Debus Derailed, Bodo Crippled
Alexander Debus was the first player to collect from the cage, while Stuart McLeod-Smith has catapulted into the chip lead after taking a huge pot off Bodo Sbrzesny.
Debus open-shoved for the last of his stack before the flop with 
, but Tony Dunst woke up with 
. Both players paired up on the board of 
and Debus was confirmed as the 24th place finisher, good for AUD $3,600.
Our attention then turned to Sbrzesny and McLeod-Smith who were locked in an intense battle on a flop that read 
. Sbrzesny check-called McLeod-Smith's bet of 13,000 after the flop, then check-raised all-in after McLeod-Smith opened for 28,000 on the turn of the 
. McLeod-Smith snap-called.
Sbrzesny: 
McLeod-Smith: 
Needing any ace or eight, the 
blanked out on the river and Sbrzesny looked visibly upset as he was forced to send the chips over to McLeod-Smith, who is now our new chip leader with over 210,000!