Jarrad Dale raised it up to 3,500 preflop with Grant Levy the lone caller in position.
They took a flop of and both players checked. The turn brought the and Dale checked to Levy who put 3,500 into the middle. Dale made the call.
The river was the and again Dale checked. Levy decided to fire another barrel, this time for 7,500, but his timing was off as Dale called and tabled for the best hand. Levy tossed his cards into the muck to fall to 98,000 with Dale now up to 142,000.
Mitchell Carle - Eliminated
Mitchell Carle opened for a raise to 2,500. Brian Greig shoved all in, and Carle made the call, putting himself at risk of elimination. He tabled but was in just about the worst shape imaginable against the .
The board blanked off for Carle, and he is eliminated.
We caught the action on a flop of with Emad Tahtouh leading with a bet of 3,500 from middle position. His opponent, Jacob Flasterstein, then raised it up from the button to 9,000. Tahtouh made the call.
The turn brought the and Tahtouh made a small bet of 4,000. Flasterstein flat-called. The river landed the and Tahtouh checked and Flasterstein quickly checked behind.
Tahtouh tabled for a flopped full house to take the pot to add to his blossoming stack.
"You want to keep floating me, that's what's going to happen to you. How about you raise sometime?" snarled Tahtouh after the hand, "I'm going to take every one of your chips!" He is now up to 112,000 chips.
The tournament clock has been paused while the players go on their last 15-minute break of the evening. Following the break, we'll be playing two more levels and then calling it a day.
Con Angelakis raised to 2,600 from early position before Michael Pedley moved all in for his last 11,525 from late position. Danny Mountt flat-called this bet on the button, and Angelakis called as well.
They saw a flop of where Angelakis moved all in. Mountt had chips to spare and thought for a long time before deciding to make the call.
Angelakis held the lead with for top pair, top kicker to have both opponents in bad shape as they both showed "Big Slick" with .
Remarkably the turn and river fell , giving both Pedley and Mountt a straight to eliminate Angelakis in unfortunate circumstances. Pedley is now up to 18,200 after working with a short stack all day, while Mountt is still going strong with 68,000.
Donnie Peters
Barry Long moved all in preflop for 32,100 total after some unknown action occurred between he and Marin Comer. Comer made the call with . Despite the big pair he held, Comer ran into the monster of all hands, pocket rockets.
The board ran out , knocking Comer down to 58,000 chips while bumping Long up to 67,000.
The following hand had David Saab scratching his head at the end:
Adam Wansley opened the pot with a raise to 2,500 from the button. Saab called from the small blind, as did Nebojsa Janjic in the big.
All three players checked the flop and the fell on the turn. Saab then checked to Janjic who led out with a 3,600 bet. Wansley responded with a raise to 7,200 and Saab folded; Janjic just called the raise.
The was the last card off the deck and Janjic checked to Wansley who bet 3,200. Janjic shot back with a check-raise to 12,000 which seemed to send Wansley into a quiet frenzy. Eventually, Wansley announced, "I'll just call." Janjic flipped over the for complete air and then Wansley revealed for . . . the absolute nuts.
In a battle of the blinds, Marlon Goonawardana has just doubled up in fortunate circumstances.
From the small blind, Goonawardana was all in holding but found himself up against the of Omer Silajdzija.
The flop favoured Silajdzija as it arrived giving him top pair, but the on the turn gave Goonawardana a Broadway straight. The river bricked the and Goonawardana doubles up to 52,000.