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Tino Lechich, during Day 3 action
Rajkumar Ramakrishnan limped from under the gun and the action folded around to Tino Lechich, who raised to 26,000 from the small blind. Ramakrishnan made the call.
They saw a flop of and Lechich checked to Ramakrishnan, who fired 28,000. Lechich made the call. The turn brought the and again Lechich checked to Ramakrishnan, who this time slid out 100,000. Lechich rocked back in his chair before making the call as a big pot was developed in the early goings.
The river landed a brick with the . Lechich checked, and Ramakrishnan fired for a third time for 250,000. This represented most of Lechich's stack and he went into the tank.
"Did you miss your flush?" posed Lechich as he considered the make or break decision. He eventually gave it up and flashed face up!
Ramakrishnan is now up over one million chips as Lechich slips to 350,000.
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The very first hand of the day, Grant Levy raised to 22,000 from under the gun. Michael Tureniec decided to try to show Levy who was boss by raising to 70,000. The table folded around to Levy who put in the third raise to 160,000. That was enough for Tureniec.
"Didn't expect that the first hand," said Levy. Someone else at the table asked him to show the bluff. Levy showed .
A few hands later, Stewart Scott was on the button and re-raised Sam Capra to 37,000 after Capra opened with a raise. Capra called, then laid his hand down on a flop of to a bet of 80,000 from Scott. Scott showed .
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After a brief Aussie Millions promo on the big screen, Jonno Pittock let the players know we're in for a long day ahead before he uttered the immortal words "Shuffle Up and Deal!"
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Tureniec has the biggest stack.
We've made it to Day 15 of the 2009 Aussie Millions Poker Championships. That means it's Day 4 of the Main Event. For the twenty-eight players remaining in the tournament, there's probably no more important day than this one. Their chances of making the final table will be made or broken during the day.
One player has a leg up on the rest of the field. Swede Michael Tureniec is the only player to start the day with more than a million chips. Will he have the right combination of luck, aggression and skill to make the final table? Two other players of Scandanavian origin also have big stacks. Annica Ivert, a Swedish-born player hailing from Japan, and Norwegian Annette Obrestad were one-two in chips at the start of Day 3. Each is in the top ten at the start of Day 4.
At the start of the Main Event, Joe Hachem threw down the challenge gauntlet to his fellow Aussies. "I think it's about time an Aussie took home the title," said Hachem. "Get your acts together!" Hachem is long departed, but several Aussies still remain in contention. Christopher Chronis leads them all with 862,000 chips, but someone else that you may have heard of is lurking in the middle of the pack: Grant Levy.
Today we play until seven remain, however long that takes. Play starts in twenty minutes.
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Table 10
Seat 1 Christopher Fullwood - 288,000
Seat 2 Stewart Scott - 628,000
Seat 3 Peter Rho - 340,000
Seat 4 Grant Levy - 562,000
Seat 5 Michael Tureniec - 1,072,000
Seat 6 Sam Capra - 768,000
Table 11
Seat 1 Hoi Cheung - 370,000
Seat 2 Dixon Ruecker - 318,000
Seat 3 Kelly Kim - 380,000
Seat 4 Barny Boatman - 153,000
Seat 5 Christian Heich - 880,000
Seat 6 Sorel Mizzi - 293,000
Table 13
Seat 1 Annette Obrestad - 807,000
Seat 2 Zach Gruneberg - 181,000
Seat 3 Joe Cassidy - 197,000
Seat 4 Tom Pongrass - 162,000
Seat 5 Jonathan Plens - 201,000
Seat 6 Richard Ashby - 606,000
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and Lechich checked to Ramakrishnan, who fired 28,000. Lechich made the call. The turn brought the 
and again Lechich checked to Ramakrishnan, who this time slid out 100,000. Lechich rocked back in his chair before making the call as a big pot was developed in the early goings.
. Lechich checked, and Ramakrishnan fired for a third time for 250,000. This represented most of Lechich's stack and he went into the tank.
face up!
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to a bet of 80,000 from Scott. Scott showed 
