Pre-flop a player sitting under the gun raised to 7,000 with Daniel Neilson (cutoff) and Erik Seidel (button) making the call before the big blind squeezed to 30,000 in total. All three other players call taking the action 4-way to a flop.
Both the big blind and under the gun player checked and Neilson reached for chips, betting out for 32,000. Seidel folded and the big blind check-raised to 100,000 in total leaving himself 107,000 behind, the under the gun player folded and action came back around to Neilson.
The Aussie pro quickly moved all-in for 217,000 in total sending his opponent deep into the think tank for a good five minutes, though he eventually elected to fold and Neilson won without showdown to climb to 437,000.
The action folded around to Paul Hoefer in the small blind who opened with a raise. Mustapha Kanit then came over the top with a re-raise before Hoefer moved all in. Kanit quickly called.
Kanit:
Hoefer:
The board ran out to see Kanit improve to a set of aces on the flop resulting in Hoefer hitting the rail.
Anton Astapau opened to 6,000 from the cutoff and Brit Stephen Bantick three-bet to 12,000 from the big blind. Astapau tanked for two minutes before announcing a four-bet of 34,000 in total and Bantick called.
The flop came down and Bantick checked it over to Astapau who hit the think tank once more before declaring a bet of 24,000. Bantick quickly folded and Astapau scooped the pot to climb to 137,000. Bantick still has a sizeable stack and is sitting on around 400,000.
There was around 75,000 in the pot heading into turn after the three players committed 15,000 each on a flop of .
Erik Seidel then checked as the dropped on the turn and was followed by Artur Koren. Daniel Neilson then splashed out 25,500 forcing Seidel out. Koren reached for his chips and called.
The completed the board and Koren checked. Neilson picked up some chips and cut out a bet totalling 48,000. Koren deliberated for a minute before releasing his hand to the muck.
After a tumultuous first level today, Australian cricket legend Shane Warne has been felted at the hands of Laurence Hall.
Warne was super short after running kings into aces and we arrived at the table to see the board spread with Warne holding for a pair of tens, but behind Hall’s for two pair.
Laurence Hall moved all in for 46,300 from under the gun before the decision folded around to Matthew Wakeman in the cutoff. He thought for a minute and called.
Hall:
Wakeman:
The board came out to see Hall spike an unlikely king on the river to take down the pot with a higher pair.