Brian Rast has busted once again, this time falling at the hands of Jeff Rossiter, who has moved up to 353,000 in chips.
Rast had opened from the hijack seat to 5,500, and then Rossiter reraised to 15,500 from the cutoff seat. Play folded back to Rast, and he moved all in for around 110,000-115,000. Rossiter quickly called and tabled the . Rast had the and was looking to win the flip to double up.
Unfortunately for Rast, the flop, turn, and river ran out to send him packing for the third time today.
Sam Trickett was just eliminated at the hands of Mike McDonald. Trickett held and McDonald the . The flop came down to give McDonald the flush, and he easily held from there to win the pot and knock Trickett out.
Igor Kurganov opened the action from the cutoff seat to 6,000, and then play folded over to Kitson Kho in the small blind. He three-bet to 16,000, and Kurganov called.
On the flop, Kho bet 22,500, and Kurganov made the call to see the land on the turn. Kho moved all in for 44,300, and Kurganov made the call, although he did so somewhat reluctantly. Kho had the , proving Kurganov's intuition correct with the second-best .
But, the landed on the river and gave Kurganov a winning two pair. He won the pot to send Kho to the rail and moved to about 242,000 in chips.
Tony Bloom — a man who has cashed in this event three different times for a total of AU$1,775,000 — just doubled up through Ryan Fee when his held up against the . The board ran out to give Bloom the win. He was all in for 81,800 in chips.
On the button, Rono Lo opened to 11,300. Jake Abdalla was in the big blind, and he three-bet to 29,000. Lo took his time to think, and once again ran out of the allotted time before his hand was mucked. This gave Abdalla the pot and moved him over 200,000 in chips. Lo dropped back to 115,000 and continues to slide.
Phil Ivey and Tobias Reinkemeier saw the flop of with Ivey first to act. He checked, and then Reinkemeier bet 6,000. Ivey made the call, and the came out on the turn. Ivey checked, and Reinkemeier checked behind.
The river was the , and Ivey checked again. Reinkemeier checked back with the for top pair, but that was no good after Ivey turned up the for two pair.