Fabian Quoss, who won the $100,000 High Roller at the PCA, opened for 50,000 from early position and received a call from Daniel Negreanu. When action reached Doug "WGCRider" Polk on the button he opted for a three-bet to 127,000.
The blinds both folded and action was back on Quoss. The German thought for awhile and even used one of his two red "time-bank" chips. He eventually pushed back with a pot-size four-bet, Negreanu folded, and Polk moved all in. Quoss called off and the cards were turned up.
Quoss:
Polk:
It was a huge flip, and for Quoss there was AU$350,000 on the line because that's the minimum payday he'd be missing out on if his tens failed to hold. With the railbirds leaning in close the dealer ran out the board lightening quick — .
Polk found a king to win the hand, and Quoss was sent to the rail empty handed.
The field is down to the final eight players, and they'll now take a 45-minute dinner break before heading up to Studio 3 to play out the final table, which of course will be filmed for television.
From under the gun, Yevgeniy Timoshenko raised to 54,000. Mike "Timex" McDonald called on the button, and Doug Polk called from the big blind. After that, the was spread on the flop by the dealer. Polk and Timoshenko checked, and McDonald bet 80,000. His opponents folded, and McDonald won the pot.
Daniel Negreanu opened for 64,000 and Doug Polk called from the small blind. Both players checked the flop, and then did the same on the turn. When the completed the board on the river, Polk bet approximately 125,000 and Negreanu snap-folded.
Our access to the final table is limited; in fact, we're limited to watch the action from a television screen. Unfortunately there are no hole cards and no announcer, which means we have to try and piece together the action and betting.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko opened for 62,000 and Doug "WGCRider" Polk called from the big blind. Polk then check-called a bet of 84,000 on the flop, the dealer burned and turned the , and Polk checked for a second time.
Timoshenko bet again, this time 194,000, but he couldn't shake his opponent as Polk called. When the completed the board on the river, Polk checked for a third time and TImoshenko opted to check behind.
Due to our limited access we weren't able to see what Timoshenko showed down, but we do know that he won the pot.
Patrik Antonius raised to 60,000, and Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu called in position to see the flop. Antonius bet 65,000, and Negreanu raised to 150,000. Antonius folded, and Negreanu won the pot.
Daniel Negreanu opened from under the gun, Patrick Antonius defended his big blind, and the flop fell . Antonius check-called a bet of 75,000, the turn was a repeat queen - the - and Antonius led out. The Finn fired 120,000, Negreanu called, and the completed the board.
Antonius moved all in for effectively 300,000 or so, and Negreanu went into the tank. Kid Poker was thinking for so long that the dealer began counting down, and after five seconds the shot clock expired.