Jason Bandouvakis raised under the gun and the action folded around to Mag Algassim who potted it from the cutoff before the others got out of the way.
Algassim:
Bandouvakis:
Neither hand improved on the flop of , but Bandouvakis hit the on the turn to take the lead, only to reel after Algassim hit his one-outer when the spiked on the river to give him the set.
Bandouvakis had hung in there for a long time, but to no avail - and with his elimination, we are now in the money and six bust-outs away from the final table!
The action has begun to pick up again and we've just witnessed the eliminations of Ali Aksoy and Tim Marsters.
Aksoy was busted at the hands of Antoine Bechara after moving all in for the last of his money with against Bechara's , but despite hitting two pair on the flop of , Aksoy was sent to the rail when the turn and river came running spades to give Bechara the flush.
A short time later over on table 29, Tim Marsters found himself all-in with , but was crushed by Harry Demetriou's which improved to a full house on the board of .
Jenny Son has just hit the rail as the last female standing in this year's Aussie Millions $1,100 Pot Limit Omaha event, courtesy of Antoine Bechara.
All the money was in the middle on a flop of ; Son had moved the last of her chips into the middle with , but was trailing Bechara who had hit two pair with his .
Neither the turn of the or the river changed anything and Son was confirmed as our latest elimination. Moments later, Matthew Konnecke made his final stand when he pushed all-in with , but he quickly sat back down to collect double what he started with after Anton Wigg couldn't improve his om the board of .
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With only moments before the start of the new blind level, Anton Wigg was felted at the hands of Haibo Chu in 13th place and as a result we're now only three spots away from the final table.
Mark Segal potted it to 14,000 before Chu re-potted to 48,000. Wigg then moved his last 36,500 into the middle and Segal lamented before eventually letting his hand go.
"I have to be behind, surely!" Segal exclaimed.
"You were," Chu replied, quickly fanning out before turning his attention to Wigg. "You got a wrap? ?"
Wigg nodded and rolled up . "I knew it, I called your hand!" Chu cried.
The dealer then proceeded to run out a board which read , giving Chu aces-up, the pot and Wigg's scalp.
Aarno Kivelio had been crippled by Joel Gaffney earlier in this level but has just scored two double-ups to be get back to more than 135,000 as the next break approaches.
Earlier, Gaffney had moved the last of his money into the middle before the flop with against Kivelio's , but his hand held up after the board was spread , leaving Kivelio with just 33,500 in chips.
Moments later, Kivelio got those chip back when his improved to a straight on the board of against Gaffney's before scoring some more off Haibo Chu when he got his money in on a flop of with against's Chu's .
The turn and river blanked out , and we're still at 12 players as we edge closer to the next break of the night.
Vince Moro: possibly holds the record for quickest final table bubble in history
Suddenly, BUST-OUTS, three of them! All within about 90 seconds of each other - and now we have our final table of nine players!
As the players who weren't involved in a hand were about to depart for the next 10-minute break, Mag Algassim moved the last of his money into the middle with but was called by Harry Demetriou's . Neither hand improved on the board of and Algassim was ousted in 12th place.
At the same time, Mark Segal had moved the last of his money into the middle pre-flop after being reraised by Haibo Chu. Antoine Bechara tank-folded before Chu called, showing down against Segal's . Segal did pair up on the board of , but it wasn't enough and he had to settle for 11th place.
Then, as almost the entire field had crossed the rail, the cry of "All in, call" went up from table 29, where Vince Moro was in great shape to double up with against the of Mel Judah, but incredibly, Judah caught a runner-runner full house on the board of to send Moro out in 10th place!
And just like that, ladies and gents, we're done for the day! The players are bagging and tagging and we're now about to wrap this puppy up!
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