In pre-flop action, a late position player makes a raise to 30,000 and Scotty Nguyen re-pops it to 120,000. His opponent insta-calls and they see a flop of .
Scotty leads out for 65,000 and his opponent shoves in all of his chips. Facing a call of about 140,000 more chips, Scotty thinks for several moments before saying "You got it baby" and folds his hand.
With the conclusion of that hand the 31 remaining players are now on a 50 minute dinner break.
Tiffany Williamson raises pre-flop to 35,000 and Patrick Fletcher comes over the top for all of his 140,000 stack. Williamson makes a courageous call with her but was in trouble against the of Fletcher.
The board came and there was a chance for a split pot with neither player holding a club. However the river of the leaves Williamson crippled and Fletcher is up to 290,000.
Eng Phengsavanh and Carter Gill collided pre-flop, with Phengsavanh in need of help with his tournament on the line and his dominated by the of Carter Gill.
The board of didn't deliver the help required and Phengsavanh finishes in 32nd place for a payday of AUD$14,963.
Davoud Khajeh and Henrik Gwinner have tangled once again in an interesting pot. Khajeh limped in on the button holding and Gwinner checked his option from the big blind with .
The flop of gave two pair for Khajeh, but his 30,000 bet was called by the open-ended straight draw of Gwinner.
The turn brings the and both players check.
The river is the and both players check in fear of the possible straight, however Khajeh is delighted to see that his backdoor two pair is good enough to take down the pot.
Mark Ericksen
Mark Ericksen has just tangled in two big pots holding the worst hand on each occasion.
He has taken a hit in a big clash with Patrick Fletcher, with Fletcher's holding on against Ericksen's in a pot worth over 200,000.
However he had better luck when his out-flopped the pocket aces of an unlucky John Matwey a few hands later. The board of gave Ericksen the broadway straight, moving him back up to around 190,000 in chips.
On a flop of , Davoud Khajeh bet out 40,000 into the pot with . His opponent, Henrik Gwinner, raises it up to 150,000 with to put Khajeh all in. He makes the call and has the lead. The turn and river brick and Gwinner stumbles for one of the few times today, while Khajeh is now back in good shape.
With the elimination of Jason Lien in 33rd place, the tournament clock has been paused while the 32 remaining players' seats are reallocated. The new setup will consist of four tables, each housing eight players.
We'll post the new seating arrangements momentarily.
Henrik Lundstrom gets it all in pre-flop with pocket fours and Jeremiah Vinsant makes a courageous call holding . Things are looking promising for a double up for Lundstrom when the board reads , but Vinsant spikes the on the river to end the day of Lundstrom in 37th place.
Karib Karib has just eliminated another player from the tournament. His latest victim, Colin Evans, moved all in over the top of a 33,000 pre-flop raise made by Team PokerStars player Lee "Final Table" Nelson. Karib cold called the re-raise and Nelson got out of the way.
Evans:
Karib:
The hand was decided after the first three cards off the deck came , giving Karib quads and a whole lot of extra chips. Evans finished the tournament in 38th place and collected $11,510 in prize money.
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but was in trouble against the 
of Fletcher.
and there was a chance for a split pot with neither player holding a club. However the river of the 
leaves Williamson crippled and Fletcher is up to 290,000.
dominated by the 
didn't deliver the help required and Phengsavanh finishes in 32nd place for a payday of AUD$14,963.
and Gwinner checked his option from the big blind with 
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and both players check.
, Davoud Khajeh bet out 40,000 into the pot with 
. His opponent, Henrik Gwinner, raises it up to 150,000 with 
. Things are looking promising for a double up for Lundstrom when the board reads 
, but Vinsant spikes the 
