Inside Crown Melbourne on the Aussie Thousands and thousands Poker Championship 2026 Introduced by CrownBet, the $2,500 No-Restrict Maintain’em occasion drew 342 whole entries, making a prize pool with $179,665 up prime.
On Day 2, the sector had been decreased to 45 gamers with simply 44 set to be paid, leaving the match on the stone bubble — and a brutal dangerous beat was about to unfold.
Pocket Kings Cracked to Burst the Bubble
Blinds had been at 5,000/10,000 with a ten,000 large blind ante as Diego Ponce, who completed nineteenth in final yr’s WSOP Important Occasion, opened the motion on the button. Within the small blind, Sascha Manns three-bet all in for roughly 170,000.
Ponce, sitting on a wholesome stack properly over 550,000, made the decision, placing Manns in danger on the stone bubble.
Sascha Manns: Ok♣Ok♦Diego Ponce: 2♥2♣
Manns was in an awesome spot to double on the bubble along with his pocket kings, however the board ran out 4♦7♠4♥A♣2♦, giving Ponce a full home on the river, deuces stuffed with fours, to take the pot, knock out Manns, and burst the bubble.
Nevertheless, it hasn’t been all dangerous for Manns, who has already picked up a title earlier within the sequence, successful the $2,500 H.O.R.S.E. occasion on the 2026 Aussie Thousands and thousands.
On the time of publishing, Ponce nonetheless stays within the occasion having locked up $A6,925, with solely two tables remaining.
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