With the pot containing 4,000 and the flop showing , local Sydney player Andrew Davis decided to make his move and pushed all in for 20,000. Mark Alati made the call and was delighted when Davis tabled ; Alati was dominating with .
The turn was a disaster for Alati when the arrived, giving Davis a set of eights. The river was a blank () and Alati was left with just a few thousand in chips after the hand.
David Saab
On a board of David Saab re-raised enough to put his opponent all-in however he wasn't expecting Terence Chan to then come over the top of both players to put Saab to a decision for the remainder of his chips. Saab went into the tank for several minutes and eventually made the call for his tournament life on a draw with . The original raiser showed for a set however Chan flipped for top set in the massive 60,000 chip pot. The turn brought the and Saab was praying for a spade, however the on the river brought the end for two players, while Terence Chan is now sitting pretty on 75,000 chips.
In a huge clash pre-flop on table 12, Anna Colley found herself all-in preflop holding , however David St. Eloi had her in big trouble with . The miracle jack was not to be found and Colley was eliminated, while St. Eloi jumped up to over 60,000 chips.
Grant Levy has just won a huge pot. Levy made it 2,200 pre-flop and was raised by an opponent to 5,000. Levy then re-raised to 22,000 and the other player went all-in for 30,000. Levy made the call and turned over to his opponents disgust. His was dominated and the flop was . The turn was the giving the opponent more outs, but the was no help and Grant Levy was over 90,000 in chips.
The raising rule is creating some confusion, and this hand was a prime example. Terrence Chan raised to 1,200 pre-flop and Marcello Bo put in two 1,000 chips to make the call. This was deemed a raise and Bo put in the remaining 400. Chan saw this as an opportunity and went all-in putting Bo to a decision for all his chips. He made the call and turned over to Chan's delight after he showed . The flop was and Bo was in trouble, but a on the turn and on the river gave Bo a lifeline with a split pot.
With Johnathon Gamerov already all-in preflop, Derek Dodge was also forced to play for all of his chips on a flop of . His opponent flipped to which Derek gleefully showed , with Gamerov a long way behind with his . The turn brought the and the river , sending Gamerov home and putting Dodge back above the average with around 36,000 chips.
Nathaneal Seet has accumulated nearly 90,000 in chips by bullying the shorter stacks at his table. Seet has been putting his opponents to a decision for all their chips and been taking down lots of pots.