We aren't exactly sure of the action, but with the final board reading , we found Aaron Benton doubling an opponent up.
Benton was leading when the majority of the money went in with his , but when the river spiked a second ace and his opponent moved all in holding , Benton made the call before slipping to 45,600 in chips.
Mark Ericksen limped in from early position before Damon Lum bumped it to 1,600 from the button.
Ericksen made the call before leading for 3,000 on the flop as Lum made the call before the on the turn was followed with an Ericksen all in for 13,675.
Lum went deep into the tank before eventually finding a fold to slip to roughly 24,000 as Ericksen tabled his .
"If you called, you'd probably win!" stated Ericksen as he happily raked in the pot.
"I was kinda over it and was happy to go home. But now that I have some chips, I think I'll stay a while!" added Ericksen as Lum just glared back.
Tom Grigg is the next player to see the majority of his chips pushed to another player when he was rivered by an opponent holding to his .
The final board read to see Grigg's opponent spike Broadway on the river to take the lead and see the 2009 APPT Sydney Main Event fifth place finisher slip down to 6,200 in chips.
With a raise from middle position to 1,200, Danny Silk three-bet to 3,900 next to act as Aaron Benton smooth-called from the big blind as the original raiser came along also.
The flop of was checked to Silk who fired out a continuation-bet of 6,500 as only Benton made the call to see the land on the turn.
Benton checked as Silk shuffled chips continuously for over three minutes before splashing the pot with six orange 5,000-denomination chips amounting to a bet of 30,000. Benton instantly committed his last 18,000 to be at risk.
Benton:
Silk:
"Another bloody two-outer on the turn!" exclaimed Benton in reference to one of the earlier pots with Julian Cohen.
Now needing to hit his own two-outer, Benton would unfortunately see the land on the river to end his chance of becoming the first double APPT Champion.
As the pot was pushed to Silk to see him climb to 91,000, Benton pushed his chair in walked over to Silk and shook his hand before exiting the tournament area.