The clock says 62 players remain, and right now they're on a 15-minute break. When they return they'll play one more level before taking a 75-minute dinner break.
2014 Aussie Millions
Nível: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
Prior to the break, Jake Balsiger, Scott Seiver, Heinz Kamutzki, and Gareth Dwyer took a flop of . The action checked to Kamutzki, who tossed out 20,000, and only Dwyer called.
The turn was the , Kamutzki quickly fired out 55,000, and Dwyer quickly called.
A third diamond - the - completed the board, and Kamutzki checked for the first time. Dwyer announced a bet of 70,000, and Kamutzki looked at him quizzically.
Kamutzki asked him if he understood the situation at hand, and Dwyer grinned.
"I never understand," he answered. Dwyer then cited that he makes some mistakes on the felt.
"Is this a mistake?" Kamutzki asked.
"I'm about to see," Dwyer chuckled. "You're getting four-to-one."
Kamutzki finally called, and Dwyer tabled the winning hand - .
"I wasn't expecting that," the German admitted.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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Gareth Dwyer |
850,000
320,000
|
320,000 |
Scott Seiver |
380,000
-225,000
|
-225,000 |
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Heinz Kamutzki |
318,000
-37,000
|
-37,000 |
Jake Balsiger |
118,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
Just before the break, Darren Rabinowitz shot up the chip counts thanks to back-to-back hands that resulted in two eliminations.
In the first, Brendan Hurtig got his stack of 200,000 or so all in preflop holding the and was racing against Rabinowitz's . It was a race, and Rabinowitz crossed the finish line after the board ran out .
In the very next hand, Jamie Roberts was victimized by Rabinowitz. We're not sure when the money went in, but we do know that Rabinowitz held the on a board reading while Roberts had the laid out in front of him.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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Darren Rabinowitz |
900,500
350,500
|
350,500 |
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Brendan Hurtig | Eliminado |
Aaron Lim was just eliminated from the tournament in 61st place.
It happened when he got his stack all in preflop holding the only to run into the of Uros Brkic. The flop was the first nail in Lim's coffin, while the turn was the final one. Brkic turned quads to leave Lim drawing dead.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Uros Brkic |
530,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
Aaron Lim | Eliminado | |
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Gerard McNeill was all in for his last three big blinds or so with moments ago. Heinz Kamutzki had him at risk with a lesser , but took the lead when the flop fell .
McNeill received no help on the turn () or the river (), and was off to the payout desk to collect his AUD$15,000.
Kamutzki chipped up to 350,000.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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Heinz Kamutzki |
350,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
Gerard McNeill | Eliminado |
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
David Malka | Eliminado | |
Patrick Healy | Eliminado | |
Daniel Kowalski | Eliminado |
We picked up the action on a flop when Ami Barer checked and Uros Brkic bet 16,000. Barer then woke up with a check-raise to 39,000, Brkic called, and the dealer burned and turned the . Barer kept the pressure on with a bet of 44,000, but Brkic refused to surrender.
When the completed the board on the river, Barer bet a hefty 106,000 and Brkic wasted little time in calling. Barer rolled over the for trips, and Brkic sent his cards to the muck with aggression while uttering a swear word.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Ami Barer |
605,000
263,000
|
263,000 |
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Uros Brkic |
320,000
-210,000
|
-210,000 |
Srdjan Brkic check-rasied to 23,000 after Patrick Crivell bet 8,000 on the flop. Crivell called, and the turn brought the . Brkic checked, and Crivell bet 28,000. Brkic folded, and Crivell won the pot to move over 800,000 in chips.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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Patrick Crivell |
805,000
581,100
|
581,100 |
Srdjan Brkic |
165,000
-86,500
|
-86,500 |
From under the gun plus one, Jason Mercier raised to 12,000. Marco Johnson reraised all in from the button for 98,500. Mercier thought about it for a little bit, then folded, and Johnson won the pot.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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Jason Mercier |
160,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
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Marco Johnson |
127,500
2,500
|
2,500 |
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