Mike Del Vecchio bet 9,000 on the button on a flop and Xiangxiang Ni made it 22,000 in the big blind. Del Vecchio peeled and the hit. Ni check-called 16,000. Both checked the , with Del Vecchio simply flipping over after some thought.
Ni shook his head and mucked.
"No heart," Del Vecchio said with a smile. "Well, I had one heart, just not right here."
Being left short after the hand against Justin Victor, [Removed:415] shoved with his final 27,000 from early position. Joseph Foleti reshoved all in for 103,500 two seats over and action was folded to Con Krousoratis in the small blind.
Krousoratis also shoved all in, putting both others at risk. Justin Victor open-folded in the big blind.
[Removed:415]:
Joseph Foleti:
Con Krousoratis:
The board ran out and a relieved Doria could sit back down again. Victor had a good chuckle about folding the best hand, Krousoratis scooped up the substantial side pot and Foleli was eliminated.
Over on the feature table, Najeem Ajez raised with the in the cutoff and Gurpreet Lubana three-bet to 30,000 on the button with the , Ajez called. On the flop, Ajez check-shoved into a bet of 18,000 by Lubana to force a fold.
Casey Kastle check-shoved a flop of against Antonino Cascio and forced a fold.
With what looked like about 400,000 in the pot, Vincent Chua was all in from middle position for about 150,000 effective against a player on the button. The board read and Chua's opponent slid his stack in and tabled . He was drawing dead against Chua's for a set, and Chua collected the massive pot when a hit as a formality on the river.
Matthew Wakeman's raise from under the gun was called by Toby Lewis on the button and Harry Demetriou in the big blind. The flop fell and action checked to Lewis, who bet 12,000. Demetriou raised to 30,000 and Wakeman check-shoved for his last 107,000. Lewis called and Demetriou was about to turn over his cards for a showdown, willing to call the shove of Lewis, who had left himself 53,000 behind instead of moving all in. Demetriou called and checked the on the turn, prompting Lewis to move all in.
"You probably have it but I cannot fold," Demetriou said and called to put two players at risk.
Matthew Wakeman: - for a set of jacks
Toby Lewis: - for the nut flush
Harry Demetriou: for a queen-high straight
Demetriou could not win the pot anymore while Wakeman still had outs. However, the river was none of them and that let the bubble burst. One hand was still going on on another table but no further elimination emerged, thus dubbing Wakeman as the bubble boy and ensuring a min-cash of A$15,000 for all remaining 88 players without hand-for-hand mode even getting underway.
. Jacobson checked to Park who continued for 18,000. The button folded and Jacobson called.
was checked by both players and Jacobson bet 37,000 on the 
river.
for a pair of fours while Park held 
for a pair of jacks and took down the pot.
and Victor locked up the double on the turn, leaving Doria very short.
flop and Xiangxiang Ni made it 22,000 in the big blind. Del Vecchio peeled and the 
over after some thought.
in the cutoff and Gurpreet Lubana three-bet to 30,000 on the button with the 
, Ajez called. On the 
flop, Ajez check-shoved into a bet of 18,000 by Lubana to force a fold.
. Maher bet 20,000 and Young moved all in for 33,000. Hachem then instantly moved all in over the top and Maher folded.
meaning Young was sent to the rail.
and Chua's opponent slid his stack in and tabled 
hit as a formality on the river.
- for the nut flush
for a queen-high straight
