The specifics of the hand escaped us, but we do know that Tom "toll8" Grigg was just eliminated by Brendan Hurtig.
Grigg shoved all in for right around 90,000 on the river with a board reading .
Unfortunately for him, Hurtig held the nuts with the .
Grigg mucked his hand so we're not sure what he had, but the results is the same — he's been eliminated from the 2014 Aussie Millions Main Event shy of the money.
An under-the-gun player opened for 6,000 and received a call from Khylon Hanegraaf in the hijack. David Malka then three-bet to 16,500 from the button, the blinds folded, and the original raise for out of the way. Hanegraaf made the call and it was heads-up action to the flop.
Hanegraaf check-called a bet of 26,000 and then both players checked the turn and river. Malka tabled the for a pair of treys, but it was no good as Hanegraaf rolled over the to claim the pot.
Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier opened for 6,000 under the gun and received a call from Marco Johnson on the button. Both blinds made the call and four players saw a flop of . Two checks put action on Mercier and he bet 11,500. One by one his opponents sent their cards to the muck and Mercier was pushed the pot.
2012 World Series of Poker third-place finisher Jake Balsiger talked to us on the first break of the day about his long commute, Scott Seiver, and being in the same tournament as his roommate, Derek Wolters.