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From the cutoff seat, Anthony Legg raised to 60,000. Alex Lynskey called on the button, and James Rann called from the big blind. The flop came down 
, and action checked to Lynskey. He bet 75,000 and won the pot.
Grant Levy raised to 65,000 from the cutoff and Joel Douaglin called from the small blind. The 
flop saw Douaglin check-call a bet of 80,000, and then both players checked the turn. When the completed the board on the river, Douaglin led out for 125,000 and Levy thought for a solid minute before making the call.
Douaglin tabled the 
for ace high, and then Levy rolled over the 
for a rivered pair and the win.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
2,000,000 | -350,000 |
|
1,700,000 | 335,000 |
The post dinner limping strategy is working for Joel Douaglin right now. Another limped pot has seen him take over the table chip lead.
He open limped and picked up Lennart Uphoff and Grant Levy in the blinds before a 
flop appeared. Uphoff led out for 45,000 and was min raised to 90,000 by Douaglin after Levy folded. Uphoff called and check-called another 100,000 on the 
turn before both checked the 
river.
Douaglin opened the 
and Uphoff mucked.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,350,000 | 100,000 |
|
1,500,000 | -700,000 |
James Rann was all in for a little over 800,000 with the 
against the 
for Brian Rast. Thanks for a board that ran out 
, Rann doubled to 1.7 million in chips.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
2,700,000 | -700,000 |
|
1,700,000 | 825,000 |
Defending champion Ami Barer has been eliminated, but it wasn't without one heck of an impressive title-defense run. Last year, Barer topped a field of 668 runners to earn the AU$1.6 million top prize. This year, in a field of 648, he placed 11th for AU$95,000. The amount of skill and endurance it takes to do that is extremely high, but unfortunately for the Canadian player known as "UhhMee" online, he won't be hoisted the trophy for a second time just yet.
From the cutoff seat, Barer raised to 60,000. Alex Lynskey was next to act on the button, and he reraised to 160,000. After the blinds folded, Barer was back up. He took a few moments and then moved all in for 725,000. Lynskey quickly called and tabled the 
. Barer held the 
, and it was off to the races with Barer's tournament life hanging in the balance.
The flop was 
, and Lynskey's tens were still in front. The 
turn proved a massive, tournament-ending blow to Barer was he was now drawing dead. The river completed things worth the , and the defending champion was gone. Lynskey moved to nearly 2.2 million in chips.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
2,190,000 | 790,000 |
|
Eliminado |
With a pile of yellow (T5,000) and chocolate (T25,000) chips in the middle, Alex Lynskey fired a bet of 180,000 on the 
flop. After a bit of studying his opponent, Brian Rast put in a raise to 610,000. Lynskey gave it up, and Rast pulled in the pot.
Just as Rast was about to toss his hand in, Philipp Gruissem, who happened to wander up to the table to check in on the action, silently leaned in behind him to try and get a peak as players sometimes take one last look at their hand before tossing it in. And maybe Gruissem was looking for a little inside knowledge as he and Rast play the biggest buy-in tournaments around the world together. Unfortunately for Gruissem, Rast didn't look back.
As Rast pulled in the pot, Gruissem took a few steps closer and joking grabbed a 20-high stack of chocolate chips from Rast. He slid them over to the empty space between Rast and Ami Barer and said, "Can I play over here?" with a big smile on his face. Barer and Rast laughed, and then Gruissem was back on his way.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,400,000 | 400,000 |
|
|
1,400,000 | -186,000 |
Joel Douaglin limped from the cutoff, and that inspired Raiden Kan to do the same from the small blind. Lennart Uphoff checked his option for the big and three players saw a flop of 
. Two checks saw Douaglin bet 60,000, Kan check-raised to 155,000, and Uphoff quickly got out of the way.
"I'm all in," Doaglin announced. Kan snap-folded.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,250,000 | 315,000 |
|
1,025,000 | -375,000 |
After Manny Stavropoulos opened from the button to 65,000, James Rann reraised all in for 410,000 from the small blind. Brian Rast folded his big blind, and then Stavropoulos went into the tank. Eventually, he made the call with the , but his hand was well behind the 
that Rann turned over.
The flop, turn, and river ran out an easy 
, and Rann doubled up.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
1,745,000 | -387,000 |
|
|
875,000 | 363,000 |
From the small blind, Brian Rast raised to 80,000. Ami Barer reraised to 230,000 from the big blind, and Rast tank-folded.
Shortly thereafter, Rast opened with a raise from the cutoff seat, and then Barer made it 200,000 to go on the button. Play folded back to Rast, and he moved all in. Barer folded, and Rast won the pot.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,000,000 | -78,000 |
|
|
1,350,000 | 42,000 |
Grant Levy didn't have a good end to the last level but he won a small pot to kick off this level.
He was in the big blind and called a 70,000 button raise from Raiden Kan to see a flop. Kan continued for 60,000 and was check-called before the turn and river were checked through. Levy opened 
and took the pot as Kan mucked.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,400,000 | -130,000 |
|
|
1,365,000 | 135,000 |
