Andrew Hinrichsen has become somewhat of a terminator in this event, having recently eliminated Didier Guerin, and now Xuan Liu.
Hinrichsen raised to 20,000 from the cutoff, and Liu made the call from the big blind. The flop came and Xuan Liu checked. Hinrichsen fired another 20,000 bets, and Xuan Liu check-raised all-in for 77,000 total. Hinrichsen made the call, opening for an open ended straight draw. Liu showed for middle pair of Jacks.
Liu was in the lead, but had to fade a lot of cards in order to win the pot. The turn card was the , giving Hinrichsen even more outs to a diamond flush. The river card fell , completing the straight for Hinrichsen and busting Xuan Liu in 11th place (AU$9,685).
The remaining 23 players in the $2,500 Shot Clock Six-Max No-Limit Hold'em have taken their seats, opened their bags, stacked their chips, and are now ready for action. They are playing down to a winner today, who will walk away with $141,150 and the LK Boutique Championship ring.
Chip leader Christian Nolte will be aiming to continue his impressive run in this years Aussie Millions Championship, after running deep in Event #6 last week - also a Six Max event.
Nolte will have some tough competition for the title, however, with Daniel Neilson, Niall Farrell, Jarred Graham and Andrew Hinrichson close behind him on the leader board.
Play begins with the start of Level 16 and blinds at 1,500/5,000 with a 500 ante. Levels will be 40 minutes until the final table is reached.