Frank Kassela opened to 1,100 only to have Srdjan Brkic three-bet the cutoff to 3,200. With the action on Gary Benson, he moved all in for 10,600 with Kassela folding and Brkic calling.
Benson:
Brkic:
With Benson racing for his tournament life, the flop gave him the lead before the landed on the turn to give Brkic a lock on the hand. The river landed the meaningless and Benson headed to the rail as Brkic climbed to 32,500 in chips.
Catching the action with Michael Guzzardi check-calling and drawing one, his opponent Rory Young also drew one before putting Guzzardi all in for his last 950. Guzzardi obliged and drew two with Young drawing one.
Young tabled his and Guzzardi mucked his hand and headed to the rail.
Welcome back to Crown Melbourne and the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific for Day 2 of Event 6: AU$1,650 8-Game Dealer's Choice.
Yesterday saw 89 players take a seat in this mixed game format to create a prizepool of AU$133,500 that will see the final nine in-the-money with whoever can stand alone on top guaranteed a AU$42,720 first prize and coveted WSOP gold bracelet.
Australian Hall of Famer and mixed game specialist Gary Benson is the overall chip leader with 38,025 while two-time WSOP bracelet winner Frank Kassela is snapping on his heels with 36,225. Fellow bracelet winners George Danzer and Jeff Madsen round out the top few counts while Sam Khouiss, Stuart Rutter, Brian Rast, Michael Guzzardi, Jeff Gross and Jason Gray all remain with a chance to capture this bracelet.
Play commences at 12:30 p.m. local time with the PokerNews Live Reporting Team providing continuous live updates until the Event 6: AU$1,650 8-Game Dealer's Choice final table is reached.