Ross Grammer raised to 45,000. Takao Shimizu called on the button before Stefan Huber three-bet to 155,000 in the big blind. Grammer then four-bet all in for 716,000. Shimizu tanked.
"It's a big bet," Grammer said to his opponent. "It's a big scary bet."
After some thought Shimizu called and Huber quickly got out of the way.
Ross Grammer:
Takao Shimizu:
Shimizu was ahead, but the ace-high board of gave Grammer a full house, leaving Shimizu with less than four big blinds behind.
Arne Ruge raised to 45,000 from the cutoff and Najeem Ajez called on the button. Chen An Lin three-bet to 190,000 in the small blind and Ruge moved all in for around 700,000. Ajez folded and Lin asked for a rough count before calling.
Arne Ruge:
Chen An Lin:
The flop paired up Lin, and the turn and river sent Ruge to the rail in 23rd place for A$60,000. "I also had a decent ace," Ajez added while the dealer was busy to push the stack over to Lin, who continued to construct a tower out of it.
Aaron Lim raised to 45,000. Takao Shimizu, after doubling up Ross Grammer, moved all in for 66,000. Michael Hahn cold-called and, after checking he couldn't re-raise, Lim also called.
Lim bet 45,000 on the flop and Hahn called quickly.
The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the . Lim bet 100,000 and Hahn quickly folded.
Lim showed and only just pipped Shimizu's meaning that Shimizu was eliminated.
Ari Engel raised it up to 47,000 and Kahle Burns called out of the big blind. Both players checked the flop and Burns checked the turn, prompting a bet of 40,000 by Engel and a call from Burns.
On the river, Burns checked and subsequently check-raised from 67,000 to 275,000 with 375,000 behind. Engel gave it plenty of thought and sent his cards into the muck.
In a blind on blind confrontation, Johan Schumacher bet 35,000 on a flop. Vincent Chua put in a small raise to 75,000, Schumacher three-bet shoved all in and Chua called all in for 495,000 total.
Johan Schumacher:
Vincent Chua:
It was a costly misstep for Schumacher, who had to pay off Chua after the turn and river.
Chul-Hyon Park shoved 180,000 from early position and Kahle Burns committed that amount from the small blind. Saijes Mundadan got out of the way in the big blind.
Chul-Hyon Park:
Kahle Burns:
The flop proved of no help to Park. The on the turn added the jacks as outs to his live cards, and sure enough, the rolled on the river to improve Park to a straight and a much-needed double-up.
Michael Hahn raised to 50,000 from the button and Stefan Huber three-bet all in from the small blind. Beau Palmer thought about it in the big blind before folding, with Hahn snap-calling and tabling .
He was up against the of Huber. The board ran out and Hahn was eliminated.
Over on the feature table the two big stacks Espen Solaas and Mike Del Vecchio were involved in a three-bet pot with the latter three-betting to 120,000 with the . Solaas called with and won the pot without any further action on the turn and river of board to boost his stack up to three million.
Kahle Burns raised on the button and Ari Engel came along from the big blind to see a flop of . Engel checked and called a bet worth 30,000 before the turn was checked again by Engel. Burns bet 121,000 and picked up a call.
After the river, Engel checked for the third time and faced a bet of 165,000 by Burns. Engel needed some consideration and let go.
gave Grammer a full house, leaving Shimizu with less than four big blinds behind.
turn and 
river sent Ruge to the rail in 23rd place for A$60,000. "I also had a decent ace," Ajez added while the dealer was busy to push the stack over to Lin, who continued to construct a tower out of it.
and only just pipped Shimizu's 
meaning that Shimizu was eliminated.
river, Burns checked and subsequently check-raised from 67,000 to 275,000 with 375,000 behind. Engel gave it plenty of thought and sent his cards into the muck.
turn and 
on the turn added the jacks as outs to his live cards, and sure enough, the 
rolled on the river to improve Park to a straight and a much-needed double-up.
of Huber. The board ran out 
. Engel checked and called a bet worth 30,000 before the 
turn was checked again by Engel. Burns bet 121,000 and picked up a call.
river, Engel checked for the third time and faced a bet of 165,000 by Burns. Engel needed some consideration and let go.