Fedor Holz in the hijack reached for chips and made it 28,000 from the hijack holding . Sam Greenwood on the button made the call without his hand showing yet.
The two of them had to work with a flop of and Holz and Greenwood checked their option. The on the turn made Holz bet 40,000 and Greenwood, who's hand still didn't show in the graphics, made the call.
The fell on the river and Holz checked. Greenwood bet 121,000 into the 168,000 pot. Holz thought about it for a fair bit and tossed in his time breaker chip to get another minute.
He eventually folded and Greenwood showed his to the RFID scanner. Holz folded the best hand as Greenwood had turned his hand into a bluff.
Fedor Holz raised to 28,000 from the cutoff and action folded to Fabian Quoss in the big blind. Quoss moved all in for 218,000 total and he seemed a bit dejected when Holz snap-called.
Quoss:
Holz:
Quoss had a major kicker issue, but it got resolved when he paired the five on the flop. Neither the turn nor river gave Holz back the lead, and he sent over a stack of chips.
With 70,000 in the pot and a flop of , Jason Mercier checked from the big blind with the and Connor Drinan did the same from the cutoff with the .
Mercier then took a stab at it on the turn with a bet of 38,000, Drinan called, and then action went check-check on the river. Drinan won the pot with a pair of aces.
David Steicke shoved all in for his last 52,000 holding under the gun plus one. His neighbor Sam Greenwood made the call with and all other players folded.
"The hand that always makes a pair versus the hand that always makes a set" Fedor Holz commented with a smile.
This time neither happened as the board ran out .
David Steicke eliminated in 8th place. The remaining 7 players are now on the bubble as 7th place pays nothing, while the top 6 is guaranteed earning AU$281,260.
Jason Koon opened for 25,000 under the gun and he was met by a three-bet to 60,000 from Fedor Holz. Action folded back to Koon, who shoved all in for 165,000 total, and Holz snap-called.
Holz:
Koon:
It was a flip, and Koon was just looking to hold to stay alive. That's exactly what happened after the board ran out a safe .
Action folded to Fedor Holz on the button and he opened to 28,000 with . Jason Mercier folded his small blind but David Peters in the big blind shoved all in for 148,000 with .
Peters knew soon enough he was in trouble as Holz called immediately.
The flop came and by the time the hit the turn it was all done for Peters. He had no way of improving anymore and made his exit, leaving the tournament room with hanging shoulders.
Sam Greenwood limped in from the button and Fabian Quoss completed from the small blind. Ben Tollerene in the big blind tanked, used a time breaker chip, and raised it up to 50,000 with . Both the button and small blind quickly released and Tollerene took it down.