After running into Larry Karambis' aces in the previous hand, Tony Dunst opened again to 5,000 under-the-gun. He found a caller in Karambis, as well as Sorel Mizzi from the small blind.
On a flop of , Mizzi led for 14,400 and was followed by Dunst moving all in for his last 35,000. With Karambis out of the way, Mizzi made the call and the cards were tabled:
Dunst:
Mizzi:
With Dunst in good shape to double, the on the turn changed little. However, it would be the on the river which sent Dunst to the rail in 9th place for an AU$11,077 payday as Mizzi climbed to 155,000 in chips.
Tony Dunst opened to 5,000 from early position. It folded around to Larry Karambis in late position, who bumped it to 15,000. Dunst made the call and checked the flop of .
Karambis led out for 30,000. With the action on Dunst, he moved all in and Karambis called for his tournament life.
Karambis:
Dunst:
The turn left Dunst with only one out as it dropped the . When the fell on the river, Karambis doubled to over 160,000 and left Dunst with around 43,000 in chips.
As Dunst looked down at what remained in his stack, he turned to his railbirds and stated, "Should have been an hour late!"
In early position, Mark Kassis opened with a raise to 4,000 and Clark Hamagami defended out of the big blind.
On a flop of , Hamagami check-called Kassis' 4,000 bet. When the landed on the turn, Hamagami again obliged with a check-call of 8,000.
The river fell the and again Hamagami checked. Kassis threw out a bet of 15,000 and was quickly called by Hamagami. Kassis tabled for ace-high, while Hamagami tabled to take the pot. Hamagami is up to 177,000 and Kassis slipped to 52,000 chips.
With the tabling folding round to Mark Kassis in late position he opened to 4,500. Rayan Nathan sat in the tank for a few minutes eyeing his stack and Kassis before moving all-in for 48,700 more.
As Kassis tried to enjoy his table massage while being put to a decision, he eventually folded letting Nathan climb to 62,000 chips as Kassis slumps to 86,000.
Rayan Nathan has won two all-in pots in a row to move back up to 42,000 in chips.
The first time was over Sorel Mizzi's preflop raise to 5,300, and the second was against Dunst's preflop raise of 5,000. With both all in moves coming from the cutoff and button, is Nathan just using position to build his stack?
Only time will tell as we have a long night ahead of us.
Clark Hamagami is unstoppable so far on this final table.
After it folded around to Sorel Mizzi on the button, he raised it to 4,500 and Hamagami made the call. Hamagami then check-called Mizzi's 5,800 bet on a flop of . Both players checked the turn and river. Hamagami quicky tabled and Mizzi mucked.
Hamagami is now sitting on 158,000 and Mizzi still remains strong with 120,000 in chips.