John Tran & Scott Hatchby Eliminated in 5th Place ($8,720 AUD)
Preflop, Stewart Scott opened the bidding to 40,000 and action passed to Hatchby in the small blind. He announced all in for around 100,000. The next player to act was Mel Judah who re-pushed for around 112,000 total. Action was back on Scott and after pondering his options he called covering both.
This delighted the sizeable crowd on the rail, who let out a mighty cheer.
Scott:
Hatchby:
Judah:
The board ran out leaving the best preflop hand to virtually triple through.
Judah and Guttmann move up to the chip lead at over 300,000. Stewart Scott and Raj Ramakrishnan are left on life support at only about 25,000. While Scott Hatchby and John Tran are eliminated.