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David Wonson and Michael Fadersen were both quite short on the bubble and have now made quick eliminations from the tournament. Fadersen finished officially in 13th, collecting NZD$7,050. Wonson managed to get the pay jump, finishing in 12th for a NZD$9,060 score.
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Tatjana Zizic put in a great effort to get where she is now, being left crippled with just a couple of big blinds earlier in the day. Her adventure has now come to an end, with her elimination coming at the hands of the big stack of David Zhao. It was all in preflop for Zizic holding 
. Zhao held 
and stayed in front as the 
board ran out. With that, the last lady standing was eliminated in 14th place.
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Busted |
Jason O'Brien is the first player to be eliminated in the money. The last hand saw him holding 
and shoving his short stack in preflop. Ken Demlakian made the call, apparently accidently calling with 
.
It was certinaly an unfortunate accident for O'Brien, as the 
board gave Demlakian the pot and sent O'Brien home in 15th place.
Michael Kanaan had been aggressively moving his short stack around, despite a few other similar stacks hanging back and praying for someone else to bust. He moved all in again from under the under for 45,300 but found two callers in Michael Fadersen on the button and Ken Demlakian in the big blind.
The two live players checked the board of 
where Demlakian bet out enough to put Fadersen all in. Fadersen quickly folded (what he later said was pocket eights) and Kanaan tabled 
for two pair.
“You got very unlucky,” said Demlakian as he revealed 
for a rivered set! Kanaan bubbles in devastating fashion as Chiu Yeung Lee let out a joyous cry of “Money!” to let everyone know we were in the cash!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted |
A big pot has just been sent the way of David Allan here during hand-for-hand play. The action started with Ivan Zalac opening to 11,500 from under the gun. Folded to around to Allan in the hijack, he three-bet to 25,000. Back on Zalac and he four-bet to 55,000. Allan didn't take too long to five-bet to 92,000. Zalac made the call and the dealer readied three cards for the felt.
Flop: 
Zalac checked here and Allan bet 45,000. The tension from Zalac's side of the table could be felt as he took his time to make the call. When the 
hit the turn, Zalac again checked and this time Allan bet 50,000 - the majorirty of Zalac's stack at this point. Zalac frustratingly let his hand go and Allan raked in the sizable pot. With that, Zalac joins the ranks of the short-stacked players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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460,000 | 100,000 |
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65,000 | -125,000 |
The blinds have increased, but hand-for-hand play continues. The short stacks remain the same, with Michael Kanaan, Stewart Ballard and Jason O'Brien all having similar stacks of less than ten big blinds.
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Michael Kanaan was under the gun when he shoved for his stack of around 65,000. Jason O'Brien, the short stack in the remaining field, called a couple of spots to Kanaan's left. The rest of the table was out of the way and the two players turned their hands over.
Kanaan:  |
| O'Brien: |
The board ran out 
, with O'Brien scooping up the double. With that, Kanaan, O'Brien and Stewart Ballard, who is at the same table, are the three smallest stacks here on the bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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45,000 | -25,000 |
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43,000 | 23,000 |
Folded to Ricky Kroesen in the cutoff, he raised it up to 9,100. Ivan Zalac called from the small blind, along with David Wonson in the big blind. On the 
flop, the play was checked to Kroesen and he bet 14,300. Zalac called and Wonson folded as the dealer turned over a 
. Both players checked here, just as they did on the 
river. At showdown, Kroesen mucked when Zalac showed 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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240,000 | -80,000 |
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190,000 | 5,000 |
David Allan started the day as the chip leader, and while that may not still be the case, he is still among the top few counts. We recently watched him take down a small pot against Matt Wakeman.
It started when David Wonson opened the hijack to 4,000. Wakeman then three-bet to 13,700 in the cutoff. Allan made the call on the button and with a call from Wonson, the dealer would turn over a 
flop. Wonson checked here and Wakeman bet 18,600. Allan called and Wonson got out of the way. On the 
, both players checked. The 
on the river would see Wakeman check-fold to a bet of 24,000 from Allan.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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360,000 | 25,000 |
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135,000 | -15,000 |
