Edwin Chiu Eliminated in 3rd Place (AU$269,550/~$184,215)

The action ratcheted up to ridiculous levels, with some crazy chip shifts resulting. Edwin Chiu opened the action to 525,000 and an increasingly active Steven Zhou, who had edged in front of Chiu, ripped it in from the small blind.

"Oh my God!" said a taken aback Chiu before pitching his cards into the muck

The next hand Zhou straddled blind to 500,000 on the button and after Lior Segre folded Chiu made the call to take play heads-up to a flop of where the action went check, bet 500,000 call.

The turn saw exactly the same betting pattern, with Chiu checking, Zhou betting 500,000 and getting called and the dealer revealed the river.

Both players checked and chopped the pot with queen-six offsuit, Chiu holding and Zhou holding .

Two hands later Chiu was out. On the button, Chiu raised to 500,000 with Zhou moving all-in and finding an immediate call.

Edwin Chiu:
Steven Zhou:

Zhou was ahead and Chiu was the man at risk, with the board running out and the Main Event was down to heads-up. Chiu headed off to collect the AU$269,550 (~$184,215) agreed upon for his deep run and Steven Zhou will be bringing in a commanding lead of 25.92 million to Lior Segre's 7.8 million.