There are still a few bounty players left alive in today's field. Sean Keeton found one of them in the form of Michael Chrianthopoulos. The two players were all in after a series of preflop raises. Keeton showed against Chrisanthopoulos' and then promptly hit an ace on the flop. Chrianthopoulos was never able to recover from there and has hit the rail. Keeton earns himself a bounty of AU$1,000 and now has 180,000 chips.
Alexander Debus put in the first raise and the last raise, but he couldn't shake Edison Nguyen. Debus opened for 5,500, then moved all in for 33,000 after Nguyen re-raised to 11,000. Nguyen didn't hesitate to make the call, showing down a monster, . Debus had a live ace and diamonds, , but completely whiffed on a board of . He has been eliminated.
Josh Field finally got in on the double-up action. He was all in on a flop of and called by Tom Pongrass (who has put on a clinic so far this afternoon in doubling up). Pongrass showed and was outkicked by Field's . The board repeated on the turn, but it was the wrong repeater for Pongrass. It was the , meaning that Field's kicker still played. It stayed that way through the river.
Field is up to 65,000. Pongrass is down to about 45,000.
Oliver Gill was able to recoup some of his lost chips by taking out Luke Santo. Santo open-shoved with pocket tens and was called by Gill out of the blind. Gill's ace-seven made two pair on the flop, then hung on as the turn and river came running eights. Santo was eliminated on the hand.
Back-to-back hands have eliminated two players from Table 28. First, Jim Mastorakos opened for 7,500 before Neville Eber moved all in over the top of him. Mastorakos made the call with and found himself crushed by Eber's . To make matter worse, Eber flopped a book, , leaving Mastorakos drawing at running sevens. They didn't come.
The next hand, Edison Nguyen opened for 4,900 before Graham Woodbine moved all in. Nguyen, who had Woodbine covered, called with . Woodbine showed , the same hand that killed Mastorakos. It didn't work any better for Woodbine. Nguyen hit two aces on the flop, , then dodged the remaining sevens with the turn and river.
The chips are flying early. After Oliver Gill opened for 5,500 from early position, Neil Channing moved all in for 29,300. Gill made the call with and was racing Channing's . Channing took down the pot with a pair of kings on the turn.
At the next table over, Ben Delaney and Tom Pongrass were all in preflop, with Pongrass at risk of elimination. His was leading Delaney's and made a full house by the river, . He doubled to about 20,000, while Delaney dropped to 60,000.
Bohden Schaaps opened with a raise to 7,000 from middle position. Steve Topakas, runner-up in Event #1, was the only caller. Schaaps moved all in on a flop of after Topakas checked the action. Topakas made the call from way behind, against the of Schaaps. The turn was a blank, the , but the ace on the river sent Schaaps packing.
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The tournament staff have informed us that they are making a slight deviation from the published structure for this tournament. In order to slow the structure a bit and give the players more play, a new level has been inserted in between Level 16 (4k / 8k / 500) and Level 17 (6k / 12k / 1k). The blinds at the new level will be 5k / 10k / 500.
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against Chrisanthopoulos' 
and then promptly hit an ace on the 
flop. Chrianthopoulos was never able to recover from there and has hit the rail. Keeton earns himself a bounty of AU$1,000 and now has 180,000 chips.
. Debus had a live ace and diamonds, 
, but completely whiffed on a board of 
. He has been eliminated.
and called by Tom Pongrass (who has put on a clinic so far this afternoon in doubling up). Pongrass showed 
. The board repeated on the turn, but it was the wrong repeater for Pongrass. It was the 
, meaning that Field's kicker still played. It stayed that way through the 
river.
. To make matter worse, Eber flopped a book, 
, leaving Mastorakos drawing at running sevens. They didn't come.
, the same hand that killed Mastorakos. It didn't work any better for Woodbine. Nguyen hit two aces on the flop, 
, then dodged the remaining sevens with the 
river.
and was racing Channing's 
after Topakas checked the action. Topakas made the call from way behind, 
, but the ace on the river 
