Players had not long returned from the break before there was an all in and a call over on the feature table. Brit Stephen Bantick was the at risk player finding himself short on a stack of 63,000 which went in the middle shortly after play resumed with Jeremy Joseph making the call.
Stephen Bantick:
Jeremy Joseph:
The board ran out to send Bantick to the rail while Joseph stacked up to 973,000.
Shurane Vijayaram limped in from the under the gun as did Jennifer Tilly from the button. Nino Marotta was in the big blind and checked his option.
The flop came and the action checked around to Tilly. She led out for 20,000 and both her opponents called.
The turn brought the and Vijayaram and Marotta checked once again. Tilly moved all in for her remaining 50,000 and was snap-called by Marotta. Vijayaram folded.
Marotta:
Tilly:
Tilly had the lead with trip fours and the higher kicker until the dropped on the river. Marotta had made a straight which was enough to eliminate Tilly from the tournament in 29th place.
When play gets back underway at 12:30 local time (in about an hour time), 36 players will take their seat. All of them are guaranteed AUD$30,000 right now, but they're gunning for a seat at the Final Table and get in the best position to win the first-place prize of AUD$1,600,000.
Play will be 6-handed from here on out, as per tradition at the Aussie Millions. Blinds will start at 5,000/10,000 with just over 43 minutes left in the level.
Leading the pack is Italian superstar Mustapha Kanit who, after crushing on Day 1b and having a bit of a slower Day 2, demolished the opposition again on Day 3. He gathered 2,318,000 in chips so far, more than double to his closest competitor (Marc Macdonnell, 1,078,000). Shortest stack coming back today is Brian Altman who'll just have five big blinds to start with.
Play gets underway in an hour, sit back and enjoy another full day of coverage of the Aussie Millions Main Event.