Mark Malecha raised to 42,000 from the cutoff and Ashish Gupta and [Removed:17] called. On the flop , the action was checked to Malecha and his continuation bet of 77,000 won the pot without any further resistance.
Tang Peng moved all in for 191,000 from under the gun and the action folded around to Derek Wolters in the big blind. He made the call and they waited for the action on the other table to be finished. Francesco Sergi said he folded a king and that was bad news for Peng.
Peng:
Wolters:
The flop left Wolters with just one out to scoop the pot and let the bubble for the unofficial final table burst. However, the miracle never happened with the turn and as final two community cards.
Max Chin raised to 45,000 and was called by Tang Peng. On the flop , Peng check-called a bet of 35,000 and did so again for 55,000 on the turn. The came on the river and Peng checked. Chin asked for his stack, which amounted to less than eight big blinds, and then moved all in to enforce a snap fold from his opponent.
Table Seven saw two raises and successful three-bets with barely any hand going to the flop thus far. On table eight, Max Chin has taken over control.
He raised to 40,000 from the button and Derek Wolters called in the big blind. On the flop both players checked, Wolters then check-folded the turn when Chin bet 42,000.
One hand later, Tang Peng checked the flop and Chin checked behind. The turn saw Peng's check and a bet of 35,000 by Chin, which was called. The same happened on the river for 45,000 and Chin's scooped the pot.
There is no official hand for hand mode, but the tournament director has informed the dealers to hold the action on each table until the other is finished in order to give all players the same chance.
Ashish Gupta raised to 35,000 from the button and Chance Kornuth moved all in from the small blind for 281,000. Sam Steindl folded in the big blind and Gupta quickly called.
Kornuth:
Gupta:
There was no help for the American pro on the board , however he picked up the second cash in Melbourne after just arriving here a few days ago and then successfully jumping into the Shotclock Shootout.