Hand #1: Brandon Shack-Harris opened to 5,000 and Joe Cabret called in the small blind to see a flop with Cabret checking.
Shack-Harris tossed in 5,000 and Cabret called as the landed on the turn. Cabret checked and Shack-Harris tossed in 12,500 with Cabret swiftly folding.
Hand #2: Nelson Maccini opened to 5,000 in the hijack and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #3: Andrew Dales limped in the from the small blind and Nick Piskopos checked to see a flop. Dales tossed in 3,000 and Piskopos folded.
Hand #4: Joe Cabret limped the cutoff and Andrew Dales raised to 6,400 from the button. Nick Piskopos and Duncan McKinnon both called in the blinds, along with Cabret before the dealer spread a flop.
Piskopos bet out 6,500 and both McKinnon and Cabret folded before Dales raised to 15,500. Piskopos folded and Dales was pushed the pot.
Hand #5: Andrew Dales opened to 6,500 in the cutoff and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #6: Duncan McKinnon opened the button to 5,000 and Brandon Shack-Harris called in the big blind to see a flop. Both players checked as the landed on the turn and both players checked for a second time.
The river landed the and Shack-Harris led out for 6,500 only to have McKinnon raise to 13,000. Shack-Harris folded and McKinnon scooped the pot.
For the past two days, Event #4 AU$1,650 No-Limit Hold'em Terminator of the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific has been playing out at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia.
What started with 250 players is now down to the final nine, which includes Brandon Shack-Harris, who has retaken the WSOP Player of the Year lead and looks to distance himself from both George Danzer and Daniel Negreanu.
Shack-Harris is guaranteed points, but he no doubt has his second gold bracelet of the year on his mind. However, to capture it he'll have to go through some tough competition including chip leader Nelson Maccini, who won a monster pot early on Day 2 when he flopped top set against an overpair and then used that momentum to rocket to a stack of 266,800.
Andrew Dales (196,000) and Scott Calcagno (189,700) are the other two big stacks, while Shack-Harris will begin fourth in chips with 111,000.
Others returning include 2013 Aussie Millions runner-up Joe Cabret and Day 1 chip count Nick Piskopos.
Below is a look at how the final table stacks up. As you can see, Shack-Harris is the only non-Australian at the table.
Seat
Name
Country
Chip Count
1
Scott Calcagno
Australia
189,700
2
Brandon Shack-Harris
USA
111,100
3
Nelson Maccini
Australia
266,800
4
Henry Tran
Australia
52,000
5
Tony Hachem
Australia
57,500
6
Joe Cabret
Australia
85,900
7
Andrew Dales
Australia
196,000
8
Nick Piskopos
Australia
107,100
9
Duncan McKinnon
Australia
63,000
Cards will be in the air at 12:10 p.m., which is a little over an hour from now. Of course the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be providing hand-for-hand updates until a champion is crowned, so stay tuned!