Cort Kibler-Melby made one final table earlier in the 2009 Aussie Million, earning AU$25,000 for a sixth-place finish. There will be no repeat performance in the Main Event. He was short most of the day and finally pushed his stack into the middle with . Team PokerNews player Will Zemljaric woke up with and made the call. Zemljaric promptly flopped Broadway, , leaving Kibler-Melby dead to a queen for a chop. The board completed and to finally end Kibler-Melby's protracted short-stack battle.
On the other side of the room, Daniel Kochan suffered a similar elimination. He moved his own short stack in with and was called by a player with . The dealer spread out a final board of , giving both players a pair of aces. Kochan's opponent's nine kicker just barely played to give him the pot and send Kochan to the rail.