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From under the gun, the shortest stacked player opened to 22,000 leaving himself just 36,000 behind.
The table folded round and Rodrigues flashed his 
to be very happy at securing the pot and increasing his stack by 18,000 - roughly a 33% increase!
Eli Heath opened to 22,000 from the button only to have James Keys three-bet to 68,000 from the small blind.
Heath responded by moving all in and Keys quickly made the call.
Keys: 
Heath: 
The board filled out 
to see Keys double through to over 680,000 as Heath was left with roughly 500,000 in chips.
From the cutoff seat, Michael Ryan raised to 25,000. Patrik Antonius flatted him in position on the button and the flop came down 
. Ryan bet 37,000 and Antonius made the call.
The turn brought the 
to pair the board. Ryan bet 55,000 and Antonius called before the fell on the river. Ryan bet 75,000 and Antonius made the call again.
Ryan tabled the 
, but couldn't beat Antonius' 
for a better two pair on the river. Antonius is now approaching 1.5 million while Ryan dropped to 660,000.
Patrik Antonius raised from the button to 25,000. Tobias Reinkemeier three-bet from the small blind to 75,000. Antonius four-bet to 225,000. With 357,000 behind, Reinkemeier folded and Antonius won the pot.
James Keys opened to 52,000 only to have David Menz ship his 362,000-chip stack into the pot as Keys made the call.
Keys:
Menz: 
The final board of 
would see Menz capture the pot to move to 765,000 as Keys dropped to 322,000 in chips.
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.
Randy Dorfman opened to 20,000 from under the gun only to have Sorel Mizzi three-bet the button to 55,000.
Cliff Lee smooth-called from the big blind as Dorfman's cards hit the muck before a 
flop landed.
Lee tank check-called a 66,000-chip bet from Mizzi as the 
rolled off on the turn.
Lee checked and Mizzi pushed out 135,000 to eventually force Lee's cards into the muck.
With that pot, Mizzi snatches the chip lead as he moves to 1,425,000 while Lee slips to 1,050,000 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.
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.
Manny Rodrigues was all in for 111,000 with pocket queens against the for Matthew Kirk. The board ran out 
and Rodrigues doubled up.
