Rainer Quel has doubled up through Kenny Ng, after Ng led out from the small blind for 20,000 on a flop of . Quel moved all in from the big blind for an additional 20,000 and Ng called.
Quel:
Ng:
Quel spiked two pair with the on the turn and it held when the bricked on the river.
Quel doubles to 100,000 as Ng takes a walk as he slips to 55,000.
With a pot-sized raise and call in front of him, David Morton re-potted from the small blind. David Bach was the lone caller.
They saw a flop of and the short-stacked Morton moved all in for his last 15,800 chips. Bach thought for a moment and made the call.
Bach:
Morton:
The turn was cruel to Morton as the fell to give Bach the lead and he held it with the on the river. Morton departs in ninth place collecting AU$2,400 for his efforts.
The play on the final table has been fairly conservative so far today. Only David Bach and Lee Nelson have captured any significant pots to increase their overnight chip stacks.
Here are the current top five chip counts:
David Bach - 135,000
Lee Nelson - 110,000
Kenny Ng - 91,000
Nino Ascenzio - 83,000
[Removed:248] - 74,000