Action folded around to Jeff Rossiter in the small blind and he moved all in to put the pressure on short stack Patrick Crivell in the big blind. Crivell, with 226,000 left it looked like, called all in.
Patrick Crivell:
Jeff Rossiter:
The flop was harmless for Crivell. The on the turn already made things a bit tricky and the the on the river sealed the deal. Crivell knocked out of the Aussie Millions Main Event in 20th place, good for 60,000 Australian dollars.
Sam Ruha has hit the rail after a good call went bad when he was run down by Koray Aldemir.
It folded to Aldemir in the small blind and he moved all in with enough to cover Ruha’s last 280,000. Ruha leaned back in his chair and crossed his arms before sliding in a call.
Ruha:
Aldemir:
Ruha had the lead until the flop saw Aldemir spike middle pair. By the turn Ruha was drawing dead before the inconsequential arrived on the river to make his elimination official.
Ben Heath opened for 54,000 and Koray Aldemir called from the button. Shurane Vijayaram called in the small blind and Nino Marotta called from the big blind.
Action checked to Aldemir on and he bet 88,000. Vijayaram called, Marotta and Heath folded.
The on the turn saw Vijayaram check again. Aldemir bet 200,000 with about 665,000 behind. Vijayaram leaned over, counted Aldemir's stack, and shoved all in.
Aldemir was all smiles, intrigued by what had just happened. He eventually laid down his hand and, despite encouragements from Aldemir and Heath for Vijayaram to show, the latter's cards ended up face down in the muck.
A short-stacked Artur Koren became the architect of his own demise after opening the action with a raise to 100,000 from middle position. Chip leader Mustapha Kanit asked Koren how much more he had behind (28,000) before making the call from the button and the rest of the table got out of the way.
Koren moved all-in for the last of his chips on the monochrome flop and Kanit quickly called.
Artur Koren:
Mustapha Kanit:
Koren’s second pair was in front and the German player just needed to fade a diamond to stay alive. The turn kept Koren’s hopes alive but the river completed Kanit’s flush and Koren’s Aussie Millions Main Event run comes to an end.
Nino Marotta was first to act and opened to 52,000. His neighbor Marc Macdonnell called and so did Peter Aristidou on the button. Small blind Koray Aldemir shoved for 438,000 and the big blind folded. Marotta asked for a count but folded after some minutes in the tank. Macdonnell called, Aristidou folded.
Marc Macdonnell:
Koray Aldemir:
Marotta told someone on the rail he had ace-queen as the dealer got underway dealing the flop. It came , helping Aldemir in front. The on the turn and on the river were blanks and Aldemir doubled.
Jeff Rossiter is approaching the 2.5 million-chip mark after taking down a sizable pot.
On a flop of Rossiter led into two players from the small blind for 90,000. Both Luke Roberts and Nicholas Wright called from the big blind and button respectively before the dealer turned the .
Rossiter fired again, this time for 210,000, but Roberts played back at him for a total of 450,000. Wright quickly tossed his hand away and after Rossiter called, the rolled off on the river.
The action went check check and Roberts tabled for three of a kind. That was no good, however, as Rossiter revealed for a flopped set that had improved to a full house on the turn.