Vic Champs Main Event Day 2

11:17
61 Players remain, chip leaders as follows: First Name Surname Chips Anthony Suhan 327000 Rob Dimovski 298000 Yong Lee 273000 David Saab 263500 Nick Nicolaou 257500 Soetanto Chandra 243500 Siang Teoh 211500 James Broom 210000 Nikolaos Haidaris 204000 James Dryden 201000 Chanse Nop 200500 Trevor Wollard 194000 Barry Long 192000 Eric Assadourian 188000 Baden Logan 184500 Cong Nguyen 180500 Arul Thillai 180000 Ben Savage 178500 Jamie Tee 174000 Kristoffer Evenstad 166500 Andrew Kemmler 163500 Scott Slater 159000 Alan Issa 154000 Joe Huminicki 153500 Peter Kaltzidis 150500 Johan Aufdemkampe 146500 David Natoli 140500 Helena Wong 138500 Steve Heygi 128000 Helen Davis 124000 John Maver 113000 Savvas Zenonos 112000 Avadhesh Sariswat 111000 Nicholas Millar 110500 Christopher Wood 110000 Luke Tsapazis 105000 Patrick Fletcher 103500 Steve Bouya 100000 Robert Lumsden 97500 Tien Tran 92500 Colin Peckover 88500 Peter Longmore 85000 Benjamin Anastar 84500 Michael Frydman 79000 Michael Logiudice 76000 Peter Saward 75500 Pheap Cheap 66000 Elias Srour 64000 Kim Vevle 61000 Don De Guzman 60000 Joseph Buterin 55000 Harry Ali 54500 Sergio Colosimo 50000 Don De Rota 49500 Daniel Greenwood 47500 Glenn Goldberg 47500 Martin Hylton Smith 47500 Sean Keeton 44500 Robin Saab 42500 Andrew McDermott 31500 Michael Rolls 29500

11:18
Seating draw; First Name Surname Table Seat Nicholas Millar 26 1 James Dryden 26 2 Nick Nicolaou 26 3 Arul Thillai 26 4 Robin Saab 26 5 Colin Peckover 26 6 Kim Vevle 26 7 Kristoffer Evenstad 26 8 Sean Keeton 27 1 Baden Logan 27 2 Peter Kaltzidis 27 3 Don De Guzman 27 4 Siang Teoh 27 5 John Maver 27 6 James Broom 27 7 Andrew Kemmler 27 8 Benjamin Anastar 28 1 Steve Heygi 28 2 Elias Srour 28 3 Daniel Greenwood 28 4 Jamie Tee 28 5 Pheap Cheap 28 6 Harry Ali 28 7 Yong Lee 28 8 Alan Issa 29 1 Savvas Zenonos 29 2 Trevor Wollard 29 3 Robert Lumsden 29 4 Don De Rota 29 5 Scott Slater 29 6 David Natoli 29 7 David Saab 29 8 Christopher Wood 30 1 Sergio Colosimo 30 2 Steve Bouya 30 3 Anthony Suhan 30 4 Cong Nguyen 30 5 Michael Logiudice 30 6 Helen Davis 30 7 Michael Frydman 31 1 Nikolaos Haidaris 31 2 Barry Long 31 3 Helena Wong 31 4 Joe Huminicki 31 5 Johan Aufdemkampe 31 6 Soetanto Chandra 31 7 Peter Saward 31 8 Glenn Goldberg 32 1 Ben Savage 32 2 Joseph Buterin 32 3 Michael Rolls 32 4 Chanse Nop 32 5 Eric Assadourian 32 6 Martin Hylton Smith 32 7 Rob Dimovski 33 1 Peter Longmore 33 2 Luke Tsapazis 33 3 Patrick Fletcher 33 4 Andrew McDermott 33 5 Tien Tran 33 6 Avadhesh Sariswat 33 7

12:29
Colin Peckover raises UTG and Nick Nicolaou goes all-in on the button. Shortstack Robin Saab is on the big blind and thinks for awhile and folds, Colin calls all-in. Colin has JJ and Nick 88 but the board is 6-8-4-Q-T and he is eliminated in 61st place. Robin says he folded 66.

12:35
Table 31, the flop comes 7h-9d-4d. Soetanto bets 16k, Joe raises to 50k, Soetanto re-raised 61k more and Joe mucks. ================ Table 29, the flop comes 4s-6s-Ad. Rob Lumsden and Scott Slater get all their chips in. Rob has 66 for a set and Scott as As-9s for top pair and nut flush draw. No help for Scott and Rob doubles up. ================ Michael Rolls moves all on table 32 and is quickly called by Chanse Nop. Michael turns over Ks-7s and Chance AQo. The board comes out as J-4-5-6-8 and Michael doubles up with a straight.

12:41
Eliminations; Don De Rota Joe Huminicki

12:44
Sergio Colosimo is all in with AJ but runs into Cong Nguyen's AA. Sergio was left with a few chips but was eliminated a couple of hands later.

12:44
56 left. Blinds 2000/4000 (500) with 38mins left on the clock.

12:49
Nicholas Miller raises to 25k and Robin Saab comes over the top for about 40k. Nicholas calls and shows Ah8s while Robin has AcKd. The board is Ks-9h-Jd-5h-9d and Robin doubles through. ================ Nick Nicolaou raises to 16k and is called by Arul on his immediate left. The flop is 9c-9d-Ac and both players check. The turn is Ks and players check again. The river is the 4h, Nick checks again, Arul bets out 30k and Nick calls. Arul shows KdJc and wins the pot. ================ Play is folded around to Daniel G in the small blind, he pushes all-in. Jamie Tee in the big blind folds and shows QJ.

12:53
David Saab raises to 20k and Savvas Zenonos moves all in for a total of 95.5k. David says ok, lets race and calls with 9To. Savvas turns over Qd-8d and David is happy he has a 60/40, the right price. The flop comes out and we see a 9 and a T and David shouts out with joy, but the third flop card slides out as a J to bring 9-T-J flop; a straight for Savvas. David cannot fill up and Savvas doubles up. Saab says, "we'll race again soon."

12:54
Daniel G out with AK vs Jacks. Close, so close.

13:01
Michael Rolls is all-in for about 58k and Chanse Nop sitting next to him calls. Michael has Ad5d and Chanse has AhKh. The board is 6c-5c-7c-4s-Th and Michael doubles up. Scott Slater(?) is all-in with aces on a flop of Td-2d-5s and Trevor Wollard calls with Jh-Td. A jack on the turn gives Trevor two pair and Scott(?) is out. 53 players left.

13:05
Nick Millar is all in with As-Jc against Ben Savage's 88. The flop comes 9c-5c-Ac and Nick looks like he will survive, but the turn is the 8c and Ben hit's his set. Nick is now looking for a club on the river to make a flush. The river comes 5c and Nick thinks for a second he won the pot, but the repeat fills Ben up and Nick is eliminated. ================ Martin Hylton Smith was just eliminated. Must have been unlucky as he stormed off in a huff.

13:13
On a flop of 5d-Tc-8s, Benjamin Anastar pushes all-in for 62k. There is already 60k in the pot, and Yong Lee thinks for a long time before calling. Benjamin has AdTd while Yong has Ac9c. The turn and river are 4s-Th and Benjamin doubles through. On the feature table, Nick Nicolaou has been open raising a lot of hands. Nick raises to 16.5k and Nikolaos Haidaris on the button decides to call. Flop is Ah-Qd-5c, Nick checks, Nikolaos bets 25k and Nick calls. Players check the turn and river, Nick shows A9 and Nikolaos shows A6, Nick wins the pot.

13:16
Sean Keeton is all-in against Don De Guzman. Sean turns over queens but Don has kings. Board is Td-Jc-Ts-8d-4h, Don has Sean covered by 2k and he is out in 52nd place. Just 3 eliminations till the money.

13:21
Kim Vevle raises to 20k and David Saab reraises to 60k saying Kim has been raising all day. Kim goes all-in for 52,500 total and shows AdKc while Saab has AhJh. Board is 8h-Td-8s-Kh and Kim closes his eyes on the river, David is calling for a queen of hearts but it's a 3c and Kim doubles up.

13:25
Nick Nicolaou - 360k Baden Logan - 310k

13:35
David Natoli raises to 16k from the button and David Saab pushes all in for 93k more from the small blind. The big blind folds and David Natoli decides to make the call with Ad-Jd. David Saab turns over Qc-8s. The flop comes Kc-2c-9d, but the 8d hits the turn and Saab is now infront. Natolui has a diamond draw but the 2h on the river means Saab doubles up.

13:45
Board is 3c-9c-2h-5h-Th and David Saab checks the river. Trevor Wollard bets 50k and David calls. Trevor shows AhJh for the nut flush. ======== Michael Frydman has pushed all-in for the last three hands, and has come over the top of Nick Nicolaou's raises twice. He is up past 100k. ======== Chanse Nop raises from the small blind and Eric Assadourian in the big blind calls. The flop is Js-8c-9c, Chanse bets 20k and Eric pushes all-in. Chanse calls all-in and shows 9d9h for a set, while Eric is in trouble with KhJd. Another jack appears on the turn to give Chanse a full house, and Eric is out unofficially in 51st place. ======== Don De Guzman is all-in and is called by Baden Logan. Baden shows AsKd but Don has AhAd, the board is 2c-Kc-Qc-Jc and Baden calls for another club to split the pot but the river is a 7s and Don doubles through to 244k.

13:45
50 Players remaining, average stack 161,000.

13:49
David Natoli puts his remaining 30k all in and Rob Lumsden calls. David shows K6o and Rob has AQo. The flop board comes A-Q-2-6-T and David Natoli is eliminated. ======== Kim raises to 16k and Peter Longmore moves all in for 53.5k more. Kim calls with Ah-Qd and Peter shows As-7s. No help for Peter and he is eliminated.

13:50
49 left, we are on the bubble and hand-for-hand.

13:50
Payouts; 1st: $112,110 2nd: $81,810 3rd: $61,812 4th: $48,480 5th: $39,390 6th: $30,300 7th: $22,725 8th-9th: $15,150 10th=12th: $10,605 13th=15th: $7,878 16th-18th: $6,060 19th-24th: $4,848 25th-30th: $3,939 31st=36th: $3,333 37th-48th: $2,727

14:09
An all in before him, and Andrew Kemmler folds pocket kings before the flop. Doesn't want to risk it on the bubble.

14:11
Steve Buuya doubles through Arul with QQ vs AK, is up to about 180k+

14:20
We are in the money... Eric Assadourian raises to 20k from the button and the Johan Aufdemkampe in the small blind goes all-in for 95k total. Eric is asking his friends if he should gamble, and eventually calls showing pocket 2s. He is up against AK. The board is Jc-4h-9s-8s-7d and Eric's pair holds up. Johan is the unlucky bubble boy.

14:21
The unlucky bubble player doesn't go away empty handed, he does receive a $100 gift voucher....

14:25
some rough chip counts.... Nick Nicolaou - 60k Antos - well over 300k David Saab - approaching 400k Arul - 110k

14:28
Michael Rolls is all in with AK and Eric calls him with 22. A short stack player also calls with KJ. A jack hits the turn and the shortstack player stays alive, but Eric takes the side pot. 48th: Michael Rolls - $2,727

14:39
Soetanto Chandra 410000 Anthony Suhan 405000 David Saab 390000 Barry Long 363000 Helen Davis 350000 James Dryden 320000 Baden Logan 200000 Kim Vevle 180000 Arul Thillai 170000 Yong Lee 161000 Eric Assadourian 65000 Nick Nicolaou 55000

14:40
Helen Davis just doubled up before the break - she pushed all-in and was called by Eric Assadourian. Eric had pocket eights and Helen had AK. Board was 7-4-4-K-5 and Helen has doubled up.

14:47
Tien Tran is all in with T4 on the shortstack but runs into 77. 47th: Tien Tran - $2,727

14:48
Glen Goldbery is all in with AJ against 66. The sixes make a full house and Glen is eliminated. 46th: Glen Goldberg - $2,727

14:52
Cong Nguyen out in 45th with AQ versus David Saab. Board was 7-3-2-8-Q - David gets a set on the turn and the Q on the river is no help to Cong. 45th - Cong Nguyen - $2,727

14:53
Nick Nicolaou just doubled up through Soetanto Chandra - Nick had A8, board was 4-A-A-4-3.

15:02
Eric Assadourian just doubled up with 99 versus Q9.

15:03
43rd - Andrew McDermott - $2,727 44th - Andrew Kemmler - $2,727

15:07
Alan Issa went all in on 7-3-2 flop and was called by Chris Wood. Alan had AQ and Chris had AK, turn was a jack and river a 6 and Alan is out in 42nd place. 42nd - Alan Issa - $2,727

15:14
Elias Srour is all in with Ad7d but runs into QQ. 41st - Elias Srour - $2,727 Another table breaking. Now 5 tables of 8.

15:22
Robin Saab all in with Ad-Td against AKo. The flop comes 8d-4d-5s and Rob is in with a good chance of a double up. No diamond comes, but a Ten does and Rob doubles up and now sits with an average stack. 40 players left, average 200k. 20mins left on 3000/6000 (1000) level.

15:33
Eric A was down to 40k, but triples up with K2. Money went in on a K high flop. He was called by second pair.

15:40
The flop is A-9-J and Anthony Suhan bets 100k in to a 100k pot. Soetanto raises all in for another 200k and Anthony calls with AQ. Soetanto has JJ for a set. Anthony is left with less than a round of blinds.

15:42
Arul is all in with 56 versus 89. Board is K-4-8-4-7 and Arul doubles up with a straight.

15:46
Eric is all in on the turn with 8 high flush draw and is called by Rob Lumsden with two pair. The flush hits and Rob is left with 100k.

15:47
Anthony Suhan is forced to go all in with 92 and is up against 55. The flop comes 8c-6h-Th. The gutshot 7 comes in the turn for Anthony, but is a heart. His opponent has the 5h and another heart hits the river and Anthony is eliminated.

15:49
40th - Avadhesh Sariswat - $2,727 39th - Savvas Zenonos - $2,727 38th - Patrick Fletcher - $2,727 37th - Anthony Suhan - $2,727

15:52
David Saab 420,000 Baden Logan 240,000 Eric Assadourian 180,000 Nick Nicolaou 170,000 Robin Saab 130,000

15:54
36th - Trevor Wollard - $3,333 35th - Steve Hegyi - $3,333

16:05
Jamie Tee bets out on a flop of Kh-Jc-4h and Helena Wong pushes all-in. Jamie calls and is in bad shape with 4d6h against Helena's AhKs. The turn is an 8d, but the river is another 4 to give Jamie trips and he doubles up to 250,000.

16:10
34th - John Maver - $3,333

16:10
Joseph Buterin is all in with Q2 against AT. The flop comes Q-K-4 and Joseph is in front, but a Jack hits the turn and his opponent is now unbeatable. 33rd - Joseph Buterin - $3,333

16:16
A string of all-ins here and 3 players have been eliminated in quick succession....down to five tables. Peter Kaltzidis is all-in with Kh9h against Eric Assadourian with AhQd. Board is Ad-7s-2c-8s-5c and Peter is out. 32nd - Peter Kaltzidis - $3,333

16:18
Robin Saab is all with Ad-Td but runs into pocket queens. The Queens hold up and Robin is eliminated. 31st - Robin Saab - $3,333

16:22
Luke Tsapazis reraises all-in against Barry Long. Barry calls the extra 68k and shows AsQs. Luke is in trouble with Ad8d. The board is 6c-Th-Ts-9h and Luke hits a miracle 7c on the river to win with a straight.

16:24
29 players remaining, average is 269000 and 24 minutes left at 4k/8k (1k ante)

16:30
Rob Lumsden is all in with A9 v 66, a race. He loses and is eliminated. 30th - Rob Lumsden - $3,939

16:32
Some chip counts; Soetanto Chandra - 900,000 David Saab - 470,000 Arul Thillai - 120,000 Eric Assadourian - 270,000 Baden Logan - 210,000 Ben Savage - 360,000 James Dryden - 450,000 Nick Nicolaou - 270,000

16:34
Pheap Chea all-in against Don De Guzman. Don has KJ and the board is J-2-8-9-K and Pheap is eliminated in 28th place. 28th - Pheap Chea - $3,939 29th - Harry Ali - $3,939

16:39
Arul raises to 25k and Ben Savage raises to 85k. Arul goes into the tank and then decides to make the call with 130k left behind. The flop comes Ac-Qs-3c, Arul checks and Ben moves all in (having Arul covered). Arul calls with KQ and Ben turns over AJ. 27th - Arul Thillai - $3,939

16:47
Helena Wong doubles through Jamie Tee with Qd4c versus pocket fives. The flop is 6s-Kc-Qh and Helena stays ahead and now has 150k.

16:50
Some chip counts; James Broom - 200K Luke T- 200K Nick N (Seawasp) - 420K Jamie Tee - 300K Ben Savage - 450K Barry Long - 500K David Saab - 500K Rob Dimovski - 700K

16:50
Nikolaos Haidaris doubles through Kim Vevle. Kim raised and Nikolaos reraised all-in, Kim thought about it and called. Kim had pocket fours and Nikolaos had KJ. A jack on the flop puts Nikolaos in front and he stays that way to double up to about 300k. Kim is now shortstacked with 105k.

16:52
Helena Wong is all in with Ad-Td but runs into Rob Dimovski's pocket jacks. The jacks hold and Helena is out. 25th - Helena Wong - $3,939 26th - James Broom - $3,939

16:55
Kim Vevle is all-in for 105,000 in the cutoff. Nikolaos Haidaris on the button who just doubled through Kim thinks and then calls. Kim has KhTd and Nikolaos pocket sixes. Board is Q-T-A-3-A and Kim doubles through. Players are now on a 15 minute break. There are 24 players left. Blinds will be 5k/10k when we return.

17:10
Chris Wood moves all in for his last 111k and Nick Nicolaou calls. Chris has AQo and Nick 55. The flop comes 3-3-K and Nick is looking good, but a Q hits the turn and Chris doubles up.

17:20
Michael Logiudice is eliminated with 88 vs AT. All the chips were in pre-flop, but his opponent hit a Ten on the river. 24th - Michael Logiudice - $4,848

17:21
Soetanto Chandra has just reached 1M in chips.

17:28
Luke Tsapazis is all in with KK versus Michael Frydman with AQ. The flop is disaster for Luke - A-Q-3 but a king hits on the turn and he doubles up to 275k.

17:37
Nikolaos Haidaris raises from the button and Eric Assadourian raises all-in for 124k more from the big blind. Nikolaos thinks for a long time and is saying he has KQ and is only worried about AK and AQ. Eric calls time and Nikolaos finally calls and shows the KQ. Eric is miles ahead with AdQd, especially after the flop of 3-Q-8. The turn is a 7s but a King on the river gives Nikolaos two pair. He has Eric covered by 20k and Eric is eliminated in 23rd place. 23rd - Eric Assadourian - $4,848

17:43
Kristoffer Evenstad all-in against Nikolaos Haidaris. Kristoffer has pocket tens, while Nikolaos has AJ. The flop is huge - door card is a ten followed by two aces. Turn and river blank out and Kristoffer doubles up to about 400,000.

17:44
Soetanto Chandra up to 1.125M in chips.

17:54
Nick Nicolaou moved all in for his last 115k with A5o and David Saab called him with 44. Nick couldn't win the race and is eliminated. 22nd - Nick Nicolaou - $4,848

18:07
Rob Dimovski 1,360,000 Soetanto Chandra 1,080,000 Barry Long 720,000 David Saab 700,000 Ben Savage 600,000 Kristoffer Evenstad 485,000 Jamie Tee 400,000 Ben Anastas 350,000 Siang Teoh 350,000 Nikolaos Haidaris 300,000 Steve Buuya 250,000 James Dryden 220,000 Don De Guzman 220,000 Helen Davis 205,000 Chanse Nop 200,000 Christopher Wood 200,000 Michael Frydman 190,000 Kim Vevle 170,000 Yong Lee 160,000 Baden Logan 143,000 Luke Tsapazis 100,000

18:12
21st - Baden Logan - $4,848

18:13
Yong Lee raises to 129k all in with A6o and Ben Savage calls with Ac-9c. The board comes Q-9-2-K-K and Yong is out. 20th - Yong Lee - $4,848

18:14
Hand for hand again until one more player is out and break to three tables.

18:18
Nikolaos Haidaris all-in with QsTd against Kim Vevle with Qh8h. Flop is good for Nikolaos with 9c-4c-Tc, but the turn is a 6s and the 7s which gives Kim the straight. 19th - Nikolaos Haidaris - $4,848

18:31
Just overheard the quote of the week from Mark Vos "David Saab is probably the only player in the room that can be more annoying than me on a poker table".

18:39
David Saab pushes all in with KhQh and is called by Ben Anastasi with TT. David makes a flush and Ben is eliminated. David has over 1M in chips now. 18th - Ben Anastasi - $6,060

18:43
Chanse Nop raises to 45k and Soetanto Chandra raises all-in. Chanse calls and is well ahead with As5d over Soetanto's Tc5c. Board is A-2-9-K-8 and Chanse doubles up to over 400k. Helen Davis just doubled up with aces against Ben Savage with pocket fives. Helen now has 160k.

18:50
David Saab puts Siang Teoh all in and Siang calls with A2. David has J9 and hits the board to eliminate Siang. 17th - Siang Teoh - $6,060

18:52
David Saab "the maniac" raises to 50k and James Dryden moves all in for 178l. David makes the call with K6 and James has A9. The flop comes 3-9-5 and David is calling for a King. But a 9 turns and David is drawing dead. James now up to about 400k.

19:11
Michael Frydman with KT doubles through James Dryden with 88. Was all in preflop, but the King came on the flop. =============== The flop is T-3-3. Steve bets 50k and Rob raises to 100k. Steve moves all in for less than 100k more and Rob calls with AQ. Steve had JJ and doubled up after the turn and river bricked out for Rob.

19:12
15 minute break.

19:20
Players have just gone on a quick break David Saab 1,000,000 Soetanto Chandra 920,000 Ben Savage 830,000 Christopher Wood 688,000 Rob Dimovski 680,000 Barry Long 450,000 Chanse Nop 437,000 Michael Frydman 412,000 Don De Guzman 365,000 Kim Vevle 360,000 Jamie Tee 358,000 Steve Buuya 340,000 Kristoffer Evenstad 329,000 James Dryden 275,000 Helen Davis 250,000 Luke Tsapazis 240,000

19:29
Ben Savage raises to 45k and Helen calls on the button. Flop is 4h-5c-6h, Ben pushes all in and Helen calls. Ben has Ah6d and Helen has KdKs. Turn is the 3s putting an open ended straight draw on the board, and the river is a 7 giving both players a straight. Ben is very relieved.

19:31
David raises to 50k and James moves all in for 293k. David calls with AK and James has 88. The board comes down at J-5-5-J-J and James from Queensland now has over 600k in chips.

19:32
Blinds are 8000/16000 (2000).

19:40
Board is Kd-Js-3d-6c Barry bets 50,000 and Rob raises to 100,000 total. Barry calls and they check the river of 8d. Barry shows Kc7c to win a 200,000+ pot. ===== On a board of Jd-3c-Jd-9d, Kristoffer bets out 16k from the small blind, and Jamie calls from the big blind. Players check the river of 7h and Kristoffer shows 6h9s to win with two pair.

19:45
Steve and Luke, both with the short stacks decide it's time to make a move. The chips go in but Steve has Luke covered by about 100k. Steve has A4 and Luke has K9. The flop 5-9-T puts Luke in front, and the turn K locks it up. Luke now back in the game, and Steve needs to act fast.

19:52
Charles (Don) De Guzman is all-in with AcJc versus Michael Frydman with TcTs. The board is 9d-Qh-8c-9h-Ks and Michael knocks Charles out in 16th place. 16th - Charles De Guzman - $6,060

20:15
Lots of stealing going on here and very rarely seeing flops.

20:16
David bets 100k on the board of 4-T-K-Q-K and Michael calls. David shows K-7, Michael mucks.

20:30
Barry Long 1,100,000 David Saab 900,000 Soetanto Chandra 800,000 James Dryden 800,000 Ben Savage 750,000 Christopher Wood 550,000 Kristoffer Evenstad 550,000 Michael Frydman 500,000 Jamie Tee 450,000 Steve Buuya 420,000 Chanse Nop 380,000 Helen Davis 350,000 Kim Vevle 280,000 Luke Tsapazis 200,000

20:34
Rob Dimovski moves all-in over the top of Barry Long and Barry calls. Rob has AcTc and Barry has JhJs. The board is 7c-8s-4d-3c-Jd and Rob is eliminated in 15th. 15th - Rob Dimovski - $7,878

20:46
Kim Vevle just eliminated - he raised Kristoffer from the small blind, and Kristoffer in the big blind called. Kristoffer had Ac5d and Kim KdJd, Board was amazing - 3d-3h-8c-3s-3c and Kristoffer wins with quads, ace high. Kim has has an awesome week - he's made two final tables prior to cashing today - he's taking home a good chunk of money to Norway! 14th - Kim Vevle - $7,878

20:51
Steve moves all in for 204k on a flop of Qh-Td-8d. Ben makes the call with AT but is against Steve's Q9. The Queens stay ahead to 6-2 turn and river and Steve doubles up.

20:55
Chanse Yop all-in against Chris Wood with A8 versus AK. Board is Qc-Jd-6c-9h-6s and Chanse is eliminated in 13th place. 13th - Chanse Yop - $7,878 On the other table, Steve Buuya just doubled through Ben Savage.

21:00
Two tables of 6 now. The final table will be 7 players. Gerry Fitt, if you're reading this, Barry Long says hello.

21:05
David Saab raises and Jamie Tee reraises another 200,000 more. David goes all-in and Jamie calls. Jamie has AT and needs some help against David's AK. The board is 9d-6h-3h-4d-7d and Jamie is knocked out in 12th place. David now has 2.1 million in chips. 12th - Jamie Tee - $10,605

21:12
The flop is Ks-5c-2s. A bet and a raise and Kristoffer Evenstad and David Saab are all in. Kristoffer has As-5s for a pair and the nut flush draw. David with KJo for top pair. The flush hits the turn and Kristoffer doubles up to over 1M.

21:20
The flop is Kh-9h-8c. Luke is all in with Jh-Th for a flush and straight draw. Steve gives him action with Ah-7h - Luke doesn't want that heart after all. The 4h comes on the turn and Luke is eliminated. 11th - Luke Tsapazis - $10,605

21:22
Flop is Kc-4s-8h, Chris bets 50k and David calls. The turn is a 2s, Chris bets another 50k, David asks how much he has and then raises to 400k. Chris folds and shows 99, David shows 8s5s.

21:27
Chris raises to 60k and James pushes all in for a total of 215k. Chris makes the call and flips over his AJo. James has A6o and cannot catch up. 10th - James Dryden - $10,605

21:28
On a 45min dinner break.

22:22
Play has resumed. Chip updates soon.

22:31
Ben raises to 80k, Helen pushes all-in for 180k. Ben calls and shows A2 while Helen has A6. A six on the flop and she doubles through.

22:36
David Saab raises to 80k, Michael Frydman pops it up to 240k and David calls. The flop comes Kd-2d-4s, Michael checks, David checks. Turn 6s, Michael bets 100k and David puts Michael all in (another 240k). Michael calls and waits for David to turn over his cards. David shows KJ for top pair, and then Michael turns over AA. The river is an 8, and Michael doubles up.

22:40
Helen Davis moves all in for around 400k with 77 and is called by Steve who only marginally has her covered with Ah-9h. The river comes an ace and Helen is eliminated. 9th - Helen Davis - $15,150

22:42
Just before the break, Ben and Soetanto were involved in a huge hand. On a flop of Q-8-J, Soetanto bet out 80k and Ben called. The turn was an Ac, Soetanto bet 150k, and Ben thought for a long time before pushing all-in. Soetanto folded and Ben took down a monster pot, showing AJ. Kristoffer Evenstad 1,500,000 David Saab 1,200,000 Barry Long 1,100,000 Michael Frydman 1,000,000 Christopher Wood 800,000 Ben Savage 740,000 Steve Buuya 640,000 Soetanto Chandra 270,000

22:43
David raises 80k from the button and big blind Michael calls. Players check to showdown on a board of Qc-Js-7d-7s-5s, David shows A9 and Michael A4 and they split the pot.

22:50
Ben Savage raises to 110k and Soetanto Chandra moves all in for 188k more. Ben goes into the tank and eventually calls with QQ. Soetanto turns over AK. A classic showdown. The board is all low cards and Soetanto is out. 8th - Soetanto Chandra - $15,150