let's see who starts making their ever-closer to becoming an ANZPT champion!
Matthew Wakeman opened to 16,000 from middle position and Ken Demlakian reached for the same amount of chips on the button and hovered it over the table, before he realised that there was already a raise in front of him.
“Oh? You beat me to it!” said Demlakian as he pulled back his chips, gave a moment or two of thought, and then put them back in again to make the call.
David Zhao called in the small blind to make it three to the flop of . Action checked to Wakeman who bet 23,000. Demlakian made the call as Zhao got out of the way before the hit the turn. Both players checked and the river was the .
Wakeman thought for a moment before checking as Demlakian bet out 65,000 to send Wakeman deep into the tank.
The two exchanged some friendly banter, with Wakeman asking Demlakian what he thought the size of the pot was, and some speculation over his cards. Wakeman eventually folded, what he claimed was just jack-high, as Demlakian allowed Jordan Westmorland to show one of his cards to the table. He randomly drew the to raise eyebrows from the table.
Ricky Kroesen has managed to soar up the chip counts, winning another hand that played out like this. Folded to David Zhao in the small blind, he raised it up to 19,000. Kroesen was in the big blind and three-bet to 41,000. Zhao called and the dealer turned over a flop.
Zhao opted to check-call a bet of 32,000 on the flop and a landed on the turn. This time both players checked and then Zhao again checked on the river. This time Kroesen bet 51,000 and Zhao folded.
"If you didn't already double on the last hand, i would've doubled you up then," said Zhao as Kroesen raked in another pot.
Ricky Kroesen was under the gun when he raised it up to 16,500. David Allan, on Kroesen's direct left, then three-bet to 40,000. Back on Kroesen and he four-bet to 95,000. Allan moved all in here, having Kroesen well-covered. Kroesen made the call and the two players turned their hands over.
Kroesen:
Allan:
It was a classic race situation that would end up going Kroesen's way, with a board giving Kroesen the double up.
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. Jordan Westmorland held 
to see Allan at risk. When the 
board was safe for Allan and he raked in the double up.
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. "I can make wheels though, i've got a wheel draw!"
on the felt certainly did give Wakeman a straight draw, but the 
on the river sealed the nail in his tournament coffin as he was eliminated in sixth place.
. Action checked to Wakeman who bet 23,000. Demlakian made the call as Zhao got out of the way before the 
hit the turn. Both players checked and the river was the 
.
to raise eyebrows from the table.
landed on the turn. This time both players checked and then Zhao again checked on the 
board giving Kroesen the double up.