Patrik Antonius and Chris Chronis have been residents of the feature table all day, but most recently Jarred 'FlopNutsOnYou' Graham, Peter Wong and Event #4 Champion Zach Gruneberg have all joined them under the bright lights of table 31.
A few other tables around the room also feature some interesting match ups with one table having Noah Schwartz, Tony G, John Hennigan, Jim Sachinidis and Sam Khouiss. Another in the corner contains Daniel Sequenzia, Sorel Mizzi, Danny Andrews, Gursel Ali, Leo Boxell and Tino Lechich
We've told you how Josh Field doubled up. We've also told you how Reza Vakili lost most of his stack on a flush draw. It was inevitable, then, that the two would clash. Field and Vakili got their chips in the middle on a race, for Field against for Vakili. Vakili was the one at risk of elimination, and he was the one who doubled on a board of . Vakili moved back up to 15,000, while Field was crippled to 1,500.
Certainly outlasting his first blind level exit at the Pokerstars APPT Sydney, Brian McFadden looks like he's about to end his run here at the Aussie Millions after almost a day of play.
McFadden's , ran into an opponent's . Normally a favourable showdown except for the flop. McFadden was unable to catch up, on the turn and river .
James Obst has just been moved to the main tournament floor and has taken care of an opponent when his was all in ahead, and remained that way against with the board running out .
Currently Obst is seated with high-stakes poker player Nathanael Seet and has him pipped in chips by 10,000 as Seet sits with 66,000 while Obst is enjoying a stack of 77,000 chips.
Josh "JJProdigy" Field is still struggling against the inexorable pull of the short stack. He doubled again, this time all in preflop for 3,700 with . The big blind called with , but it was Field who doubled when the board paired his five without making anything for the big blind. Field is up to 8,000.
Reza Vakili went for the home run, but all he managed to do was strike out. He called out of the small blind after the player on the button raised to 1,100. On a flop of , Vakili checked to the button, who bet 1,400. The raises then went as follows:
Vakili: 4,400
Button: 9,400
Vakili: 24,400
Button: All In for about 28,000
Vakili made the call with , the second nut flush draw, and found himself against . The board blanked , shipping a massive pot to the button and sending Vakili all the way down to 7,500.
In a raising war that reached five-raises Mike Ivin put the remainder of his chips into the pot holding up against Patrik Antonius' .
The flop of left little hope for Ivin and when the landed on the turn Ivin had already stood up to exit to the rail with the meaningless peeling on the river.
With Ivin on the rail, Antonius is now up to 65,000 in chips.
Sam Khouiss opened with a raise to 1,300 from middle position and John Overbeek made the call from the big blind. Overbeek led for 1,500 when the flop of came down and was followed by a big reraise from Khouiss to 7,000. Without too much hesitation Overbeek made the call and we were off to the turn.
The was snapped down by the dealer and Overbeek moved all in for around 12,950 and was quickly called by Khouiss. Overbeek tabled for a straight while Khouiss was drawing dead to a chop holding . The river couldn't land Khouiss a two-outer dropping the and with it a slump in chips to 35,700 as Overbeek climbs to over 43,000.