The final level of the day has begun!
In one hour, Day 2 will be over and whoever remains will return tomorrow, at which point we will have a long journey towards crowning a champion.
The 45 remaining players have locked up $4,100.
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
Tash Roussety (46th), Fabian Craib (47th) and George Megaloconomos (48th) have been eliminated just prior to the break.
The other 45 remaining players will be back to play the final level in 10 minutes!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
"Diamond!" Shouted Juicy Li from the rail as she sweated the tournament life of Steven Zhou.
At this point a 
board had ran out to the turn and Zhou was all in with 
against 
.
River: 
"Yes!" yelled Li as Zhou raked in the chips.
Zhou was all in for just around 30,000. He's still alive with 46 players remaining as we near the final break of the night.
Luke Brabin is proving his consistency on the ANZPT once again with another deep run here in Melbourne. It’s his sixth career ANZPT cash which puts him in the top five for the number of cashes in ANZPT history alongside Tony Hachem (9), Ricky Kroesen (7), Danny Chevalier (6) and Jie Gao (6).
In a recent hand Brabin managed to escape a potential cooler of two big pocket pairs. We arrived to see a flop of 
and Joe Reina leading out for 20,000. The player on the button called, as did Brabin from the small blind as the 
hit the turn. Brabin checked and Reina bet 45,000. The button folded and Brabin gave it some thought before also releasing his pocket jacks face up. Reina reciprocated by revealing pocket queens for top set!
“Glad I didn’t hit my jack then!” laughed Brabin as he drops to 160,000 with Reina looking strong on 550,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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550,000
120,000
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120,000 |
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160,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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We are now down to 48 players!
Paul Richards (52nd), Omer Silajdzija (51st), Alex Lynskey (50th) and George Bragg (49th) all pocketed $3,600.
The most recent of those eliminations, Bragg, was short stacked when all in preflop holding 
and couldn't improve against 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Vincent Chua has recovered nicely from his bubble hit, thanks to some good fortune that has catapulted him back into the chip lead.
There was heavy action preflop as Chua and Luke Sharpe went to war with both players committing their entire stack.
Sharpe showed and it looked like we were heading for a split pot when Chua showed 
. However the board of 
would bring three spades to give Chua the winning flush.
Sharpe trudged off to the cashier in 53rd place as Chua climbed back up to 590,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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590,000
190,000
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190,000 |
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Busted |
Players continue to hit the rail in the money. We just quickly lost four more players.
Rodoliub Batuz and Matthew Edwards were eliminated simultaneously on different tables so they split 54th place.
| *Place | Player | Prize |
| Eq 54th | Rodoljub Batoz | $3,350 |
| Eq 54th | Matthew Edwards | $3,350 |
| 56th | James Benigno | $3,100 |
| 57th | Nicholas Dallimore | $3,100 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Another three players down.
For those keeping score, the elimination of Edith Martins means Tania McBride is the 'last lady standing'.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 58th | Edith Martins | $3,100 |
| 59th | Matt Wakeman | $3,100 |
| 60th | Aleksandar Brkovic | $3,100 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
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