Over in Las Vegas the WSOP is in full swing and last year’s winner of the Main Event, Australian Joe Hachem has narrowly missed out on winning a second gold bracelet.

The chance came in Event #5, the $2,500 buy-in Short-Handed No Limit Hold’em tournament, as he crashed out in heads up play to Californian Dutch Boyd.

It was a cruel blow for Hachem, whose A-Q was a heavy favourite against Boyd’s A-5; but with an Ace on the flop, a 5 arrived on the river to dash the Melbourne player’s hopes of a second WSOP bracelet.