Alvin Pillay had lost more than half of his stack throughout many pots and limped from under the gun, Rajeev Poonhath did so from the small blind and Russel Wheatley checked in the big blind. On the A♣9♣9♦ flop, only Pillay check-called a bet of 10,000 by Pillay.
They checked down the Q♥ turn and 5♣ river for Pillay to win the pot with the A♦7♥.
Saurabh Gulati was all-in with A♠10♥ against the 7♣6♣ of Dhinesh Soopramanien and had many outs to dodge affter the J♣9♠5♣ flop. The J♥ turn and 5♥ river kept Gulati in the mix.
And the next all-in showdown one table over brought no seat open either, as Rajeev Poonhath scored a very healthy double off Stephen Courtney to change the tides once more. There are still 22 players left and 19 of them will advance.
Russel Wheatley was all-in for 128,000 with the K♦Q♦ and needed help, as Darren Kramer looked him up with the A♥Q♠.
On the K♥8♥2♦ flop, Wheatley took the lead and Kramer let out a brief "fuck man". The 5♥ turn gave Kramer a lot more outs but the 4♠ river was not among them, as Wheatley doubled once again to continue his cinderalla story.
"I needed that double up, now we are square," Wheatley told Kramer.
The action on table 15 has been exhilarating, and Colin Horgan has been at the centre of most hands chatting up a storm. He even clashed with Matthew Whitelaw in a larger jack-high board containing two clubs, with Horgan tempted to call the river bet by his opponent but mucking and exposing the Q♦.
Whitelaw showed 6♣4♣ for a bluff and Horgan laughed it off. They are both gunning for the chip lead but several other players have a chance to top the leaderboard for tonight.
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
With two spades until the turn and the K♠ making an appearance on the river, Stephen Courtney check-called for 50,000 out of the big blind. His opponent was Ryan Brauer, who flipped over the A♠10♣ for a bluff with the nut flush blocker.
Courtney showed 8♠4♠ and Brauer sighed in agony.
He was then forced all-in two hands later with Rajeev Poonhath in the small blind and Alvin Pillay coming along. They checked the K♠J♥8♣ flop, invested the minimum on the 7♣ turn and checked the 5♦ river.
Poonhath showed J♦3♠, Brauer flashed the Q♣ first and peeled the 2♠ only to bust.
In the meanwhile, Colin Horgan has been terrorising table 15 to nearly close the gap to chip leader Matthew Whitelaw.
Werner Smit has been bleeding chips and lost nearly half of his stack as of lately, among others check-folding the 8♠6♥3♠ flop when Jaryd Jardien bet 22,000. Soon after, he bet the 9♥7♥5♦5♠ turn for 15,000 from the big blind and Dhinesh Soopramanien folded.
Saurabh Gulati then jammed into Gilbert Tin Fook, who folded and was shown ace-queen.
Alvin Pillay opened to 10,000 and Darren Kramer three-bet to 27,000 in the next seat. It folded to Ryan Brauer who moved all-in for the last 38,000. Pillay folded and joked "at least I will get to see what you do," towards Kramer, who indicated a "Merry Christmas" to Brauer before tossing in the additional chips.
Ryan Brauer: Q♥Q♠ 
Darren Kramer: 7♦7♥
There was no upset on the A♥9♠2♠6♣2♣ board and Brauer doubled.
Muaaz Gani flipped with ace-jack against the 3♣3♦ of Russel Wheatley, who had previous doubled through him.
The board ran out J♥8♥6♠3♠K♥ and it was another roller coaster sucker punch on table 12, sending Gani to the rail.
"Soon you gonna have the 212 thousand from your all-in with pocket sixes," Darren Kramer joked. After that referenced hand, Wheatley had dropped to only 2,000 but is still in the mix now.
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