Preflop, Brendon Rubie raised and Tom Rafferty called. The flop came down and Rafferty was first to act from the big blind position. He checked and Rubie fired 21,000. Rafferty check-raised to 52,000 before Rubie came right back at him with a reraise to 121,000. Rafferty moved all in and Rubie snap-folded.
Rubie was knocked back to 403,000 while Rafferty increased to 595,000.
Miray Badaoui moved all in for 212,000 from middle position and action folded to Heinz Kamutzki in the cutoff seat. He tanked for a bit before giving it up. Action stalled again when it got to Konstantin Bücherl in the small blind. After a little bit in the tank, Bücherl made the call and tabled the . He was ahead of the for the at-risk Badaoui.
The board ran out to keep Bücherl's nines as the best hand and he sent Badaoui out the door in 23rd place.
Daniel Ling opened to 18,000 under the gun and both Brendon Rubie and Eddy Sabat made the call before Benjamin McLean three-bet to 100,000 from the button.
Ling passed, but Rubie moved all in, and once Sabat passed, McLean made the call for his 266,000 total.
Rubie:
McLean:
With McLean in great shape to double, the flop gave both players a backdoor straight draw, but when the turn and river ran out fours - the and - McLean doubled through to 595,000 as Rubie slipped to 135,000 in chips.
Facing a raise from Mitchell Carle on the button to 17,000, PokerStars.net Online Qualifier Jason Brown moved all in for his last 52,000 from the small blind with Carle making the call.
Brown:
Carle:
The flop gave Carle the lead, but left Brown with outs to a wheel.
The on the turn changed little, and when the landed on the river, Brown was forced to exit the tournament in 22nd place for a A$13,875 payday as Carle climbs to 360,000 in chips.
Konstantin Bücherl raised from middle position to 18,000 before In Wook Choi reraised from the hijack seat to 45,000. Action then folded to Heinz Kamutzki in the big blind who has been on the short stack for most of the day. Kamutzki moved all in for 114,500 and Bücherl began tanking. He looked pained with his decision, but after a couple minutes, Bücherl moved all in for 784,000, having Choi covered. Choi quickly called, creating a big, three-way all in.
Bücherl:
Choi:
Kamutzki:
The board ran out to give Kamutzki a much needed triple up to about 385,000. Choi was able to win the side pot from Bücherl and he still has about 275,000 in his stack. Bücherl was knocked back to around 425,000.
In Wook Choi, who has been extremely active since moving to the feature table, raised from middle position to 17,000. Reza Vakili made the call from the cutoff seat and Daniel Negreanu reraised from the big blind to 47,000. Choi folded and Vakili called.
The flop came down and Negreanu won the pot with a continuation bet of 65,000.
On the next hand, Choi opened from under the gun to 17,000 before action folded to Heinz Kamutzki on the button. He three-bet to 40,000. Negreanu was up in the small blind and began counting out chips. He four-bet to 94,000 and everyone folded.
Tom Rafferty entered the pot from early position with a raise to 17,000 only to have Mitchell Carle three-bet the button to 41,000.
Rafferty made the call as the dealer dropped a flop, and once he checked, Carle pushed out another bet of 41,000.
Pausing for only a few moments before making the call, the turn landed the and after another Rafferty check, Carle cut out a bet of 75,000.
Taking a little longer than on the previous street, Rafferty pushed out the desired chips to make the call as the dealer dropped the on the river and Rafferty checked for a third time.
As Carle shuffled chips he announced he was all in to immediate see Rafferty ask for a count.
That number was 189,500, and with Rafferty's question being answered he went deep into the tank for over four minutes before sliding in the desired amount to make the call into the pot.
"Ace-high!" stated Carle, only to have Rafferty slam down his and state to the table, "Don't bluff me!"
As Carle exited the tournament in 21st place for a A$13,875 payday, Rafferty soars to 945,000 in chips.
Stefan Streifeneder has hit the rail in 20th place. He got all in with the against the for Peco Stojanovski. The board ran out and Stojanovski made a club flush to bust Streifeneder. Stojanovski moved to 370,000 in chips.
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flop fell and Rubie checked. Sabat tossed in a bet of just 8,000 to prompt Rubie to check-raise to 50,000.
rolled off on the turn and Rubie led for 60,000.
and Rafferty was first to act from the big blind position. He checked and Rubie fired 21,000. Rafferty check-raised to 52,000 before Rubie came right back at him with a reraise to 121,000. Rafferty moved all in and Rubie snap-folded.
. He was ahead of the 
for the at-risk Badaoui.
to keep Bücherl's nines as the best hand and he sent Badaoui out the door in 23rd place.
flop gave both players a backdoor straight draw, but when the turn and river ran out fours - the 
- McLean doubled through to 595,000 as Rubie slipped to 135,000 in chips.
flop gave Carle the lead, but left Brown with outs to a wheel.
on the turn changed little, and when the 
landed on the river, Brown was forced to exit the tournament in 22nd place for a A$13,875 payday as Carle climbs to 360,000 in chips.
to give Kamutzki a much needed triple up to about 385,000. Choi was able to win the side pot from Bücherl and he still has about 275,000 in his stack. Bücherl was knocked back to around 425,000.
and Negreanu won the pot with a continuation bet of 65,000.
flop, and once he checked, Carle pushed out another bet of 41,000.
for Peco Stojanovski. The board ran out 