Hengrui Zhang was all in and at risk from the small blind for his remaining ~540,000. He was called and covered by Dean Blatt who was sitting in the big blind.
Hengrui Zhang: K♣9♠
Dean Blatt: A♥Q♦
Zhang picked up a flush draw on the 3♣Q♣8♣ flop, but bricked on the 7♦ turn and 8♠ river, which saw to his elimination in 20th place for A$48,510.
Level: 24
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
The remaining 20 players take a short 15-minute break.
Action will resume at approximately 6.31 p.m.
Vanari has had a volatile time during the last few levels of play, seeing a number of double ups himself but also passing plenty of pots across to his opponents at the table.
In his most recent hand, Jun Wen Ooi opened to 100,000 from under the gun and Vanari moved all in on the button for his remaining 600,000 chips. There was little hesitation from Ooi, and he called off Vanari's remaining stack, putting him at risk of elimination.
Tim Vanari: 8♣8♦
Jun Wen Ooi: A♣Q♦
Vanari found himself in another flip, and needed to hold to stay alive but the Q♥10♣9♣ flop saw Ooi instantly improve.
There was some hope of a straight for Vanari, but he missed on the 10♦ turn and K♣ river, seeing him crash out of the tournament in 21st place.
Kanaan Youkhanna opened to 80,000 from the ctuoff and called a three-bet of 280,000 from Malcolm Trayner, who was on the button.
Youkhanna check-caleld a 175,000 bet from Trayner on the 6♣5♦J♠ flop and then both players checked on the 7♦ turn.
The 9♦ completed the board and Youkhanna announced a bet of 275,000, which got a quick fold from Trayner.
Victor Dai opened to 125,000 from the small blind and Jesse Stanley three-bet to 320,000 from the big blind. Dai called and the players went heads up to the flop.
After the dealer fanned the Q♠J♠A♥ board, which saw both check to the 7♦ turn. Dai bet 250,000 and Stanley paused, before calling.
The 6♠ completed the board and Dai used nearly all his shot clock time before moving out a stack of 450,000. Stanley snap called and Dai tabled his A♠J♣. Stanley quickly mucked, allowing Dai to regain some chips after moving to a new table.
Dean Blatt opened to 80,000 and was called by Mishel Anunu in the small blind.
Both players checked on the 2♣Q♥6♥ flop and then Blatt called an 80,000 bet from Anunu on the J♥ turn.
The A♥ river brought four cards to a flush on board and Anunu checked to Blatt, who fired 240,000 into the middle.
Anunu decided to look Blatt up after a bit of thought and Blatt tabled Q♣10♥ for a flush.
Anunu couldn't beat it and mucked — conceding the pot to Blatt.
Musang Kim opened to 80,000 from under the gun and Pratick Mehta three-bet jammed for his remaining 480,000. Kim made a quick call and the players went to showdown.
Pratick Mehta: K♣Q♥
Musang Kim: K♠K♥
There wasn't much help for Mehta on the 6♠7♥5♠ flop, and Kim only improved on the 9♠ turn with the spade flush draw.
A 8♠ river saw Kim lock the pot and send Mehta to the rail in 22nd place.
Patrick Barba opened to 500,000 in the cutoff and Hieu Nguyen three-bet all in for 4,010,000 from the small blind. RIcky Vikas folded his big blind and Barba called.
Patrick Barba: 9♠9♣
Hieu Nguyen: A♣Q♣
The J♦J♣4♦5♣4♠ board saw Barba dodge 14 outs to double up and stay alive
After just doubling up his opponent Jensen Chow, Tim Vanari was down to his last ~460,000. Vanari opened to 100,000 from under the gun and Victor Dai three-bet small from the button. Vanari moved all, and there was little hesitation from Dai and he topped up to call.
Tim Vanari: K♦K♠
Victor Dai: 9♠9♣
Vanari just needed to hold, but there was a small sweat on the 10♦Q♦7♣ flop which saw Dai pick up some straight draw outs.
There was more hope of a hold for Vanari on the 4♣ turn and the 7♥ river locked him the double.
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