Antoine Amourette raised to 60,000 from the small blind, attacking Jonathan Karamalikis' big blind once again. Last time Amourette did this, he had two kings, but wound up doubling Karamalikis up when he flopped two pair. This time, Karamalikis called just like last time.
The flop came down and Amourette check-called a bet of 60,000 from Karamalikis. The turn added the to the board and Amourette check-called again, this time for 100,000. The river completed the board with the and both players checked.
Karamalikis tabled the , but his hand lost to Amourette's . Amourette's rivered six gave him the pot.
Antoine Amourette raised to 50,000 and Jonathan Karamalikis made the call. After the flop came down , Amourette's continuation bet of 70,000 won him the pot. He showed the , having flopped top pair and the nut flush draw.
Manuel Hansimikali raised all in for 233,000 and Peco Stojanovski called from the big blind. Once again, Stojanovski held two queens with the . Hansimikali held the .
The board ran out and Hansimikali hit the rail in seventh place. He took home A$65,025 for his finish and Stojanovski jumped to 1.25 million in chips.
Tom Rafferty opened to 65,000 from under the gun and Jonathan Karamalikis made the call from the cutoff to see a flop fall.
Rafferty fired out a continuation-bet of 90,000 only to have Karamalikis bump it to 235,000.
Spending a few minutes in the tank, Rafferty opted to kick his cards to the muck while slipping to 1,060,000 as Karamalikis collected yet another pot to move to 2,720,000 in chips.
With the action folding to Tom Rafferty in the small blind, he bumped it to 78,000 only to have Antoine Amourette three-bet to 180,000 from the big.
Rafferty summed up his options before moving all in with Amourette quickly making the call.
Rafferty:
Amourette:
With Rafferty attempting to four-bet steal being unsuccessful, the flop kept him alive with outs to trips, two-pair and a backdoor flush.
Fortunately for Rafferty he managed to spike the on the turn to take the lead, and when the rubbed salt in the wounds of Amourette who slipped to 755,000 while Rafferty soared to 2,200,000 in chips.
Benjamin McLean opened to 70,000 from middle position and was called by Peco Stojanovski and Antoine Amourette from the button and big blind respectively.
The flop of was greeted with a 100,000-chip continuation-bet from McLean before Stojanovski bumped it to 250,000.
Amourette kicked his cards to the muck, as did McLean, to see Stojanovski collect the pot and move to 1,430,000 in chips.