Michael Matthews had been crippled down to just 30,000 in a previous hand after Fred Chaptini doubled through him with pocket aces against his .
Matthews moved it into the middle a short time later and was called down by Alan Nicholls.
Nicholls:
Matthews:
The flop of helped neither player, but Matthews found some possibilities when the appeared on the turn.
However a repeat fell on the river, eliminating Matthews, who has cashed in all three Aussie Millions events he has played this year and made two final tables - a fantastic effort from the 'Man from Nagambie'.
Christopher Brammer didn't take long to follow Scott Peel to the cage, eliminated in 8th place after shipping the last of his money in preflop with but got caught out by Roland Hawkins who revealed .
Scott Peel moved all in preflop with and was called down by Christopher Brammer who revealed .
However Brammer took the lead when the board came down and held it all the way as the turn and river ran out , , sending Peel to the rail in 9th place.
The pace of the eliminations has not let up - as we were acquiring the final table chip counts, play continued and we lost Joey Baker in the very first hand.
Baker moved all in with on a flop of , but was called down by Roland Hawkins who tabled for two pair.
The turn of the gave him more outs, but the river bricked out on the river and thus sent Baker to the rail in 10th place.