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Reza Houshmadi & Reza Vakili have become the next players eliminated, much to the delight of Stewart Scott and Raj Ramakrishnan who are still very short on chips.
Action folded to Mick Guttmann in the small blind who limped in. The Reza team moved all in, and Guttmann instantly snap called, whacking onto the table.
Things were looking good for Guttmann who would only be up against . The board bricked out adding to the Guttmann/Judah chip lead.
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John Tran & Scott Hatchby have been eliminated in a monster pot.
Preflop, Stewart Scott opened the bidding to 40,000 and action passed to Hatchby in the small blind. He announced all in for around 100,000. The next player to act was Mel Judah who re-pushed for around 112,000 total. Action was back on Scott and after pondering his options he called covering both.
This delighted the sizeable crowd on the rail, who let out a mighty cheer.
Scott:
Hatchby:
Judah:
The board ran out leaving the best preflop hand to virtually triple through.
Judah and Guttmann move up to the chip lead at over 300,000. Stewart Scott and Raj Ramakrishnan are left on life support at only about 25,000. While Scott Hatchby and John Tran are eliminated.
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Billy Jordanou and Joey Baker have been eliminated.
Preflop Jordanou limped in from the small blind and Carolyn Tulloch checked her option. The flop came and both players checked.
The hit the turn and Jordanou led 16,000, only to be raised by Tulloch to 32,000. This would be just a scartch under Jordanou's stack and after considering his options for a good while he eventually opted to move all in.
Tulloch made the call and tabled for two pair, well ahead of Jordanou's .
That would be all she wrote for Baker and Jordanou with the river being a brick.
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We're on the bubble in the teams event.
Team Balaban were just eliminated in 12th place after getting all in, in a sizeable preflop pot against .
The board ran out to send the Balaban brother's out of the tournament.
Some name players still remain. The father/son Putt team have 25,000. Stewart Scott and Raj Ramakrishnan are one of the top stacks at 85,000. Mel Judah and Mick Guttman are looking good at 55,000. Billy Jordanou and Joey Baker remain in contention at around 40,000.
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Just 27 teams remain in contention for the title.
The payout information is in as well. All up 109 teams came to the felt, creating a prizepool of $109,000 AUD. The winning team will go home with $30,520 AUD for their efforts. The runner-ups will claim $21,800 AUD. A minimum cash is worth $2,180 and that will be awarded to the tenth place finisher.
Brad Fry/Marty Robinson - 55,000
Team Balaban - 34,000
Raj Ramakrishnan/Stewart Scott - 22,000
Andrew Demetriou/Antonio Casale - 9,000
Lee Clever/Shane Fletcher - 7,000
Mick Guttman/Mel Judah - 40,000
Billy Jordanou/Joey Baker - 10,000
Graeame Putt/Nick Putt - 7,500
Tamara Volkhoff/Luis Pampliega - 30,000