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On a board of 
, Daniel Francis fired out 700 into a pot of twice that with his opponent taking the check-call line.
Both players tapped the table when the river landed the 
as Francis' opponent tabled his 
to collect the pot.
For Francis however, he is still in a healthy position with over 48,000 in chips.
With a limp and a raise to 750, Jarred Graham made it 2,200 from the button.
With the action on Neil Arce in the big blind, he moved all in for 7,625 to force both the limper and original raiser out before the action was put back to Graham.
Asking for a count, Graham eventually tossed in the allotted amount of calling chips into the pot to see the cards put on their back.
Arce: 
Graham: 
The 
flop gave both players a piece of the action - with Graham catching the greatest part of it with bottom two-pair.
The 
on the turn gave Arce an additional three outs to stay alive, but when the 
landed on the river, Arce was forced to exit to the rail as Graham climbs to 52,000 in chips.
On a flop of 
, Tom Grigg fired out 700 only to have his opponent check-raise to 2,200.
Grigg smooth-called as the landed on the river and he was now faced with a 3,500-chip bet. Grigg again made the call as the dealer dropped the 
on the river and his opponent fired out another healthy bet; this time to the amount of 5,500.
"This is so gross. So gross. Just so gross!" uttered Grigg before making the call.
Being shown the 
of his opponent, Grigg happily flipped his to collect the pot and move to the 36,000-chip mark.
Daniel Laidlaw entered the pot with a raise to 550 and Wally Sombrero made the call to see a 
flop fall.
Both players checked as the 
landed on the turn and Sombrero fired out 550 from the big blind. Laidlaw made the call as the landed on the river and Sombrero made it 1,650 to go.
Laidlaw quickly made the call tabling his 
to best Sombrero's as he slipped to starting stack while Laidlaw climbed to over 22,000 in chips.
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
With an early position raise to 650, Jesse McKenzie made the call from middle position to see a 
flop fall.
Following a check, McKenzie fired out 1,050 with his opponent check-calling before both players tapped the table once the dealer had placed the on the turn.
With the river landing a second ten - the - McKenzie took another stab at the pot with a 2,500-chip bet. His opponent paused for a moment before check-calling.
"I got counterfeited!" stated McKenzie as he tabled his 
.
However his counterfeit didn't change much as his opponent tabled his while raking in the pot as McKenzie slipped to 24,700 in chips.
With a raise to 700 from an opponent in the cutoff, David Ewing three-bet his button to 2,125.
Once the blinds passed, the original raiser made it 4,200 total only to have Ewing move all in for an additional 11,475. His opponent tank-called to put the Macau-based Australian at risk.
"I'm going home!" uttered Ewing.
Ewing: 
Opponent: 
"Oh, I'm live!" added Ewing as the board ran out 
to see Ewing spike a pair on the river to double through to roughly 32,000 in chips.
As we sit just slightly short of the half-way mark of the day, here are some of the chip leaders.
Mitchell Carle - 47,000
Jackie Glazier - 44,000
Jarred Graham - 43,000
Roger Spets - 39,000
Ryan Mckay - 36,000
David Ewing - 35,000
On a flop of 
, Sunshine Samson fired out a continuation bet of 1,200 only to have her lone opponent in the hand - Tim English - check-raise to 3,000.
Samson responded by sliding in a stack of purple 500-denomination chips into the pot to signify a raise of 8,700. English committed his last 9,200 and Samson called the additional 500 to put the Australian at risk.
English:
Samson: 
The turn and river landed the and to see English sent to the rail as Samson climbs to the chip lead with 48,500 in chips.
On a board reading 
with roughly 15,000 in the pot, Mitchell Carle fired out 15,000 at his opponent.
Deliberating for over four minutes - and with the clock called twice - Carle's opponent eventually made the call for his last 10,000.
"You win!" stated Carle tabling his .
His opponent tabled his for a stronger two-pair as the Australian slipped to 29,300 in chips.
