Kevin Blackwood raised to 85,000 and Jacob Elmore Dahl defended his big blind to see a flop of . Both players checked and then Dahl fired the turn for 95,000. Blackwood called and both players once again checked the river. Dahl announced king-high and Blackwood flashed as winning hand.
Ferenc Riech opened to 85,000 from under the gun and Louis Salter responded with a three-bet to 195,000. The action folded around to Jacob Elmore Dahl and the "cactus" announced all in.
Riech folded after brief consideration and Salter then asked the dealer for an exact count. It was 880,000 in total and that let the Brit shake his head and send the cards into the muck.
Alexandre Thomas from Perth has the support of his rail and the initial momentum saw his stack boost to above one million. As of lately, the Aussie wasn't involved in as many hands and just picked up the blinds and antes again with a raise to 850,000. Shortest stack on table eight remains Michael Seymour with just under half a million in chips.
Phachara Wongwichit shoved the small blind and Stephen Koutsouvelis waited for his latest drink order to be delivered before making the call from the big blind with the .
Wongwichit was on the and whiffed the board, allowing Koutsouvelis to double and swap spots with him on the leader board.
It had been a slippery slope thus far for Louis Salter with barely any pot going towards the Brit. The stack had taken a big hit as well and Salter was down to 710,000 chips, then opened to 85,000. In the big blind, Matthew Wakeman moved all in and Salter called:
Wakeman:
Salter:
Similar to the previous showdowns over on table eight, the flop was disastrous for the player at risk. Wakeman was already drawing dead to outright win the pot, only running aces could still ensure a split pot. It was all over after the turn and the river didn't matter anymore.
Hot off the press, or more likely the rail, we have been informed that the nickname of Jacob Elmore Dahl is "cactus". The American just picked up a small pot against table neighbor Matthew Wakeman in a battle of the blinds with a set of deuces. A fourth spade on the river however slowed down the action and both players checked it down.
From early position, Eric Thiessen moved all in for just under 300,000 chips. Tatjana Zizic reshoved for slightly more, after just having doubled up, and all other players folded.
Thiessen:
Zizic:
The flop paired the queen of Thiessen, but the Belgian needed further help. Neither the turn nor the river provided such and Thiessen headed to the rail in 14th place for a payday of $A12,855.