Steve Topakas raised all in from the cutoff seat and Kosta Varoxis called from the button. When the hands were revealed, here's what everyone saw.
Topakas:
Varoxis:
What's interesting about this is that the last card dealt to Varoxis was accidentally flipped over by the dealer, revealing the . Varoxis' first card was the , meaning he would've had instead of pocket queens.
The board ran out and Topakas was knocked down to just 33,000. Varoxis moved up to 285,000.
Steve Topakas moved his last 30,000 or so into the middle on the next hand following his big confrontation with Kosta Varoxis. Steven Friedlander made the call from the button.
Friedlander:
Topakas:
"Come on, Steve!" yelled the fans rooting for Topakas from the balcony above.
The flop came down and Topakas made three jacks to double back up. He's back up to about 90,000 now.
Topakas was short yesterday and did this multiple times to stay alive. It might be another stressful day for Topakas if he has to keep surviving all ins, but everyone up on the balcony is rooting for him to do so.
Fouad Chaptini raised from the cutoff seat and Dan Shak called from the big blind. The flop came down and Shak check-raised Chaptini's bet of 26,000 to 45,000. Chaptini folded and left himself with 160,000 chips. Shak chipped up to 1.27 million.
From under the gun, Joel Dodds raised to 30,000 and Fouad Chaptini called from the big blind.
The flop came down and Chaptini checked. Dodds fired 38,000 and Chaptini raised all in. Dodds snap-called.
Dodds:
Chaptini:
Dodds asked for a five on the turn and the dealer gave him just that with the . The river was the and Chaptini was sent packing. Dodds moved up to nearly 600,000 now.
Peter Jetten raised to 28,000 and Steve Topakas called from the big blind. On the flop of , Topakas checked. Jetten bet 100,000 to put Topakas all in and Topakas quickly called.
Topakas:
Jetten:
The turn was the and the river the , keeping Topakas in the game. He's now up to 150,000 chips and not dead yet.
Didn't someone say something in the shoutbox about Joel Dodds not being able to go anywhere in this event given the stack he entered Day 4 with? Well, he's up to 1.12 million now.
Sorel Mizzi raised to 28,000 and then Joel Dodds three-bet to about 80,000. MIzzi moved all in and Dodds made the call.
Dodds:
Mizzi:
The flop came down and Mizzi stayed in the lead. The turn card was the and Dodds still needed help. He found it after the spiked on the river and the crowd upstairs erupted in cheer.
Dodds is over one million while Mizzi dropped to 1.1 million.
Steve Friedlander raised from under the gun to 31,000 before Peter Jetten three-bet to 80,000 from the next seat. Action folded back over to Friedlander and he called.
The flop came down and Friedlander shoved all in for 193,000. Jetten made the call with . Friedlander held .
The turn was the and put Friedlander in the lead. The river was the and Friedlander doubled up. Jetten slipped to 960,000.
Last year's third-place finisher Elliot Smith moved all in for about 200,000 from the small blind and Annette Obrestad called from the big blind.
Smith:
Obrestad:
The board ran out and that was it for Smith. He was sent to the rail in 15th place, earning $75,000 AUD for his effort. An excellent finish two years in a row. Obrestad has increased her lead to 2.3 million.