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Gavin Eke opened for 20,000 and after it folded to Doug Corning in the big blind, he shoved in.
Eke called off his 90,000-chip stack with the 
and was in a classic race versus Corning's 
.
Things got bad for Eke on the flop and he busted eighth after the 
board was completed.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
205,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
Busted |
In a five-way limped pot, Gavin Eke bet the flop 
in Pot-Limit Omaha for 8,000 and only Dominik Nitsche called from the button. The 5Ad] fell on the turn and Eke announced a bet of 30,000 for half of his stack, Nitsche quickly got out of the way. The last half an hour had not been as kind to the German and his stack dwindled all the way down to just 90,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000
-64,000
|
-64,000 |
|
||
|
|
87,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Mohammed Afiouni limped in from under the gun and Daniel Hachem raised the pot to get a call by Afiouni. On the flop 
, both players checked and did so again on the 
turn. Hachem then bet the 
river for 20,000 and Afiouni quickly folded tens and fours face up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
335,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
240,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
Pot Limit Omaha
Mohammed Afiouni made it 10,000 and Michael Seymour called on the button. The blinds folded and the flop came down 
.
Afiouni potted and Seymour called all in for his tournament life with the 
. Afiouni was ahead with the 
and held through the 
turn and 
river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
285,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
Busted |
Pallas Aidinian snap-called in the big blind after Michael Seymour open-shoved his last 25,000.
She had him dominated with the over the .
However, the board rolled out 
giving them both two pair with an ace.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
|
25,000 |
The final table of the last nine is set and the button starts on Michael Seymour. From now on, the game type changes every orbit between No-Limit Hold'em and Pot-Limit Omaha. Below are the seating assignments of the finalists
| Seat | Player | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linh Tran | Vietnam |
| 2 | Gavin Eke | Australia |
| 3 | Frank Pezzaniti | Australia |
| 4 | Daniel Hachem | Australia |
| 5 | Pallas Aidinian | USA |
| 6 | Dominik Nitsche | Germany |
| 7 | Doug Corning | USA |
| 8 | Mohammed Afiouni | Australia |
| 9 | Michael Seymour | Australia |
From under the gun, Brett Whitney moved all in and Domink Nitsche folded. Mohammed Afiouni asked "how much does he have" and then announced the call to have both players out of the blinds fold quickly. Whitney was all in for 54,000 chips and needed an ace or diamonds to survive.
Whitney: 
Afiouni: 
"Bring us to the final, mo", Daniel Hachem said and that was exactly what happened with the board running out 
to bust Whitney in 10th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
265,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
Busted |
Linh Tran doubled up a short stacked Michael Seymour getting it in with the versus the 
only to see Seymour flop a boat on a 
board.
One hand later, it was Tran's turn to double, as he got in a preflop raising war with with Doug Corning and ended up all in with the versus Corning's .
Aces held on a 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
180,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
110,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
|
25,000
-28,000
|
-28,000 |
Daniel Hachem shoved from the button and Pallas Aidinian called all in from the small blind to race for her tournament life:
Hachem:
Aidinian: 
The board ran out clear for the last woman in the field, showing 
, to let Aidinian double up for 49,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
290,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
|
105,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
