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Kelly Kim - 22nd Place
Kelly Kim was short stacked and moved all in preflop from under the gun for his last 105,000. Dixon Ruecker looked him up with a call from the big blind.
Kim:
Ruecker:
As the flop was spread there was an incredible roar from the rail as the was in window but, unfortunately for Kim, it was followed by to give both players a set!
The turn was the and river the and we lose one of our high profile player in Kelly Kim in 22nd place for AU$50,000 in prize money.
As Kim thanked his table, he shook hands with Christian Heich and said, "You're my pick to win!"
He then thanked the tournament staff for their hospitality and said, "You guys run a hell of a tournament. I'll be back for sure!"
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Sorel Mizzi caught the wrong card on the river of a three-way hand with Chris Chronis and Richard Ashby. It was raised to 22,000 by Ashby preflop, Chronis and Mizzi calling out of the blinds. Chronis checked to Mizzi on a flop of . Mizzi's 42,000 bet chased Ashby out, but was quickly called by Chronis.
The turn was a repeater, the . Chronis again checked and then quickly called a bet of 106,000 from Mizzi. The river came down . Chonis checked a third time, then quickly called a massive bet of 250,000 from Mizzi. Mizzi showed for a rivered straight, but Chronis turned over for a rivered flush!
Chronis popped out of his chair, gave a short fist pump and exclaimed, "Yes!" The huge pot increased Chronis' chip count to 1.4 million. Mizzi is left with 195,000.
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Jonathan Plens - 23rd Place
Jonathan Plens was unlucky twice in the same hand. First, it was unlucky for him to be dealt in the small blind after Tino Lechich raised the button to 22,000. Plens moved in for 123,000 and was called by Lechich, who tabled . Unlucky.
The other piece of bad luck for Plens came after a flop of was dealt. Plens had almost half the deck for a chop -- two aces, three kings, four queens, three jacks, three tens and four nines -- but the board ran out , two small cards that didn't pair his kicker. As a result. Lechich's eight kicker played and allowed him to drag the pot.
Plens is out in 23rd place, earning AU$50,000. Lechich has more than one million chips.
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Joe Cassidy opened the action with a raise from under the gun to 21,000. Rajkumar Ramakrishnan made the call before Zach Fellows squeezed to 72,000 total from the small blind. Tino Lechich deliberated, then folded his big blind, as did Cassidy. Ramakrishnan made the call.
The flop fell , and Fellows led out with a hefty bet of 150,000. Ramakrishnan made the call as another huge pot took shape on table 14. The turn brought the and Fellows simplified the decision making for Ramakrishnan; he moved all in. Ramakrishnan went into the tank, but eventually let it go. Fellows continues to play the rush!
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Hoi Cheung - 24th Place
Dixon Ruecker took most of Hoi Cheung's chips five minutes ago. Now he has the rest of them. Cheung moved all in from the small blind with after Christian Heich opened from the cutoff for 21,000. Ruecker was in the big blind and re-shoved with . That was enough to fold Heich and leave Cheung drawing as a three-to-one underdog. It was even worse than that, however, when Heich told the table he folded pocket fives.
The board ran out , which was no help for Cheung. He's out in 24th place, the first of our AU$50,000 winners.
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Grant "Grunter" Levy
Michael Tureniec raised under the gun and Grant Levy pushed all on for 103,000 from the big blind. Tureniec made the call.
Tureniec:
Levy:
The board was spread and Levy's Aussie Millions dream is still alive as he doubles up to 250,000 chips.
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What seemed like a great flop for Hoi Cheung turned out to be disastrous. Cheung made top pair, top kicker with on a flop of . He wound up putting Dixon Ruecker all in. Ruecker called with and won the hand after the board ran out . Cheung slipped back to 155,000; the double-up gave Ruecker a total of 510,000 chips.
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Zach Fellows, now up to 900,000 chips
The action folded around to Annette Obrestad in the small blind, who raised it up to 18,000. Zach Fellows was in the big blind and he reraised an additional 57,000. Obrestad asked to see the size of Fellows' stack before moving all in. Fellows had about 350,000 behind and Obrestad had him covered.
Fellows went into the tank, and after several minutes of thought he finally declared a call and tabled .
"Jesus Christ! What the hell are you doing?" exclaimed Obrestad, as she was trailing with her .
In a race for a 900,000 chip pot, the board ran out and Fellows collected the monster pot! Fellows reached out to shake the hand of Obrestad, but she was not interested as she ignored the gesture completely; clearly disgusted at her opponent's call and ultimately the result. She's now down to 200,000 chips.
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Antonio Casale - 25th Place
One of the few remaining local Melbourne hopes, Antonio Casale, is out of the tournament. Before the flop, Casale raised to 100,000 after Joe Cassidy raised the button to 21,000 and was called by small blind Rajkumar Ramakrishnan. Cassidy folded to Casale's reraise, but Ramakrishnan stuck around for the flop.
The flop was all small cards, . Ramakrishnan was first to act and had Casale covered. He opted to move all in. Casale made the call for the biggest pot of the tournament so far, over one million in chips!
Ramakrishnan:
Casale:
Ramakrishnan had the smallest overpair possible; Casale had two overcards and the nut flush draw. He stood up from the table and removed his glasses to await his fate. The turn was a brick, the . The river was a brick too -- the . Casale got a well-deserved round of applause from the rail for making a deep run in the Aussie Millions for the second year in a row. Last year, Casale made the final table. This year he came up just a bit short.
Ramakrishnan is now the chip leader with 1.55 million in chips. After Casale departed, Tino Lechich told Ramakrishnan, "You are unstoppable. Unstoppable!"
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was in window but, unfortunately for Kim, it was followed by 
to give both players a set!
and river the 
and we lose one of our high profile player in Kelly Kim in 22nd place for AU$50,000 in prize money.
. Mizzi's 42,000 bet chased Ashby out, but was quickly called by Chronis.
. Chronis again checked and then quickly called a bet of 106,000 from Mizzi. The river came down 
. Chonis checked a third time, then quickly called a massive bet of 250,000 from Mizzi. Mizzi showed 
for a rivered straight, but Chronis turned over 
for a rivered flush! 
. Unlucky.
was dealt. Plens had almost half the deck for a chop -- two aces, three kings, four queens, three jacks, three tens and four nines -- but the board ran out 
, two small cards that didn't pair his kicker. As a result. Lechich's eight kicker played and allowed him to drag the pot.
, and Fellows led out with a hefty bet of 150,000. Ramakrishnan made the call as another huge pot took shape on table 14. The turn brought the 
after Christian Heich opened from the cutoff for 21,000. Ruecker was in the big blind and re-shoved with 
. That was enough to fold Heich and leave Cheung drawing as a three-to-one underdog. It was even worse than that, however, when Heich told the table he folded pocket fives.
and won the hand after the board ran out 
.
. The river was a brick too -- the