With a raise to 7,000 from the cutoff, Nauv Kashyap moved all in from the button only to Mike Tyler in the small blind and Akshay Nauhria in the big follow suit as they committed the last of their chips while the original raiser passed.
Kashyap:
Tyler:
Nauhria:
The board ran out to see Nauhria triple his short-stack as Kashyap bite the dust following Tyler capturing the main pot.
As Kashyap made his way to the rail, it again cemented the long-time theory of day one chip leaders never winning as the ANZPT Gold Coast Champion made a premature exit.
Luke Edwards opened from the hijack to 6,000 only to have Oliver Schaffman three-bet to 19,200 from the big blind.
Edwards mulled over his decision for a few moments before moving all in for an additional 46,100 to force an eventual fold from Schaffman as Edwards climbed to over 90,000 in chips.
Kani Edwards opened to 7,500 from middle position only to have Mike King move all in from the small blind for 22,500. Edwards made the call for his tournament life to take us to a showdown.
Edwards:
King:
The board ran out to see King crippled to just 7,800 as Edwards doubles to 51,000 in chips.
King would then commit his last few thousand holding , but run into Servio Briones' .
The board landed to see King forced to return to his day job of being a comedian as Briones soars to 225,000 in chips.
Although his brother may have busted late yesterday, Soren Smith-Hanse is still alive in today's Main Event after finding a double through Tom Grigg.
Smith-Hansen fired out 5,800 on the flop as Grigg made the call before the landed on the turn and Smith-Hansen continued for 11,200. Grigg made it 55,000 to go and Smith-Hansen called off his 45,000-chip stack.
Smith-Hansen:
Grigg:
The river landed the to see Grigg miss his combo-draw as Smith-Hansen doubles through to 100,000 and change.
Lance Climo opened the button with a raise, only to have Ricky Kroesen move all in for roughly 20,000 from the big blind. Climo made the call to put Kroesen at risk.
Kroesen:
Climo:
Kroesen picked a bad time to steal from the big blind as Climo woke up with a monster - and once the board rolled out - the PokerStars Online Qualifier was forced to make an earlier than expected exit to the rail.
Ardmore Vakalahi opened with a raise to 5,800 from late position only to have Tao Luo three-bet from the big blind to 13,500.
Vakalahi made the call as the flop fell and Luo fired out 16,000. Vakalahi called, and when the landed on the turn and a bet of 30,000 followed from Luo, he again made the call.
The river landed the and Luo moved all in for over 100,000 to put Vakalahi to a decision for his last 25,300.
"My brother, I don't think you have the Queen!" stated Vakalahi.
After a few moments of deliberation, Vakalahi made the call to see Luo table his .
Vakalahi slammed down his and launched to his feet clapping and screaming, "Twinkle, twinkle!" as he collected the pot to soar to 190,000 as Luo slips to 80,000 in chips.
Zack Lowrie entered the pot on the button with a raise to 5,000 only to have Tom 'tollgate' Grigg three-bet to 14,500 from the small blind.
The big blind passed and Lowrie made the call to see a flop fall as Grigg checked and Lowrie fire out a bet of 20,000.
Grigg made the call to see the peel off on the turn and once he checked, he was again faced with another strong bet; this time amounting to 30,000. Taking a few moments to deliberate, Grigg made the call as the landed on the river and the APPT Sydney final tablist checked for the third time.
Lowrie cut out a bet of 50,000 and dropped it in the pot to put Grigg into a visibly tough decision as he began shuffling ships and contemplating his decision.
"I think you want me to call!" stated Grigg as he continued to deliberate.
Roughly five minutes went by before Grigg made the call to evoke a previous stone-dead Lowrie to drop his head and table his for a triple-barrel bluff gone wrong.
Grigg instantly rolled over his for middle pair and collected the pot to soar up to 350,000 as Lowrie slid down to 65,000 in chips.
to see Nauhria triple his short-stack as Kashyap bite the dust following Tyler capturing the main pot.
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would see Lowrie sent to the rail as Grigg soared to 330,000 in chips.
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flop as Grigg made the call before the 
to see Grigg miss his combo-draw as Smith-Hansen doubles through to 100,000 and change.
landed on the turn and a bet of 30,000 followed from Luo, he again made the call.
and Luo moved all in for over 100,000 to put Vakalahi to a decision for his last 25,300.
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and launched to his feet clapping and screaming, "Twinkle, twinkle!" as he collected the pot to soar to 190,000 as Luo slips to 80,000 in chips.
landed on the river and the APPT Sydney final tablist checked for the third time.
