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[Brett Kay]

Ross Removed

David Ross went all in Blind for his remaining chips and was Called by Tim Bredl.
Tim Showed the [Tc Td] and Ross rolled over the [9h 4d]

The board ran out [Jd Qs 5h 2c 4s] and like that David Ross' day is over.

Maureen moves up
Maureen Trudgeon being the short stack moves all in Preflop and is called down by Wilson Burridge who is holding one of the bigger stacks on his table.

Maureen shows the [Ac Kd] and Wilson rolls over his [As Jc] needing a jack to move closer to the money.

The Board runs out [Ah 3c 7d 8d 4s], and Maureen improves moving up to 60k in chips.

Blinds are at 4000/8000 with a 500 ante.

[Brett Kay]

Chipleader

From the Sowf we have Phillip Ellsworth a comfy chip leader on roughly 500+ thousand, Leading the next player by a comfortable 150k.

Can the SA crew and the Sowf take home the trophy and the bragging rights, or will it be a case of bad beats and bad cards?

Stay tuned.

[Brett Kay]

Kassi McDonald Out
On Table 4 Kassi McDonald Our short stack has been knocked, moving AI with her few chips left, she was called by Steve Bailey.

Steve showed the [Ah 6d] which was slightly ahead [Kh Js] held by Kassi.

The Board ran out [Qh 4c 10h 3s 8c]

And Kassi is Knocked out.

[Brett Kay]

Hand for Hand

We are now down to 29 players, and play has moved to hand for hand. So we are at bubble bubble. Once the bubble is burst expect a fair bit of action from players that are happy to have made the cash.

Will be interesting to see if anyone abuses the bubble players?

Table Lists. and chip counts at break/
Feature Table
1 212500 Matt Ralph
2 359500 Phillip Ellsworth
3
4 243500 Matt Kelly
5 58000 Matt Costalos
6 241000 Nicole Dilaveris
7 153500 Nigel Robertson
8
9 172000 Alan Nisbet


Table 2
1 196500 Peter Solm
2
3 106000 Trishan Naidoo
4 266000 Paul Wright
5 247500 Jack Baird
6 128500 Setareki Sokotukivei
7 170500 Tim Bredl
8 33500 Maurenn Trudgeon
9 19000 Jim Hayden

Table 3
1 213500 Wilson Burridge
2 127000 Chris Willoughby
3 148000 Graham Powell
4
5 112000 Tom Jenkins
6
7 117500 Joseph Zupanzic
8 155500 Brett Street
9 162000 Eva Bailey

Table 4
1 159000 Steven Bailey
2
3 132500 Gary Bailey
4 182000 Tony May
5
6 34500 Mark Kroehn
7 109500 Michael Pethick
8 151500 Grant Scott
9 101500 Jon Tozer

[Brett Kay]

Naidoo No More

In a battle of the blinds Trishan Naidoo limped along with Paul Wright.

On a flop of [3c 9c 7h] Paul fires a bet of 8k. Trishan reraises all in for 40k, and is instacalled by Paul.

The cards are revealed. Paul holding [7d 9d] for top 2 and Trishan showing the [Jd 3d] for bottom pair.

The turn came down the [Kd] and the river fell the [10h] to seal Trishan's Fate as he takes the walk out in 29th position.

We are now on the official Bubble ladies and gentleman.

Bubble is bubbling
Picking up on the action on the turn Steven Bailey Leads out for 40k and is called by Jon Tozer
The Board is showing [5h 3s 2s Jc]

The river comes down the [Qh] Steven pushes all in for 44k and Jon Tozer folds leaving himself short on 30k. Steven flashes the [Qs Js] for flush draw and top two. To take down a decent pot and boost his stack.

[Brett Kay]

Bubble play at its best
Calling down a preflop bet of 80k Phillip Ellsworth and Nigel Robertson go to a flop of [6h 9d 3h]

Phillip open shoves all in and is called by Nigel putting his tournament life at risk.

Phillip reveals the snowmen [8h 8c] whilst Nigel is risking all with the [ks qh]

The turn comes down the [9c] leaving Nigel with 6 outs to stay in the tournament.

As the card comes down the crowd lets out a roar as Nigel sighs with relief as the [qc] is staring at him on the river.

Still 28 players, Still on the bubble, exciting times.

[Brett Kay]

Photos of the Set Up
Down to 3 tables, and the crowd.

Looking at the feature table area

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From the poker pit

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From the stage

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[Brett Kay]

Setareki Survives

Setareki Sokotukivei is all in Pre Flop for 53.5 k and is called by Jack Baird.

Setareki Rolls over the [8c 8d] and Jack Reveals [Ackd] for an old fashioned tournament coin flip.

The board comes out [5c qd 6d 2c 10s] and Setareki doubles up while Jack takes a hit to his stack.

Still on the bubble.

[Brett Kay]

[size=150][/Bubble Burst!!size]


Our bubble has just burst with a two way all in confrontation pre flop with Phillip Ellsworth calling the all in of Matt Costalos who holds the [Kc Kh], whilst Phillip is dominated holding [Qs qh], however it was meant to be for our current chip leader, as the flop fell [9d 2s Qd], needing a king to survive the turn and river bricked out bringing the [5c ts].

Boosting our chip leaders stack, and at the same time bursting the money bubble!!!

27 runners remaining who are all guaranteed a minimum of $785

Players are now on a short break.

[Brett Kay]

Table Listing and current stack size

Feature Table
1 123000 Matt Ralph
2 685000 Phillip Ellsworth
3 349000 Gary Bailey
4 133000 Matt Kelly
5 170000 Tony May
6 377000 Nicole Dilaveris
7 191000 Nigel Robertson
8 52000 Grant Scott
9 172000 Alan Nisbet


Table 2
1 253000 Peter Solm
2 134000 Mark Kroehn
3 90000 Michael Pethick
4 503000 Paul Wright
5 91000 Jack Baird
6 134000 Setareki Sokotukivei
7 265000 Tim Bredl
8 33500 Maurenn Trudgeon
9 54000 James Bartholomeuz

Table 3
1 240000 Wilson Burridge
2 24000 Chris Willoughby
3 364000 Graham Powell
4 63000 Jon Tozer
5 61000 Tom Jenkins
6 215000 Steven Bailey
7 119000 Joseph Zupanzic
8 161000 Brett Street
9 42000 Eva Bailey