Simon Morris opened to 15,000 only to have Karib Karib make it 41,000 next to act.
With the action on Randy Dorfman, he made it 82,000 to go as Morris passed. Karib made the call to see a flop fall before he moved all in for 49,000. Dorfman made the call.
Karib:
Dorfman:
The turn of the and river of the saw Karib's tournament end as Dorfman soars to the chip lead with 980,000 in chips.
With three players currently flirty around the 950,000-chip mark, the question is who will be the first to tick into the seven-figure club.
Randy Dorfman nearly did, but losing a few pots brought him back behind Patrik Antonius who has been building his stack steadily throughout this level.
Eli Heath has surged from nowhere, and if he continues to remain under the radar, he may be the man to snatch the one-milli title!
Randy Lew raised from the hijack seat to 11,000 and Christopher Sparks called from the big blind to see the flop come down . Sparks checked and Lew fired a continuation bet of 13,500. Sparks made the call.
The turn card brought the and Sparks checked. Lew fired 29,000 and Sparks called again.
The river completed the board with the and Sparks checked once more. Lew fired again. He made a bet of 80,000 and Sparks called.
Lew tabled the for two pair, queens and tens, and Sparks mucked. Lew moved to 450,000 while Sparks dropped to 130,000.
David Menz just took out Michael White. The money went in on the turn with the board reading . White had turned two pair with the , but he needed to fill up on the river as Menz held the for a flush.
The river failed to give White a full house when the fell and he was sent packing.
Randy Dorfman opened to 10,500 only to have Roman Zoch make it 26,000. Michael Guttman pushed for 120,500 from the button and Dorfman iso-shoved to force Zoch to fold.
Guttman:
Dorfman:
With Zoch apparantly folding jacks, the board would run out to see Guttman exit in forty-fifth place for an AUD$20,000 payday as Dorfman soars to 1,050,000 in chips.
Matthew Kirk raised from the cutoff seat and Eli Heath called from the big blind to see the flop come down . Heath checked and Kirk fired 15,000. Heath raised to 40,000 and Kirk snapped his hand into the muck, dropping back to 165,000 in the process.