Dejan Boskovic opened the cutoff to 12,000 and Ang Italiano called on the button before Kasra Bakhshaee moved all in from the small blind for 51,000. Boskovic folded, but Italiano made the call to put Bakhshaee at risk.
Bakhshaee:
Italiano:
With Bakhshaee trailing and needing to connect to stay alive, the flop would see him flop top pair to now be at a huge advantage.
The turn however opened the door slightly as it fell the to give Italiano outs to a straight.
Unfortunately for Bakhshaee, the dealer would burn and turn the on the river to end his tournament on the bubble while simultaneously sending Italiano up to 535,000 while ensuring the remaining 36 players a guaranteed AU$20,003 payday.
On a flop of , Victor Teng fired out a continuation-bet and Van Marcus moved all in with Teng quickly calling.
Teng:
Marcus:
The turn landed the to change nothing as Marcus bellowed, "make it high dealer!"
Unfortunately the dealer didn't respond the way Marcus wanted as the completed the board on the river to eliminate Marcus in 38th place - just two spots from the money.
And just like that Ivan Zhou is out of the tournament.
The action started with Brandon Shack-Harris raising to 8,000 from under the gun before Ivan Zhou moved all in for 88,500 from the hijack. The decision fell back on Shack-Harris who made the call.
Shack-Harris:
Zhou:
The board ran out to see the chip leader from a few hours ago eliminated just short of the money.
Brandon Shack-Harris opened to 8,000 and Joachim Chia three-bet the button to 24,000. With the action on Stevan Chew in the small blind, he moved all in for 115,000 to force Shack-Harris' cards into the muck before Chia called.
Chew:
Chia:
The board ran out and Chew was sent to the rail as Chia climbed to roughly 540,000 in chips.
Byron Kaverman moved all in for his remaining 32,500 from under the gun. The action folded around to Jason Giuliano on the button who moved all in for 130,000 forcing a fold from both players in the blinds.
Kaverman:
Giuliano:
Giuliano improved to a set of fours on the flop with Kaverman teased with top two pair. The on the turn sealed Kaverman’s fate as the meaningless came on the river.
Slade Fisher moved all in for his last 22,000 in chips before Sean Winter raised it up to 40,000 from the cut off. The bet was enough to force everyone else out of the hand as both players then tabled their cards.
Fisher:
Winter:
The board ran out to see Fisher unable to connect in anyway as he was sent to the rail.
We arrived at the table just as David Leas was committing the last of his chips on a board of . Victor Teng was his opponent in the hand and made the call before both players tabled their cards.
Teng:
Leas:
Leas was in big trouble and would find no help as the fell on the river.
Teng is steamrolling his table and dominating the field with more nearly more than double the stack of his nearest rival.