The hand started with Victor Teng raising to 17,000 from under the gun plus one. Eiji Matsumura then moved all in for his remaining 120,000 from the big blind. Teng made the call shortly after.
Teng:
Matsumura:
The board ran out to see Matsumura hold with his jack kicker.
Jack Salter opened to 17,000 from early position and Alexander Antonios called next to act along with Kyle Montgomery on the button and JJ Liu in the big blind.
The flop was checked round as the landed on the turn and Liu led out for 25,000. Only Salter called as the completed the board on the river and Liu led out with a bet of 45,000.
Salter went into the tank for several minutes before eventually releasing his hand and slipping to 390,000 in chips.
Scott Davies opened to 17,000 from under the gun and was called by Jason Giuliano, Brandon Shack-Harris and Dylan Kehoe as the flop fell .
Davies continued for 43,000 once Kehoe checked and with the action on Giuliano, he raised to 100,000.
Shack-Harris and Kehoe quickly mucked, but Davies took a little longer before eventually opting to fold his hand and send Giuliano the pot to take him over the million-chip mark.
Shane Warne opened with a raise from early position only to have Henry Szmelcer move all in for his last 135,000. Warne called and the cards were tabled.
Warne:
Szmelcer:
The board ran out to see Szmelcer flop a flush to double through to 290,000 as Warne slipped to 350,000 in chips.
Aaron Lim checked the flop, and Brandon Shack-Harris bet 25,000. Lim check-raised all in for around 110,000, and Shack-Harris quickly made the call with the for middle pair and the nut flush draw. Lim had top pair with the .
The dealer made things quick and easy, but it sure wasn't painless for Lim, as the spiked on the turn to deliver Shack-harris with a winning flush. The river was the to complete the board, and Lim was eliminated in 24th place.
Scott Davies opened the hijack to 17,000 and Frank Kassela three-bet the button to 32,000 with Mikel Habb calling in the small blind before Davies four-bet to 90,000. Kassela called, and Habb called all in for his last 88,000.
The dealer spread a flop and Davies checked to Kassela who moved all in to force a fold from Davies.
Habb:
Kassela:
With Habb in bad shape, the on the turn gave last year's 7th place finisher outs to a straight.
Unfortunately for Habb, the river landed the , and he was sent to the rail in 23rd place
The action folded to Victor Teng and he raised to 20,000 from the button. One seat over, Shane Warne three-bet to 46,000 and Gary Benson folded in the big blind. Teng pushed his stack of T-25,000 chips forward to put Warne all in and the latter called it off for what looked around 320,000.
Warne:
Teng:
The 888poker pro was in great shape to double up and put another dent into the massive stack of Teng, but lady luck had other plans. On the board, Teng improved on the flop and sent Warne to the rail in 22nd place for a payday of AU$23,441.
Shao Liu opened the hijack to 17,000 and Tobias Reinkemeier called in the big blind to see a flop. Reinkemeier checked to Liu who moved all in for 115,000 with Reinkemeier instantly calling.
Liu:
Reinkemeier:
With Reinkemeier having flopped a straight, Liu would need some help to stay alive, and when the landed on the turn, he was drawing to just a chop with one of the three remaining tens.
Unfortunately for the ex-Crown Poker Room dealer, the river landed the to end his tournament in 21st place for an AU$23,441 payday.
From early position, Dylan Kehoe opened to 16,000 and was called by Jason Giuliano and Alexander Antonios as the flop fell .
Giuliano bet out 45,000 and only Kehoe called as the turn of the was checked through. The river landed the and following a Kehoe check, Giuliano bet out 126,000 with Kehoe calling.
Giuliano tabled his for the nut flush and Kehoe mucked his hand while being crippled to just 25,000.