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From the cutoff, Antoine Amourette bumped it to 66,000 only to have Eddy Sabat three-bet to 148,000 from the big blind.
Amourette kicked his cards to the muck, and Sabat collected the pot to move to 825,000 in chips.
Peco Stojanovski completed from the small blind and Tom Rafferty checked his option from the big.
Stojanovski checked the 
flop before Rafferty fired out 55,000. Stojanovski made the call as the 
landed on the turn and both players checked it through.
When the river landed the 
, Stojanovski led out with a 50,000-chip bet and Rafferty made the call.
Stojanovski tabled his 
for bottom pair, but it would be Rafferty's 
that would collect the pot.
Eddy Sabat limped the cutoff as both Tom Rafferty and Antoine Amourette came along from the blinds.
Rafferty led for 85,000 on the 
flop with only Sabat making the call as the 
landed on the turn and both players checked.
The river landed the 
and Sabat pushed out a sizeable bet of 215,000 to produced a fold from Rafferty.
With that pot, Sabat is now in the seven-figure club as he sits with 1,015,000 in chips while Rafferty slides down to 2,060,000 in chips.
After Jonathan Karamalikis raised to 65,000 from the cutoff seat, action folded over to Eddy Sabat in the small blind. The 2008 APPT Macau champion put in a three-bet to 164,000 after some thought. Action then moved back over to Karamalikis. He took some time before four-betting all in, having Sabat well covered. Immediately after Karamalikis shoved, Sabat stood from his chair and said, "Wow." He thought for a little bit longer while standing and then announced, "Call." He was all in for about one million even.
Sabat flipped over the 
and was flipping for his tournament life as Karamalikis held the 
. The respective rails began yelling for cards in favor of the player they were rooting for.
The flop came down 
and Sabat couldn't find any help just yet. He still had a turn and a river to try and spike something to double up. Karamalikis sat quietly while getting a massage and Sabat stood watching.
The turn brought the 
and Sabat was one card away from either doubling up or going home.
The river card completed the board with paint, but it wasn't the paint Sabat needed when the put trips on the board. Sabat's big slick failed to hit and Karamalikis won the pot with full house to improve to 3.8 million.
Sabat, a PokerStars player, finished in sixth place after becoming the only former APPT champion to make a second final table on the tour. This time he didn't win, but he took home A$79,765 for his efforts.
Peco Stojanovski called from the small blind and Tom Rafferty checked his option in the big blind to see the flop come down 
. Stojanovski fired 30,000 and Rafferty called.
The turn was the and both players checked to see the 
fall on the river. Stojanovski checked and Rafferty bet 55,000. Stojanovski made the call and won with the 
. Rafferty mucked and dropped to 2.1 million. Stojanovski now has 1.19 million.
From the cutoff seat, Antoine Amourette raised to 60,000. Jonathan Karamalikis reraised to 130,000 from the button and won the pot. This isn't that big of a deal, but Karamalikis now has 4.08 million in chips. That's nearly half of the chips in play.
The remaining five players are on a 10-minute break. Chip counts coming shortly.
Level: 24
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 4,000
The cards are back in the air!
Here are the updated chip counts as we return from break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,282,000
202,000
|
202,000 |
|
1,956,000
-144,000
|
-144,000 |
|
1,147,000
-43,000
|
-43,000 |
|
680,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
||
|
521,000
-109,000
|
-109,000 |
|
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