Walking over to Jonathan "xMONSTERxDONGx" Karamalikis' table, we noticed that his once occupied seat is now empty.
Talking to tablemate Matthew Pearson, he detailed us the demise of the 'DONG.
Calling a John Caridad raise from the big blind, Karamalikis check-called a bet on the flop before leading when the turn repeated the . Caridad put in a raise and Karamalikis made the call before check-calling the river as the spiked.
Caridad tabled his for trips to leave Karamalikis with roughly 3,000.
A few hands later he found himself all in only to have fellow Full Tilt Poker Red Pro Annette Obrestad iso-shove to force the remaining players to kick their cards to the muck.
Karamalikis:
Obrestad:
The king in the window saw Karamalikis look to be regaining new life, but that was soon followed by the cruel third five in the deck to render Obrestad with a near lock on the put.
It was a sweat-tastic queen on the turn, but when Karamalikis failed to improve on the river, he was forced to make his way to the rail.
2009 Aussie Millions Champion Stewart Scott has just taken his seat in today's field.
On Scott's table is fellow Aussie Millions title holder Michael Pedley as well as Jay "SEABEAST" Kinkade.
Tony Bloom has also found his seat while old-schoolers Billy "The Croc" Argyros, Roy Vandersluis, Joseph Humunicki and Joe Cabret are also in the field.
Speaking to tablemate Dan Smith, he informed us of how Full Tilt Poker Red Pro James Akenhead unfortunately was bounced to the rail.
With a raise to 325 ahead of him, Akenhead bumped it up to 1,100 only to have the pressure placed back on him with a four-bet of 3,400 from the original raiser.
Akenhead didn't seem scared at all by his opponent's show of strength, and instead pushed what remained of his stack into the pot. His opponent made the call tabling his to be dominating Akenhead's .
No help from any of the community cards would ensure that Akenhead was swiftly bumped to the rail to continue his cashless start to the 2011 Aussie Millions.
Facing a raise to 250, Annette Obrestad made the call to see a flop fall.
Her opponent opted not to push out a continuation-bet as Obrestad took the lead by dropping in a bet of 350.
The dealer dropped the on the turn following a check-call from Obrestad's opponent, and once she was greeted with another check, her 800-chip bet would be enough to see her collect the pot.
Tournament Director Frank Bianco has just informed us on some of the conditions of the tournament.
Most tables are currently nine-handed, but there are the occasional one that is playing eight-handed.
The winner of each table will take their chips through to the next stage (90,000 or 80,000 depending on how many players their table feature) and from there, they will be guaranteed money.
With eighteen tables in play - and anymore unlikely - the final eighteen will play down until a final table of ten is formed before calling it a night and returning tomorrow to continue the battle for claiming the Event 4 gold ring.
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flop before leading when the turn repeated the 
spiked.
flop as Pearson continued for 1,250. Ghezelbash responded by making it 3,500 to go as Pearson eyed up his opponent's stack.
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flop fall.
on the turn following a check-call from Obrestad's opponent, and once she was greeted with another check, her 800-chip bet would be enough to see her collect the pot.