Team PokerStars Pro Raymond Wu raised from under the gun to 25,000, and then former World Series of Poker Main Event November Niner Eoghan O'Dea reraised to 56,000 from the cutoff seat. Action folded back to Wu, and he gave it up to leave himself with around 350,000 in chips.
On the next hand, action folded to Patrick Crivell in the small blind, and he raised to 25,000. Wu was in the big blind, and reraised to make it 60,000 to go. Crivell then put in another raise to 109,000. Wu moved all in for right around 350,000, and Crivell quickly called.
Crivell tabled the , but his hand was dominated by the for the at-risk Wu. On the flop, though, Crivell took the lead with a pair of jacks when the dealer spread the .
Wu didn't flinch. Instead, he just watched as the dealer added the to the board on the turn, leaving Wu needing a queen and only a queen on the river. When the completed the board, it also completed Wu's run in the 2014 Aussie Millions Main Event. He finished with a payday of AU$30,000, while Crivell climbed to 1.6 million in chips.
Patrick Crivell opened to 24,000 in the cutoff, Jae Kyung "Simba" Sim moved all in for 80,000 on the button, and Eoghan O'Dea re-shoved out of the small blind. Crivell folded.
Sim:
O'Dea:
O'Dea's dominant hand held up as the board came , and Sim hit the rail.
Liv Boeree was all in and at risk for 174,000 on a flop of . Fellow Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier had her at risk with for top pair, but Boeree held two aces - .
Neither the turn () nor the river () helped Mercier, and Boeree doubled to over 400,000 chips. Mercier has chipped up a little bit here on Day 4, and didn't take a substantial hit to his stack.
Tam Truong opened to 20,000 on the button, Rhys Jones moved all in for what looked like 140,000 out of the small blind, and Andrew Phaedonos cold-called in the big. Truong folded, and the hands were opened.
Phaedonos:
Jones:
Jones was in rough shape, but the flop gave him a little hope. He could now survive with running trips, two pair, or one of the four nines in the deck.
Unfortunately for the Brit, the turn and river bricked , respectively, and he was eliminated.
The fourth and penultimate day of the 2014 Aussie Millions Main Event is set to kick off in 20 minutes or so, and we are only 29 eliminations away from the official final table of seven.
Leading the final 36 players is Salvatore Fazzino with 1.54 million chips. Six other players are in seven figures, including Scott Seiver, Sorel Mizzi, and Darren Rabinowitz.
Four members of Team PokerStars Pro remain — 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel, EPT Sanremo champions Jason Mercier and Liv Boeree, and Asia's own Raymond Wu.
Also among the final six tables of six are Ami Barer, Erik Seidel, Jake Balsiger, John Juanda, Heinz Kamutzki, Jeff Rossiter, Craig McCorkell, Rhys Jones, and Eoghan O'Dea.
The cards will be in the air shortly, so be sure to check back for live updates straight from the tournament floor as we roll on towards the final table of the Aussie Millions Main Event!