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Michael Pedley has been dented in a huge clash with Michael Guzzardi before being eliminated soon after.
Guzzardi was able to double up after moving all in for his last 5,500 on the river on a board of . Pedley looked him up but mucked when Guzzardi flipped .
Pedley was crippled and all in dark a few minutes later. He found three callers before Guzzardi raised it up to 3,000. Two players folded before Andrew Jeffreys also made a reluctant fold. Jeffreys then cringed when Guzzardi opened up a marginal to be ahead of Pedley's . An ace in the window was enough to end the run of Pedley as Guzzardi continues to build an impressive stack.
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Ben Savage
Ben Savage called the all-in shove of a short-stacked player preflop and was happy to gamble with his as his opponent flipped over .
However it was looking grim for Savage when the first four cards landed . Savage picked up a heart draw but instead spiked the on the river for a full house to take the pot and eliminate his opponent.
Fresh of his trophy win in the PokerNetwork.com Live vs Online Challenge from earlier in the day, Savage is now gaining momentum with 13,000 chips.
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Sherrie Gelberg and Andrew Demetriou have both been eliminated in the same hand under different situations. The short-stacked Demetriou was all in preflop with while Gelberg moved all in at the flop of with her pocket sevens.
Unfortunately for both their opponent was happy to call with his as he flopped the mortal nuts! The turn was the and river the to send both Gelberg and Demetriou to the exit.
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Gary Benson Eliminated
Raemin Alexander raised to 1,600 from early position with Gary Benson flat calling in middle position. The two took a heads-up flop of where Alexander fired 3,500. Benson announced he was all in for around 8,000 with Alexander making the call.
Benson:
Alexander:
The turn was the to give Alexander the gutshot straight that he needed as the river blanked the .
Australian Hall of Fame member Gary Benson was sent to the rail as Alexander now sits behind 28,000 chips.
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Matthew Kirk has been a bit of a ghost on the tournament scene of late preferring to stay away from the "donkaments" in favour of the big cash games.
He's in the field tonight and going ok, he just eliminated a player in an v race.
The board favoured Kirk.
A few hands later he called a short-stack's all in with . The all-in player looked good to double through with his until the board came .
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The prizepool and payouts have been announced with 169 players taking part, including 17 bounties, the top 16 players will finish in the cash.
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and the bet of Gurung was met with an all-in shove from the "G". Gurung made the call with his 
but trails Guoga's 
.
and river the 
and Guoga doubles up to 43,000, leaving Gurung on 32,000.
. Damm was hoping his 
put his opponent in front and he didn't look back with the 
hitting the turn and the 
completing the board on the river.
. Pedley looked him up but mucked when Guzzardi flipped 
.
. An ace in the window was enough to end the run of Pedley as Guzzardi continues to build an impressive stack.
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. Savage picked up a heart draw but instead spiked the 
on the river for a full house to take the pot and eliminate his opponent.
up against Damm's 
river to drop Damm to just 4,000 chips.
where Alexander fired 3,500. Benson announced he was all in for around 8,000 with Alexander making the call.
race.
board favoured Kirk.
