The board was all but rushed away and Casey Kastle headed to the payout desk. The Slovenian three-bet shoved for around 140,000 with the and initial raiser Ross Grammer called with to stay ahead and reduce the field by one.
Ross Grammer raised to 15,000 and Bobby Zhang three-bet to 47,000 on the button. It folded to Aki Pyysing in the big blind who four-bet all in for 160,000. Grammer folded and Zhang made the call.
Bobby Zhang:
Aki Pyysing:
There was no help for the Finn on the runout and he was eliminated.
Johan Schumacher raised to 20,000 in the hijack and James Hopkins three-bet all in for just under 100,000. The button and blinds all folded and Schumacher called.
Johan Schumacher:
James Hopkins:
Hopkins appeared resigned to his fate as he got to his feet before a card had even been dealt. The board ran out and Hopkins was eliminated.
Ami Barer has bumped his stack up to one million over on the feature table after sending Tony Tartaglia to the rail. Barer's raise was called by Tartaglia before the former Aussie Millions champion then checked the flop. Tartaglia bet 27,000 and Barer called.
On the turn, Barer checked once more and Tartaglia moved all in for his last 125,000. Barer called and the cards were turned over.
Tony Tartaglia:
Ami Barer:
Tartaglia needed a queen, ten or heart in order to avoid elimination, but it was a blank with the , further improving Barer to trips jacks.
In a blind on blind confrontation, Ari Engel limp-raised to 52,000 from the small blind and Toby Lewis called in the big blind. On the flop, Engel bet 47,000 and Lewis called.
Engel slowed down on the turn and checked. Lewis bet 80,000 and Engel called after a minute.
On the river, Engel checked a second time. This time, Lewis cut out a bet of 220,000, leaving himself with a mere 90,000 behind. The boisterous crowd jostled around the table to watch Engel come to a decision. Over six minutes went off the clock before Engel finally relinquished his hand, instantly getting them into the final break of the night.
While the timely Engel hand was in progress, Arif Mustafa found a double-up at the expense of Artur Koren. Mustafa was all in for his last 170,000 with and spiked a set on the flop to double up.