There are now 66 players remaining, meaning we are two players off being hand-for-hand and on the bubble.
In 10-minutes time, we will be on a short dinner break. Let's see if the short stacks tighten up before we get to that break!
Time for a 20-minute dinner break!
We didn't quite make the bubble yet. - still 66 remaining. Top 63 pay.
Players will be back from around 7:10 p.m. local time.
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
The players are back from their break.
We are three players off the money!
There are three more levels remaining in the night.
Liam O’Rourke has just been eliminated two spots off the money.
He got coolered too.
We missed the action, but apparently O’Rourke had 
and hit a set of deuces. O’Rourke check-raised the flop against Joe Reina and an 
fell on the turn. All the chips went in here and unfortunately for O’Rourke, Reina had pocket eights and had made a set of eights!
With that we are now on the bubble!
Play is hand-for-hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
370,000
271,700
|
271,700 |
|
Busted |
Corey Kempson has just made an excellent hero call on the stone-cold bubble to double through chip leader Vincent Chua, much to the dismay of the other 63 players in the room.
Apparently the hand had began 10 minutes earlier, before Liam O'Rourke had been eliminated. By the time we arrived to see a board of 
and the all-in plaque in front of Chua. With about 150,000 in the middle, Kempson had about that much still behind – certainly not a small stack that needed to take a risk, but as the minutes ticked by, Kempson appeared to be inching closer and closer to calling.
“I’m pretty light,” sighed Kempson as the crowd started to build around the table with the action paused on all other tables entering hand-for-hand play.
“Is it the dry bubble?” asked Kempson, and indeed it was confirmed if Kempson called and was wrong, he would go home empty-handed while everyone else would be $3,100 wealthier.
Another five minutes ticked by and finally Kempson reached for two red 500-denomination chips.
He held them out in front of him, hovered and paused for dramatic affect.
Then he dropped the chips in the middle.
Chua cringed and showed 
for a busted straight draw as Kempson slammed his 
down on to the felt triumphantly and celebrated with his rail.
“Three streets! On the dry bubble!” yelled Kempson in delight as he doubled to 450,000.
The bubble continues!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
450,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
400,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
The bubble has burst!
In dramatic fashion too.
It was just a few minutes after the massive Corey Kempson hand.
It started with Michael Chrisanthopoulos opening to 8,000 from under the gun. The action then folded around to in the big blind and this is when Michael Fraser moved all in for around 80,000. Chrisanthopoulos went deep into the tank and eventually made the call, putting Fraser at risk.
Fraser: 
Chrisanthopoulos: 
It was looking like Fraser would double on the bubble.
Then the dealer flipped over a 
flop. Chrisanthopoulos now had a double gut shot straight draw. The turn was a safe 
and it was down to one card.
River: 
Ouch!
Chrisanthopoulos had made Broadway and just like that we Fraser was the bubble boy.
The remaining 62 players are in the money and guaranteed $3,100!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
520,000
340,000
|
340,000 |
|
Busted |
Following the bursting of the bubble we have quickly lost three players. Here is how they finished.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 61st | Brett Chalhoub | $3,100 |
| 62nd | John Jolly | $3,100 |
| 63rd | Kwang Nguyen | $3,100 |
Be sure to check out the ANZPT Melbourne payout page.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Here are approximate stacks of some of the players now we are in the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
490,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
430,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
370,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
260,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
260,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
257,000
199,000
|
199,000 |
|
250,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
|
240,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
210,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
||
|
200,000 | |
|
185,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
180,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
170,000
75,300
|
75,300 |
|
165,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
140,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
140,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
130,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
|
95,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
80,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
52,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
