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Denny Lewis was first to act and raised to 80,000. Darren Rabinowitz defended his big blind, then led out for 115,000 on a flop of 
. Lewis raised to 240,000, Rabinowitz moved all in for effectively 790,000, and Lewis folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,100,000 | 350,000 |
|
550,000 | -235,000 |
Vincent Rubianes opened to 90,000 on the button, Andrew Phaedonos called out of the small blind, and Sorel Mizzi defended his big blind. The dealer fanned 
, both blinds checked, and Rubianes continued for 150,000.
"Four-fifty," Phaedonos announced, check-raising to 450,000.
Mizzi quickly folded, and Rubianes tanked for a bit before moving all in for effectively 1.64 million. Phaedonos mulled the decision over for two minutes or so then folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,700,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
1,200,000 | -450,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,800,000 | 200,000 |
|
|
2,700,000 | -150,000 |
|
2,600,000 | -500,000 |
|
1,800,000 | -500,000 |
|
|
1,750,000 | 275,000 |
|
1,705,000 | -395,000 |
|
|
1,650,000 | -170,000 |
|
1,050,000 | -350,000 |
|
|
785,000 | -465,000 |
Level: 25
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
The players are on a 15-minute break.
Erik Seidel open-shoved his short stack of 370,000 from the cutoff, and Ami Barer quickly called on the button. Both blinds released, and the hands were tabled.
Barer: 
Seidel: 
Seidel was crushed, and didn't improve as the board ran out 
. He's off to collect AU$100,000, which is just enough to get him into the neighboring $100,000 Challenge.
Barer has nearly a quarter of the chips in play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,600,000 | 900,000 |
|
Busted |
Vincent Rubianes was first to act, and he raised to 70,000. Sorel Mizzi called out of the small blind, Darren Rabinowitz defended his big blind, and the flop fell 
. Mizzi checked, Rabinowitz fired out 165,000, and Rubianes called.
The action was back on Mizzi, who reached for chocolate T25,000 chips. He check-raised to 500,000, and both of his opponents snap-mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,100,000 | 700,000 |
|
|
2,850,000 | -370,000 |
|
|
1,475,000 | 275,000 |
Erik Seidel raised to 75,000 out of the small blind, Ami Barer defended, and the flop fell 
. Seidel check-called a bet of 80,000, both players checked after the 
turned, and the 
completed the board.
Seidel checked, Barer fired 125,000, and Seidel called. Barer showed 
for sixes and deuces, and it was the winner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,700,000 | 200,000 |
|
|
420,000 | -255,000 |
Ami Barer opened for a raise, Eoghan O'Dea called on the button, and Scott Seiver defended his big blind.
The dealer spread 
, Seiver checked, and Barer continued for 85,000. Both O'Dea and Seiver called.
The turn was the , the trio checked, and a repeat three - the 
- fell on the river. Seiver checked, Barer fired out a pot-sized bet of 420,000, and the Canadian picked up the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,500,000 | 875,000 |
|
|
2,300,000 | 550,000 |
|
|
2,100,000 | -300,000 |
|
|
1,400,000 | -25,000 |
|
|
675,000 | 60,000 |
Andrew Phaedonos opened for 54,000 from the cutoff and was met by a three-bet to 200,000 by Sorel Mizzi on the button. Denny Lewis then moved all in for 575,000 from the big blind, and Phaedonos thought for a minute before folding. Mizzi thought for an equal amount of time and then dropped in a call.
Mizzi:
Lewis: 
Lewis was ahead and never looked back as the board ran out a clean 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,400,000 | -550,000 |
|
|
1,250,000 | 675,000 |
