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The cards are back in the air! All the remaining second-chance cards have now been cashed in and from this point onwards, if you're out, you're out.
And speaking of which, we can report that Leo Boxell is no longer at his seat - and wasn't balanced to the sixth table. Unfortunately, that can only mean one thing ...
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
We've got two levels behind us, and it's time for a 15-minute break. First things first, though, the Second Chance cards have to be exchanged for chips.
"I wish I could sell this thing to the highest bidder," Andy Bloch said. His chip-leading stack doesn't need any help right now, but he'll add 5,000 chips to it courtesy of his one black-and-gold add-on card. Mark him down for more than 45,000 as the players step away for the break.
New Zealand poker icon Graeme "Kiwi G" Putt is up to more than 40,000 in chips after a monster pot played out moments before the first break.
Sammy Youssef raised to 325 from middle position and the player in the cutoff called, as did Putt from the button before the player in the small blind raised the pot, making it 2,125 to go. All the others called, then the action checked around to Putt on the flop of 
.
Putt potted, the small blind check-repotted and Youssef folded before the cutoff called all-in. Putt also called and the cards were tabled:
Small blind: 
(eight-high straight)
Putt: 
(10-high straight, gutshot straight flush draw)
Cutoff: 
(nut flush draw)
Putt's straight held as the turn and river ran out 
, 
, leaving the small blind with just a handful of chips (no rebuy cards left). The cutoff has now cashed in both his cards.
Andy Bloch is pretty much crushing his table. He's up to about 40,000 now and still has one of his two Second Chance cards.
The last pot saw him call a raise to 250 from an early position player, and Roberto Romanello called in position as well. The three took a flop of 
, and action checked to Bloch. He bet 700, and only the raiser called. Both of them checked the turn, and Bloch fired another 1,500 after the blank 
river. His opponent grabbed a T5,000 chip from his stack and flashed a troubled smirk. He thought better of the call, dropping the chip back into his stack and returning his cards to the dealer face-down.
2008 Aussie Millions Main Event champion Alexander Kostritsyn is down to his last 5,700 "rubles" after losing a huge three-way all-in against Koray Turker and another opponent.
Turker was the all-in player and tabled 
, well ahead of his opponent's 
. However, Kostritsyn currently had them both with 
!
Kostritsyn improved to a set on the flop of 
, but Turker was ahead with the queen-high straight, which held after the turn and river ran out 
, . Clearly, there is no justice in the world - and to make matters worse, Kostritsyn appears to have used both of his "rebuy" cards.
On a 
, John Caridad checked and his opponent bet the pot, 1,850 by our eyes. Caridad said, "Put 'em all in there," check-raising all in for his opponent's 3,975 stack.
Caridad turned up 
for the big draw, and his opponent was in a temporary lead with the 
. The turn 
was a blank, but the river 
gave Caridad the nuts and the pot.
He's up to about 13,000 now and still has those two Second Chance cards in his pocket.
As the action continues here in the Crown Poker Room, we're pleased to inform you that as part of the Australia Day celelbrations, the staff are handing out free lamingtons to the players (and of course, the PokerNews Live Reporting team).
For our international friends, allow me, if you will, to tell you about this scrumptious Aussie treat.
A lamington is a dessert made up of a vanilla sponge cake filled with strawberry jam, which is cut into cubes before being dipped in chocolate and dusted in desiccated coconut. Some variations of the recipe call for whipped cream in the center as well, while in New Zealand, the strawberry jam is replaced with raspberry jam.
The result? Delicious. And naturally, it's tradition to serve up a plate of lamingtons after the Australia Day barbie. However, according to legend, it's believed that Lord Lamington (the Governor of the state of Queensland in the late 1800s) actually hated "those bloody poofy woolly biscuits" that were named in his honor.
All we can say is that a vast majority of our Live Reporting Team are big fans of the lamington - particularly our American contingent - but sadly, the same can't be said for Vegemite!
Roberto Romanello and Alexander Kostritsyn have just joined the field.
That brings the total up to 50 runners as far as our elementary counting skills can tell, and registration is set to close in just a few minutes.
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
