Vincent Huang has busted out for the second time today and it remains uncertain whether he will fire a third bullet. Alex Lynskey has re-entered to bring the total number of entries up to 37, with 29 players still in the running.
The flop showed 
and three players were involved in the hand.
Brian Kim checked from the big blind before Jarred Graham bet 2,200 from the hijack. Bernie Stang then raised to 6,600 from the cutoff. Kim folded. Graham thought for a moment before three-betting to 47,200 which had Stang covered.
Stang deliberated for a minute before opting to muck his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
74,000
15,700
|
15,700 |
|
||
|
14,500
-36,300
|
-36,300 |
There was some more blind on blind action over on table 22; Michael Hahn stole Jonathan Karamalikis' big blind, then Karamalikis completed the small blind and Jan Suchanek popped it up to 2,200 from the big blind.
Karamalikis made the call to take the two to a flop of 
, where the action went check, bet 2,500, call. The 
turn was as far as the hand made it, with Karamalikis check-folding to a Suchanek 7,000 bet.
The next hand saw Ryan Otto make it 1,600 to go from under-the-gun plus one, with big blind Spiros Maroulis the only caller.
The 
flop saw both players check, with the 
turn bringing a check from Maroulis and bet of 3,000 from Otto, which was called.
The 
river brought four to a flush, and Maroulis checked it over to Otto, who checked it back.
"Have you got it?" quizzed Otto.
Maroulis flipped over 
to claim the pot with the nut flush.
A hand or so after, Jonathan Karamalikis made it 6,000 to go from the cutoff, only to see George Mitri aggressively defend his big blind with a shove. Karamalikis tanked for a minute or so, before mucking leaving Mitri free to scoop the pot. Mitri is on the comeback trail at present and has managed to spin his 9k stack back up to 28,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
110,000
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
59,000
-10,500
|
-10,500 |
|
49,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
28,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
20,700
-7,800
|
-7,800 |
Hamish Crawshaw opened with a raise from the hijack before Alex Lynskey moved all in for just short of 9,000 from the cutoff. Crawshaw made the call when the action folded back around to him.
Crawshaw: 
Lynskey: 
The board ran out 
, improving Crawshaw to a pair on the flop, resulting in Lynskey's elimination from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
97,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
Busted |
Dmitriy Tymoshenko moved all in with his short stack from under the gun. The action folded around to Corey Kempson in the big blind who made the call.
Kempson: 
Tymoshenko: 
The board ran out 
, improving Kempson to trip tens, resulting in Tymoshenko being eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level: 5
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
The board showed 
and 18,900 had amassed in the pot.
Sosia Jiang checked from under the gun. Mladen Vukovic bet 8,500 from the hijack. Jiang called.
The completed the board and Jiang checked. Vukovic slid forward a bet totalling 60,000 which had Jiang's stack of 29,000 well covered.
Jiang thought for a minute before ultimately mucking her hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
99,400
24,400
|
24,400 |
|
29,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
There has been quite a bit of blind on blind action over on Jonathan Karamalikis' table, with the youngest inductee to the Australian Hall of Fame the beneficiary. Following a limp from Michael Hahn in the small blind, Karamalikis raised it up to 1,600 in the big blind to take the pot.
The next hand it was Karamalikis in the small blind, and he raised it up to 1,600 with Jan Suchanek making the call from the big blind. Karamalikis led out for 800 on the 
flop and that was enough to take the pot.
It was Suchanek's turn to get aggressive from the blinds the next hand, opening the action to 2,000 from the small blind the next hand, with Spiros Maroulis making the call from the big blind.
The flop came 
and Suchanek continued for another 2,000, which Maroulis called to keep the two in action to the turn, where the action went check, check.
The river saw Suchanek lead for 4,000 and that was enough to claim the pot. Geoff Mooney arrived as the hand was playing out to bring the total number of entries up to 36.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
113,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |
|
|
107,500
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
|
69,500
19,500
|
19,500 |
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
25,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
Sean Ragozzini raised to 1,500 from the button and was called by Alex Lynskey in the big blind.
The flop came 
and Lynskey checked. Ragozzini continued for 1,600. Lynskey called.
The turn brought the 
and Lynskey check-called another bet totalling 4,500 from Ragozzini.
The 
completed the board and Lynskey checked for a third time. Ragozzini bet 30,000 which was enough to cover Lynskey who had 21,800 behind.
Lynskey tanked for three minutes, staring down Ragozzini, before ultimately releasing his hand to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
71,100
5,100
|
5,100 |
|
|
21,800
-11,200
|
-11,200 |
Michael Hahn and George Mitri played a big pot, with all the chips going in pre-flop, Hahn's leading Mitri's 
.
The 
runout changed nothing, and Hahn scooped a sizable pot to climb to 132,000 while Mitri dropped down to a paltry 9,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
132,000
82,000
|
82,000 |
|
|
9,000
-53,000
|
-53,000 |