Rahul Byrraju moved all in for 58,500 under the gun and action folded all the way around to Luis Pampliega in the big blind.
"Alright, let's do it," Pampliega said before sliding in his stack of 65,000.
Pampliega:
Byrraju:
The flop was safe for Byrraju, and so was the turn. However, the river wasn't as Pampliega boated up to win the pot and send Byrraju out the door in 67th place.
On the bubble, Ryan Yu doubled through Jan Suchanek to stay alive. Since then, the bleeding hasn't seemed to stop for Suchanek, and he's back down below 900,000 in chips. The latest two gashes game thanks to double ups by Manny Stavropoulos and Sarkiss Osalian in back-to-back hands.
In the first, Stavropoulos was all in on the flop for 87,500 with about 40,000 in chips in the middle. Suchanek had the .
"Well, I got outs!" said Suchanek.
The turn was the , and the river the . Both kept Stavropoulos in the lead, and he doubled up.
On the next hand, Osalian moved all in from early position for 24,000, and Suchanek called from the cutoff seat. Everyone else folded, and it was Osalian's up against the for Suchanek.
The flop, turn, and river ran out to give Osalian the double.
After Konstantin Fetzer bowed out in 71st place, European Poker Tour champ Benny Spindler followed him out the door in 70th place. It happened after Spindler shoved his for roughly 70,000 holding and ran smack into the of Lita Hsu. The board ran out clean and that was all she wrote for Spindler.
In the first hand after the bubble burst, action folded around to Don Mishra in the cutoff and he put in a raise. Ian Bobbin, who was extremely short stack, then moved all in for 18,000 from the small blind. Mishra didn't seem excited about it, but given he had so much in he opted to make the call.
Mishra:
Bobbin:
Mishra needed a ton of help if he hoped to eliminate Bobbin, and he got it as the flop delivered him the nuts.
"Sorry," Mishra offered as the dealer completed the board with the turn and river.
"Better 72nd than 73rd I guess," Bobbin said optimistically before making his way to the payout desk to collect AU$15,000.
It took just one hand post dinner to burst the bubble and the unfortunate soul who'll walk away with nothing is James Kennedy.
He was down to fumes and called all in from the small blind after Victor Teng raised from under the gun. Bryan Huang and one other player called as well but folded after Teng continued for 22,000 on an flop.
Teng:
Kennedy:
The hand was over by time the came on the turn and applause rang out around the room, mainly from players congratulating themselves. All those remaining are guaranteed AU$15,000.
On the flop, Ryan Yu was all in for 141,000 with the against the for Jan Suchanek. The turn was the , and the river was the . Both kept Yu in front, and he avoided an unlucky bubble elimination in the 2015 Aussie Millions Main Event.