Just over 100 players have remained according to the clock and Stanley W will not be among them for bagging and tagging after bowing out in a flip against Tai Truong.
Stanley W: A♠K♣ 
Tai Truong: J♥J♠
The Q♣10♦9♠8♠3♠ board gave Truong the straight and his 86,000 chips covered.
Joshua McSwiney was spotted with a squeeze to 20,000 and he then looked up the preflop shove by Halil Bozdugan for around 47,000.
Halil Bozdugan: 7♠8♥
Joshua McSwiney: A♦10♣
"I am getting a straight, I am in front, Bozdugan predicted.
The 5♣7♥J♣ flop vaulted Bozdugan into the lead but the A♥ turn changed the order once again.
No more surprise came with the Q♦ river and that spelled the end for Bozdugan.
The shove by Panayioti Karamanolis was for only 29,000 and Dale Marsland called one seat over in the small blind.
Panayioti Karamanolis: A♦5♥
Dale Marsland: Q♠Q♣
The Q♦9♦5♣ flop left Karamanolis on the ropes but he gained some outs with the [8d turn after picking up a flush draw. However, there was no miracle escape on the 10♥ river to send the pot over to Marsland.
Alan Wilson was all in from the small blind on the 4♠10♦9♣ flop, at risk against Haitao Wang in middle position.
Alan Wilson: A♦4♦
Haitao Wang: Q♥Q♦
Wilson stood up as the 2♣ turn and J♥ river were no help, hitting the rail as his stack was sent to Wang.
Zac Vigar was all-in for a shorter stack and had the best of it against Paul O'Brein with K♥Q♦ versus Q♥10♠.
However, the 10♥5♦7♦8♥A♥ runout provided the ten on the flop to send Vigar out. Liam Jehu took his vacated seat, and Gary Benson also entered there, too.
At just after 8 p.m. local time, the poker room at Crown Melbourne is buzzing with music from a nearby nightclub and there are a ton of cash games running. Near the end of the penultimate level for the Victorian Poker Champs Main Event, the field has climbed to 211 entries of which 118 players remain.
Jackson Young is among them after he knocked out Simon Avrutis with A♣5♠ versus J♣3♦ when the latter was all-in for fumes. Kelvin Li and Ardit Kumar also bowed out near the frantic business end of the day.
On a flop of Q♥6♥6♣, Jeison Berdugo checked out of the big blind and then instantly called all-in for 43,000 when Ardit Kumar jammed.
Jeison Berdugo: 6♦5♦
Ardit Kumar: 8♣8♠
The 6♠ turn gave Berdugo quads to render the 7♦ river to a formality.
On a nearby table, the miracle comeback of David Xie was cut short.
Xiangxi Zheng raised to 4,000 and Celina jammed on the button for 24,500, which Zheng called from under the gun.
Celina Lin: 7♦7♠
Xiangxi Zheng: A♦10♥
The board ran out A♠K♠6♥5♠K♣ for Zheng to pair his ace and finish off Lin after he had previously cracked her superior pocket pair for a triple up.
Xiangxi Zheng raised to 2,500 and the button flat-called. Celina Lin in the big blind three-bet to 10,000 and Zheng then jammed for 27,000. Bowen Wang on the button called with around 10,000 behind to then call all-in when Lin pushed over the top.
Xiangxi Zheng: 8♥8♣
Bowen Wang: 10♥7♥
Celina Lin: J♣J♥
The superior pocket pair was cracked on the A♠8♦7♣9♦K♠ board and Zheng tripled, while Lin won the side pot to win a few chips back.
A preflop raising war brought the stacks into the middle between Xin Xu and Ardit Kumar with the former at risk.
Xin Xu: J♠J♥
Ardit Kumar: A♥A♠
There was no escape on the 10♣7♣6♠K♥5♠ runout and Xu remained in his seat while the stacks were about to be counted. When Kumar said he had around 90,000 in chips, Xu instantly headed out of the tournament area.
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