Michael Pinzone was the latest player to be eliminated by Luke McLean, who now sits on around 120,000 in chips.
McLean raised to 5,000 under the gun and his neighbour called before Pinzone reraised all in over the top, making it another 18,300 to go.
McLean counted the difference out of his stack, then after a minutes' deliberation he committed the chips. The other player got out of the way and the cards were tabled:
McLean:
Pinzone:
The board was spread , sending Pinzone to the rail.
Jason Wicks will be heading back to Sydney and back to work at Star City after moving all in with preflop for his last 25,000 but lost a flip against an opponent's pocket eights.
Darko Balaban had gone almost unnoticed throughout the day but has come of nowhere to move up to 50,000 in chips.
A player under the gun raised to 3,200 preflop before another in middle position reraised all in for 13,200. Balaban reraised all in, forcing the under-the-gun player out of the way.
Balaban:
Opponent:
The board ran out ; the player under the gun couldn't believe his bad luck, saying that he had folded !
Walsh moved in with and Nguyen called with . The flop made it look like Walsh was going to double through, but Nguyen caught runner runner two pair on the turn and river to send Walsh packing.
Andrew Demetriou just got a quick lesson in counting your chickens before they've hatched.
Demetriou found himself in a race after moving all in preflop for 30,000 and getting called by Brent Thomas.
Thomas had against the of Demetriou. The meant that Thomas paired his King taking the lead, but Demtriou improved to a set on the turn.
He promptly began celebrating thinking he had the hand won. He missed the fact that Thomas was now drawing to a flush, and it promptly hit on the river .
The river certainly threw water on Demetriou's celebration flames, as he hit the rail. Thomas continues to build a good stack.