2008 Aussie Millions

Down to 16

There are 16 players remaining in the main event. The average stack is 1,040,000. Alexander Kostritsyn is the chipleader with 1.7 million.

Top 5 Chip Counts

Alexander Kostritsyn - 1,700,000
Nico Behling - 1,594,000
Nino Marotta - 1,580,000
Peter Ling - 1,250,000
Michael Chrisanthopoulos - 1,225,000

Hiroshi Shimamura - 17th Place

Hiroshi Shimamura Eliminated in 17th Place ($100,000)

Michael Chrisanthopoulos raised to 55,000 from UTG. Peter Ling called. Hiroshi Shimamura moved all in for 236,000. Chrisanthopoulos called. Ling folded.

Chrisanthopoulos:
Shimamura:

The flop was and Chrisanthopoulos took the lead. The turn was the and the river was the . Chrisanthopoulos wont he pot and increased his stack to 1.25 million. Shimamura was eliminated in 17th place and won $100,000.

Robert Holster Doubles Through Hiroshi Shimamura

Hiroshi Shimamura completed the small blind, Robert Holster raised to 45,000 from the big blind, Shimamura re-raised to 195,000, Holster moved all in for 558,000 total and Shimamura made the call.

Shimamura
Holster

The flop was , pairing Holster's ace. The turn was the , the river was the and Holster doubled up to 1,200,000. Shimamura was left with 250,000.

Maximilian Bracht - 18th Place

Maximilian Bracht Eliminated in 18th Place ($100,000)

Maximilian Bracht raised to 45,000. Alexander Kostritsyn re-raised to 170,000. Bracht moved all in for 450,000. Kostritsyn called.

Bracht:
Kostritsyn:

The board ran . Kostritsyn won the pot and Bracht was eliminated in 18th place. He won $100,000. Kostritsyn is up to 1.8 million.

Top 5 Chip Counts

Nico Behling - 1,800,000
Alexander Kostritsyn - 1,550,000
Nino Marotta - 1,500,000
Michael Chrisanthopoulos - 1,310,000
Max Pescatori - 1,149,000

Players Return from a Break

Seidel Building Nicely

Erik Seidel now has over 1,000,000 in chips.