Event #4: A$5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed

Jan Suchanek folded from UTG and would be the only player not to partake in Daniel Neilson's elimination. 

Jason Gray raised to 7,000 and Billy Seri, Binh Nguyen and Sam Higgs called. Neilson was on the big blind and moved all-in for 57,000. 

Gray folded, Seri thought for a while, then folded. Nguyen called and Higgs threw his cards into the muck. 

Neilson:   

Nguyen:   

The flop came     and Nguyen hit a set. The turn was a   and the   fell on the river, giving Nguyen the win and a full house.

"Oh man!" said Billy Seri. "Quad fours."

Seri said he folded fours, Higgs added that he folded sevens. It would've been quads over two full houses if they would've called.

Just like the internet.

But this isn't the internet, it's the WSOP APAC and Neilson was eliminated in 12th place, earning $14,353.

It was a game of preflop aggression. 

David Yan raised to 6,000 from UTG and Ashley Mason re-raised to 13,500. Aaron Lim was on the button and put in a four-bet to 28,000. Yan got out of the hand and Mason moved all-in.

Lim counted out his chips and thought, calling would but his tournament life at risk. Lim finally called and turned over    

Mason didn't look to enthusiastic when he showed his   

The board came       and Lim doubled up to more than 200,000.

Mason was left with about 78,000.

The short stack of David Yan has doubled up courtesy of Dominik Nitsche’s stack. Yan opened for 5000 from the hijack and Nitsche three-bet to 12,400. The response from Yan was a shove for 61,000 and Nitsche insta-called.

With cards on their backs the race was on and Yan’s    were against Nitsche’s    The board came down       as Yan’s jacks held and he gave a quiet sigh of relief.

Karamalikis opened the hand with a raise to 5,100. Billy Seri looked around at the stacks at the table, and responded with a raise to 14,000. Karamalikis went all in immediately for 89,500 total, and Seri snapped it off, throwing the    down onto the felt.

Karamalikis groaned and flipped over the   

The flop gave Karamalikis some hope when the     fell.

But the   turn and   river did not bring the elusive flush, and Karamalikis hit the rail.

Billy Seri now sits behind a big stack of 370,000. 

We caught the action on the flop, with three players in the pot - Jonathan Karamalikis, Dominik Nitsche and Daniel Neilson.

The board read:

Nitsche checked from the big blind as did Karamalikis; Neilson bet out 6,600. Both other players called.

On a turn of   Nitsche led out for 15,000. Karamalikis called after a brief dwell, and Neilson folded.

The river brought the seemingly meaningless  

Nitsche looked over at Karamalikis and asked him how much he had. Jonathan looked down at his stack, but before he could answer Nitsche declared himself all in.

Karamalikis gave him the stare and let out a long sigh. He thought for a couple of minutes more, glancing back at his opponent. Eventually he reluctantly mucked his cards.

Nitsche smiled and showed the  

After the hand, Nitsch was up to 192,000

Karamalikis is about one third of the average stack on 68,000. 

Oleksii Kovalchuk became the first casualty of the post-dinner busts.

Kovalchuk didn't make it past the first 10 minutes and is now on a permanent break from Event #4. As a consolation prize, the Ukrainian will receive $10,354.

Kovalchuk's downfall started with a raise that ended in Brendon Rubie moving all-in. Rubie had Kovalchuk more than covered and the Ukranian called all-in. 

Rubie turned over    and Kovalchuk showed    The board came       and Kovalchuk was eliminated in 15th place. 

The players are now on an hour dinner break.

Charles “Mr Macau” Chua has just had Billy Seri serve him with his exit papers. It began when Nauv Kashyap limped, Seri raised and Chua three-bet holding King-Queen. Kashyap folded and Seri made the call to see a flop of K-10-10. Chua bet 11,000 and then called Seri’s shove only to see he was drawing ever so thin against his opponent’s Jack-Ten.

The turn and river both blanked out for Chua and he was our 17^th player eliminated, collecting $10,354 for his efforts.

Ben Wilinofsky and Brendon Rubie have just tangled in huge hand.

We caught the action after the river with the board reading:

Rubie had put out a big bet of 62,000 into a pot of a little over 70,000. Wilinofsky tanked. And tanked. It took him a long time to come up for air – at least ten minutes. When he did, he chose the call.

Brendon Rubie is a man that can have any two cards. And this time he had the blade:   

Wilinofsky shook his head and mucked his hand. We have noticed that Ben Wilinofsky has a small vial of oil that he has been sniffing throughout the day. No doubt some sort of herbal supplement. After the hand, he took a huge snort of the vial. We hope it helps clear his head.

Rubie on the other hand will be feeling particularly clear-headed, and now sits behind a stack of 305,000. 

A huge hand just went down on table 32.

The action started with Aaron Lim raising to 4,000. Daniel Neilson called on the button, but Sam Higgs in the big blind popped it up to 11,500. Lim folded and Neilson made the call.

The flop came down:

Higgs bet out 14,000 and Neilson called quickly.

The turn came down   Higgs acted quickly, leading out for 22,500, and again Neilson made the quick call.

The river was the  

This time, Higgs thought for a minute before making a bet of 41,000. This time Daniel thought longer, before putting together a big stack of chips – 110,000 – for a huge river raise.

Higgs put a lot of thought into the decision that was put to him. The winner of this hand would have a monster stack. He pondered for a few minutes, looking back at his hand more than once. But eventually he was forced to fold. 

Daniel Neilson now sits behind an impressive stack of 300,000.