Naz Sibaei opened to 300,000 on the button, and Bobby Zhang moved all in from the small blind. Sibaei made the call, and was at risk on the final table bubble.
Naz Sibaei: 9♥9♦ 
Bobby Zhang: K♣Q♣
The dealer fanned out the 8♣A♣9♣ flop, giving Sibaei a set but Zhang made a flush. the 2♠ turn and J♥ river completed the board, and Sibaei's set was not enough to avoid a tenth-place finish.
Hun Wei Lee opened to 260,000 from under the gun, and Vajra Castles looked at his cards in the big blind before moving his short stack all in. Lee made the call, and the hands were turned up.
Vajra Castles: Q♠10♦
Hun Wei Lee: J♣10♣
Castles was ahead until the J♠9♠6♠ flop, which gave Lee top pair. The 6♦ turn and 2♥ river changed nothing, and Castles exited in 11th position.
Just before the blinds had gone up, the table with the two shortest stacks saw some action albeit without showdown. Higor Seibel raised to 200,000 and Hun Wei Lee three-bet to 750,000. It folded back to Seibel and he four-bet to 3,000,000 with few chips behind to force a fold.
Yixian Wang then raised to 800,000 from under the gun with 20,000 behind and everyone folded including Ben Richardson in the big blind. The blinds then went up and everyone folded to Richardson, who pushed all-in. Wang glanced at his cards and then snap-called for just under one million.
Yixian Wang: A♠K♦
Ben Richardson: K♥8♣
The 10♣9♣7♠ flop was a huge sweat and it got even worse for Wang on the 5♣ turn, as Richardson picked up the flush draw on top. He would hit both draws with the J♣ river to eliminate Wang in 12th place for AUD 17,500.
Zac Miravet opened to 225,000 from the hijack, and Edward Hatzakortzian announced all in on the button. The dealer counted Hatzakortzian's stack of 1,305,000, and Miravey made the call.
Edward Hatzakortzian: A♣3♣
Zac Miravet: A♥K♥
Both players revealed their suited aces, with Miravet hitting the K♣Q♦K♦9♠8♦ board to send Hatzakortzian out in 13th place.
Anthony Hachem made it 200,000 to go and was called only by chip leader Hun Wei "Andy" Lee in the big blind. Following the Q♣7♥5♦ flop, Lee check-raised from 150,000 to 350,000 and Hachem flat-called. Lee checked again the J♠ turn and Hachem now made it 550,000 to go.
Lee went for the double check-raise and pushed all-in, Hachem called.
Anthony Hachem: A♦Q♦
Hun Wei Lee: K♦10♦
Along with the open-ended straight draw, Lee also had the king at his disposal and hit one of them with the K♣ river to bad beat Hachem to the rail in 14th place. The hand also cemented his status as the run-away chip leader.
Hun Wei Lee made it 200,000 to go from the hijack and Michael Tomeny three-bet the cutoff to 600,000. Shijia Zhai on the button used one time bank before he called, both blinds and Lee folded.
The J♠9♦8♦ flop saw Tomeny push all-in and Zhai called after nearly depleting his 30 seconds to act.
Shijia Zhai: Q♥Q♠
Michael Tomeny: A♠K♦
Zhai was ahead but fell behind with the A♥ turn. There was no further twist to the story as the blank 4♦ river ended Zhai's run in 15th place for AUD 14,000.
"Just give him the ace on the flop," he sighed on the way out.
Action was heads up between the blinds on the 6♠A♣Q♥ flop, where Fred Tschirsch led out from the small blind for 275,000. Nektarios Dimitrakis made the call in the big blind, and the 5♠ turn hit the felt.
Tschirsch moved all in, and was instantly called by Dimitrakis.
Fred Tschirsch: A♠K♥
Nektarios Dimitrakis: 5♣5♦
Dimitrakis revealed his set of fives, claiming the pot before the Q♠ river completed the board. Tschirsch stood up and wished the table good luck on his way to the payout desk in 16th place.
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.
The action folded all the way to Dylan Foster in the small blind and he limped in. Hun Wei Lee made it 200,000 to go and Foster then jammed for 1,525,000 for Lee to quickly call.
Dylan Foster: A♠6♦
Hun Wei Lee: A♥Q♦
The six never came on the J♠10♣3♥2♣7♦ and Foster bowed out in 19th place for AUD 10,000.
Nektarios Dimitrakis opened to 200,000 in the hijack, and Jyrki Hilakari moved all in from the cutoff. Ruben Padilla also shoved his stack of 600,000 from the big blind, and Dimitrakis took some time before folding while indicated that he had pocket tens.
Ruben Padilla: A♣7♠
Jyrki Hilakari: Q♣Q♥
Padilla found no help on the J♣10♦2♦7♣J♥ runout, while Dimitrakis laughed after seeing a ten hit the board. Padilla was sent out in 20th position, indicating to the table that he didn't see Hilakari's shove before sending his stack into the middle.
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