Tom Rafferty Eliminated in 3rd Place (A$164,730)
With the action on Tom Rafferty in the small blind, he made it 125,000 to go only to have Jonathan Karamalikis three-bet to 300,000 from the big blind.
Rafferty contemplated for a few moments before moving all in, only to have Karamalikis beat him into the pot by screaming call and slamming down his like it was two jokers in a game of jokers wild!
Rafferty:
Karamalikis:
With Karamalikis spot on with his read that he was crushing Rafferty's hand, the flop kept Karamalikis in the lead and left Rafferty trailing and in need of an eight or running cards for a chop.
The on the turn saw the crowd hush quietly as it was just a dimple away from being the card that would save Rafferty.
Unfortunately for the ninth-place finisher from 2008, the river landed the to end his 2010 tournament in 3rd place for a A$161,730 collect as play between Karamalikis and Benjamin McLean are now at the heads up stage.