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10:55pm: How much longer?
As we approach the 12th hour of the poker day, there have been a few whispers debating how long we will be playing tonight. The aim is to reach the final table of nine, but with 23 players still remaining, that appears a long way off. Of course, since this is not a televised final table, we aren't forced to play until the final nine, and at this stage it's likely we'll stop a little short of that.
Our guess is that we'll have to play this level and at least one more in order to get as close as possible, which will see us wrap up around 12:50am this evening with maybe a dozen or so players left.
10:45pm: Furniture John down and out
John Apostolidis couldn't recover from the earlier lost race against Pat Dillon and has been bundled out in 24th place.
Apostolidis was forced to go with [j][5] but couldn't improve against the [a][t] of Robert Nowak on the board of [4][k][7][q][6]. Apostolidis picks up $5,270 for his efforts.
10:40pm: Level up, blinds 5,000-10,000, ante 1,000
10:25pm: Dillon recovers from the overnight short stack
Pat Dillon started today as the shortest stack of the entire field. Yep, 113 of 113. His stack of 3,700 was good for about three big blinds at the start of the day. But incredibly he has turned it around, with a flurry of early double ups to now find himself in the final 24 players and a chance at some good cash. Perhaps some of those players in this tournament who gave up and walked away with chips still in play should take note.
Dillon is now up to 95,000 after doubling up through John Apostolidis in a recent pot. Dillon opened all in with [ac][ts] and Apostolidis made the call with [8c][8d]. The race was on but the board of [ah][td][qs][qc][9c] paired Dillon for the double up to leave Apostolidis on the short stack with just 35,000.
From three big blinds to the final 24 - it's been a big day for Pat Dillon
10:05pm: Lethal blow for Savage
Ben Savage's quest for three consecutive ANZPT Melbourne final tables has fallen just short, although three consecutive cashes is certainly still a worthy achievement.
His final stand came when he moved his last 81,000 from under the gun. Savage held [ac][js] and wasn't thrilled to see Arnie Lim make the call with a dominant [ad][qd].
That changed when the flop land [4d][kc][jc] to give Savage the three-outer jack, but just as quick, the [qh] on the turn flipped things back in favour of Lim. The river bricked the [3d] as Savage collects $4,650 for his 25th place finish.
9:50pm: No miracle for The Voice
The run of Paul Khoury has been brought to an end after "The Voice" pushed his last 40,000 or so chips holding the modest [jd][5c]. Unfortunately his steal attempt backfired when Seong Lee Ang made the call with [as][ad].
The flop of [8h][6d][kc] was pretty bare but Khoury picked up some outs when the [7s] gave him a straight draw on the turn. However the miracle wasn't to be as the [kd] completed the board on the river. Khoury is out in 28th place for $4,030 in prize money as Ang climbs to 248,000 chips.
9:40pm: Play resumes
The players are back and the cards are once again in the air. We've been stuck on 28 players for a long time as no-one seems to be giving an inch. Who will break first?
Jesse McKenzie is our chip leader, with Brett Chalhoub and Phil Willcocks also in good shape.


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