Martin Zamani raised to 27,000 in the cutoff and called when Kenny Hallaert shoved for 325,000 effective in the big blind. Zamani was racing with and expressed confidence he'd double against .
The deck had other ideas as Hallaert was the one improving on the board.
Tom Rafferty raised on the button to 27,000 and called the shove of Chino Rheem, who had about 150,000 more in the small blind. Rheem was in rough shape with against and did not improve on the board.
It's Rheem's second straight cash in this event after he came third last year for A$416,760.
Sam Higgs and Chino Rheem had been under pressure over on table seven while George Wolff dropped below a million and Steve O'Dwyer raked in more chips. It would then be O'Dwyer who knocked out Higgs in 13th place to set up the final two tables.
Higgs was at risk with against the of O'Dwyer and a nine-high board left Higgs drawing dead on the turn. He takes home A$70,980 and the remaining 12 players are now guaranteed at least A$91,260.
Derek Ip was caught bluffing when he only had a bottom pair of deuces and Masato Yokosawa looked him up with for third pair.
That reduced the stack of Ip significantly and he dropped below 10 big blinds.
He was then in the big blind and faced a button raise to 23,000 by Tom Rafferty. Farid Jattin moved all in from the small blind and Ip called all-in for 81,000 from the big blind, Rafferty folded.
Derek Ip:
Farid Jattin:
The flop paired Jattin and Ip was in need of running cards to double. It was all over after the turn and the river mattered no more. Ip has been eliminated in 14th place and takes home A$70,980 for his efforts.
Down to the last five big blinds, Koray Aldemir pushed all-in from under the gun and behind him, Sam Greenwood on the button and Dietrich Fast in the big blind also got their stacks into the middle.
Koray Aldemir:
Dietrich Fast:
Sam Greenwood:
"Let's make it a fun one," Martin Zamani demanded but there was very little sweat for Aldemir on a board. Both ace-kings chopped up his stack and the High Roller regular departed in 15th place for A$70,980.
Vincent Huang three-bet from the small blind to 62,000 preflop and George Wolff called on the button. On the flop, Huang bet 37,000 and Wolff called. Huang bet 102,000 on the and Wolff shoved all in for about 100,000 more. Huang called it off right away with but was in awful shape against . The river was a and Huang headed for payouts.
Justin Liberto was under the gun and contemplating whether to call off his stack against Masato Yokosawa, who had shoved from his left for a pot-sized bet of 220,000 effective.
The board read and Liberto cracked his knuckles and shrugged. After about another minute, he dropped in a stack of chips, but he couldn't beat for a straight. The dealer flashed what looked to be as Liberto gathered to exit.