With the cry of ‘all-in and a call’ over on table 29 we arrived in time to see Luke Roberts and Christian Christner embroiled in a huge hand with the board reading .
Christner had moved all in over the top of a Roberts raise and the cards were on their backs.
Luke Roberts:
Christian Christner:
Christner had a pair and a missed straight draw while Roberts’ hit a full house to climb to 732,500 while Christner headed for the exit to take play hand for hand.
Nicholas Dixon got his last 57,500 in the middle with up against the of Tony Mladenovski. Things were looking especially bleak for Dixon because not only was he dominated, two players at the table admitted to folding an ace.
"Yes!" shouted Dixon after the flop came . The on the turn and on the river were blanks and Dixon doubled.
Still two away from the money, the tournament has slowed down a bit. Some of the shorter stacked players seem to take a bit of extra time when they're making a decision, others won't get involved in big pots at the risk of going out now.
Mladenovski and Kanit battled it out again with Mladenovski raising to 12,500 from the cutoff and Kanit defending his big blind to take play heads-up to a flop.
Both players checked and the dealer peeled off the turn. This brought another check from Kanit and a bet of 12,000 from Mladenovski with Kanit throwing in the call.
The river paired the board and brought a third check from Kanit and Mladenovski fired out a bet of 27,000. Kanit thought it over for a minute before folding.
“I’ve got to have it sometime right?” quipped Mladenovski.
“I had a good hand,” replied Kanit, “ace-jack.”
Mladenovski re-stacked some of his retrieved chips to climb back up to 375,000 while Kanit is sitting on 680,000.
Mustapha Kanit just exhibited why he’s considered an elite player after making what can only be described as a sick call against Tony Mladenovski.
It was three-handed on a flop of and after the small blind checked his option, Mladenovski fired for 38,500. Kanit called and with the small blind out of the way the dealer revealed the turn card.
Mladenovski loaded up again and fired for 44,500. Kanit stuck around to see the river.
Mladenovski then made it 49,500 and Kanit began to deliberate. He appeared to be counting his own stack and spent a couple of minutes analyzing the situation. Ultimately Kanit decided on a call with for just bottom pair.
That was good as Mladenovski was holding with ace high.
“Nice hand” Mladenovski conceded as the pot was pushed to Kanit.
“I wasn’t sure if I had to raise or call the river,” commented Kanit, who added that he just called due to the looming bubble.
The action folded around to Stephen Bantick on the button who raised to 11,000. Will Molson was in the small blind and moved all in for his remaining 32,500. Shurane Vijayaram folded the big blind. Bantick called.
Molson:
Bantick:
The board ran out to see Molson improve to two pair as he welcomed in the double up so close to the bubble.
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Matt Wakeman, already sitting on a mountain of chips, opened the action with a raise to 12,000 and a short-stacked Laurence Hall moved all-in over the top for roughly 45,000.
With chips to spare Wakeman did not take long to make the call and the cards were turned over.
Matt Wakeman:
Laurence Hall:
The flop was a good one for Hall, giving him an open-ended straight draw to go with his two overs and the turn put him in front.
However, Hall’s lead would be short lived and Wakeman spiked a set of fours when the hit the river. A disappointed Hall headed for the rail while Wakeman added an extra wing to his towering chip castle to climb to 950000 and take the chip lead. Just 82 players now remain.
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up against the 
of Tony Mladenovski. Things were looking especially bleak for Dixon because not only was he dominated, two players at the table admitted to folding an ace.
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on the turn and 
on the river were blanks and Dixon doubled.
flop.
turn. This brought another check from Kanit and a bet of 12,000 from Mladenovski with Kanit throwing in the call.
river paired the board and brought a third check from Kanit and Mladenovski fired out a bet of 27,000. Kanit thought it over for a minute before folding.
and after the small blind checked his option, Mladenovski fired for 38,500. Kanit called and with the small blind out of the way the dealer revealed the 
turn card. 
with ace high. 
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flop was a good one for Hall, giving him an open-ended straight draw to go with his two overs and the 
hit the river. A disappointed Hall headed for the rail while Wakeman added an extra wing to his towering chip castle to climb to 950000 and take the chip lead. Just 82 players now remain.
