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Paul O'Brien got his 111,000 chips in good with pocket jacks against Sorel Mizzi's pocket nines. Jacks held up on a board of all small cards to give O'Brien the double up to 228,000.
Mizzi is one of 41 players left in the field. PokerNews presenter Gloria Balding caught up with him earlier in the day. They chatted about Mizzi's "people" skills. Have a look!
flop Ramakrishnan check called a 26,000 chip bet from McDonald. The turn 
saw more of the same with Ramakrishnan check calling a 55,000 chip bet. The river 
saw Ramakrishnan fire out 91,000 enough to put Timex all in and after going into the tank for a while McDonald eventually made the fold.
. He checked, as did Smith and Ashby. On the turn 
, Antonius bet 22,000. Each of his opponents called to the river, which fell 
. Antonius led out again for 70,000. That was enough to chase off Smith, but Ashby responded by moving all in for more than 400,000. He had Antonius well covered.
for trip jacks. Ashby showed 
for a full house that hit on the river. That was the end of Patrik Antonius.
flop. All the players checked and the turn came 
. Capra was first out of the blocks betting 20,000 with Plens making the call. Gruneberg had seen enough, and folded. The 
hit the river and Capra fired 50,000 which Plens called.
for a rivered king high flush, good for the pot as Plens mucked. Capra moves up to 380,000. Plens down to 300,000.
, check-called 75,000 more when the turn fell , and check-called all in on the river . Ruecker didn't have much -- just the other two fives 
for quads. O'Brien mucked his hand, but he doesn't leave empty-handed. He gets AU$25,000 in prize money.
Lechich fired out 20,000 and was raised to 90,000 by Fellows. Lechich then moved all in for 136,500, which Fellows of course called. for top pair.
for bottom pair and a flush draw.
turn was good to Lechich, as was the river, safely doubling him through to 350,000. Fellows drops to 375,000.
in the window, joined by the 
and . The turn and river were running clubs, and 
, that didn't help anyone. As a result, McDonald joined the large throng on the rail.
, Capra opened to 50,000 and Overbeek moved all in over the top for 223,000. After thinking for a moment, Capra made the call and tabled for top pair, top kicker. Overbeek's tournament life was in jeopardy as he rolled over 
and he was eliminated when the turn and river 
both missed him.
. Mizzi quickly checked it over to Ruecker, who showed no fear in firing out a continuation bet of 20,000. Mizzi called.
turn. When the dealer produced the as the river card, Mizzi opted to lead out for 51,000. Ruecker raised him to 150,000. Mizzi, with 245,000 chips behind his bet, tanked for several minutes. It was long enough that he finally called a clock on himself, and then folded. -- a stone bluff -- drawing murmurs from the rail. He moved up to 630,000 in chips.
