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Catching the action with the board spread 
, we found Andras Kovacs' 
up against the big blind's 
.
Being told the money went all in on the flop, Kovacs turned a flush to send another player to the rail as he soars to the outright chip lead with over 188,000 in chips.
Gary Benson entered the pot with a raise to 1,800 only to have Evan Panesis three-bet next to act to 4,200.
With the action on Grant Levy in the cutoff, he bumped it to 11,200 to force the blinds and Benson to fold.
Panesis went deep into thought for nearly three minutes before eventually releasing his hand as Levy collected the pot to move to 36,000 in chips.
Max Bloom raised to 2,200 from the hijack seat and Jeff Sarwer called from the button. Lee Nelson called from the big blind and the three players saw the flop come down 
. Nelson checked and Bloom fired 3,500. Sarwer called, but Nelson folded.
The turn card was the 
and Bloom bet 7,500. Sarwer gave it up and Bloom moved to 35,000 in chips.
Sherrie Gelberg three-bet jammed for an additional 11,800 over a button raise. The preflop raiser made the call to put the local at risk.
Gelberg: 
Opponent: 
The board was spread 
to see Gelberg sent to the rail.
Billy Jordanou have recently been sent to the rail.
The field is now down to just 84 players.
Chris Ferguson opened to 1,900 from the hi-jack and Haibo Chu and the big blind made the call.
The 
flop saw Chu fire out a bet of 3,300 with the big blind folding before Ferguson made it 11,300. Chu pushed for 43,300 and Ferguson made the call for his last 3,300.
Chu: 
Ferguson:
The turn and river landed the 
and 
to see Ferguson double to 62,000 as Chu slips to 105,000 and change.
Gene Rayner opened with a button raise only to have Ben Savage move all in for 11,500 from the small blind. Rayner made the call to put the Australian tournament regular at risk.
Rayner: 
Savage:
The board ran out 
to see Savage succumb to the rail.
Jeffrey Lisandro opened to 1,600 only to have Randy Lew three-bet to 5,600. Ralph Burd moved all in, and once Lisandro folded, Lew made the call.
Lew: 
Burd: 
The board fell 
to see Burd bite the dust as Lew adds a few more chips to his ever-growing stack.
Scott Montgomery opened with a 2,000-chip raise from the hi-jack only to have the big blind move all in for just 4,600. Montgomery made the call.
Montgomery: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
to see Montgomery eliminate another opponent while moving to 57,000.
Andras Kovacs raised in the small blind to 2,400 with Luke McLean called from the big blind. The flop fell to see Kovacs check-call a 3,100-chip bet from McLean. The 
turn saw another check-call from Kovacs after McLean's bet of 6,100. The river fell for free, leaving McLean to open his . Kovacs mucked, leaving himself with 123,000 in chips while McLean climbed to 166,000.
