Graeme Putt Eliminated in 3rd Place (AUD $35,000)

Graeme "Kiwi G" Putt stormed back from the short stack and into the chip lead, but has just lost them all to Mike Shklover to bow out in third place.

Putt and Shklover went heads-up to the flop of {6-Hearts} {9-Clubs} {2-Diamonds} ; Shklover check-called Putt's bet after the flop and then check-called again when Putt fired out 60,000 on the turn of the {4-Spades} .

With the pot worth 234,000, Shklover open-shoved for 167,000 on the river of the {Q-Diamonds} . Putt went deep into the tank - for what seemed like over three minutes - before making the call, only to muck after Shklover showed down {K-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds} for the straight, leaving Putt with just 9,000 in chips, essentially forcing him all-in from the big blind in the very next hand.

Shklover and David Ewing both called and then they checked all the way down the board of {6-Clubs} {3-Diamonds} {9-Clubs} {7-Clubs} . Shklover's {Q-Clubs} {J-Clubs} {6-Spades} {2-Clubs} was good enough to take the pot down and Putt's now off to the cage to pick AUD $35,000 in prizemoney - a solid effort from the New Zealand veteran.