Three players saw a flop, and Jonathan Dimmig and Mike Leah were the only two that stayed in. They checked through the turn, and Dimmig bet the river for 11,500. Leah called and said, "You got lucky," before the cards were shown. Dimmig flashed , and Leah tabled for a split pot. Both players hold one bracelet thus far and are looking to increase that number by one.
Another big stack is Jeffrey Turton, who just scooped a bigger pot. After calling a raise by the hijack, he was on a three-way flop of and bet. The small blind called, and the hijack check-raised to 25,000, which only Turton called. On the turn, the hijack bet 47,000, and Turton moved all in. His opponent sighed and folded, claiming to have had ace-jack.
Maurice Hawkins, however, remains the current chip leader with more than half-million in chips.
The action was opened by a player in early position, and Kristen Bicknell three-bet to 15,000 from middle position. The action was folded back around to her opponent, who called, and they went heads-up to the flop.
The flop came , and the action was checked to Bicknell, who bet 15,000. Her opponent called, and the came on the turn. Both players checked, and the landed on the river. Her opponent bet 18,000, and Bicknell moved all in. She had her opponent covered, as he only had around 57,000 remaining. He went into the tank for over five minutes.
The room had already cleared out for the 15-minute break, and Bicknell apparently wanted to enjoy some of that break, as well. She finally called the clock on her opponent. The tournament official got down to his last second before Bicknell's opponent said, "Call."
Bicknell tabled , and that was good enough to earn her a big pot.
Picking up the action on the turn, Tristan Wade bet 12,000 out of the big blind, and Mike Leah called in the cutoff. The river completed the board, and Wade checked. Leah bet 32,000, and that forced a fold.
"You know the game," Leah joked, and pushed his two hole cards to Wade in order to pick one.
"This one?" Wade asked and pointed at the left card. Jonathan Dimmig nodded, and the was turned over.
"You always pick the good one. I always have the king-high flush draw," Leah joked and raked in the pot.
Alexander Lynskey found himself involved in the biggest pot of the day with [Removed:342]. The two players were already heads-up on the river with the board reading and there was over 175,000 in the pot.
[Removed:343] checked to Lynskey who bet 58,000. [Removed:343] thought for a couple minutes then grabbed a heap of chips and said, "I'll raise another 58,000". Lynskey pondered his decision and had a feeling he might be beaten, but there was too much in the pot for him to lay it down so he made the call. [Removed:343] showed while Lynskey had two pair with .
With more than 80,000 in the middle and the board showing , Lee Watkinson checked and his table neighbor bet 55,000. Watkinson shoved all in for 138,500 and his opponent was sent into the think tank. Eventually, he folded and Watkinson flashed while the opponent claimed he folded a set.