Jim Mastorakos Eliminated in 8th Place ($22,860)

The action folded around to Jim Mastorakos who raised to 115,000 from the cutoff. Trung Tran folded on the button, as did Glenn Croft on the small blind, before Brendan Edmonds reraised to 290,000 from the big blind.

Mastorakos called and they went heads-up to a flop of {10-Spades}

.

Edmonds announced he was all in. Mastorakos looked strained, going deep into the tank before making a crying call, turning up {q-Hearts}

for a flush draw, but was behind the {a-Diamonds}

of Edmonds, who had flopped two pair.

The turn of the {5-Clubs}

improved neither hand, so it was all down to the river, which was a useless {3-Clubs}

.

Mastorakos couldn't rush to the cage fast enough - we suspect it was because he was frustrated, but we reckon his eighth place prizemoney should be able to turn that frown upside down.

Incidentally, Edmonds is now the outright chip leader with close to 4 million in his stack.

2010 Aussie Millions

2010 Aussie Millions

Jim Mastorakos Eliminated in 8th Place ($22,860)