After James Rann opened with a standard raise from under the gun, a short-stacked Vincent Chau three-bet shoved from middle position for roughly 30,000. Action folded back around to Rann, and he tossed in the chips to make the call.
Rann:
Chau:
Chau was out in front, but his lead evaporated when the flop gave Rann a pair of kings. The turn paired Chau, but he needed even more help on the river to stay alive. The dealer burned one last time and put out the . It was a blank and Chau's 2015 Aussie Millions Main Event came to an end.
Meanwhile, Jordon Grady was eliminated in unknown action over at Table 26.
Julius Colman is a well-respected lawyer and business man who is also an accomplished poker player with nearly AU$1,000,000 in winnings. On top of it all, he is a noted philanthropist.
After making the final table of the 2007 Aussie Millions — where he ultimately finished in fourth place for AU$500,000 — he donated the entire prize to a school for significantly underprivileged children with a high migrant and refugee population.
His work with the disadvantaged children and communities was recently recognized in a unique way when the Government of Australia when he made the Australia Day Honors list. He was awarded an Order of Australia, called an A.M., and subsequently Crown Melbourne had him kick off the Day 1b festivities. Colman made it all the way to Day 3, but his run came up short of the money.
It happened when Colman got his short stack all in on a flop holding the for middle pair with an open-ended straight draw. It was no good though as his opponent, Isaac Lau, had flopped the nuts with the . The turn gave Colman some life with a flush draw, but the river proved useless.
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Jan Suchanek check-called a bet of 9,500 on the flop against Manny Stavropoulos. The turn was the , and both players checked to see the land on the river. Suchanek led for 16,000, and Stavropoulos folded.
After entering the day in the lead with 483,900 in chips, Suchanek has picked right back up where he's left off and built up to 780,000 in chips. Stavropoulos began with 231,100 and has slipped back to roughly 170,000.
flop gave Rann a pair of kings. The 
turn paired Chau, but he needed even more help on the river to stay alive. The dealer burned one last time and put out the 
. It was a blank and Chau's 2015 Aussie Millions Main Event came to an end.
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flop holding the 
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turn gave Colman some life with a flush draw, but the 
river proved useless.
to pair Saghabi's kicker.
land on the river. Suchanek led for 16,000, and Stavropoulos folded.
