Hand #15: Andrew Dales opened to 6,000 and Scott Calcagno three-bet to 17,500. Dales folded and Calcagno collected the pot.
Hand #16: Scott Calcagno made it 6,000 from the button and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #17: Andrew Dales opened to 6,000 from under the gun and Nick Piskopos called next to act. The flop fell and both players checked before Dales bet out 8,000 when the turn landed the to force a fold from Piskopos.
Hand #18: Duncan McKinnon opened to 6,000 and Andrew Dales called in the big blind before check-folding to 7,000 on the flop.
Hand #19: Nelson Maccini opened the cutoff to 6,000 and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #20: Nick Piskopos limped the small blind and Duncan McKinnon checked to see a flop. Piskopos bet out 10,000 and McKinnon swiftly folded.
Hand #21: Nelson Maccini opened to 6,000 and both Andrew Dales and Scott Calcagno called to see a flop. Maccini bet out 8,500 and both players folded.
Hand #22: Henry Tran opened in early position to 6,000 and Andrew Dales called fefore Nick Piskopos three-bet the cutoff to 15,000 as both players called.
The flop fell and Piskopos moved all in for roughly 70,000 to force two quick folds from Tran and Dales.
Hand #23: Nelson Maccini received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #24: Andrew Dales opened to 6,000 from under the gun and Duncan McKinnon three-bet to 18,000 from the hijack. Dales open-folded his and McKinnon scooped the pot.
Hand #25: Scott Calcagno raised to 6,000 and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #26: Andrew Dales opened to 6,500 from the small blind and Nick Piskopos called in the big blind before folding to a 6,000-chip bet when the flop fell .
Hand #27: Andrew Dales opened his button to 6,000 and everyone folded before he flashed the .
Hand #28: Nelson Maccini opened to 6,000 and both Andrew Dales and Scott Calcagno made the call from the cutoff and big blind. The flop of saw Calcagno check and Maccini bet out 7,500 only to have Dales raise to 18,000.
Calcagno folded, but Maccini called as the landed on the turn and Maccini was faced with a bet of 21,000. After some deliberation, Maccini called before checking the on the river.
Dales pushed out a bet of 30,000, and after a few moments in the tank, Maccini made the call tabling his to scoop the pot from Dales and his .
Hand #34: Nelson Maccini opened to 6,000 from the cutoff and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #35: Brandon Shack-Harris opened to 6,000 from under the gun and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #36: Andrew Dales opened to 6,000 from the hijack and Nick Piskopos three-bet to 20,000 from the cutoff. Dales folded and Piskopos won the pot.
Hand #37: Scott Calcagno opened to 6,000 and Brandon Shack-Harris three-bet shove for 52,500 from the small blind. Calcagno folded and Shack-Harris won the pot.
Hand #38: Scott Calcagno opened to 6,000 in the cutoff and Brandon Shack-Harris moved all in for roughly 60,000. Calcagno called and the cards were tabled.
Calcagno:
Shack-Harris:
With Shack-Harris leading but flipping for his tournament life, the flop gave Calcagno outs to any ace, queen or jack, and when the landed on the turn, those outs increased with any king helping too.
Unfortunately for the current leader of the WSOP Player of the Year, the river was the to send Shack-Harris tumbling to the rail in 6th place for an AU$11,488 payday.
Hand #39: Nelson Maccini opened to 6,000 and Nick Piskopos called in the big blind before leading for 20,000 on the flop to force a fold from Maccini.