Hand #126: From the button, James Keys opened to 130,000 and was met with two folds from the blinds.
Hand #127: Jeff Rossiter bumped it to 140,000 from the button only to have Michael Ryan make it 305,000 from the big blind.
Rossiter quickly kicked his cards to the muck and Ryan scooped the pot to see him move to 2,200,000 in chips.
Hand #128: Jeff Rossiter opened to 140,000 from under the gun and Michael Ryan smooth-called from the small blind to see a flop land.
Both players checked as the landed on the turn and Ryan slid in a 250,000-chip bet. Rossiter quickly splashed the pot with a call as the completed the community cards.
Ryan fired once more - this time for 375,000 - as Rossiter spent a little longer deliberating over his hand before tossing it at the muck.
Following the previous hands, Rossiter is now down to 2,800,000 in chips.
Hand #129: David Gorr raised to 130,000 from under the gun. Jeff Rossiter reraised to 360,000 from the big blind. Gorr reraised to 800,000. Rossiter moved all in and Gorr folded his hand.
Hand #130: David Gorr for a walk in the big blind.
Hand #131: From the button, Jeff Rossiter raised to 130,000 to win the pot.
Hand #132: Jeff Rossiter raised to 140,000 from under the gun. Michael Ryan reraised to 305,000 from the small blind. Rossiter asked for a count and then moved all in. Rossiter had Ryan and his approximate two million in chips covered. After a long, painful tank, Ryan gave it up.
Hand #133: Jeff Rossiter received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #134: Michael Ryan entered the pot for 140,000 and Jeff Rossiter defended his small blind to see a {Kc] flop land and checks follow from both players.
The on the turn saw another round of checks as the on the river again saw both players tap the table.
Ryan tabled his , but it would be Rossiter's that would see him collect the pot.
Hand #135: Jeff Rossiter made it 140,000 from the button only to have David Gorr three-bet to 400,000. Michael Ryan tossed his cards into the muck from the big blind, as did Rossiter, to see Gorr claim the pot.
Hand #136: From the button, David Gorr made it 130,000 only to have James Keys slide in a three-bet to 360,000 from the big blind.
As Gorr fiddled with his card protector, he made the call as the dealer dropped the flop and Keys pushed out a bet of 245,000. Gorr gazed over at Keys, before returning to affix his eyes upon his stack.
A further twenty seconds went by before Gorr pushed his cards towards the muck to see Keys collect the pot to move to 2,050,000 while letting out a school-boy giggle.
Hand #142: Michael Ryan opened to 155,000 from under the gun only to have Jeff Rossiter three-bet to 430,000 from the small blind.
Ryan cut down the allotted chips to make the call, before cutting down the remainder of his stack - most likely in an effort to get an exact count on his stack.
After nearly a minute, Ryan pushed out 850,000 and Rossiter instantly moved all in to put Ryan at risk for roughly his further 1,200,000.
"I call!" announced Ryan he took to his feet to watch what fate the deck would deliver.
Ryan:
Rossiter:
With Ryan at risk, the flop kept him in the lead, and as the landed on the turn, all he would need to do is fade an ace or king to sky-rocket back over the average stack.
Just like what happened to Randy Dorfman earlier, a cruel ace on the river would end Ryan's tournament when the was delivered by the dealer to send Ryan out in fourth place for an AUD$450,000 payday as Rossiter soars to 6,900,000 in chips.
The final table was just paused for a few moments while the Tournament Director had a chat with the players.
Speaking quietly, but just audible enough for the media row to hear through the synced-up microphones and video feeds, the original plans for the day have been altered. The dinner break for the remaining players will be reduced to just thirty-minutes.
As the Tournament Director was explaining this to the three players, David Gorr arked up saying that he had made plans relying on a sixty-minute break.
The Tournament Director went on to elaborate that they can take a standard sixty-minute dinner break, but by doing so it means that the two-hour levels will be reduced to just hour-long ones.
It seems as though the three players were all fairly unhappy, and as the Tournament Director headed off to get some menus so that the players could order and eat during the short break, Jeff Rossiter stated, "It's cool, there's only 3.7 million in the prizepool!"
Hand #149: James Keys got a walk in the big blind.
Hand #150: Jeff Rossiter got a walk in the big blind.
Hand #151: James Keys raised to 130,000 and David Gorr called. Keys was on the button and Gorr in the big blind. The flop came down and Gorr checked. Keys fired 160,000 and won the pot.
Hand #152: Jeff Rossiter raised to 140,000 from the button and David Gorr quickly called in the small blind. James Keys folded in the big blind.
The flop came down and Gorr checked. Rossiter bet 180,000 and Gorr made the call.
The turn card was the and Gorr checked again, this time after a pause. Rossiter bet 380,000 and won the pot.
Hand #153: David Gorr was on the button and raised to 130,000. Everyone folded and he won the pot.
Hand #154: David Gorr got a walk in the big blind.
Hand #155: From the button, Jeff Rossiter raised to 140,000. James Keys fought back with a three-bet from the big blind to 325,000. Rossiter moved all in and Keys said, "All right, yeah, I call." The cards were tabled.
Keys:
Rossiter:
The hit the felt and just like that, Keys took the lead in the hand with a three-outer. The turn brought the and the river the . Keys was ale to fade the turn and river after spiking the flop to double up for 1.99 million. He's now got right about four million in chips.