The railbirds are beginning to build up around this final table, though our guess is that everyone thinks that this is the $100,000 Challenge final table (which, for the record, it isn't - that's upstairs in Studio 3).
Still, we are witnessing a very intense heads-up battle between Oliver Speidel and Randy Dorfman, with Dorfman now down to 149,000 in chips.
Dorfman raised to 6,500 from the button before the flop, but Speidel reraised to 23,000 from the big blind. Dorfman called, then both players checked all the way down a board of . Speidel showed for the pair and Dortman surrendered his hand.
Oliver Speidel limped on the button and Randy Dorfman raised to 5,500 before Speidel would call and we would see a flop.
Flop:
Dorfman led for 50,000. With the action on Speidel he announced he was allin.
Dorfman then started thinking, eventually asking Speidel if he had somewhere to be.
Dorfman decided to make the fold.
"That was respect there," Dorfman said as Speidel collected his newly aqcuired chips.
Oliver Speidel managed to raise Randy Dorfman out of a few flops, but the first full board played out saw Dorfman take all those chips back, and then some, leaving Speidel with 230,000.
Dorfman limped in from the button and Speidel checked his option from the big blind, before both players checked on the flop of . Speidel checked again when the dealer brought up the on the turn; Dorfman opened for 5,000, Speidel check-raised to 10,000, Dorfman reraised to 35,000 and Speidel called.
Speidel then check-called Dorfman's bet of 50,000 on the river of the ; Dorfman showed for two pair and Speidel insta-mucked. Dorfman is up to more than 270,000 in chips.
Eoghan O'Dea fought a long, hard battle on his short stack, but he's finally succumbed to Oliver Speidel in third place and we are now heads-up for the title!
Speidel raised from the button and O'Dea reraised from the small blind, forcing
Randy Dorfman off his big blind before Speidel four-bet-shoved. O'Dea looked back down at his cards, murmured something under his breath and made the call.
Speidel:
O'Dea:
Board:
O'Dea's now done for the day, but not without collecting a tidy AUD$46,035 profit. It's now Speidel and Dortman heads-up and the counts are almost dead even!
Albert Minnullin is the latest to succumb to the foul taste of defeat, exiting the tournament in 4th place with AUD$30,690 his consolation prize for not progressing further. Not bad for a couple days of work.
Minnullin was on the button when faced with a raise from chip leader Randy Dorfman. It was 6,500 to Minnullin, but he wasn't going to keep it that friendly and instead decided to move allin for his remaining 65,400.
Dorfman made the call with his big stack and why not when he is holding .
Minnullin would need some help with his in trouble.
The board ran out , a bit of a sweat on the turn, but it wasnt meant to be for Minnullin.
English professional poker player JP Kelly was the pick amongst many to have taken down this tournament, but he's just been sent to the rail by Eoghan O'Dea in fifth place, good for AUD$23,870.
O'Dea raised to 6,500 from the cutoff before Kelly shoved from the small blind for around 46,000; O'Dea called, turning up and Kelly found himself flipping for his tournament life with .
O'Dea was still ahead after the flop of , but the on the turn gave Kelly a glimmer of hope, which soon faded after the blanked out on the river.
As the old saying goes- the rich get richer and the poor give all their chips to the rich. Or something to that effect anyway.
Randy Dorfman made it 7,500 from the button, whereby action was sent to JP Kelly in the small blind. Kelly three-bet to 18,000 and Dorfman would come along for the ride.
The flop turned over and with it came a couple of checks.
The on the turn would entice the action to start again, with Dorfman checked to and firing out 10,000. Kelly called and we would see the river.
It was a on the river and another check from Kelly. Dorfman made it 15,000 and Kelly went into the tank.
Kelly eventually folded and the pot went into the ever increasing mountain of chips now sitting in Dorfman's stack.
The players have returned from their dinner break and the action is back underway! In the meantime, here are the chip counts of the five remaining players:
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. Speidel showed 
for the pair and Dortman surrendered his hand.
. Speidel checked again when the dealer brought up the 
on the turn; Dorfman opened for 5,000, Speidel check-raised to 10,000, Dorfman reraised to 35,000 and Speidel called.
; Dorfman showed 
for two pair and Speidel insta-mucked. Dorfman is up to more than 270,000 in chips.
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, a bit of a sweat on the turn, but it wasnt meant to be for Minnullin.
and Kelly found himself flipping for his tournament life with 
.
on the river and another check from Kelly. Dorfman made it 15,000 and Kelly went into the tank.
