2008 Aussie Millions

Brad Booth Rivered

On a board of , Dennis Bergerman bet 500, Brad Booth raised to 2,000, Bergerman re-raised to 12,000 and Booth called. The river was the and both players checked. Booth showed T-6, while his opponent turned over A-4 and raked in the pot.

After the hand, Booth was down to 55,000.

212 Players Remaining

Tim Duckworth

Duckworth's Delight

Just before the break, a short-stacked Aytunc Tezay pushed the last of his chips into the middle with and Tim Duckworth made the call with .

The board ran out 8-4-3-2-9 and Tezay is eliminated as Duckworth jumps to 48,000 chips.

Players Take a 10-Minute Break

Tabatabai Gets Caught

John Tabatabai Gets Caught in the Cookie Jar

With the board reading K-T-8-4-3, John Tabatabai check-raised the 1,000 river bet of Kathleen Hadrich to make it 6,000 total. Hadrich insta-called and Tabatabai simply tossed his cards into the muck to concede the hand.

The pot is pushed towards Hadrich and she slides her cards to the dealer face down. Tabatabai exclaims that the cards of Hadrich should be shown, but since Tabatabai mucked his hand the dealer rules that the cards of Hadrich do not have to be shown. After some discussion a tournament director is called and rules that the cards must indeed be shown. The dealer then reveals Hadrich's cards and shows for nothing but a pair of tens! What an amazing call!

220 Players Remaining

Stephen Topakas Flops Straight, Felted by Quads

Steven Topakas limped in from early position, Borge Dypvik raised to 1,300 from the button and Topakas called The flop was . Topakas checked, Dypvik bet 2,200, Topakas raised to 7,000, Dypvik moved all in for over 30,000 and Topakas called all in for 21,000.

Topakas
Dypvik

The turn was the case queen, making Dypvik quads. The river was the and Topakas was eliminated. After the hand, Dypvik was up to 60,000

Top 5 Chip Counts

Brad Booth - 70,000
Kevin O'Donnell - 69,000
Sean Dunwoodie - 66,000
Stewart Yanick - 54,000
Kenny Ng - 53,500

Yukon

Yukon Steamroller

Brad "Yukon" Booth is up to 65,000. He has been steamrolling his table all afternoon. Even though Annette_15 was moved to his table, he still continued to push everyone around.

Here's an example... Booth raised to 800. Annette_15 re-raised to 2,700. Booth jammed for 30,000 and Annette_15 folded.

A couple of hands later, Booth raised 600 from UTG. A player from late position re-raised to 1,000. Booth fired out 15,000 and his opponent folded.

Booth is up to 70,000 and is among the chipleaders.