Dingxiang made it 55,000 to go from the cutoff and Greg Heaver jammed from one seat over. Short stack Jack Salter in the small blind seemed interested but ended up folding. Ong asked for a count and glanced over at the tournament info screen. The shove was deemed to be for 663,000 and Ong made the call.
Greg Heaver:
Dingxiang Ong:
The board came and Heaver doubled, leaving Ong with a mountain to climb.
Over on the feature table, Pim De Goede got his short stack in with the and Michael Egan made the call with the . The board came and De Goede boosted his stack to 27 big blinds.
Huijie Zhou limped the small blind and Robert Glasspool moved all in from the big blind, which resulted in the snap-call of Zhou for around 300,000.
Huijie Zhou:
Robert Glasspool:
The flop gave Glasspool some back door outs and he made a pair with the turn. Zhou needed to dodge a nine or ace, but the river came the to end his run in 23rd place for AU$61,500.
Bryn Kenney opened from under the gun and Thibaut Klinghammer called in position. The flop came and both players checked.
The turn was the and Kenney check-called 60,000.
The river was the . Kenney checked to Klinghammer who bet 180,000 and the American check-raised all in putting his opponent to the test.
Klinghammer had around 450,000 behind and after a few minutes thinking, he called and Kenney turned over for a straight. Klinghammer nodded, showing for a set of jacks and he was eliminated.
At the same time as Thibaut Klinghammer, another player ended up all in and at risk. That happened to be Dingxiang Ong, who jammed for around 275,000 on the button and was called by Jack Salter in the big blind.
Dingxiang Ong:
Jack Salter:
The flop provided some chop outs and Salter joked "oh, seven, the seven always comes." It wasn't the seven, but instead the that followed on the turn to give Salter the lead. Ong now needed a king or ten to avoid elimination, and the river reduced the field to the last 20 hopefuls.
Yet another all in showdown took place on the feature table and it was Pim De Goede who called all in after his raise had resulted in the shove of Michael Egan.
Pim De Goede:
Michael Egan:
The board came and De Goede was eliminated in 19th place for AU$61,500. All remaining 18 players will now get balanced over the last three tables and have AU$82,000 locked up.
Over on the two outer tables, Simon Chahine lost a portion of his stack to Mike Del Vecchio and then got some of it back against Hamish Crawshaw, while Michael Addamo picked up a bluff by Gyeong Byeong Lee to boost his stack.
Del Vecchio check-called a bet of 60,00 on the flop and 90,000 on the turn. The river was checked and Del Vecchio won the pot with .
In the next hand, Crawshaw check-called 77,000 by Chahine on the flop. The turn was checked and Crawshaw also checked the river. Chahine bet 150,000 on the button and that won the pot uncontested.
The other table produced an eight-high board with and Addamo called a bet by Lee on the turn, then another 300,000 on the river. Lee was caught with , Addamo showed for a pair of treys and that was good enough to win the pot.