From under the gun, Elliot Smith raised to 22,000. Mark Vos and him have battled all day long and Vos three-bet him to 56,000. Smith moved all in for about 275,000 and Vos snapped him off.
Smith:
Vos:
The board ran out and Smith finished his third deep run in a row in this event with a 23rd-place finish for AUD$45,000 this year. Vos moved to 730,000 in chips.
Jeff Rossiter opened the cutoff with a 22,000-chip raise only to have Michael Healy three-bet to 60,000 from the small blind.
With the action returning to Rossiter, he shipped for close to 600,000 as Healy made the call for his 330,000-chip stack.
Rossiter:
Healy:
The flop saw Rossiter take a commanding lead, and when the and landed on the turn and river, Healy was sent to the rail in twenty-second place as Rossiter soared to 920,000 in chips.
From the cutoff seat, James Keys raised to 23,000. Jamie Perkins moved all in from the button for 110,000. Action then moved to Shane Sigsbee in the big blind and he moved all in. That knocked Keys out of the way and let Sigsbee and the at-risk Perkins go heads up.
Perkins had his life on the line with the . He was facing a race situation against Sigsbee's .
The flop came down paired with the hitting the green felt. Now, Sigsbee had additional outs to two pair. The turn brought even more outs when the fell and gave Sigsbee a flush draw. The river completed that draw with the and left Perkins with nothing but the felt in front of him. Sigsbee picked up the pot and the elimination to move to 580,000 in chips. Perkins earned AUD$45,000 for his finish.
Manny Rodrigues opened to 21,000 under the gun only to have Matthew Kirk three-bet to 65,000 from the small blind.
With the action on Sam Razavi in the big blind, he moved all in to force Rodrigues to fold as Kirk went deep into the tank.
The both exchanged some banter before Kirk made the call to be at risk.
Kirk:
Rodrigues:
With the inevitable tournament coinflip being a regular occurrence today, it was Kirk's turn to see if it was his day or that of Razavi.
The flop didn't hit either player, but instead further Razavi's stranglehold in the hand.
The on the turn however now gave Kirk outs to a chop with a four or any club, ace or king to take the entire pot.
Unfortunately for the 2008 eleventh-place finisher, the river blanked out with the to end his tournament in twentieth-place for a AUD$45,000 payday as Razavi soared out to 1,085,000 in chips.