The action folded around to JJ Liu on the button who moved all in for her remaining 135,000 in chips. Jack Salter made the call from the small blind as the big blind got out of the way.
Liu:
Salter:
The board ran out to see Liu miss multiple outs on the river to be eliminated in 13th place collecting $31,880 for her deep run.
On a flop of , the action checked to Jason Giuliano and he bet 75,000. Ang Italiano and Jackie Glazier folded, but Gary Benson moved all in for 273,000 with Giuliano calling.
Giuliano:
Benson:
With Benson trailing and needing a club or ace, the turn and river landed the and to end his tournament in 15th place for an AU$25,629 payday.
Victor Teng opened to 30,000 and Gary Benson called in the cutoff before Jason Giuliano three-bet the button to 80,000. Both Teng and Benson called as the flop was checked through.
The turn brought the and Teng led out for 107,000 with Benson quickly mucking before Giuliano raised to 275,000. Teng contemplated for several minutes before making the call as the river landed the and Teng checked.
Giuliano pushed out a stack of chips amounting to a bet of 500,000 as Teng went into the tank for several minutes once again. Eventually Giuliano called time, and with that, Teng kicked his cards to the muck as Giuliano flashed his .
With that pot, Giuliano claims the chip lead as he sits with 2.3 million to Teng's 1.8 million.
Joachim Chia moved all in for his last 120,000 in chips from the hijack. Scott Davies was seated to his immediate left and moved all in over the top forcing a fold from the players on the button and in the blinds.
Chia:
Davies:
The board ran out to see Davies hold with his pair of queens as Chia was sent to the rail in 16th place collecting $25,629 for his efforts.
Frank Kassela opened to 24,000 in the cutoff and Brandon Shack-Harris moved all in for roughly 180,000 from the small blind. Kassela called and the cards were tabled.
Kassela:
Shack-Harris:
With Shack-Harris in the lead, the flop of gave Kassela the advantage, and when the turn and river filled out the and , Shack-Harris headed to the rail in 17th place for an AU$23,441 payday.
For Shack-Harris, he is still trailing George Danzer in the WSOP Player of the Year race by a significant margin, and the word is that he is entering the High Roller Event so that he has one more crack at overtaking the German.
After a raise by chip leader Victor Teng from under the gun, Sean Winter moved all in for less than 20 big blinds from the cutoff seat and the action folded to Eiji Matsumura in the big blind. He moved all in as well and Teng quickly got out of the way.
Winter:
Matsumura:
Teng sighed on the flop as he apparently folded the winning hand. The on the turn and the on the river didn't improve Winter anymore and he headed to the rail in 18th place for AU$23,441.
Welcome back to Crown Melbourne and the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific for Day 4 of the AU$10,000 Main Event!
The 329-player field has now been reduced to just 18 with six of those players earning a spot on the televised final table that will be played on Saturday afternoon in Studio 3.
The player that will be looking to take the biggest advantage from his starting position is overnight chip leader Victor Teng who amassed a chip stack of 1,854,000 - more than 600,000 than his nearest rival. That rival is local player Jason Giuliano who went on a tear yesterday once play reached the money and built his stack from just a few big blinds to a powering 1,203,000 as Day 2 chip leader Kyle Montgomery ended the day with 1,196,000 to cap off the only players sitting with seven figures.
Unfortunately for the above mentioned players, it won't be all smooth-sailing today as the remaining players are a super talented group. 2010 WSOP Player of the Year and two-time bracelet winner Frank Kassela (783,000) and 2014 WSOP Player of the Year hopeful Brandon Shack-Harris sit in the top few counts also with Shack-Harris needing a second place or better in this event to take those honors from current leader George Danzer.
Australian Poker Hall of Famer Gary Benson peddled the short stack for the majority yesterday, but after a few key doubles, his stack rose to 458,000 to sit slightly ahead of JJ Liu who bagged 431,000. Liu isn't the only female remaining as Jackie Glazier (300,000) and Ang Italiano (256,000) are waving the flag for the Australian female contingent.
EPT Grand Final runner up Jack Salter (280,000) and Event 7: AU$2,200 Six-Max No-Limit Hold'em Champion Alexander Antonios (127,000) round up the rear to give the field a balance of bracelet winners, seasoned veterans and a handful of amateurs.
With players already guaranteed AU$23,441, everyone's sights will be set on reaching the final table of six where a six-figure payout will be guaranteed and AU$850,136 awaits the future WSOP Asia-Pacific Champion.
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand from 12:30 p.m. to provide continuous live updates as we continue writing the path of the future WSOP Asia-Pacific Champion and play down to the the final table of six.
to see Liu miss multiple outs on the river to be eliminated in 13th place collecting $31,880 for her deep run.
and Antonios was eliminated in 14th place as Italiano climbed to 550,000 in chips.
, the action checked to Jason Giuliano and he bet 75,000. Ang Italiano and Jackie Glazier folded, but Gary Benson moved all in for 273,000 with Giuliano calling.
and 
and Teng led out for 107,000 with Benson quickly mucking before Giuliano raised to 275,000. Teng contemplated for several minutes before making the call as the river landed the 
and Teng checked.
gave Kassela the advantage, and when the turn and river filled out the 
, Shack-Harris headed to the rail in 17th place for an AU$23,441 payday.
flop as he apparently folded the winning hand. The 
on the turn and the 
