Yesterday, Sydney beer brewer Jai Kemp topped a field of 311 players to win the AU$1,650 Bounty Event here at the 2015 Aussie Millions, a feat that earned him AU$93,200 and a gold ring. Kemp was looking to parlay it into a Main Event win, but any hope of that happening was cut short courtesy of Tonio Roder.
That's because Kemp got his last 8,925 all in preflop in a bad spot.
Kemp:
Roder:
The flop gave Kemp some chop options, and Kemp knew it as he gave the thumbs up to signify high cards. The on the turn was one such card, and all he needed was another higher than a seven to chop.
"Three," called Roder. The dealer obliged and delivered the . Kemp missed, rapped the table, and then exited the 2015 Aussie Millions Main Event.
Aditya Agarwal must've been on a recent charge as he just lost a decent-sized pot to drop back to 83,000, more than 65,000 chips than the last time he was checked in on.
He opened from under the gun and was called in three spots before the dealer gave a flop. Agarwal continued for 2,500 and only the button gave him action, raising to 7,500. Call. The turn brought the and Agarwal check-called a 12,200 bet before both players checked the river.
The button opened and Agarwal seemed surprised and mucked.
Louis Salter will not be joining brother, Jack, on Day 2 tomorrow after he was eliminated by Jeff Rossiter.
Both players had been struggling to build a stack today but Rossiter has the best chance to now and moved up to 47,000 after taking out the young Brit. Salter's ace-nine was no match for Rossiter's pocket rockets.