From the hijack seat, Gene Rayner raised to 1,475. Ben Savage called from the cutoff seat and the two saw the flop come down 
. Rayner fired a continuation bet of 3,200 and Savage thought for a bit. He looked as though as was going to make the call, but then all of a sudden snapped a one-eighty and mucked his hand.
Savage dropped to 35,000 while Rayner improved to 47,000.
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Joe Hachem entered the pot from middle position for what remained of his chips - just 5,100 - as Chris Ferguson and another player cold-called out of the blinds.
The 
flop was checked through before Ferguson led for 5,000 when the 
spiked on the turn. The player in the big blind moved all in for 9,275 and Ferguson made the call.
Hachem: 
Ferguson: 
Big Blind: 
With Hachem needing a club to remain alive, and Ferguson hoping for a complete blank, it must have been like Ferguson channelled a higher power as the blankest of blanks landed with the 
.
As Hachem headed to the rail alongside the big blind, Ferguson powered up to 58,000 in chips.
Roland de Wolfe opened to 950 and was met with three callers.
The flop of 
saw de Wolfe call 2,200 to take to the turn two-handed as the was produced. De Wolfe's opponent fired out 13,000 and de Wolfe made the call for his remaining 8,050.
De Wolfe: 
Opponent: 
Fortunately for de Wolfe, the river blanked out and he doubled through to 23,000 in chips.
Bruno Portaro has just been eliminated from today's tournament.
Portaro opened the action with a raise only to have Sorel Mizzi three-bet. Portaro made the call, and when the flop of 
with two hearts fell, he shipped it all in over Mizzi's continuation-bet.
Mizzi made the call tabling his 
for a flopped straight, but Portaro would still be drawing live with his 
.
Unfortunately for the birthday boy, there would be no special present here as the turn and river blanked out to send him to the rail.
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Three players committed 800 preflop - two of which were Haibo Chu and Jackie Glazier from the cutoff and big blind - as a 
flop landed.
With a continuation-bet of 1,000, Chu made it 2,875 to go as Glazier passed. The preflop aggressor made the call before leading for 2,000 on the turn of the .
Chu made the call, and when the river of the saw his opponent bet out 3,000, Chu made the call.
The aggressor quickly mucked his hand - obviously running a bluff of some sort - as Chu opted not to show and picked up the pot to move to 43,000.
"How am I going broke at his table!" pondered Joe Hachem as he looked disgusted at what remained of his 5,500-chip stack.
With the board reading 
and a 2,000-chip bet confronting him, Mel Judah bumped it up.
His lone opponent in the hand quickly responded with a re-raise as Judah made the call for his final 9,225.
Judah: 
Opponent:
The river landed the 
to ensure a double for Judah to 19,500 in chips.
Gavin Griffin entered the pot with a raise to 900 with Jamie Pickering making the call from the big blind.
On a 
flop, Griffin pushed out a 1,200-chip continuation-bet before Pickering responded with a 3,500-chip check-raise.
"How many yellows you got?" asked Griffin in reference to the amount of 5,000-denomination chips that Pickering possessed.
Once Pickering removed his hands (which were covering his chips) to reveal just two yellow chips, Griffin dropped in his stack of yellows amounting to a re-raise of 26,200.
Pickering paused, shrugged his shoulders, rolled his eyes and then committed his 12,100 total.
Pickering: 
Griffin: 
With Griffin's eight-high in front, the 
on the turn would end things for Pickering as the 
spiked on the river. With Pickering headed to the rail, Griffin climbed to 63,000 in chips.
After the button raised to 850, Team Full Tilt Poker member and 2007 Aussie Millions Main Event champion Gus Hansen reraised all in for 3,950. The button made the call.
Button:
Hansen:
The board ran out 
and the all-in-and-dominated Hansen was sent to the rail. He won't be earning a second Aussie Millions title this year, but maybe we'll see him upstairs in the Million Dollar Cash Game?
On a flop of 
with the pot sitting at around 3,200, David Ewing fired out a 1,525-chip bet into his two opponents.
From the button, one player made it 3,600 as Gary Benson took over two minutes before finding a fold from the small blind.
With the action back on Ewing, he instantly moved all in for 9,825 to force the flop aggressor to fold.
"Good bet!" Ewing's opponent remarked as Ewing quietly raked in the pot to move to 17,500 in chips.
