Toby Lewis raised to 60,000 from under the gun holding . Tu Lan picked up in the small blind and chose to call, getting Mike Del Vecchio with in the big blind in as well.
The all-spade flop proved fireworks. Lan and Del Vecchio checked, Lewis bet 90,000, Lan check-raised to 325,000, Del Vecchio quickly folded, Lewis moved all in and Lan called.
Lewis had twelve outs running on the flop and added six more when the rolled off on the turn. Lewis needed a spade, ace, jack or six to knock out Lan and got the to do so. The Chinese player finished in 13th place and received A$80,000 for his accomplishment.
A small break will commence as players are being balanced to the final two tables.
The two six-handed tables got underway with 16 minutes left in the level and the outer table saw a raise to 65,000 by Ben Richardson. Kahle Burns defended the big blind and check-folded the flop to a bet of Richardson.
One hand later, Chen An Lin made it 65,000 to go and Johan Schumacher defended his big blind. On a flop of , a check by the Belgian triggered the continuation bet of Lin and that's all it took.
With action on Espen Solaas in the cutoff, he simply flung six T-100,000 chips towards the middle, effectively putting the three short-stacked players behind him to a decision for all their chips. Kim Au was the first after Solaas to act and he called all in for 530,000. Mike Del Vecchio quickly folded.
Ross Grammer looked at his cards in the big blind and let out a faint smile. Despite not being super happy with the situation, he shoved all in for 835,000 and Solaas put the few extra chips in.
Ross Grammer:
Kim Au:
Esper Solaas:
The players showed up with nicely spread out hands, with both Au and Grammer at risk. The flop was , keeping Au in the lead with his pair of fives. The on the turn remained safe for Au, who was close to a triple-up.
The crowd watched in anticipation as the dealer burned and turned the on the river. The 'ooooh's resonated through the Crown casino as Solaas had hit his ten to knock out two birds with one stone. Both Au and Grammer made their way to the exit, each of them A$120,000 richer.
Ari Engel raised to 90,000 first to act. Stefan Huber made it 300,000 on the button. Small blind Espen Solaas announced all in, covering everyone. Engel took some time. He counted down his stack of about 1.5 million. Then, he dropped some chips in the middle. Huber grabbed a stack of chips to bluff his friends on the rail and then quickly folded with a smile.
Ari Engel:
Espen Solaas:
Engel stayed best as flopped. However, the turn caused him to grimace and turn away from the table. The river was the , no help to Engel, and he slowly made his way to payouts.
gave little hope but a 
hit the river to keep Grammer in it.
board. He shook his conqueror's hand and headed to payouts.
. Tu Lan picked up 
in the small blind and chose to call, getting Mike Del Vecchio with 
flop proved fireworks. Lan and Del Vecchio checked, Lewis bet 90,000, Lan check-raised to 325,000, Del Vecchio quickly folded, Lewis moved all in and Lan called.
rolled off on the turn. Lewis needed a spade, ace, jack or six to knock out Lan and got the 
to do so. The Chinese player finished in 13th place and received A$80,000 for his accomplishment.
on the turn remained safe for Au, who was close to a triple-up.
on the river. The 'ooooh's resonated through the Crown casino as Solaas had hit his ten to knock out two birds with one stone. Both Au and Grammer made their way to the exit, each of them A$120,000 richer.
flopped. However, the 
