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Neil Channing - 5th Place
In two swift hands, Neil Channing went from a sligtly below-average stack to out of the tournament. First, he called a preflop raise to 27,000 from Ben Delaney. Channing check-called 35,000 on the flop, check-called another 60,000 on the turn, then check-folded when Delaney moved all in for more than Channing's stack on the river.
The next hand Sean Keeton opened for 30,000 from the button. Channing was in the small blind and moved all in for roughly 170,000. Keeton double-fist-pump-snap-called, tabling . Channing was in serious trouble as he showed , a hand that was completely crushed. He got no help from the board, departing in fifth palce for a payday of AU$31,500.
Channing was one of the two remaining bounties, so Keeton has earned himself another AU$1,000 with that elimination. He's picked up two bounties at the final table. From here, everything is a freeroll for him.