Shaun Johnston pushed all-in for almost 20 big blinds with 
and Bastian Bluem, in the seat to Johnston's immediate left, re-shoved to isolate with 
.
A final board reading 
saw Johnston double and Bluem cut down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
30,100
|
30,100 |
|
50,000
-220,000
|
-220,000 |
Kelly Saxby was on the sidelines and informed us that she pushed he final 13 big blinds into the middle from the cutoff with 
and was called by 
that proceeded to hit a king on the turn. With that, Saxby's Main Event run is over.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Mitchell Johnson has doubled his stack as the dinner break approaches, getting his stack in with 
versus Dahe Liu's 
. Johnson needed a queen or an ace and found two of the former on the 
flop. No nines apppeared on the 
turn or 
river and Johnson doubled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000
84,200
|
84,200 |
The players are heading on a 60-minute dinner break. When they return, they will play one more 90-minute level before calling it a night.
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
Fraser Bellamy made it 7,000 to go and Ben Dobson three-bet to 21,500, leaving himself around 11,000 behind. Everyone folded back to Bellamy who said, "Go on then," before setting Dobson all in. Dobson called.
Dobson showed 
and Bellamy the 
. An eight-friendly 
board secured a double for Dobson who is now up to 73,000 chips as the money bubble approaches.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
280,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
73,000
22,900
|
22,900 |
Alex Spencer was under the gun and he raised to 6,000. The action passed to Lukas Dimsa in late position who three-bet to 16,000. With the action now on him in the big blind, Ben Vinson four-bet to 37,000 and Spencer went deep into the tank. He stayed here for several minutes before folding and Dimsa also folded, albeit after much deliberation, too.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
175,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
126,500
-33,500
|
-33,500 |
|
119,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
|
53,000
25,200
|
25,200 |
Ben Jackson opened to 6,000 from middle position, Craig McCorkell flatted on the button, and Alex Heim called from the big blind.
Everyone checked to Jackson on the 
flop and he made a continuation bet to 7,500. McCorkell called and Heim stepped out of the way.
No further betting took place as both players checked down the turn and river; Jackson muckedwhen McCorkell turned over .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
140,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Several folds put the action on Craig McCorkell in late position and he wasted no time in raising to 6,000. Dominic Kay called on the button and Breixo Gonzalez put in the extra few chips to make up his big blind.
Both Gonzalez and McCorkell tapped the table and checked, leaving the door open for Kay to take a stab at the pot. Kay did exactly that, betting 12,000 and it was enough to get the job done because both of his opponents folded.
Paul Trigo has just made Pieter de Korver squirm uncomfortably in his seat. de Korner had 15,500 worth of chips in front of him on the button and Trigo was all-in for 70,000 under the gun. de Korver had 56,000 behind so would only have 500 chips left if he called and was incorrect. Eventually, after two to three minutes, de Korver mucked and Trigo raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
96,000
65,500
|
65,500 |
|
56,000
-9,500
|
-9,500 |
