Scott Peel and Eddie Mascardi are both on the same table and both are the two smallest stacks in the room.
Peel and Mascardi both just managed to double their stacks to stay alive within a few hand of each other.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
52,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
||
Koray Turker was on the button when he raised it to 11,500 and received a call from Ivan Zalac in the small blind.
The two players watched as a 
flop hit the felt, whereby Zalac led for 16,000. Koray Turker then proceeded to raise it up to 34,000 which Zalac called.
The turn came the 
along with a couple of checks.
The 
on the river saw Zalac again lead, this for 55,000. Turker thought for some time before calling with 
, while Zalac held only 
.
The great call with king-high for Truker brings him closer to chip lead, trailing Willcocks by only a few thousand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
870,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
|
||
|
200,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
We are in the money ladies and gentlemen, with Jefferey Garrett the unlucky player who goes home empty handed after three days of play.
Garrett was forced all-in after a couple of antes and blinds, mostly due to a hand a few minutes ago when his set was out turned by a straight.
By the time the hand was over, Garrett's 
wasn't good enough on a 
board against the 
of Anatoly Parshenkov.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Jefferey Garrett is looking like the odds on favourite to be the bubble-boy, with Garrett forced all-in when he is the big blind in a couple of hands time.
Stay tuned!
Michael Frydman raised to 20,000 from under the gun which sent the action around to Phares Bouya in middle position. Bouya popped it to 60,000 and with the play back around to Frydman, he moved all-in for 113,000 and Bouya snap-called.
Bouya: 
Frydman: 
Frydman would just have to dodge a seven and when the board ran out 
, it was all safe for Frydman who, at this stage, won't be today's bubble boy.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
230,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
130,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
The tournament director has just announced that the action will now go hand-for-hand as we approach the money bubble at the APPT Melbourne Main Event.
Of the 29 remaining players, 28 will go home with at least $8,600 while one unlucky player will get the bubble-boy title and the no cash prize to go along with it.
Tony Hachem will be wishing he never went up against Leo Boxell, with Boxell not only leaving Hachem crippled earlier but now also dealing the fatal blow to Hachem's tournament life.
Hachem raised to almost 50,000 and Boxell moved all-in from the button. Hachem called off for the remainder of his stack and the players turned their hands over.
Hachem:
Boxell: 
Hachem was gonna need some big help that would never come as the board ran out 
.
Hachem goes home just one player off the bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
230,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
915,000
144,600
|
144,600 |
|
605,000
152,100
|
152,100 |
|
||
|
335,000
55,800
|
55,800 |
|
|
330,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
||
|
315,000
84,900
|
84,900 |
|
|
305,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
280,000
91,200
|
91,200 |
|
275,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
|
260,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
240,000
42,600
|
42,600 |
|
|
||
|
230,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
200,000
115,400
|
115,400 |
|
190,000
91,800
|
91,800 |
|
|
||
|
190,000
66,100
|
66,100 |
|
190,000
81,000
|
81,000 |
|
||
|
185,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
|
150,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
135,000
47,900
|
47,900 |
|
127,000
229,100
|
229,100 |
|
|
||
|
126,000
34,900
|
34,900 |
|
|
115,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
110,000
47,400
|
47,400 |
|
|
||
|
|
58,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
58,000
37,600
|
37,600 |
|
|
||
We came to the action with a board showing 
and with Jefferey Garrett, Anatoly Parshenkov and Aaron Lim in the hand.
Parshenkov was first to act and made it 15,000 to go and received the call from Lim before the action was sent to Garrett. A re-raise to 55,000 was then made, at which point Parshenkov moved all-in.
Lim got out of the way and Garrett made the call, turning over 
for a turned set, while Parshenkov turned over for a turned straight.
The river bricked and the big pot was sent the Russian's way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
400,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
31,000
69,000
|
69,000 |
Level: 16
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
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