With about 12,000 in the pot and a board reading 
, a player in middle position bet 3,500 only to have Martin Drewe grab a stack of grey T1,000 chips and slam them in the pot, constituting a raise of 16,500 more. His opponent, who had about 15,000 behind, thought for about 45 seconds before flicking his cards to the muck. With that, Drewe is up over 50,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
Benn Skender has just dealt the fatal blow to Josh Budin with the hand playing out as follows.
The action was opened by Skender to 750 and when the play flew around to Josh Budin, he shipped his stack in. Budin had under 5,000 and Skender quickly flung a stack of 1,000 denomination chips onto the felt.
Budin turned over 
, while Skender would need a little bit of help with his 
. The 
board was enough for Skender to take down the pot and send Budin out of the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
19,200
11,200
|
11,200 |
|
|
Busted |
By the time the board had ran out 
, Tom Wing and one opponent had committed a fair chunk of their stacks. Usually in this situation we may be writing about how one opponent added to their stack and one opponent needs some help to stay alive. However, this wasn't the case after both players turned their hands over.
Wing:
Opponent: 
The two players exchanged a quick glance and friendly nod as the pot was split in half.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
15,500
4,300
|
4,300 |
Vesko Zmukic got his last 1,700 all in preflop holding 
and was called by an opponent holding . Zmukic held live cards, but couldn't catch as the board ran out an uneventful 
.
Meanwhile, 2004 Aussie Millions Champion Tony Bloom has been eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
When we came to Michael Kanaan's table there was a board showing 
and Kanaan going up against one opponent. It was at this point that we noticed there was over 10,000 already in the pot.
After only a few moments thought, Kanaan shipped his stack all in. His opponent then went into the tank before eventually throwing his cards away. The nice pot was sent to Kanaan and he now sits with a very healthy stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
17,500
9,000
|
9,000 |
Trung Tran opened from early position to 400 and received a call from an unknown player in middle position. Action then folded to Josh Budin in the cutoff and he came in with a three-bet to 1,300. The button and both blinds got out of the way, as did Tran and the MP player. Budin managed to take down the pot uncontested and is slowly crawling back towards the starting stack of 10,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,500 |
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We're not quite sure how it happened, but the defending champion of this event, Martin Drewe, has amassed a monster stack of 37,000, nearly 4x the starting stack. As far as we can tell, it is one of the biggest stacks in the room.
On the other hand, we noticed Bruno Portaro's seat has been occupied by another player, which can only mean he has been eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
37,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
Busted |
More and more players file into the field as the number of participants nears 300. Here is a look at how some of those players are currently traveling.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
22,000
6,500
|
6,500 |
|
|
15,500
5,500
|
5,500 |
|
|
11,200
1,200
|
1,200 |
|
|
11,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
8,500
-1,500
|
-1,500 |
|
|
8,500
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
|
6,500
-3,500
|
-3,500 |
|
|
5,000
-7,500
|
-7,500 |
|
|
4,500
-5,500
|
-5,500 |