Just before the break, Dan Shak moved his short stack into the middle and watched as two opponents raised all in over the top of him. Shak was in the lead with and found himself in a great spot to triple up, needing to fade the of Manny Rodrigues and the third player's . He wasn't able to do it. The flop came , giving his opponent trip nines. The turn and river came and , eliminating Shak.
Kasey Castle was also eliminated at a nearby table at about the same time.
Michelle Stott, the country manager for the recently-launched Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT), was a bounty in today's tournament. She has passed that bounty on to Event #1 winner and the first-ever Aussie Millions gold ring owner Christian Heich. Heich, who has amassed a sizable chip stack early today, called Stott's all-in bet of 4,375 chips on a flop of . Stott showed top pair, , and found herself up against Heich's up-and-down straight draw. The turn was a blank, but the that hit the river and improved Stott to two pair filled Heich's straight.
Heich is now up to 27,000 in chips and is effectively freerolling the rest of the tournament.
Bruno Portaro, during Event #6
Bruno Portaro has sent a short-stacked Julius Colman to the rail. Colman held a strong but Portaro got there with his when the board fell .
Haibo Chu is now up to 18,700 chips after calling his opponent's all in bet on a flop of . Chu showed for the best hand, as well as a draw. His opponent would need help with his .
It was all over when the hit the turn to complete Chu's straight, with a meaningless on the river.
Chu final tabled the APPT Grand Final in Sydney in December and will be looking for another big Aussie Millions campaign.
Bounties keep crashing out of today's tournament. Noah Schwartz is the latest casualty. He was moved back to roughly the starting stack when he flopped holding . An early position player bet 1,500 and Schwartz raised to 3,000. A player behind Schwartz called all in for slightly less, folding the initial aggressor. Schwartz's top pair, top kicker was no match for his opponent's flopped set of fives. The turn gave Schwartz some hope. When paint hit the river everyone sucked in their breath, but it wasn't a king. It was the .
A few hands later, Schwartz reraised out of the small blind to 975 after a player in middle position opened for 300. That player called, taking a flop of . Schwartz led out for 1,300, then called all in after his opponent raised to 4,000. Schwartz's overpair of had been outflopped by his opponent's . He picked up a few outs when the turn came , but the river brought the king he needed in the previous hand, . Schwartz was eliminated, passing his bounty to his opponent before he left the table.
James Obst is another recent bounty elimination. He was all in preflop with and was called in two places: by Craig Bergeron with and by a player with who wanted to take a shot at the bounty. The board ran out , allowing Bergeron to eliminate Obst, collect the bounty, and climb in the counts to 11,000.
A rampaging Warwick Mirzikinian has jumped out in front of the pack today.
On his way to the chip lead, Mirzikinian had a player shove into his pocket . He was able to turn the pretty situation into a mountain of chips after the board bricked out .
That opponent is just one of the many that the 2008 Australian 2 Card Manila Runner-up has eliminated this morning, on his run to over 20,000 chips.
and found himself in a great spot to triple up, needing to fade the 
of Manny Rodrigues and the third player's 
. He wasn't able to do it. The flop came 
, giving his opponent trip nines. The turn and river came 
and 
, eliminating Shak.
, and found herself up against Heich's 
was a blank, but the 
that hit the river and improved Stott to two pair filled Heich's straight.
but Portaro got there with his 
when the board fell 
.
. Chu showed 
.
hit the turn to complete Chu's straight, with a meaningless 
holding 
. Schwartz led out for 1,300, then called all in after his opponent raised to 4,000. Schwartz's overpair of 
had been outflopped by his opponent's 
. Schwartz was eliminated, passing his bounty to his opponent before he left the table.
, sending Broom to the rail.
to leave Shak on life support as Russell is up to 8,000 chips.
who wanted to take a shot at the bounty. The board ran out 
, allowing Bergeron to eliminate Obst, collect the bounty, and climb in the counts to 11,000.
