Shivan Abdine Eliminated in 3rd Place ($49,650)

Michael Dix defended his big blind and rivered a straight with to get paid off by initial raiser Brendon Rubie for 210,000 on a board of . One hand later, Dix folded the button and Rubie open-shoved into short stack Shivan Abdine. The latter had around 525,000 chips remaining and nodded, then turned over his cards for the showdown:

Abdine:
Rubie:

The flop was a sweat for Abdine, as Rubie had a gutshot and flush draw. It was all over after the turn, making the river meaningless. Abdine takes home A$49,650 for his efforts and Rubie enters heads-up with a 3-2 lead over Dix.