A late position raiser made it 450 to preflop and got four callers, including Bill Chen, but the fifth moved all in. The original raiser folded, the player in the ten seat called, the player in the three seat called and Chen called as well.
"I think it was a good gamble with all the money in the middle," Chen said as he tabled .
Three Seat:
Ten Seat:
Chen:
The board ran and surprisingly the best hand won and tripled up. Chen made his way for the door wondering out loud if he should play tonight's 5:00 p.m. PLO8 event.
The Australian contingent of the PokerNews Live Reporting Team stumbled upon two renowned poker personalities paired up on table 121 - that of renowned poker blogger and 2009 ANZPT Melbourne Main Event runner-up Heath "TassieDevil" Chick and 2007 Melbourne Poker Championship winner Haibo Chu.
We even got some chip counts and a hand with Chu in it. That's because we're cool.
From early position, Chu raised to 275 and another player in middle position called, as well as the player on the button to go three-handed to a flop of . Chu and the middle position player checked to the button who opened for 325, Chu called and the middle position folded, then Chu and the button checked down both the turn of the and the river .
Chu showed and the button tabled - that's what we call a chopportunity, folks.
Facing a raise to 250 and a call in front of him, Carter Gill moved all in for his last 2,200 or so chips. The initial raiser moved all in over the top and got the other player to fold.
Gill held and was well ahead of the of his opponent. The board ran out a clean and Gill doubles up to just over starting stack.
From under the gun Brock Parker opened for 225 and action folded all the way around to the player on the button. The unknown player called and the blinds released. The flop came and both players checked. The turn came and Parker bet 200. The button raised to 1,000 and Parker insta-raised to 3,200 -- enough to put the player all in.
The button player called and the river came . Parker tabled for a flopped full house and the other player showed , collected his belongings and hit the rail. Parker is up to 6,700.
Action folded around to a player in the hijack and he limped. Farak Jaka limped from the button, the small blind completed and Jeff Williams checked his option in the blind.
The flop came down and the first three players checked to Jaka who bet 300. The next to players two act folded but the player in the cutoff called. The turn was the and it was checked to Jaka who bet 500 this time. Once again, his opponent called.
The river was the . Jaka bet 1,125 which for the third time was called by his opponent. Jaka tabled for a rivered pair of nines. His opponent couldn't beat it and Jaka moves up to 9,600.
Joseph Cheong was playing a short stack and got his final chips in with . Another player was all in as well with and a third player had called these bets with .
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and surprisingly the best hand won and tripled up. Chen made his way for the door wondering out loud if he should play tonight's 5:00 p.m. PLO8 event.
board, Duhamel check-raised his opponent's 350 chip bet to 925. His opponent moved all in for about 2,000 and Duhamel made the call.
turn and 
river. With that pot, he chips up to 9,000.![[user135779]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
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and the button tabled 
of his opponent. The board ran out a clean 
and Parker bet 200. The button raised to 1,000 and Parker insta-raised to 3,200 -- enough to put the player all in.
, collected his belongings and hit the rail. Parker is up to 6,700.
and the first three players checked to Jaka who bet 300. The next to players two act folded but the player in the cutoff called. The turn was the 
. Jaka bet 1,125 which for the third time was called by his opponent. Jaka tabled 
for a rivered pair of nines. His opponent couldn't beat it and Jaka moves up to 9,600.
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and Cheong was eliminated.