Zdravko Duvnjak was sitting on a stack of around four big blinds when the money bubble burst, and he has now become the first player eliminated in the money of the 2018 Aussie Millions Main Event.
Taylor Black and Rinaldo Piastrino bowed out before the dinner break. The former walked over to Craig Mason and said "they got me. I shoved for seven big blinds and he called with six seven off, I had ace queen."
David Stonehouse was also on the brink of elimination when he was all in for his last 84,000. Sherif Derias looked him up with the and Stonehouse only had . However, the board came to the rescue to let the Brit double.
Other pre dinner casualties include Jan Pettersson, Yin Liu, Mason and Rob Raymond. Pettersson lost a flip with pocket jacks versus ace-king after having previously misread his hand in the massive clash with Mike Del Vecchio.
Players are now going on a 75-minute dinner break. When they return at approximately 8.50 p.m. local time the blinds will be 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante.
Joshua Abady had barely been in his seat for five minutes before he got all in for his last 92,500 with against the of Martin Finger.
The flop came handing Finger the lead, but the swung things back around in Abady's favour and the on the river was a formality. Abady doubles to just over 200,000.
A player opened to 13,000 second to act and Daniel Laidlaw shoved for about 67,000 in the cutoff. Chen Lin jammed in the small blind and the opener mucked.
Daniel Laidlaw:
Chen Lin:
The board ran out and Lin had Laidlaw barely covered.