Roger Teska Eliminated in 3rd Place (AU$153,064/~$104,430)
Roger Teska had become the shortest stack and tangled in two pots with Ryan Otto that saw his stock drop further in value.
The first was a limped pot that saw Otto complete the small blind and Teska check his option from the big blind to bring the pair to a flop of 
, which saw no betting.
The 
turn was also checked through, with the 
river completing the hand, but not the betting, with Otto leading for 25,000 and Teska making the call, but mucking immediately when Otto turned over 
for rivered trip eights.
The second pot two hands later saw Teska the man raising the button to 25,000 and Otto calling from the big blind to bring in a flop of 
, where the action went check, bet 25,000, call.
The turn was checked by both, with the 
coming in on the river. This was also checked with Otto taking it down with the 
for a flush to drop Teska to 340,000 and pad Otto's stack to 1.9 million.
The orbit, Teska's tournament was over. Teska was back on the button and made it 30,000 to go, with Jonathan Karamalikis making the call before Ryan Otto squeezed all-in from the big blind. Teska made a quick call and Karamalikis got out of the way.
Ryan Otto: 
Roger Teska: 
It was left to a race to decide Teska's fate, and Otto had a winning habit when it comes to coin flips, with that trend continuing on the 
run out.
Teska got up to shake both Otto's and Karamalikis' hands and headed off to collect the AU$153,064 on offer for third place, while Otto stacked up to 2,127,000, which will see him bring the chip lead into the heads-up confrontation with Jonathan Karamalikis, who has a stack of 537,000.
The clock has been paused while the WSOP Circuit Ring is brought out and will resume in 10-minutes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,127,000
327,000
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327,000 |
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537,000
12,000
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12,000 |
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Busted | |
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