The first 15-minute break of the day has commenced.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
8,925,000 | |
|
8,290,000 | |
|
3,335,000 | |
|
1,325,000 |
Hand #35: Ari Engel in the cutoff made it 135,000. Everyone folded and Engel took it down.
Hand #36: Ari Engel raised to 135,000 under the gun with 
. Samantha Abernathy in the big blind called with 
and they saw a flop of 
, giving Engel bottom two pair. Abernathy check folded to Engel's 135,000 bet.
Hand #37: Tony Dunst with 
on the button raised to 135,000. Ari Engel called from the big blind with 
.
The flop came 
and Engel check raised Dunst' 135,000 continuation bet to 405,000. Dunst, having flopped top two, made the call.
With 1.2 million pot the hit the turn. Engel made a bet of 735,000 and Dunst called, growing the pot to 2.6 million.
The river 
was a blank and Engel checked. Dunst instantly checked behind and took down the huge pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,925,000 | 3,025,000 |
|
|
8,290,000 | -2,310,000 |
|
|
3,335,000 | -665,000 |
|
|
1,325,000 | 580,000 |
Hand #34: From under the gun, Dunst raised to 125,000 with the 
. Ari Engel called on the button with an unknown hand, and then Dylan Honeyman reraised from the small blind to 380,000 with the 
. Dunst came back over the top with a four-bet to 800,000, Engel folded, and then Honeyman moved all in for 1.5 million. Dunst called, and the cards were on their backs.
Honeyman tripped up on the 
flop, but Dunst did pick up a Broadway straight draw. The turn was the and didn't change much, as Dunst still needed a queen on the river to win the hand and knock Honeyman out.
But then, the dealer slapped the 
on the river and Dunst had made the straight. He won the pot to send Honeyman to the payout desk to collect AU$340,000 in prize money.
With that, the remaining four players were all guaranteed AU$445,000.
Hand #30: Ari Engel raised from the cutoff seat with the 
, and Tony Dunst called from the big blind with the to see the flop come 
. Dunst checked with his pair and flush draw, and Engel bet 140,000. Dunst called.
The turn was the to give Dunst a flush, and he checked. Engel checked behind, and the river was the 
. Dunst led with a bet of 375,000, and Engel folded.
Hand #31: Samantha Abernathy received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #32: On the button, Dunst raised to 135,000 with the 
. Engel called from the big blind with the 
, and the flop fell 
. Engel checked, Dunst bet 160,000, and Engel folded.
Hand #33: Alexander Lynskey raised from under the gun to 125,000 with the . Everyone folded, and he won the blinds and antes.
Hand #29: Action folded to Ari Engel on the button and he raised to 135,000 with . Kitty Kuo in the small blind shoved all in for 690,000 with 
and Dylan Honeyman folded his big blind after giving it some thoughts. Ari Engel made the call and Kuo was at risk in the classic race situation.
The board ran out 
and Kitty Kuo made her exit in 6th place AU$270,000. The remaining 5 players are guaranteed AU$340,000 from here on out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
10,600,000 | 800,000 |
|
Busted |
Hand #26: Ari Engel raised to 135,000 under the gun. Action folded to Alexander Lynskey on the button and he shoved all in with . Everyone (including Engel) folded.
Hand #27: Kitty Kuo found under the gun and shoved in for 620,000. Everyone folded and she took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #28: Tony Dunst in the cutoff raised to 125,000. His neighbor Samantha Abernathy three-bet to 275,000 with and both blinds folded. Dunst folded without having shown his cards to the RFID scanner.
Hand #21: Ari Engel received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #22: From under the gun, Dylan Honeyman raised all in for 630,000 with the 
. Everyone folded, and Honeyman won the pot.
Hand #23: From the hijack seat, Tony Dunst raised to 125,000 with an unknown hand. Ari Engel reraised from the button with the 
to 375,000, and he won the pot.
Hand #24: From the cutoff seat, Engel raised all in with the 
to put the pressure on the players behind him. Dylan Honeyman called for 700,000 with the 
from the small blind, and everyone else had folded.
The flop, turn, and river ran out 
, and Honeyman doubled up.
Hand #25: From under the gun, Samantha Abernathy raised to 125,000 with the 
. Play folded to Alexander Lynskey in the small blind, and he reraised all in for 655,000 with the 
. Abernathy made the call.
The flop came down 
to give one heck of a sweat. Abernathy now had a flush draw and a straight draw that could very easily crack Lynskey's aces, but she was down to just the river card after the 
hit the turn.
The river was the , and Lynskey finished with a full house to double up.
Hand #17: Action folded to Ari Engel on the button and he raised it up to 135,000. Both Kitty Kuo and Dylan Honeyman folded and Engel took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #18: Ari Engel with in the cutoff and he raised to 135,000 once again. Alexander Lynskey in the big blind made the call holding 
.
The flop came and Lynskey checked. Engel, with bottom pair, made a bet of 140,000 and Lynskey called.
The on the turn helped Engel well in front, making him a 82% favorite. Lynskey checked again, and Engel bet 285,000. Lynskey called and the completed the board, just about the worst card in the deck for Lynskey.
Lynskey checked and with 1.3 million behind and already 1.2 in the middle, Engel bet 505,000. Lynskey called instantly, but mucked upon seeing Engel's trips.
Engel now has over half of the chips in play, Lynskey is now the short stack.
Hand #19: Engel in the hijack went for three in a row and made it 135,000 with . Tony Dunst called from the big blind holding the suited . The flop came pairing both. Dunst check called a bet of 135,000.
The 
hit the turn, making Dunst trips resulting in Engel drawing dead. Both players checked and the completed the board. Dunst bet 330,000 and Engel folded.
Hand #20: Kitty Kuo raised to 125,000 from the hijack holding . Samantha Abernathy in the big blind found 
and made the call.
The flop came and Abernathy checked. Kuo bet 100,000 and Abernathy called. The hit the turn and now both players checked. The hit the river and another two checks later, Abernathy took it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
9,800,000 | 1,645,000 |
|
|
5,900,000 | -90,000 |
|
|
4,000,000 | 500,000 |
|
|
780,000 | -225,000 |
|
|
745,000 | -1,645,000 |
|
630,000 | -670,000 |
Hand #12: From the cutoff seat, Ari Engel raised to 135,000 with the . Alexander Lynskey called from the big blind with the , and the flop came down .
Neither player had much, and Lynskey checked to Engel. Engel also checked, and the turn was the . Lynskey checked, Engel bet 135,000, and Lynskey folded.
Hand #13: On the button, Dylan Honeyman raised to 125,000 with the . Tony Dunst reraised all in from the big blind with the , and Honeyman folded.
Hand #14: From under the gun, Engel raised to 135,000 with the . Everyone folded.
Hand #15: Honeyman opened to 125,000 from the hijack seat with the . Samantha Abernathy reraised from the small blind to 275,000 with the 
, and Honeyman made the call.
The flop was , and Abernathy bet 325,000. Honeyman folded, and Abernathy won the pot.
Hand #16: Abernathy had the button, and play folded to Engel in the small blind. He completed the bet, but then Kitty Kuo raised all in with the from the big blind with the . Engel folded, and Kuo won the pot.
Hand #11: Action folded to Samantha Abernaty in the cutoff and she raised to 125,000 with .
The button and small blind folded but Dylan Honeyman in the big blind found and three-bet to 260,000 with a stack of 1.2 million total.
Abernathy contemplated what to do for a bit, and eventually shoved all in. Honeyman didn't need much time calling all in.
Abernathy was in terrible shape with her ace king, and the flop only made things worse. On Honeyman's chances of winning increased to 99%.
The on the turn opened the door for a chop, but Abernathy didn't have a whole lot of outs to do so as the six of clubs wouldn't be a good card to hit.
In fact the hit and the two of them chopped it up. Yesterday Abernathy was saved by a six on the river when she got it in with sixes against kings, and now a six saved her again!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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3,500,000 | -100,000 |
|
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1,300,000 | 415,000 |
