Thomas Miller moved all in on the board for 299,000 and was called by Bobby Zhang. Miller had the for trip kings, but he was behind the for Zhang, who had a full house.
The river was the , and that was the end of the road for Miller, who finished in 21st place for AU$60,000.
Michael was all in with the against the for Honeyman. The flop vaulted Honeyman in front with a pair of aces and from there he held thanks to the on the turn and the on the river.
With that, Michael was eliminated in 20th place, and he earned AU$60,000 for his efforts.
With 125,000 in the pot and a flop of , Samantha Abernathy bet 62,000 and Alexander Lynskey raised to to 134,000. Abernathy made the call and then action went check-check on the turn. When the completed the board on the river, Abernathy checked and Lynskey bet 180,000. Abernathy snap-folded.
Samantha Abernathy min raised the button to 40,000 and Jack O'Neill in the big blind was the only caller.
O'Neill checked on and Abernathy made a continuation bet of 40,000. O'Neil called and the hit the turn. Both players checked.
The river was the and O'Neill bet out 70,000. Abernathy raised to 150,000 and O'Neill shoved for around 580,000 total. Abernathy wasn't snap calling, but she did toss in some chips to go to showdown after about 10 seconds thinking about it.
O'Neill had been caught with his hand in the cookie jar as all he could show for was . Abernathy tabled and O'Neilll had to make his exit.
John Apostolidis commented he found O'Neill's play very strong and so did Abernathy when the two of them shook hands.
O'Neill collects AU$60,000 for his deep run at the 2016 Aussie Millions Poker Championship. The remaining 18 players are now playing on 3 different tables and are all guaranteed AU$85,000 from here on out.
Kitty Kuo just raised from the button to 50,000 and Mikel Habb called from the small blind.
"Let's go!!" Habb yelled while Tino Lechich was still thinking from the big blind.
Lechich ultimately folded, and the flop brought out .
Habb checked to Kuo, who thought for a few seconds before betting 40,000.
"ALL IN!!" Habb yelled, while he flexed and fist-pumped all at the same time.
Kuo, who could barely keep a straight face, gave it some thought.
"YES BABY! FEEL THE POWER!" Habb screamed, while Kuo was still in the tank.
After Kuo folded, Habb yelled, "Ship it to papa!" and he's now sitting on around 400,000.
A huge crowd of about 30 people is pressed against the rail to watch Habb's antics, and he's still a contender to make the final table with just 18 players remaining.
Action folded to Tony Dunst in the small blind and he moved all in to put the pressure on an extremely short-stacked Cankai Zhang in the big. Zhang liked what he saw and quickly called off for 114,000.
Zhang:
Dunst:
Zhang was well out in front thanks to his kicker, and he shipped the double after the board ran out .
Zhang won another pot shortly thereafter to bring his stack up to 400,000.
The stack of Alexander Lynskey just catapulted all the way to the top of the leaderboard, thanks two two small pots and then an absolutely huge one.
On the first hand, Lynskey limped in from the small blind, and Mikel Habb checked his option out of the big blind to see the flop come down . Lynskey bet 22,000, and Habb folded.
On the next hand, Dylan Honeyman opened with a raise to 40,000 from under the gun. Lynskey reraised in the cutoff seat to 110,000, and play folded back to Honeyman. He also gave it up, and Lynskey won the pot.
Then, the big one happened, and here's how it went down.
Lynskey kept up his aggressive ways with a raise from the hijack seat to 40,000. Samantha Abernathy reraised to 85,000 out of the small blind, and Lynskey made the call to take the flop. After Abernathy bet 95,000, Lynskey made the call.
The was added to the board on fourth street, and Abernathy kept her foot on the gas with a bet of 225,000. Lynskey stuck around, and the two were delivered the river card. Abernathy took a few moments before she looked at the dealer and announced that she was all in. Lynskey wasted little time in making the call, to which Abernathy responded by revealed her for top set. Unfortunately for her, Lynskey had the for the nut flush and his hand was the winning one.
Upon counting the stacks, it was determined that Lynskey was all in on the river for 751,000. Abernathy sent over the chips to pay him off and dropped all the way down to about 215,000 in chips.
The action folded to Samantha Abernathy and she moved all in from the button for 256,000. Dylan Honeyman folded from the small blind right away, and Kitty Kuo gave it some thought before calling from the big blind.
Abernathy:
Kuo:
The board ran out , and Abernathy got herself back in the game after losing a massive pot versus Alexander Lynskey just a few hands ago.