Jim Giannoukos Eliminated in 17th Place (AUD 11,500); Kwang Nguyen Eliminated in 18th Place (AUD 10,000)
Level 25
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Hun Wei Lee raised to 130,000 and then called a three-bet by Michael Tomeny to 350,000, which led them to the K♦9♠3♣ flop. Lee checked, Tomeny pushed all-in and Lee instantly folded to flash the A♠J♠, Tomeny showed him the A♥K♥.
One hand later, Kwang Nguyen jammed for 550,000 and Jim Giannoukos moved all-in behind for 670,000. Lee in the cutoff asked for both counts and flat-called, everyone else folded.
Kwang Nguyen: 8♠8♦
Jim Giannoukos: A♥K♦
Hun Wei Lee: 10♦10♠
The pocket pair prevailed on the Q♣2♣2♦9♠5♠ runout to send two players to the rail. Since Giannoukos had the higher stack, he received the pay jump to AUD 11,500.