There's very little to no action here at this final table, but we've managed to see another board between Daniel Neilson and Jackson Zheng.
The action folded to Neilson who completed the small blind; Zheng checked from the big blind before Neilson led out on the flop of . Zheng called, then Neilson check-called Zheng's bet of 16,000 on the turn of the before both players checked the river .
Neilson tabled for a small pair and that was good enough to take down the pot. Yay, poker!
Kelsey Hendriks has just scored a timely double-up through Tim O'Shea, much to the delight of his fans on the rail.
On a flop that read , Hendriks led out for 47,000 before O'Shea raised to 200,000. Hendriks snap-shoved and O'Shea called, turning up for bottom pair but was behind Hendriks' .
The on the turn changed nothing, nor did the river and O'Shea shipped over a couple of stacks to Hendriks, who is now on more than 510,000.
Gautam Dhringa has now moved up to over 1.35 million after eliminating Nino Marotta in only the third hand of this final table.
The money was in the middle before the flop; Marotta was ahead with but was still flipping for his tournament life against the of Dhringa. Unfortunately for Marotta, his hopes of surviving were evaporated after the dealer spread a flop of , giving Dhringa two pair.
The turn and river bricked out , and Marotta was confirmed as our seventh place finisher, taking home AUD$9,300 in cold, hard chips.
It didn't take long, but we're now down to the final table of seven players after the successive eliminations of Levi Blanchette and Michael Guttman!
Blanchette fell in ninth place after moving the last of his money into the middle before the flop with , but ran into Kelsey Hendriks' . Despite hitting a gut-shot straight draw on the flop of , the turn and river bricked out , .
In the very next hand, Michael Guttman moved all-in from the button before the flop with , but Gautam Dhringa woke up in the blinds with . Guttman had a slim chance to chop and stay alive after a flop and turn of , but a repeat ended Guttman's tournament life in eighth place.
Both players pick up AUD$6,715 for their short stint at the tables today. The final seven players are now on a brief recess before commencing the final table. Back soon!
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. Zheng called, then Neilson check-called Zheng's bet of 16,000 on the turn of the 
before both players checked the river 
.
for a small pair and that was good enough to take down the pot. Yay, poker!
which was ahead of Zheng's 
.
, Hendriks led out for 47,000 before O'Shea raised to 200,000. Hendriks snap-shoved and O'Shea called, turning up 
for bottom pair but was behind Hendriks' 
and O'Shea shipped over a couple of stacks to Hendriks, who is now on more than 510,000.
but was still flipping for his tournament life against the 
, giving Dhringa two pair.
and Marotta was confirmed as our seventh place finisher, taking home AUD$9,300 in cold, hard chips.
, the turn and river bricked out 
.
ended Guttman's tournament life in eighth place.