David Gorr has been eliminated, despite getting his chips in with the best hand. He opened for 27,000, then called all in with after Ray Sukkar reraised all in from the big blind. Sukkar tabled and hit a queen on the flop to take the lead in the hand. He stayed in the lead on the turn and the river.
Because Gorr busted at the same time as Graeme Putt and George Lind, on the edge of a money level jump, he shares the 41st, 40th and 39th place prize money with them equally.
George Lind was folded to in the small blind. He moved all in with . Martin Rowe squeezed his cards, then double-fist-pump-snap-called with . There was no help for Lind; the board came to eliminate Lind.
Because Lind busted at the same time as Graeme Putt and David Gorr, he shares the 41st, 40th and 39th place prize money with them equally.
Frank Bianco came into the day short-stacked. He finally found and moved the last of his chips into the middle. Tony Basile made the call with and outraced Bianco by catching a jack on the flop. Bianco needed a miracle nine but didn't get it. The turn was the and the river was the .
He earned AU$9,800 in prize money for his 38th-place finish. Basile earned the pot, which increased his stack to 325,000.
Stewart Davidson raised to 27,000 from middle position before Poland's Daniel Kowalski made a small raise to 54,000 to go. Davidson made the call and they saw a flop of .
Kowalski checked and Davidson moved all in for 340,000. Kowalski made the call in the biggest pot of the tournament!
Davidson:
Kowalski:
Kowalski had Davidson in terrible shape and the on the turn and on the river didn't provide Davidson with the miracle he needed. He becomes our 37th-place finisher as Kowalski becomes our new chip leader with very close to one million in chips.
Thomas McLaughlin threw his lot in with , moving all in for a total of 95,000 chips. Daniel Hameiri made a quick call with from the button. McLaughlin received no love from a board of . He has retired to the rail, eliminated from the tournament in 36th place. Hameiri is up to 305,000 in chips.
Sam Capra was all in for his last 26,000 preflop and Michael Guzzardi decided to take a shot at eliminating his opponent.
Capra:
Guzzardi:
Guzzardi was hoping for live cards, but it wasn't to be, and when the board filled out , Capra had survived another all in clash to double up to 55,000. Guzzardi is still in good shape with 141,000.
Roel Pijpers moved all in from the button for 100,000. The small blind passed, bringing the action to Eric Assadourian in the big blind. He squeezed his cards and gave the matter some thought.
"I don't need to gamble yet," said Assadourian. He flashed pocket fours and mucked his hand.
Tim English raised from under the gun to 21,000 and Frank Saffioti made the call in the big blind, as two of our chip leaders clashed.
The flop was and Saffioti said, "I hit!" and fired out 20,000. English then popped it up to 60,000 to go. Saffioti thought for a moment before he chirped, "I know you have the king," and folded his hand, flashing .
Michael Harrington thought he flopped a monster. He held on a flop that came down . Harrington had top pair and the second-nut flush draw and moved his chips into the middle after his lone opponent, Martin Rowe, checked. It was actually Rowe who had flopped the monster. He snap-called Harrington's bet and tabled the nuts , leaving Harrington drawing at a runner-runner full house. He didn't get there. The hit the turn. Harrington was drawing dead and was eliminated on the river .
Tough luck for Harrington, but at least his 35th-place finish earned him AU$9,800.