Denny Lewis opened for 55,000 under the gun and received a call from Vincent Rubianes. Darren Rabinowitz came along from the button and the three players saw a flop of . Two checks saw Rabinowitz bet 70,000, Lewis fold, and Rubianes make the call.
Rabinowitz then check-called a bet of 125,000 on the turn, which was followed by both players checking the on the river. Rabinowitz tabled the , but it was no good as Rubianes held two pair with the .
Eoghan O'Dea raised to 50,000 from under the gun, Scott Seiver three-bet to 145,000 in the cutoff, and O'Dea called.
O'Dea check-called a bet of 90,000 on a flop of , and the two players checked on the turn () and the river (). O'Dea showed for aces and sixes, and it looked like Seiver flashed .
Jeff Rossiter was first to act on the four-handed outer table, and opened to 48,000. The action folded to Ami Barer in the big blind, and the Canadian three-bet to 114,000. Rossiter four-bet ripped, moving all in for 891,000, and Barer went into the tank.
Like he did in a previous hand against Jason Mercier, Barer started laughing to no one in particular. After racking his brain for a little longer Barer called, and the two were off to the races.
Rossiter:
Barer:
Spectators flocked to the table when the tournament director announced that there was an all in and a call, and the dealer paused before delivering a flop of . Barer snatched the lead away from Rossiter, but either player flinched.
The on the turn was a brick, leaving Rossiter with just two outs to survive, and unfortunately for the Aussie the on the river was not one of them.
Rossiter exited in 13th place, earning AU$70,000, while Barer chipped up to nearly two million chips.
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On the flop, Vincent Rubianes checked to his opponent, Patrick Crivell. Crivell bet 90,000, then Rubianes check-raised to 250,000. Crivell came back with a reraise to 500,000, but Rubianes didn't back down and moved all in for 777,000. Crivell called and tabled the for top pair, top kicker. Unfortunately for him, Rubianes had him beat with the for bottom set.
The on the turn and on the river kept Rubianes in front and gave him the double up to 2.3 million. Crivell was left with 800,000.
Patrick Crivell opened to 48,000 out of the cutoff, Eoghan O'Dea three-bet to 135,000 out of the small blind, and Crivell made the call.
The flop fell , O'Dea led out for 135,000, and Crivell made the call.
The turn was the , O'Dea led out again - this time for 260,000 - and Crivell quickly called.
The completed the board, O'Dea checked for the first time, Crivell checked behind. Both players showed kings - O'Dea with and Crivell with - and they chopped the pot.
Salvatore Fazzino no doubt had high hopes at the start of the day (after all he was the chip leader), but those hopes were recently dashed courtesy of Sorel Mizzi.
In what would be Fazzino's final hand, Mizzi opened for 48,000 under the gun and received a call from Darren Rabinowitz in the cutoff. Denny Lewis then came along from the button and Fazzino, who had dwindled to a short stack, moved all in for 344,000 from the small blind. Mizzi made the call, the other two players folded, and the cards were turned up.
Mizzi:
Fazzino:
Mizzi was ahead with the big pocket pair, and that meant Fazzino's best shot at survival was to catch either an ace or spades. Unfortunately for the Perth contingent on the rail, their man was left drawing to running aces when the flop gave Mizzi a set. The turn was the final nail in the coffin, and after the was run out on the river for good measure Fazzino took his leave in 14th place for AU$70,000.
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