The A$ 50,000 Challenge has completed level two and the Accumulator Event #8 is down to the last five players. The Main Event followed suit and just sent the players into their second 15-minute break of the day with 140 players out of 149 entries remaining.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
With a scary board of 
out between Michael Egan and Vojtech Ruzicka, Egan checked and Ruzicka bet 5,100 into a pot of around 5,000.
Egan took his time with his decision before calling. Ruzicka showed 
and Egan took down the pot with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
22,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
20,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
Kenny Hallaert was getting to his feet after being eliminated from the Aussie Millions Main Event.
Holding 
on an ace-high board of 
he had top pair, but opponent Jake Schwartz had gone runner-runner for a flush with 
to send the Dutch player to the shortly after the break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
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Edward Hatzkortzian has vanished over on table 33 while Jeremy Pekarek climbed to the top of the leader board with more than three times the starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
96,000 | |
|
||
|
53,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
47,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
40,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
30,000 | |
|
25,700
4,300
|
4,300 |
|
||
|
17,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
The completed board showed 
and Sherif Derias checked over to Anton Morgenstern, who bet 8,500. Derias gave it some thought and called to get shown the 
for top pair and top kicker. That was enough for Morgenstern to claim the pot and he jumped up further on the leader board.
Derias, who finished 30th in the 2018 Aussie Millions Main Event, remains above the starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
80,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
34,000 |
Dzmitry Urbanovich opened to 400 from under the gun and Jackie Glazier three-bet to 1,100 from the cutoff. Urbanovich called.
The flop came 
and Urbanovich check-called 1,300. The turn was the and both players checked. Urbanovich checked the river and Glazier bet 2,000. Urbanovich thought before folding.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
37,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
||
|
19,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
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What started promising with a raise to 700 and four callers ended rather swiftly over on table 47. The flop showed 
and a short-stacked Kylea Trewin bet 1,300 in the small blind. That ended up winning the pot, as Jerry Wong and Petre Linton were also among those to send their cards into the muck.
Table captain for now is Damian Oklobzija with more than three times the starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
77,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
|
43,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
31,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
22,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
10,100
10,900
|
10,900 |
|
|
||
|
|
10,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
8,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
On the three-way flop of 
, Quan Zhou bet and was called only by Dzmitry Urbanovich. The duo checked through the turn and Zhou bet the 
river for 1,600. Urbanovich called and the 
of Zhou won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
68,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
35,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
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On a 
board Graeme Putt checked and his opponent bet 2,600. Putt called and the Australian poker Hall of Fame member checked the river.
His opponent bet 3,700 and Putt called.
His opponent turned over 
for a rivered straight.
"What the f*ck. Are you seeing this sh*t?" mouthed Putt as he mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
16,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
