In 2013, Lily Kiletto found herself at two final tables on the World Poker Tour. In February she finished runner-up at WPT Lucky Hearts, earning $191,880, and in November she finished fifth in WPT Montreal for $129,543. In total, her 2013 cashes added up to $352,809.
Kiletto has already cashed twice in 2014, reaching the final table of the ladies event at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, and has made her way down under from Florida for the Aussie Millions.
She's off to a fast start in the Main Event, sitting with 87,000 chips.
Matthew Ashton's seat is empty in the Crown Poker Room, signifying that he has been eliminated from the Main Event. We approached his table to see what happened, and according to his former tablemates the Brit was slow-rolled.
Evidently, Liv Boeree opened for a raise, a player on her left called, and Ashton put in a three-bet. Boeree folded, the player put in a large four-bet, and Ashton moved all in. The player then tanked for a bit before calling with , which clearly crushed Ashton's .
The 2013 World Series of Poker $50,000 Poker Players Championship winner received no help from the board, and was eliminated.
Upon returning to the poker room, Balsiger defended his big blind against a raise to 650 from a player in late position. The pair checked on a flop of , and Balsiger led out for 1,000 when the turned. The player called.
The two checked again after the completed the board, and Balsiger won the pot with .
Back in 2012, Oliver Speidel topped a field of 659 players to win this very event for AUD$1.6 million. Speidel was in action here on Day 1a, but his hopes of a second Aussie Millions title recently came to an end courtesy of Full Tilt Poker Ambassador Tom Grigg.
Speidel got off to a rough start, and for the last couple of levels he's been nursing a short stack of around 3,000. His final hand came when Grigg opened under the gun and another player flatted. Speidel opted to jam for 2,800, Grigg isolated with a four-bet, and the flatter folded. Speidel tabled and found himself in dire straits against Grigg's . The board ran out clean and that was all she wrote for Speidel.
Ami Barer check-called a bet of 2,000 from an opponent on a flop of . The turn was the suicide king (), both players knuckled, and the completed the board.
Barer led out, making it 2,700 to go, and his opponent called fairly quickly. Barer mucked his hand, and his opponent showed for a pair of fives.
Lily Kiletto opened to 800 from early position, and the action folded to Henrik Tollefsen, who put in a small three-bet on the button. Kiletto made the call, and the two took a flop of .
Kiletto checked, Tollefsen bet 1,400, and his Floridian opponent called. The turn was the , Kiletto knuckled again, and Tollefsen moved all in for 5,075. Kiletto asked for a count, then quickly made the call.
Tollefsen:
Kiletto:
The on the river was a brick, and the Finn doubled to 17,000 chips. Kiletto is still very healthy with 80,000.
With around 2,000 in the pot and a flop of , the big blind checked and Paul "The Voice" Khoury tossed out a single T1,000 chip. The big blind made the call and then checked for a second time when the turned. Khoury doubled his bet to 2,000, but it still wasn't enough to shake his opponent.
When the river put four diamonds on the board, both players checked and Khoury tabled the for a flopped set. The big blind then revealed the for a turned set of tens.
"Diamond saved you I think," another player at the table told a flabbergasted Khoury. Indeed, had the board paired on the river there certainly could have been some fireworks.
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, and Balsiger led out for 1,000 when the 
turned. The player called.
completed the board, and Balsiger won the pot with 
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and found himself in dire straits against Grigg's 
. The board ran out clean and that was all she wrote for Speidel.
. The turn was the suicide king (
), both players knuckled, and the 
completed the board.
for a pair of fives.
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, Kiletto knuckled again, and Tollefsen moved all in for 5,075. Kiletto asked for a count, then quickly made the call.
, the big blind checked and Paul "The Voice" Khoury tossed out a single T1,000 chip. The big blind made the call and then checked for a second time when the 
turned. Khoury doubled his bet to 2,000, but it still wasn't enough to shake his opponent.
for a flopped set. The big blind then revealed the 
for a turned set of tens.
