Lennart Uphoff raised to 170,000, Brian Rast defended from the big blind, and the flop came down . Rast led out for 235,000, Uphoff called, and the appeared on the turn. Both players checked, as they did on the river, and Rast showed the for a missed gutshot. Uphoff then rolled over the for the win.
Brian Rast raised to 170,000 from early position and was met by an all-in three-bet to roughly 1 million from Joel Douaglin in the cutoff. The button and blinds all folded, and then Rast snap-called.
Rast:
Douaglin:
Douaglin was in trouble, but not after the flop delivered him a set. Suddenly he was a massive favorite and looking to dodge a queen, which he did after the blanked on the turn followed by the on the river.
It took a while but the Aussie Millions final table lost its first player of the day, and it was the unlucky Richard Lyndaker who departed after having his aces cracked.
He'd three-bet shoved on Lennart Uphoff the hand before and got the raise through; the next hand saw him three-bet to 385,000 and call all in after Uphoff four-bet jammed on him.
Uphoff:
Lyndaker:
Lyndaker couldn't have done any more and was powerless to a board rolling out to hand his opponent a set.
Action folded to Joel Douaglin in the small blind and he limped. Lennart Uphoff checked his option from the big and the two players saw a flop of . Douaglin checked, Lennart bet 85,000, and Douaglin check-raised to 410,000.
Uphoff thought for a long time before three-betting to 735,000, and Douaglin thought equally as long before mucking his hand.
James Rann waited until Manny Stavropoulos had made a straight before he took a stab at the pot post flop.
Rann raised to 250,000 from under the gun and action folded around to Stavropoulos in the big blind who called. The board ran out and Stavropoulos checked all the way to the river where Rann bet 230,000 with pocket sixes. The local man called with for a straight.
Note: There's been a power out in the press room so getting all required information is tricky. It's assumed that there was a potential flush on board and that's why Stavropoulos just called on the river.
Anthony Legg raised to 225,000 from the button and Lennart Uphoff defended from the big blind. Uphoff then check-called a bet of 200,000 on the flop before both players checked the turn. When the completed the board on the river, action repeated itself and Legg tabled the . It was good as Uphoff sent his hand to the muck.
. Rast led out for 235,000, Uphoff called, and the 
appeared on the turn. Both players checked, as they did on the 
river, and Rast showed the 
for a missed gutshot. Uphoff then rolled over the 
for the win.
and the freshly-shaved American remains in the hunt.
flop delivered him a set. Suddenly he was a massive favorite and looking to dodge a queen, which he did after the 
blanked on the turn followed by the 
on the river.
board rolling out to hand his opponent a set.
. Douaglin checked, Lennart bet 85,000, and Douaglin check-raised to 410,000.
and Stavropoulos checked all the way to the river where Rann bet 230,000 with pocket sixes. The local man called with 
for a straight.
flop before both players checked the 