2008 Aussie Millions

Tran Enjoys The Nuts

The pot was already worth around 15,000 when Kenny Tran fired another 10,000 into the middle on a board of .

Sarne Lightman thought for a moment and felt like he had to make the call. Kenny flips the nuts with his as Lightman flashes the before the pot is pushed to Tran. Tran jumps to 40,000 in chips while Lightman is now down to around 15,000.

Beth Shak, playing in the bounty event earlier this week.

Beth Shak Eliminated

On a board reading , Beth Shak moved all in for 15,200 and Warren Pritchard called.

Shak
Pritchard

The river was the and Shak was eliminated. After the hand, Pritchard was up to 55,000.

Brandon Cantu = Busto

Brandon Cantu Eliminated

Brandon Cantu moved all in with a short stack and . He ran into and that's how he busted out.

Brandon= Busto

Brandon Schaefer Eliminated

Joe Reina raised to 1,200 and Brandon Schaefer called from the cutoff. The flop was . Reina led out for 2,500 and Schaefer called. The turn was the . Reina bet 10,000. Schaefer stood up and went into the tank, stacking and re-stacking his chips before finally pushing all in for 14,000. Reina called.

Schaefer
Reina

The river was the , and Schaefer hit the rail. After the hand, Reina was up to 68,000 in chips.

Eric Chadwick 1, Marco Liesy 0

Eric "jeciimd" Chadwick opened for a 1,000 raise. Marco Liesy, Doug Lee, and the big blind called. The flop was . Chadwick fired out 1,500. Liesy called. Lee and the big blind folded. The turn was the . Chadwick bet 2,000 and Liesy went into the tank for two minutes before he called. The river was the . Chadwick fired out 5,000 into the 11,000 pot. Liesy tanked again, this time for four and a half minutes. He eventually mucked and Chadwick dragged the pot. Chadwick increased his stack to 28,000.

Chadwick already had a tough table with David Singer and Doug Lee at his starting table. Well it got even tougher after his table broke and he was moved. His new tablemates include Keith Sexton, Andy Bloch, and Amnon Filippi.

Two-outered

Gavin Smith Eliminated

Gavin Smith moved all in pre-flop with and got a call from an opponent with . Everything looked good for Smith to double up... until the fell on the river, making his opponent's set.

OMG Quads?! WTF?

Two Big Hands for Bloch

Three players saw a flop of after a pre-flop raise to 600. The action was checked to a middle position player, who bet 600. Bloch check-raised to 4,000, sending his opponent into the tank. The MP player eventually shoved for an additional 14,000 and Bloch made the call.

Bloch
MP player

The turn was the , the river was the , and Bloch's stack jumped to 40,000.

On the very next hand, the UTG player limped, Bloch limped from the button, Amnon Filippi raised to 600, the UTG player called and Bloch called. The flop was T-T-7. Filippi checked, the UTG player bet 1,000, Bloch called and Filippi folded. The turn was another 7. Bloch bet and the UTG player called. The river was a 9 and all the chips went into the middle. The UTG player turned up 7-7 for quads, while Bloch held a ten for a full house. His stack slipped to (a still-healthy) 30,000 on the hand.

The G leading the pack...

176 Players Remaining

With 176 players remaining, Tony G is the chipleader with 78,000.

Players Return from Break