On the feature table, Michael Wang was all in with the against the for Ari Engel. The flop was big for Engel, coming and all but slamming the door shut on Wang's tournament.
The turn was the to seal the deal, and the river completed the board with the .
Sinan Aydogan raised to 35,000 from the cutoff and was met by a three-bet to 90,000 from KC Wong on the button. Both blinds folded, Aydogan called, and the two watched the flop come down .
Aydogan checked, Wong bet 80,000, and Aydogan check-raised all in for right around 420,000 total. Wong snap-called and Aydogan couldn't believe what he saw.
Aydogan:
Wong:
"Set over set," a flabbergasted Aydogan yelled to his rail. The spectators lining the rail were in disbelief and watched the board run out the turn and river.
The brutal set-over-set hand put an end to Aydogan's run in 24th place, good for AU$60,000.
Kitty Kuo raised to 35,000, Andrew Bassat reraised to 76,000, and then Kuo came back over the top with an all-in shove.
"All right, I'll call you," said an innocent Bassat, turning up the to put himself at risk.
Kuo had the .
What's interesting about this all-in situation was the railbirds that swarmed to the table. The group of them seemed much more interested in rooting for Kuo to win, but not because they favored Kuo as a player. It was because they were the railbirds of Mikel Habb at the other table who was short, had just doubled up, and was looking to hit a pay jump.
"Queen! Queen!" they yelled, as an anxious Bassat stood behind his chair waiting for the flop to come out.
The flop came , and Bassat's kings were still best. Even so, the railbirds held out hope that Kuo would win the hand.
"A queen is coming on the river, don't worry," one of them said. "There's always the river."
"Queen! Queen!" another pleaded.
Another man, who didn't seem to be associated with any particular party, also chimed in. "The river is going to be an ace or whatever," he said.
The turn was the , and Bassat only needed to dodge one more card to double up, but when the smacked on fifth street you could see his heart drop to the floor. Kuo had made a winning set of queens, and Bassat looked dejected.
The railbirds jumped up and down as they yelled over to Habb what happened. Habb was excited with the bustout and gave another one of his patented yells of "C'mon!" before he clapped his hands together again.
As for Bassat, he shook the hands of some players at his table, grabbed his backpack, and made his way to the payout desk.
On the button, a short stacked Mikel Habb was all in for 64,000. Andrew Michael called from the big blind with the , and Habb turned up his before he walked some 20 or 30 feet away from the table.
Habb was pacing back on forth with his hands on his hips as the dealer dealt the flop. He didn't seem too worried about how the board was running out, likely figuring he'd know the result one way or another by the reaction of those watching. One of Habb's friends, who was playing a cash game at another table in the room, had run over to the rail and was sweating the all-in situation hard.
Martin Rowe opened the button to 35,000 and from the small blind Tony Dunst three-bet to 110,000. The big blind got out of the way and Rowe made the call.
The flop came and Dunst made a bet of 90,000. Rowe called in position.
Both players checked the on the turn and the hit the river. Dunst checked and saw Rowe carefully cut out 160,000.
Dunst tanked for a bit before making the call. Rowe showed , Dunst took it down with the .
After Artur Koren took out James Keenan in 26th place, Keenan's seat was filled with James Obst. On his first hand, Obst raised to an unknown amount from the cutoff seat, and Koren reraised on the button to 100,000. Obst called, and the flop came out . Obst checked, Koren bet 75,000, and Obst folded.
Yuki Ko opened to 45,000 under the gun and Samantha Abernathy made the call on the button. Both checked the flop and on the turn. The fell on the river and Ko made a bet of 50,000. Abernathy called and they chopped it as they both played the straight on the board. Ko had , Abernathy .
Austrian pro Artur Koren saw a big bluff fail against Derek Wolters, knocking him down to just 200,000, but right now he's alive and kicking again after doubling through James Keenan.
Koren, how had seen a few shoves go uncalled, defended from the big blind when Keenan raised to 41,000 from the small blind.
The flop came down and Keenan put Koren all in for his last 206,000, and Koren called right away.
Koren:
Keenan:
Despite not having a pair, Koren was in the lead with queen-high, and his flush draw killed off some of Keenan's outs. On the turn the hit and the river brought the , doubling up Koren to right around 30 big blinds.
Derek Wolters was in action against Artur Koren on the flop. Wolters was first and checked. Koren bet 70,000, and Wolters made the call.
The turn was the , and Wolters checked. Koren bet 115,000, and Wolters stuck around with another call.
The river was the , and Wolters checked a third time to Koren. With both hands, Koren pushed forward a bet of 350,000. Wolters took about half a minute to make the call, and when he did, Koren tabled the for queen high. Wolters had the and won the pot.