Don Mishra opened from early position and was called by Jozef Ricciardello and the player on the button. On the flop , Mishra led for 7,000 and called the raise to 16,000 by Ricciardello. The on the turn saw a check-call by Mishra for 12,000 and he then led for 26,000 on the river.
Ricciardello was afraid of pocket queens as per table chat and just called with to claim the decent pot and increase his stack.
Within less than two levels, the field has been reduced from 222 to just 134 hopefuls and the top 126 spots will get paid at least A$2,975. Only a few minutes remain before the first break, so it seems unlikely that the money bubble will be played in the current level still.
Ferench Riech stole a couple of hands and then defended his big blind against the raise of Zac Duce for 8,000. On the flop , Riech check-called a bet of 7,500 and then fired the for 14,500. Duce called and did so again for 26,500 on the river to muck his ace-high to the of Riech.
Jim Andreadis was already all in and called by table neighbor Luke Butch before Tatjana Zizic shoved over the top. The dealer pulled in all the chips and then counted the stack of Zizic on top, which amounted to 91,500. Ultimately, Butch folded and Zizic rolled over .
Andreadis needed help with but could not get there on the board .
Benjamin Savage doubled up twice, Van Marcus lost two bigger pots with versus and versus . His table neighbor, Sammy Lucisano, lost a flip with against pocket tens and has been eliminated.
In a three-way all in, Eiji Matsumura was all in and at risk for around 35,000 chips with the . Luciano Santos de Hollanda with and George Mandelos with had the Japanese covered and the board ran out to ensure that the kicker plays.
Sinan Aydogan has almost doubled up his stack in less than 90 minutes and Mark Malecha also just got a nice boost after the elimination of Ricky Lim. The latter had put his hopes on and spiked the nut flush draw while Malecha's found top set on .
The sweat stayed alive with the turn, but the river gave Malecha a full house and sent Lim to the rail.
Joseph Cabret first had Rohan Makim at risk for less than half of his short stack with versus and flopped top pair. Makim only had hit a five but the river brought a seven. Cabret then moved all in for his last 16,100 with and won the flip against the of the player in the big blind, newly arrived Michael Addamo had folded the small blind.
, Mishra led for 7,000 and called the raise to 16,000 by Ricciardello. The 
on the turn saw a check-call by Mishra for 12,000 and he then led for 26,000 on the 
river.
to claim the decent pot and increase his stack.
, Riech check-called a bet of 7,500 and then fired the 
for 14,500. Duce called and did so again for 26,500 on the 
river to muck his ace-high to the 
of Riech.
.
and 
. Luciano Santos de Hollanda with 
and George Mandelos with 
had the Japanese covered and the board ran out 
to ensure that the kicker plays.
and spiked the nut flush draw while Malecha's 
found top set on 
turn, but the 
versus 
and won the flip against the 
of the player in the big blind, newly arrived Michael Addamo had folded the small blind.
