On a three-way flop of , a raise to 1,550 was in front of the initial raiser from early position and Tim Bindon from one seat over called. The player on the button then raised to 3,600 and the initial raiser folded whereas Bindon moved all in. "You got a four?" Bindon immediately asked and was met with a nod by his opponent.
Bindon:
Button:
The dealer burned and turned the to leave the player on the button with one out only and Bindon's double up for 8,575 was complete once the appeared on the river.
In a heads-up pot to the flop , Peter Aristidou faced a bet of 750 and raised to 2,000. The dealer initially announced a call only before other players at the table corrected him and the opponent of Aristidou threw his cards into the muck not much later. The Australian moved back above starting stack, while Scott Davies at the same table is still grinding with around 22 big blinds.
Only two tables remain in the secondary tournament area as the third table broke seconds ago. Among those to find a new home were Nathan Gubieski and Gerald Karlic with the latter grabbing a new seat right next to Xuan Liu. This makes the table of the "Idealistic Poker Heroine" (according to her Twitter profile) even more interesting, expect some fireworks here.
In a preflop all in situation, Louis Salter was at risk for around 40 big blinds with the and had a coin flip against the of his opponent. His brother Jack was sweating the action after his table had just went on break and Salter doubled up after the board came .
Rory Young has been eliminated and the player next to him vanished as well, sending his stack over to Jordan Kaplan. The American shoved into a big bet on a nine-high flop with pocket queens and his opponent called with pocket jacks to dodge the two-outer. Kaplan also four-bet raised against the opponent from one seat over without getting a call this time.
Tony "toothpick" Kambouroglou was last spotted with around 6,000 in chips and those just vanished. The cards were already rushed away, but Kambouroglou got it in with the and early chip leader Neil Correa looked him up with the to emerge victorious.
Michael Addamo was the initial raiser and picked up two callers in Geoffrey Mooney and Kahle Burns. On the flop , Burns bet 625 and Addamo folded, Mooney called. Both the turn and the river were checked down and the of Burns won the hand.
One hand later, Addamo was involved in a battle of the blinds and bet river. His opponent in the small blind reluctantly called and then mucked when he was shown the by Addamo. The same table also features Xuan Liu as well.