The field has been cut down to the final four tables with 24 left now that Maz Misaghian, Dylan Wilkerson, and Tony Hachem have gone out. Misaghian finished in 27th place, Wilkerson in 26th, and Hachem in 25th. All three earned AU$3,305 for their results, and the field is now guaranteed AU$4,350.
Both Andrew Leadbetter and Yaxi Zhu have been eliminated from the tournament as the next two to go. Each earned AU$4,350, and there are 22 players left.
Peter Longmore liked his chances on the flop with the and put all of his chips in, but he was drawing stone dead against Michael Tran and his for flopped quad eights. The turn was the , and the river was the to send Longmore to the rail in 20th place.
Benjamin Breadsell has been eliminated in 19th place. The field will now redraw to the final three tables, and each of the remaining players have locked up AU$5,779.
Domenico Zappia was all in preflop with the against Brendon Rubie and the . The flop came down to give Zappia the lead, but his lead was short-lived after the turn and river card gave Rubie the win.
When we arrived at the table, Phil Ward's was just getting mucked against Steven Zhou's on the final board of board. Zhou had made quad fives, and after inquiry it was made known that Ward check-called the flop, turn, and river. The two were extremely close in chips, but Zhou had Ward slightly out-chipped after the final countdown, and Ward was eliminated.