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.
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 .
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.
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.
Englishman Jack Salter and South African Raymond Rahme were heads up on a flop of [thths5d]. Salter tossed out 775, Rahme made the call, and the turn was the . Salter fired out another bet, making it 3,050 to go, and Rahme moved all in for over 10,000.
We picked up the action with around 14,000 in the pot and a board reading . Jeff Lisandro was first to act in the big blind and promptly fired out 6,000. His opponent in the hijack thought for about 45 seconds before raising to 19,000, and Lisandro didn't seem pleased.
Lisandro glared the dealer and asked how much more it was to him. The dealer spread out the chips as a visibly agitated Lisandro contemplated what to do. Nearly two minutes ticked off the clock before Lisandro conceded the hand and sent his cards to the muck.
Oliver Gill and an opponent were heads up on a flop of . Gill's opponent check-called a bet of 800, then check-called another 2,000 after the turned.
The completed the board, the player checked a third time, and Gill tossed out a single yellow T1,000 chip. His opponent tanked for over two minutes before calling, and mucked when Gill showed for a straight.
and found himself in dire straits against Grigg's 
. The board ran out clean and that was all she wrote for Speidel.
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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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. Salter fired out another bet, making it 3,050 to go, and Rahme moved all in for over 10,000.
turned.
completed the board, the player checked a third time, and Gill tossed out a single yellow T1,000 chip. His opponent tanked for over two minutes before calling, and mucked when Gill showed 
for a straight.