The action started with Ismael Bojang raising to 2,500 from under the gun. Eric Sclavos was next to act, and moved all in for his remaining 38,200 in chips. Tino Lechich then moved all in for 70,100 from the button as the decision fell back on Bojang. He thought for a minute before finally releasing his hand.
Sclavos:
Lechich:
The board ran out to see Lechich spike a king on the flop and take down the pot with a higher pair.
Scott Clements had the bring-in and Jamie Pickering called before both players checked fourth. On fifth, Clements bet, Pickering raised all in and Clements called as each player's boards ran out as follows.
Clements: / /
Pickering: / /
With Clements scooping the pot with his pair of fours, Pickering headed to the rail in 10th place.
Catching the action on the flop of , Richard Ashby got the last of his chips into the middle as Tino Lechich made the call.
Lechich:
Ashby:
With Ashby in the lead holding bottom set, he would have to fade Lechich's straight draw, but when the landed on the turn, followed by the on the river, Ashby was sent to the rail in 8th place to leave us at the unofficial final table of seven.
The final hand of the night saw Jonathan Duhamel raise to 5,000 from the hijack. The action fell on Brian Rast in the small blind who moved all in for his remaining 36,400 in chips. With the decision back on Duhamel, he asked for a count before making the call.
Duhamel:
Rast:
The board ran out to see Duhamel hold with his pair as Rast was eliminated one short of the official final table.
The final table of Event #8: AU$5,000 8-Game Mixed has been reached with Scott Clements headlining a star-studded final six and story lines aplenty.
Returning today with more than half the field remaining, play began with many big names falling to the rail such as Daniel Negreanu, Jeff Madsen, Dan Heimiller, Van Marcus, and Brandon Shack-Harris, who at the time led the World Series of Poker Player of the Year race.
One story of the final two tables began developing when one of the tables seemed to be playing slower than the other. Once the tournament director rectified the problem, however, the event was soon down to the unofficial final table of seven, with lots on the line for those left.
George Danzer would need to reach the money to leapfrog Shack-Harris and take the lead in the WSOP Player of the Year race, while Australian Sam Khouiss was looking at making back-to-back WSOP Asia-Pacific final tables. Jonathan Duhamel would be eyeing his second final table of the series, whereas Clements was aiming to capture his third WSOP bracelet.
Ismael Bojang would need this cash to capture his 13th WSOP cash of 2014 and an amazing fourth here at the WSOP Asia-Pacific. That's good enough for the all-time record, with Bojang surpassing Konstantin Puchkov's 11-cash record.
However, it would be Brian Rast who would be the one falling short in seventh place when his couldn't connect against Duhamel's to leave the final table as follows:
Seat
Player
Country
Chips
1
George Danzer
Germany
26,800
2
Sam Khouiss
Australia
169,500
3
Jonathan Duhamel
Canada
175,200
4
Scott Clements
Canada
179,200
5
Ismael Bojang
Germany
79,100
6
Tino Lechich
Australia
90,500
The final table is set to begin at 12:10 p.m. on Sunday afternoon with PokerNews providing continuous live updates of all the action as we play down to a winner.