Escalating blinds are continuing to put pressure on the short stacks. Giuseppe Gumina moved all in from late position with and was called by Peter Denver in the blind, who showed . Denver paired up on the flop, . That left Gumina drawing very thin. He was eliminated after the board ran out .
Just as we were coming back to David Griffiths' table, we found him calling the all-in bet of Chul Jang. Jang was in terrible shape, tabling against the of Griffiths. The dealer found the case ace when the flop came , leaving Jang to look for running straight cards. The on the turn sealed Jang's fate. He reported to the cage to collect AU$5,482 when the river fell .
Griffiths, who was one of the overnight leaders from Day 1, now stands at 272,000 in chips.
Martin Cardno moved all in for 185,000 on the steal as the player in the big blind seat hadn't yet returned from the break. However Christian Heich was onto Cardno as he made the call from the small blind.
Cardno:
Heich:
The board landed and Cardno crashes out of the tournament in 23rd place as Heich assumes the tournament lead with 443,000 chips.
The beats only seem more brutal the deeper one gets in a major buy-in poker tournament. Peter Denver was all in for his tournament life and tabled the favorite: against Steven Bouya's . Denver let out a groan when the flop made trips for Bouya, . The turn and river were not enough help for Denver. He was eliminated in 22nd place, collecting AU$5,482 along the way.
Sam Khouiss is feeling just fine. He opened for 40,000 before action passed to Jason White in late position, who moved in for 67,000. Khouiss made the call with . White showed , at which point a player in-between White and Khouiss mentioned the he had folded . No matter -- the flop came . White needed an eight to survive and didn't get it. He's out in 20th place.