Kei Tanaka opened to 100,000 first to act and it was folded ot Yuxi Huang, who shoved for her last 865,000 on the button. Action folded back to Tanaka and he called to put Huang at risk.
Yuxi Huang: A♥7♥
Kei Tanaka: 10♦10♠
Huang would need some help againsat Tanaka's tens, but the 9♠2♦8♠8♦8♥ runout kept Tanaka best — eliminating Huang in 11th place.
Luke Martinelli opened to 100,000 on the button with K♥Q♣ and and Masato Yokosawa defended his big blind holding A♠4♥.
Yokosawa check-called a 75,000 bet from Matinelli on the 3♦J♣4♣ flop and then both players checked on the 4♠ turn.
The 3♠ river double paired the board and Yokosawa fired 350,000 into the middle.
Martinelli tanked a bit, but eventually decided to look Yokosawa up and Yokosawa turned over his boat to claim the pot.
Michael Egan opened to 100,000 first to act and was called by Joe Sandaev in the small blind and Andy Lee in the big blind for a three-way pot.
Action checked to Egan, who continued for 90,000 on the 7♠K♣2♣ flop. Sandaev got out of the way, but Lee called.
Both players checked on the 4♦ turn and then Lee led out for 155,000 after the 5♦ filled the river.
Egan looked Lee up and Lee tabled K♠8♥ for a pair of kings. Egan couldn't beat it and sent his hand into the muck.
The action was displayed incorrectly on stream, but it appeared Banipal Babana got all in holding Q♦6♣ against Luke Martinelli's J♣9♦ on a board of 9♥6♥K♠4♣7♥ — leaving Martinelli best with a pair of nines against Babana's pair of sixes for the elimination.
Action folded around to the blinds, where Trung Nguyen raised to 150,000 from the small blind. Matthew Wakeman three-bet to 425,000 from the big blind and Nguyen responded with a four-bet to 900,000.
Wakeman used up a timebank contemplating his decision and then announced he was all in for 1,800,000 total.
Nguyen went into the tank, but eventually laid his hand down and rapped the table — conceding the pot to Wakeman.
Najeem Ajez shoved for his last 900,000 from the hijack and was called by Andy Lee in the small blind to be put at risk.
Najeem Ajez: A♠J♦
Andy Lee: A♦Q♠
Ajez was dominated, and the 6♣7♦2♦3♦9♣ runout changed nothing to send Ajez out with a min-cash.
Alex Trevallion moved all in for his last 50,000 on the button and was called by Kei Tanaka in the small blind and Luke Martinelli in the big blind.
Both players checked down on the 3♣2♠6♠7♥2♦ runout and Trevallion showed J♣10♠ for just jack-high.
Tanaka tabled 8♥6♣ for a pair of sixes — eliminating Trevallion one spot shy of the money.
Everyone remaining is now guaranteed a minimum payout of $56,450 AUD.
Banipal Babana shoved for his last 110,000 on the button and was called by Josh Hutchins in the small blind.
Banipal Babana: A♥K♠
Josh Hutchins: K♥10♦
Babana got his chips in good and was awarded with a double up after the 4♥A♣9♠A♠6♠ runout left him with trips.
Level: 17
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
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