Simon Charette was crippled down to 73,000 in chips after clashing with Tony Dunst, but Adam Stoneham and Bodo Sbrezsny were both sent to the rail and we're now down to 13 players.
Earlier over on table 15, Charette raised to 6,500 from under the gun and Dunst called from the big blind before check-calling Charette's bet of 7,100 on the flop of . Both players checked the turn of the before Dunst check-raised to 40,000 after Charette's bet of 15,500 on the river of the .
As Dunst chipped up to 132,000, Stoneham and Ben Delaney got all their money into the middle over on table 11 on a flop that read ; Stoneham was gambling with but Delaney was still ahead with . Delaney hit his straight on the turn of the and the river was of little consolation to Stoneham, who departed in 15th place (AUD $5,400).
A short time later over on the feature table, Waki Waki limped in from under the gun before Sbrzesny shoved for 67,000. The action folded to Stuart Macleod-Smith who called from the big blind before Waki got out of the way.
Macleod-Smith:
Sbrzesny:
If running into a monster like that wasn't enough, Macleod-Smith hit the case queen on the river, despite Sbrzesny pairing up on the board and almost freerolling to the heart flush on the board of . Yikes!
Sbrzesny is now out of the tournament, AUD $5,400 richer for his 14th place finish.
Simon Charette and Kosta Varoxis have doubled up, while Waki Waki turned out one of his euphoric celebrations after making a huge call against Ben Vinson as we keep on keeping on in Event #17.
Charette moved the last of his money into the middle before the flop with and was called by Josh Tekesky who called with , but to his relief, he paired up on the flop of before the turn and river blanked out , to move back up to 140,000 in chips.
A short time later, our field reporter caught the action between Waki and Vinson on the feature table on a board that read . Waki fired out a 42,000 after the river and Vinson went deep into the tank before making a crying call, only to fold after Waki showed for trip aces. Waki was ecstatic, pumping his fists over Vinson's call, which moved his stack back up over 214,000.
And just before the break, the action folded to Daniel Reijmer who raised from the small blind before Varoxis shoved from the big blind. Reijmer called and showed but was dominated by Varoxis' , which improved to a set after the dealer spread the board of , moving Varoxis up to 150,000.
The action folded on table 15 to Kosta Varoxis who raised to 9,500 from the button before Tony Dunst reraised to 25,500 from the small blind. Simon Charette folded his big blind, Varoxis shoved and Dunst snap-called.
Varoxis:
Dunst:
Neither hand improved on the board of and Dunst was eliminated in 13th place, collecting AUD $5,400 while Varoxis chips up close to 260,000.
Table 15 has now been broken down and from this point onwards, the 12 remaining players are guaranteed at least AUD $9,000.
Full Tilt Red Pro Billy "The Croc" Argyros has surrendered the last of his chips to Ben Delaney in 12th place to collect AUD $9,000.
The action folded to Argyros who raised to 11,000 from the button before Ben Delaney reraised all-in from the big blind. Argyros called, showing down against Delaney's , but Belaney binked a deuce on the board of .
The eliminations are coming thick and fast now, with Andrew Jeffreys the most recent player to have hit the rail in 11th place (AUD $9,000).
The action folded to Leo Boxell who raised from the button to 12,000 before Jeffreys shoved from the big blind with . Boxell snap-called with and the board was spread , improving neither hand.
Daniel Reijmer was amongst the chip leaders at the start of the day, but he's been given the old heave-ho over the space of two hands to depart in 10th place (AUD $9,000).
The action folded to Stuart Macleod-Smith who raised to 10,000 from the hijack position before Waki Waki reraised to 32,000 from the cutoff. Daniel Reijmer called from the button and Macleod-Smith folded before the dealer spread the flop of .
Waki open-shoved and Reijmer snap-called, but to his horror Reijmer discovered that he was at the wrong end of the uber-cooler:
Waki:
Reijmer:
As Cleveland Brown would say, "Ohh, that's naaaasty." The turn and river ran out , and Reijmer was left with just 3,500 in chips. He did manage to triple up in the very next hand, but then moved them into the middle before the flop soon after with , but lost to Ben Vinson's after Vinson rivered a ten on the board of to send Reijmer to the rail.
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. Both players checked the turn of the 
before Dunst check-raised to 40,000 after Charette's bet of 15,500 on the river of the 
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; Stoneham was gambling with 
but Delaney was still ahead with 
. Delaney hit his straight on the turn of the 
and the river 
was of little consolation to Stoneham, who departed in 15th place (AUD $5,400).
. Yikes!
before the turn and river blanked out 
, 
to move back up to 140,000 in chips.
. Waki fired out a 42,000 after the river and Vinson went deep into the tank before making a crying call, only to fold after Waki showed 
for trip aces. Waki was ecstatic, pumping his fists over Vinson's call, which moved his stack back up over 214,000.
and Dunst was eliminated in 13th place, collecting AUD $5,400 while Varoxis chips up close to 260,000.
, 
, but lost to Ben Vinson's 