Michael McDonald opened to 11,000 from the button and Sherif Derias made the call from the big blind.
Both players checked the flop of and when the fell on the turn, Derias led out for 18,000. McDonald moved all in, which put Derias to a decision for his tournament life. After tanking for a few minutes, Derias eventually made the call.
Derias:
McDonald:
The fell on the river and Derias was eliminated in 13th place. McDonald raked in the pot and is now over 256,000.
James Obst has been leaking chips since returning from the break and is now sitting on only 490,000; his highest being 781,000.
Recently, Obst opened to 9,500 and Sam Higgs made the call from the big blind. On a flop of , Obst led out for 13,000 and Higgs made it 33,000 total. Obst called the additional 20,000.
The turn landed the and both players checked. The river was the , which also went check-check. Higgs tabled to rake in the pot as Obst mucked. With that pot, Higgs climbs to 280,000 as Obst looks seriously rattled.
Jason Mednis' deep run in this event has come to an end at the hands of Alexander Debus.
Mednis was all in holding to Debus' . The board, , looked great for Mednis, However, the landed on the river and sent Mednis to the rail in 14th place. Debus moved back to 270,000.
Jonathan Dull opened to 10,500 and, with the action folding round to Kristian Lunardi in the small blind, he moved all in for his 50,000. Dull made the call.
Lunardi:
Dull:
Although there was a chop-draw on the turn, Lunardi would be unable to find that or a ten to stay alive when the board ran out . Lundari exited in 15th place for a payday of AU$6,384 as Dull raked in the pot. He now has over 250,000 in chips.
James Obst opened to 9,500 on the button and was met with a 20,000 reraise from Phillip Peters out of the big blind. With the action back on Obst, he moved all in and Peters made the call.
Peters:
Obst:
The board ran out a very uneventful and Peters doubled through to 200,000 as Obst slips to 535,000 in chips.
Sam Higgs is now the only person today to take a handful of chips from James Obst.
Higgs opened from under the gun to 10,000 and Obst made the call on the button. The flop fell down , and Higgs led out for 18,000 with Obst making the call. The turn landed the , and Higgs moved all in for his last 95,500 chips. Obst made the call.
Higgs:
Obst:
The river peeled the and Higgs doubled to 235,000 as Obst slips to 630,000.
Alexander Debus opened to 11,000 from the button and, with action on Niclas Dymling in the big blind, he moved all in for 27,000 with Debus making the call.
Dymlin:
Debus:
The window card was the and it was enough to send Dymling to his feet. The rest of the board ran out , and Dymling headed to the rail in 16th place as Debus raked in the pot. He now has over 270,000 chips.