From the cutoff seat, Antoine Amourette raised to 60,000. Jonathan Karamalikis reraised to 130,000 from the button and won the pot. This isn't that big of a deal, but Karamalikis now has 4.08 million in chips. That's nearly half of the chips in play.
Peco Stojanovski called from the small blind and Tom Rafferty checked his option in the big blind to see the flop come down 
. Stojanovski fired 30,000 and Rafferty called.
The turn was the 
and both players checked to see the 
fall on the river. Stojanovski checked and Rafferty bet 55,000. Stojanovski made the call and won with the 
. Rafferty mucked and dropped to 2.1 million. Stojanovski now has 1.19 million.
After Jonathan Karamalikis raised to 65,000 from the cutoff seat, action folded over to Eddy Sabat in the small blind. The 2008 APPT Macau champion put in a three-bet to 164,000 after some thought. Action then moved back over to Karamalikis. He took some time before four-betting all in, having Sabat well covered. Immediately after Karamalikis shoved, Sabat stood from his chair and said, "Wow." He thought for a little bit longer while standing and then announced, "Call." He was all in for about one million even.
Sabat flipped over the 
and was flipping for his tournament life as Karamalikis held the 
. The respective rails began yelling for cards in favor of the player they were rooting for.
The flop came down 
and Sabat couldn't find any help just yet. He still had a turn and a river to try and spike something to double up. Karamalikis sat quietly while getting a massage and Sabat stood watching.
The turn brought the 
and Sabat was one card away from either doubling up or going home.
The river card completed the board with paint, but it wasn't the paint Sabat needed when the 
put trips on the board. Sabat's big slick failed to hit and Karamalikis won the pot with full house to improve to 3.8 million.
Sabat, a PokerStars player, finished in sixth place after becoming the only former APPT champion to make a second final table on the tour. This time he didn't win, but he took home A$79,765 for his efforts.
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Eddy Sabat limped the cutoff as both Tom Rafferty and Antoine Amourette came along from the blinds.
Rafferty led for 85,000 on the 
flop with only Sabat making the call as the 
landed on the turn and both players checked.
The river landed the 
and Sabat pushed out a sizeable bet of 215,000 to produced a fold from Rafferty.
With that pot, Sabat is now in the seven-figure club as he sits with 1,015,000 in chips while Rafferty slides down to 2,060,000 in chips.
Peco Stojanovski completed from the small blind and Tom Rafferty checked his option from the big.
Stojanovski checked the 
flop before Rafferty fired out 55,000. Stojanovski made the call as the 
landed on the turn and both players checked it through.
When the river landed the , Stojanovski led out with a 50,000-chip bet and Rafferty made the call.
Stojanovski tabled his 
for bottom pair, but it would be Rafferty's 
that would collect the pot.
From the cutoff, Antoine Amourette bumped it to 66,000 only to have Eddy Sabat three-bet to 148,000 from the big blind.
Amourette kicked his cards to the muck, and Sabat collected the pot to move to 825,000 in chips.
Benjamin McLean opened to 70,000 from middle position and was called by Peco Stojanovski and Antoine Amourette from the button and big blind respectively.
The flop of 
was greeted with a 100,000-chip continuation-bet from McLean before Stojanovski bumped it to 250,000.
Amourette kicked his cards to the muck, as did McLean, to see Stojanovski collect the pot and move to 1,430,000 in chips.
With the action folding to Tom Rafferty in the small blind, he bumped it to 78,000 only to have Antoine Amourette three-bet to 180,000 from the big.
Rafferty summed up his options before moving all in with Amourette quickly making the call.
Rafferty: 
Amourette: 
With Rafferty attempting to four-bet steal being unsuccessful, the 
flop kept him alive with outs to trips, two-pair and a backdoor flush.
Fortunately for Rafferty he managed to spike the 
on the turn to take the lead, and when the rubbed salt in the wounds of Amourette who slipped to 755,000 while Rafferty soared to 2,200,000 in chips.
Tom Rafferty opened to 65,000 from under the gun and Jonathan Karamalikis made the call from the cutoff to see a 
flop fall.
Rafferty fired out a continuation-bet of 90,000 only to have Karamalikis bump it to 235,000.
Spending a few minutes in the tank, Rafferty opted to kick his cards to the muck while slipping to 1,060,000 as Karamalikis collected yet another pot to move to 2,720,000 in chips.
Benjamin McLean opened with a raise from under the gun and Jonathan Karamalikis defended his big blind to see a flop fall.
Karamalikis checked and McLean fired out a 70,000-chip continuation-bet only to have Karamalikis check-raise to 185,000.
McLean passed while slipping to 930,000 as Karamalikis climbs to 2,395,000 in chips.
