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The blinds have increased, but hand-for-hand play continues. The short stacks remain the same, with Michael Kanaan, Stewart Ballard and Jason O'Brien all having similar stacks of less than ten big blinds.
A big pot has just been sent the way of David Allan here during hand-for-hand play. The action started with Ivan Zalac opening to 11,500 from under the gun. Folded to around to Allan in the hijack, he three-bet to 25,000. Back on Zalac and he four-bet to 55,000. Allan didn't take too long to five-bet to 92,000. Zalac made the call and the dealer readied three cards for the felt.
Flop: 
Zalac checked here and Allan bet 45,000. The tension from Zalac's side of the table could be felt as he took his time to make the call. When the 
hit the turn, Zalac again checked and this time Allan bet 50,000 - the majorirty of Zalac's stack at this point. Zalac frustratingly let his hand go and Allan raked in the sizable pot. With that, Zalac joins the ranks of the short-stacked players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
460,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
65,000
-125,000
|
-125,000 |
Michael Kanaan had been aggressively moving his short stack around, despite a few other similar stacks hanging back and praying for someone else to bust. He moved all in again from under the under for 45,300 but found two callers in Michael Fadersen on the button and Ken Demlakian in the big blind.
The two live players checked the board of 
where Demlakian bet out enough to put Fadersen all in. Fadersen quickly folded (what he later said was pocket eights) and Kanaan tabled 
for two pair.
“You got very unlucky,” said Demlakian as he revealed 
for a rivered set! Kanaan bubbles in devastating fashion as Chiu Yeung Lee let out a joyous cry of “Money!” to let everyone know we were in the cash!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Jason O'Brien is the first player to be eliminated in the money. The last hand saw him holding 
and shoving his short stack in preflop. Ken Demlakian made the call, apparently accidently calling with 
.
It was certinaly an unfortunate accident for O'Brien, as the 
board gave Demlakian the pot and sent O'Brien home in 15th place.
Tatjana Zizic put in a great effort to get where she is now, being left crippled with just a couple of big blinds earlier in the day. Her adventure has now come to an end, with her elimination coming at the hands of the big stack of David Zhao. It was all in preflop for Zizic holding 
. Zhao held 
and stayed in front as the 
board ran out. With that, the last lady standing was eliminated in 14th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
David Wonson and Michael Fadersen were both quite short on the bubble and have now made quick eliminations from the tournament. Fadersen finished officially in 13th, collecting NZD$7,050. Wonson managed to get the pay jump, finishing in 12th for a NZD$9,060 score.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Matt Wakeman was looking like being the latest player to hit the rail, getting his stack all in preflop holding 
against Allan's . However, the 
board had other ideas, with the three on the river giving Wakeman the goods to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
380,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
|
225,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
With 11 players remaining, here is how Table 1 is currently looking.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
560,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
|
390,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
255,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
175,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
||
|
166,000
-74,000
|
-74,000 |
|
|
115,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Here is how Table 2 is currently looking. In other news, the players have been sent on a 10-minute break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
520,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
310,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
|
115,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
|
100,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
64,000
-36,000
|
-36,000 |
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
