There was a little pushing and shoving and a couple of small pots played following the rise of the blinds, but no real changes in the pecking order until an explosion of action saw New Zealand's Honglin Jiang depart in a flurry of cards and chips.
It was an increasingly active Adrian Attenborough who was the initial raiser, making it 50,000 to go from under-the-gun with Shivan Abdine flat calling on the button. Jiang was in the small blind and after checking his hole cards he moved all-in for ~400,000. Attenborough made a speedy fold and Abdine made an equally quick call and the cards were turned over.
Honglin Jiang: 
Shivan Abdine: 
It was left to a good old fashioned race to decide Jiang's fate, and the runout came 
to send the Kiwi to the rail in seventh for an AU$37,350 payday.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,700,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
Busted |
and Doumani bet out 55,000. Camphausen mucked. Attenborough raised to 132,000. Doumani called. 
and Doumani checked. Attenborough tossed out 115,000. Doumani snap-called. 
completed the board and Doumani opted to check. Attenborough fired another 125,000. 
for a flush, and took down the pot, after Doumani tapped the table and mucked his hand.
runout, with Amiri the man to ultimately make his flush.
flop was not a kind one, giving Abdine the nut flush draw to go with his lead in the hand. The 
river would be the last two cards Hawes would see in the event, hitting the rail in eigth place for AU$29,330.
improving Abdine to a pair and the winning hand.
and the German celebrated with a fist pump and a whispered 'Yessssss!' to climb to 730,000 in chips.