Murray Roach has won a few pots, including a big one off Shaneel Chand, to shoot up the leader board.
The two players went to the river of a board and Roach bet 225,000 when Chand checked. Chand immediately called and Roach tabled for a flopped set. Chand, meanwhile, slammed his on the table and sent the pot to Roach.
The end has come for Sydney veteran Tony 'Toothpick Tony' Kambouroglou.
He waited patiently for a hand to make a move with but eventually had to settle with for his last 190,000. Action passed to Murray Roach on the button who made the call and tabled an overpair with .
Toothpick was in trouble but the flop of brought some hope with a pair and flush draw. The turn changed nothing and when the completed the board, Toothpick grumbled off to the rail in unlucky 13th place.
The slide continues for Frenchman Thibault Klinghammer.
Picking up the action on the turn on a board of , it was Denis Sekuloski who led out with a bet of 125,000 from the big blind and Klinghammer made the call to see the complete the board.
Sekuloski took his time and made it 175,000 to see and Klinghammer decided to make the call.
Sekuloski cheekily flashed the before eventually revealing the to go with it for two pair. That was good as Klinghammer mucked. Klinghammer slips to 500,000 with Sekuloski extending his chip lead to a commanding 1.8 million.
Zhi Ma has found himself a much needed double up. Ma moved his last 262,000 all in from the cutoff with with Tom Rafferty making the call in the big blind with .
The pair stayed ahead on the flop, but Rafferty groaned when the appeared on the turn. The river bricked the to see Ma double up to 550,000 with Rafferty dropping to 460,000.
Thibault Klinghammer opened the button with a min-raise to 60,000 and action passed to Chung Liew who announced himself all in for another 185,000.
The total stack of Liew was barely eight big blinds, but that was enough for Klinghammer to tank for several minutes before eventually making the call.
Klinghammer:
Liew:
The board would run out to bring an anti-climactic split pot much to the dismay of Liew.
David O'Brien was starting to build a bit of a stack, but then he sent a double up to Dimitrios Psaros.
The hand started with Psaros opening the button to 60,000. O'Brien called from the big blind and the dealer turned over - a flop that would see Psaros get his stack of 241,000 in the middle.
It was Psaros in good shape with against O'Brien with .
The turn and the river were safe and so Psaros doubled up.
Chung Liew was down to his last 105,000 when he moved all in from under the gun. Action folded around to Frenchman Thibault Klinghammer who made the call in the big blind.
Liew:
Klinghammer:
The board bricked out to see Liew double through to around 250,000. Klinghammer is still in good shape after slipping through a couple of recent three-bets against Denis Sekuloski to hold around 700,000.
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board and Roach bet 225,000 when Chand checked. Chand immediately called and Roach tabled 
for a flopped set. Chand, meanwhile, slammed his 
on the table and sent the pot to Roach.
.
brought some hope with a pair and flush draw. The turn 
changed nothing and when the 
completed the board, Toothpick grumbled off to the rail in unlucky 13th place.
complete the board.
before eventually revealing the 
to go with it for two pair. That was good as Klinghammer mucked. Klinghammer slips to 500,000 with Sekuloski extending his chip lead to a commanding 1.8 million.
to see Ma double up to 550,000 with Rafferty dropping to 460,000.
- a flop that would see Psaros get his stack of 241,000 in the middle.
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face up.