Upstairs at the feature table, Alexey Rozenberg and Nico Behling just battled it out in the blinds in a hand that resulted in Rozenberg's elimination from the tournament.
Action folded around to Behling in the small blind, who announced a raise. Before the amount of the raise was confirmed, Rozenberg moved all in from the big blind, creating a bit of confusion at the table. Regardless, Behling made the call and tabled pocket fours - Rozenberg showed A-J.
The board filled out 9-4-7-6-J giving Behling a pot-clinching set of fours to eliminate Rozenberg from the tournament. For his 20th place finish, Rozenberg will take home $65,000 AUD.
After the hand, Nico stacked up a tournament-leading 1,700,000 in chips.
Hiroshi Shimamura took his up against Antonio Casale's A-T offsuit in a pre-flop all-in. The board ran out and Shimamura doubled up to 575,000. Casale's stack was still at a healthy 1,275,000.
All the money went in on the flop, Robert Akery holding and Nino Moratta with . The turn was the , the river was the and Moratta doubled up to 870,000.
Alexander Kostritsyn and Max Bracht have been battling during the first hour of play. They were involved in another pot. Bracht raised to 35,000 and Kostritsyn called from the big blind. The flop was . Kostritsyn checked-called a 50,000 bet from Bracht. The turn was the . Kostritsyn check-callled a 225,000 bet from Bracht. The river was the and both players checked.
Bracht:
Kostritsyn:
Alexander Kostritsyn won the pot and added 300,000 to his stack. He's up to 850,000. Bracht slipped to 600,000.
Alexander Kostritsyn raised 35,000 from under the gun. Duncan Godfrey re-raised to 100,000. Alexander Kostritsyn re-raised all. Alexander Kostritsyn called.
Kostritsyn:
Godfrey:
The board ran out . Alexander Kostritsyn won the pot and Godfrey was eliminated in 19th place. He won $65,000.
Hiroshi Shimamura raised to 40,000 from the small blind, Robert Holster re-raised to 105,000 from the big blind, Shimamura three-bet to 175,000, Holster moved all in and Shimamura called an additional 400,000.
Shimamura
Holster
The board ran out and Shimamura doubled up with his trip jacks.