Byron Kaverman moved all in for his remaining 32,500 from under the gun. The action folded around to Jason Giuliano on the button who moved all in for 130,000 forcing a fold from both players in the blinds.
Kaverman:
Giuliano:
Giuliano improved to a set of fours on the flop with Kaverman teased with top two pair. The on the turn sealed Kaverman’s fate as the meaningless came on the river.
Brandon Shack-Harris opened to 8,000 and Joachim Chia three-bet the button to 24,000. With the action on Stevan Chew in the small blind, he moved all in for 115,000 to force Shack-Harris' cards into the muck before Chia called.
Chew:
Chia:
The board ran out and Chew was sent to the rail as Chia climbed to roughly 540,000 in chips.
And just like that Ivan Zhou is out of the tournament.
The action started with Brandon Shack-Harris raising to 8,000 from under the gun before Ivan Zhou moved all in for 88,500 from the hijack. The decision fell back on Shack-Harris who made the call.
Shack-Harris:
Zhou:
The board ran out to see the chip leader from a few hours ago eliminated just short of the money.
On a flop of , Victor Teng fired out a continuation-bet and Van Marcus moved all in with Teng quickly calling.
Teng:
Marcus:
The turn landed the to change nothing as Marcus bellowed, "make it high dealer!"
Unfortunately the dealer didn't respond the way Marcus wanted as the completed the board on the river to eliminate Marcus in 38th place - just two spots from the money.
Dejan Boskovic opened the cutoff to 12,000 and Ang Italiano called on the button before Kasra Bakhshaee moved all in from the small blind for 51,000. Boskovic folded, but Italiano made the call to put Bakhshaee at risk.
Bakhshaee:
Italiano:
With Bakhshaee trailing and needing to connect to stay alive, the flop would see him flop top pair to now be at a huge advantage.
The turn however opened the door slightly as it fell the to give Italiano outs to a straight.
Unfortunately for Bakhshaee, the dealer would burn and turn the on the river to end his tournament on the bubble while simultaneously sending Italiano up to 535,000 while ensuring the remaining 36 players a guaranteed AU$20,003 payday.
The action folded around to Tobias Reinkemeier in the small blind who grabbed a stack of 5,000-chips and raised. The bet totalled 52,000 and a short-stacked Yu Kurita examined her own stack before moving all in for 64,500. Reinkemeier called and both players tabled their cards.
Reinkemeier:
Kurita:
The board ran out to see Reinkemeier hit an ace on the turn to end Kurita’s day in 36th place for an AU$20,003 payday.