Alexander Debus put in the first raise and the last raise, but he couldn't shake Edison Nguyen. Debus opened for 5,500, then moved all in for 33,000 after Nguyen re-raised to 11,000. Nguyen didn't hesitate to make the call, showing down a monster, . Debus had a live ace and diamonds, , but completely whiffed on a board of . He has been eliminated.
There are still a few bounty players left alive in today's field. Sean Keeton found one of them in the form of Michael Chrianthopoulos. The two players were all in after a series of preflop raises. Keeton showed against Chrisanthopoulos' and then promptly hit an ace on the flop. Chrianthopoulos was never able to recover from there and has hit the rail. Keeton earns himself a bounty of AU$1,000 and now has 180,000 chips.
Tom Pongrass was up, up, up to start the day. Then he was down, down. Then up. Then he wound up calling the all-in bet of Josh Fields. Fields showed against Pongrass' , but spiked a king on the turn to double up to 40,000 and stay alive. That loss knocked Pongrass back to about 30,000.
A few hands later, Pongrass was at it again, calling an all in with against the pocket jacks of one of three "Cons" in the tournament, Con Cotsomitis. Cotsomitis was left looking for a gutshot straight draw to fill after the flop fell . It missed. The turn was the and the river was the . That moved Pongrass back to about 70,000 and crippled Cotsomitis to just 3,000.
Pongrass finished Cotsomitis off a few hands later, taking his against the of Cotsomitis. Neither player hit the board. Pongrass' ace-high was enough to win and sent Cotsomitis off to the payouts cage.
Oliver Gill fans, listen up. Your man is still in the hunt, doubling to 45,000 chips after hitting a set of sevens with on a flop of against Con Angelakis' top two pair, . The board did not repeat, allowing Gill to drag the pot. Angelakis is down to 40,000.
Two names that we haven't called much yet today tangled in a recent hand at Table 28. Danny Joukhadar opened with a raise to 5,500 that was called by Neville Eber from the small blind and Matthew Lea from the big blind. All three players checked the flop of . On the turn , Eber led out for 6,000, folding Lea. Joukhadar called.
The river fell . Eber opted to slow down, checking the action over to Joukhadar. Joukhadar seized the initiative by bettting 8,000, then was surprised to see Eber check-raise to 28,000. After thinking it over for a few moments, Joukhadar called. His mades aces and deuces and took down the pot against Eber's , kings and deuces.
Joukhadar cracked the six-figure mark by dragging the pot, moving to 102,000 in the counts. Eber fell to 131,000.
Sean Keeton - 222,000
Chriss Barratt - 73,000
Stephen Boots - 116,000
Con Angelakis - 30,000
Oliver Gill - 47,000
Neil Channing - 48,000
Table 27
Tom Pongrass - 76,000
Ben Delaney - 30,000
Cort Kibler - 59,000
Tony Kambouris - 75,000
Eric Assadourian - 120,000
Josh Field - 31,000
John MacNaughton - 160,000
Anthony Kellet watched as his stack was relentlessly blinded down. He finally moved all in with and was called by Saidal Wardak, who showed . Wardak hit a jack on the flop to take the lead. Kellett was not able to improve from there, as the turn and river came running kings.
That leaves Jai Kemp, Aaron Jacobs, Steve Topakas, Sherrie Gelber, Con Kamaris and Saidal Wardak still alive on Table 25.
Liv Boeree has plenty of admiring railbirds today, but she hasn't provided them with much action so far. She shoved all in for 37,900 from the big blind after Neville Eber opened the button for 8,000. Eber made a quick call, tabling , a hand that had Boeree's dominated. Boeree turned the tables on a flop of , making a pair of fives. The turn blanked and the river was a harmless , giving Boeree the pot and the double-up. She's up to about 80,000.
Yesterday, Michael Pedley sat next to Oliver Gill for several hours. Irritated by Gill's incessant chatter, Pedley put four AU$50 notes on the table and stated that there was a AU$200 bounty on Gill's head. The player to eliminate Gill would be paid from Pedley's own pocket.
Pedley didn't make it to Day 2, but he was watching from the rail when Stephen Boots opened to 11,500 and then called after Gill pushed all in for 46,200. Boots showed , a slight favorite over Gill's . The board ran out , sending Gill out of the tournament. Pedley fished AU$200 out of his pocket and gave it to Boots in satisfaction of the bounty.
![[user75032]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
. Debus had a live ace and diamonds, 
, but completely whiffed on a board of 
. He has been eliminated.
against Chrisanthopoulos' 
and then promptly hit an ace on the 
flop. Chrianthopoulos was never able to recover from there and has hit the rail. Keeton earns himself a bounty of AU$1,000 and now has 180,000 chips.
against Pongrass' 
, but spiked a king on the turn to double up to 40,000 and stay alive. That loss knocked Pongrass back to about 30,000.
against the pocket jacks of one of three "Cons" in the tournament, Con Cotsomitis. Cotsomitis was left looking for a gutshot straight draw to fill after the flop fell 
and the river was the 
. That moved Pongrass back to about 70,000 and crippled Cotsomitis to just 3,000.
on a flop of 
. The board did not repeat, allowing Gill to drag the pot. Angelakis is down to 40,000.
. On the turn 
. Eber opted to slow down, checking the action over to Joukhadar. Joukhadar seized the initiative by bettting 8,000, then was surprised to see Eber check-raise to 28,000. After thinking it over for a few moments, Joukhadar called. His 
mades aces and deuces and took down the pot against Eber's 
. Wardak hit a jack on the 
, a hand that had Boeree's 
dominated. Boeree turned the tables on a flop of 
, sending Gill out of the tournament. Pedley fished AU$200 out of his pocket and gave it to Boots in satisfaction of the bounty.
