The pace of eliminations is even faster than in Flight 1, as just 33 players remain out of 172 entries in total. Yesterday, 26 players bagged up chips and that number may very well be undercut with plenty of hopefuls below 15 big blinds. Among those is also Andrew Bayliss, who just three-bet shoved for less than 18,000 chips.
Matthew Wayne was not willing to call, folded after brief consideration.
The last couple of official pictures from Daniel Neilson don't necessarily reflect the current version, as the Aussie with more than $1.8 million in live cashes has grown a huge beard. The game at the tables is still quite remarkable though, as Neilson stepped under the radar until now only to show up with six digits.
Sam Higgs has reached that as well after winning a couple of pots in a row.
The third flight of the Opening Event tomorrow will start at 12.10pm and will be split into two tournament areas. Up to 20 tables in the Exhibition Center and another 10 in the main poker room in the casino. Already 80 players are registered, on top of that another 100 are signed up for the Satellite for Flight 4.
With up to 30 tables available, tournament staff is hopeful that most of the seats will be filled on the way to 1,000 entries total.
"All in and call," the dealer announced and it was just in time to see Panayotis Flourentzou turning over his . The short stack next to him only had the and the board bricked out, showing . Flourentzou moved up to almost six digits and is among the current top five counts.
With around 15,000 chips left, Daniel Levy put his hopes on the only for Sam Higgs to look him up with . The board came and that put an end to Levy's run today whereas Higgs made an important step towards more glory in the Crown Casino in Melbourne.
Jack Salter made a hero call at the wrong time and ran straight into a flopped set of tens whereas Louis Salter raised and called the three-bet shove of a short stack for 19,300 chips with . It was a classic race against and the player at risk got there on the turn of a board.
Michael Kanaan raised to 3,200 and was called by Ferench Riech on the button as well as the player in the big blind. On the flop , only Riech called Kanaan's continuation bet worth 5,000 and the Aussie then fired a second barrel worth 11,000 on the turn.
Again Riech called and Kanaan's 21,000-bet on the river was met with an almost immediate shove. The Aussie gave it some thought and then flashed aces into the muck.
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. The short stack next to him only had the 
and the board bricked out, showing 
. Flourentzou moved up to almost six digits and is among the current top five counts.
only for Sam Higgs to look him up with 
and that put an end to Levy's run today whereas Higgs made an important step towards more glory in the Crown Casino in Melbourne.
. It was a classic race against 
and the player at risk got there on the turn of a 
board.
