With a flop showing Sam Higgs committed his last 130,000 and was called by Baden Logan who had him covered.
Higgs:
Logan:
Higgs had a flush draw but was trailing the pair of tens held by Logan. Unfortunately for Higgs he was unable to improve on the turn or river and was sent to the rail in 32nd place.
Aaron Lim opened to 11,000 from early position and Jamie Pickering shoved from late position for roughly 105,000. The action folded back to Lim, and he made the call.
Pickering:
Lim:
The board wouldn't connect with Pickering as he was eliminated in 30th place for an AU$21,556 payday as Lim saw his stack climb to roughly 250,000.
Joachim Chia raised from under the gun and called the all in of Dylan Honeyman out of the small blind for 69,500 chips.
Honeyman:
Chia:
The player at risk was eliminated and the didn't really change anything at all. However, the on the turn now gave Honeyman the best hand and he held up with the on the river as final community card.
Just one hand later, Joachim Chia defended his big blind against a raise by JJ Liu to 13,000 and another player also called to see the flop of . Chia check-raised from 13,000 to 29,000 and Liu called after making the continuation bet whereas the other player folded. On the turn, Chia moved all in and Liu snap-called for her last 102,000 chips.
Chia:
Liu:
No card could help to avoid a further setback for Chia and he jumped out of his seat while the dealer burned and turned the on the river. Another player on the table said "unlucky there" and Chia simply replied with "it's alright" before sitting down again.