On the next hand following the one where he doubled up George Danzer, Jeff Madsen opened from the cutoff seat with a raise to 4,400. Brian McAllister reraised to 15,500 from the big blind, and then Madsen four-bet shoved to 40,600. McAllister tank-folded, and Madsen scooped the pot.
It has been a while since we heard anything from David Bowen. He just faced the button all in from Joachim Chia for 9,800 chips and decided to toss in the extra chips with . Chia had that beat with but the flop improved the hand of Bowen. Both turn and river were low cards and the field has been reduced to 29 players.
In a battle of the two short stacks on table 29, Alan Schubert got the remainder of his stack at risk with . Ryan Hong had that beat with and even though Schubert flopped a ten, the Australian could not improve further.
While Didier Guerin opened to 4,200 and then folded to the all in of Andrew Chang for 37,800, another showdown was about to happen on table 31. Ali Ghezelbash was the player at risk with and he needed an ace against the ]Kd] of Noah Novick. The board ran out and shortly after the clock was stopped for the redraw of the final three tables.
Jamie Pickering has been eliminated in 27th place. His couldn't come from behind against Luke Brabin's , and Pickering walked away with a payday of AU$4,094.
On one of the first hands back from the dinner break, Chris Vlahos was eliminated in 26th place. Vlahos three-bet shoved all in out of the big blind with pocket tens for less than 40,000 in chips and initial raiser Ryan Hong called with pocket kings to score the elimination.
Vlahos took home AU$4,094 for his run and 25 players remain.
After Didier Guerin raised from early position to 5,000, Bobby Zhang reraised all in from the cutoff seat for 24,600. Play folded back to Guerin, and he gave it up after some thought.
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. Chia had that beat with 
but the 
flop improved the hand of Bowen. Both turn and river were low cards and the field has been reduced to 29 players.
and even though Schubert flopped a ten, the Australian could not improve further.
and he needed an ace against the ]Kd] 
couldn't come from behind against Luke Brabin's 
