There was a bit of a lull when we got down to seven players and nobody busted out for over an hour!
Final five this week were, Greg, Karl, Andrew, Ray and Ross.
Scotty was out in 5th place and although there was not paid out this week, the final five had agreed to pay out $25 each to the bubble. He went out after he found himself with a short stack and he had gone all-in blind with K,3. The community cards came 4 9 9 9 7 and Ray had a full house on the river when his seven hit.
Soon after, Ray and Andrew went head to head with A,7 and A,J. The board revealed 5 3 T, 6, 3. the Jack kicker played for Andrew and he sent Ray home.
Ross Called a push with J,rag from Andrew with 9,T of diamonds. The flop came two diamonds and also an open ender for Ross. The turn was nice enough to complete Ross' hand with another Diamond. The river not so kind... A 4th diamond came into play and Andrew's Jack just happened to be the Jack of diamonds. Next hand Ross was down to less than a BB and was forced all-in. The board had a four card straight on it and Ross managed to hit the seven, the bottom end of it... Sadly again for Ross this wasn't good enough and Andrew had the Queen high end. Bad luck Ross.
Final two were Andrew and Karl (who had made an impressive recovery from a single $5K chip) The two got it all in, Karl with A,5 spades vs Andrew with Q,T off. Community cards came K 3 J, 4, 4. Karl dodges the open ender on the flop and manages to take home 1st with his high Ace playing. Well done Karl, nice to see another winners pic!
