Luke Brabin is heading towards another ANZPT final table after eliminating a short-stacked opponent. With the player all in for his last 63,000 with 
, Brabin made the easy call with 
.
The board ran out 
[6h}
to see Brabin send one to the rail to move up to a healthy 250,000 in chips.
We missed the action, but Iori Yogo and his opponent moved all in on a flop of 
. When the cards were turned, Yogo’s was dominating his opponent’s 
. The 
and 
ran out, and after all the chips were counted, it was determined that Yogo had the other player covered, as he moved up to 1,000,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,000,000
725,000
|
725,000 |
The last batch of players to have been eliminated from the tournament have earned themselves $3,800 for their effort today.
41st - Daryl Alderson
40th - Lionel Martin
39th - Craig Ivey
38th - Faisal Mirza
37th - Todd Ritson
Picking up the action on the turn on a board of 
, Evan Cole led the betting for 75,000 with both Ian Thomson and Iori Yogo making the call before a repeat 
hit the river. Yogo and Cole both checked it over to Thomson who gave a wave of his arms as he declared himself all in for over 300,000. Yogo deliberated before folding as Cole contemplated the decision for his tournament life.
Cole eventually splashed chips into the middle to make the call but mucked when Thomson opened 
for the straight. Cole headed to the cashier as Thomson now sits behind a very strong stack of around 900,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
900,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
Shane Moran has just moved over the one million chip-mark, after taking all of Cale MacLean’s chips in a large pot. Both players committed their chips in on a flop reading 
with Moran tabling 
and MacLean showing 
. MacLean was able to dodge the 
turn, but it would be the 
that would make Moran his flush, and send MacLean out the door in 33rd place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,080,000
898,000
|
898,000 |
|
|
Busted |
After several raises pre-flop, Michael Chrisanthopoulos moved all in for an additional 66,000 and was called by Tom Karadimos as both players tabled their cards.
Chrisanthopoulos:
Karadimos:
The board ran out 
to see Chrisanthopoulos move back up to 200,000 in chips, as Karadimos dropped down to 400,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
400,000 | |
|
200,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
We have a new chip leader as Japan’s Iori Yogo had landed back-to-back eliminations to storm to the top of the counts.
First to go was Eric Assadourian when he pushed with pocket fours but ran into Yogo’s pocket kings. The board bricked out to knockout Assadourian and climb Yogo into seven figures.
Yogo quickly followed that up with the elimination of Alessio Maisano. In a battle of the blinds, Yogo bet out 40,000 on the flop before Maisano moved all in. Yogo called with 
for top pair with Maisano drawing with for straight and flush possibilities.
The turn was the 
and river the to send Maisano home and climb Yogo to a commanding 1.32 million in chips.
Level: 19
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Kwang Nguyen opened the pot with a raise from middle position, before Aaron Griffen moved in for an additional 138,000 from the small blind. Nguyen calculated the call, and pushed the chips into the middle, as both players tabled their cards.
Nguyen: 
Griffen: 
Board: 
Unfortunately for Griffen, the appeared on the board to almost seal his fate. The gave him outs, but it was all over when the river bricked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,000,000
480,000
|
480,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Brian Litfin moved all in for his last 69,000 and was called by Dave Allen from the blinds.
Litfin: 
Allen: 
Board: 
The fell on the flop to see Griffen eliminated from the tournament, as Allen added a few extra chips to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
