The remaining players are now on a ten minute break.
James Obst Eliminated in 11th Place
With the action folding around to John Joannou in the cutoff, he made it 18,000 to go and James Obst jammed the remainder of his 100,000 chips into the middle. Joannou quickly made the call and the cards were tabled:
Obst:


Joannou:

The board ran out





and the Day 2 chip leader headed to the rail in 11th place, collecting AU$10,640 for his effort.
Tags:
James Obst, John Joannou.
Sam Higgs bumped it up to 16,000 and with the action on Phillip Peters, he made it 48,000 to go. Higgs made the call and when the flop of



came down, Peters led out for 10,000.
Higgs sat in the tank and eventually called. When the

fell on the turn, he folded to a 20,000 chip bet from Peters.
Peters is now sitting on 200,000. Higgs slips back to 400,000.
Tags:
Phillip Peters, Sam Higgs.
Alexander Roumeliotis Eliminated in 12th Place
Alexander Roumeliotis moved all in from the small blind and Jonathan Dull made the call.
Roumeliotis:


Dull:

The board ran out





and Dull moved to 510,000 in chips. Roumeliotis headed to the rail in 12th place for a payday of AU$10,640.
Tags:
Alexander Roumeliotis, Jonathan Dull.
Noah Schwartz made it 16,500 to go and both Sam Higgs and Phillip Peters made the call.
The flop fell down



, and Scwartz led out for 25,000 before Higgs raised to 75,000 total. Peters passed and so did Schwartz and Higgs tabled


.
The following hand, Higgs continued his aggression by opening from the cutoff to 14,000. Peters made the call. On a flop of



, a 30,000 continuation bet was enough to take it down Higgs flashed


.
Higgs is now up to 468,000 in chips.
Tags:
Noah Schwartz, Phillip Peters, Sam Higgs.
Alexander Debus opened to 16,500 and was faced with a re-raise to 43,500 from Jonathan Dull. Debus moved all in and Dull made the call.
Debus:


Dull:

The flop fell



to Debus in the lead and send Dull into despair. However things would change dramatically when the

smacked on the turn to lock the pot up for Dull.
The meaningless

landed on the river to see Dull double to 405,000 as Debus slipped to 332,000 in chips.
Tags:
Alexander Debus, Jonathan Dull.
Diamonds are Joannou's best friend
John Joannou has just trippled up at the hands of James Obst and Alexander Roumeliotis.
The flop fell down



and all three players eventually got their chips into the middle.
Joannou:


Obst:


Roumeliotis:

The turn fell the

and river the

to see Joannou tripple with a flush as Roumeliotis took the side-pot with a set. With Joannou now on 210,000, Obst slipped to 327,000 and Roumeliotis moves to 85,000 in chips.
Tags:
Alexander Roumeliotis, James Obst, John Joannou.