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Sorel Mizzi - 16th Place
Sorel Mizzi has had his chips in from behind several times this afternoon. It finally cost him a spot in the tournament. Mizzi raised to 120,000 from the big blind after Peter Rho opened for 35,000 and Zach Fellows called on the button. Rho did not want to play for 120,000; he folded. When the action came to Fellows, he shoved all in.
Mizzi sighed and shook his head. He seemed to know that he was behind, but felt committed to the hand and called.
Mizzi:
Fellows:
"I'm not even sweating," joked Mizzi. And sure enough, the flop came to give him a flush draw to go along with his ace overcard. The turn was the (no help, this time); the river blanked to finally put a stake in Mizzi's heart.
He earned AU$65,000 in prize money. Fellows is in the top half of the counts with 1.32 million.
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Richard Ashby raised to 32,000 from the cutoff and Annica Ivert popped it up to 96,000 from the small blind. The action was then to Sam Capra in the big blind, who put in an additional raise to 200,000 total. Ashby stepped out of the way and Ivert deliberated before making the call.
The flop landed and Ivert bet out only 65,000 into the 450,000 pot. Capra instantly declared a raise to 200,000 and the action was back to Ivert. She went into the tank for a long time and was visibly distressed by the decision. With hands on her head, the normally statuesque figure of Ivert was put under immense pressure by the camera crews and media surrounding the table. She eventually gave it up and Capra captured a massive pot to move up to 1.1 millions. Ivert slipped to 500,000.
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Annica Ivert
Annica Ivert raised to 30,000 from under the gun and Zach Gruneberg made it 90,000 to go from the button. The blinds folded and Ivert moved all in for 475,000 in total with Gruneberg making the call.
Gruneberg:
Ivert:
The board fell and Ivert collected a huge double up thanks to the lovely ladies. She's up to nearly 1 million once again, and Gruneberg fell to 400,000.
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There's a new chip leader in the Crown Poker Room and his name is Zach Fellows. Fellows went to war with Rajkumar Ramakrishnan, who raised to 45,000 from the button preflop. Fellows called that raise, then check-called another 120,000 on a flop of . Both players checked the turn. The river came down and brought a bet of 200,000 chips from Fellows. Ramakrishnan liked his hand enough to call the bet, but mucked when Fellows showed him the nut flush, .
It was a huge swing for both players, with Ramakrishnan plummeting to 1.29 million and Fellows taking over the chip lead at 1.74 million.
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Christian Heich
Many observers, both in the Crown Poker Room and in our live shout box, say that Christian Heich is the dark-horse of the final three tables. With an Aussie Millions Gold Ring already under his belt, the German continues to build a fierce reputation down under, most recently with a massive bluff against Chris Chronis.
Chronis raised to 30,000 from the cutoff and Heich popped it up to 106,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded and Chronis made the call.
They went heads-up to a flop of , and Heich led out for 105,000. Chronis called. The fell on the turn and Heich checked to Chronis, who slid 200,000 into the middle. Heich then check-raised all in for an additional 478,000 chips!
Chronis went into the tank, as per most decision making at this stage of the tournament, before eventually deciding to give it up. Heich then flashed for just ace-high!
Chronis slips to 730,000 while Heich is now looking very dangerous with over 1.3 million chips.
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Christian Heich raised to 30,000 from under the gun and Chris Chronis called out of the small blind.
The flop was , and Chronis fired out 50,000 with Heich making the call. The turn was the and Chronis checked to Heich, who slid 100,000 into the pot. Chronis made the call and the fell on the river. Chronis checked again to Heich, who fired once more for 150,000. The heat was too much for Chronis and he laid down his cards.
Once again Heich gets the better of Chronis, who slips down to 600,000 chips.
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Chris Chronis - 15th Place
Just a few short hands ago, Chris Chronis had more than 800,000 chips. Now he's out of the tournament in 15th place.
Chronis opened a pot for 30,000 from late position and was called by small blind Christian Heich. Stewart Scott then reraised from the big blind to 100,000. Chronis and Heich both called, creating a pot with 300,000 chips in it before any community cards were dealt.
The flop came down . Heich was first to act and checked. Scott then led out for 250,000 chips. Chronis pushed all in for the rest of his stack, 550,000 chips in total. Heich folded. When Scott quickly called, Chronis knew he was in desperate straits.
Chronis:
Scott:
Chronis' top pair was no good against Scott's overpair of kings. He was left to look for a queen or a ten on the turn or river. The turn was the ; the river sent a stunned Chronis to the rail.
Scott is the chip leader now with 1.8 million chips.
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Peter Rho
How is it that there is always one major hand that develops just as players are going on the dinner break? It happened again tonight. With most of the players dispersing to go grab a bite of something tasty (try the crispy pork from the food court on Friday and Saturday), Peter Rho raised to 35,000 chips from under the gun. Action passed to Zach Fellows, who made it 120,000. Everyone else folded and headed for the poker room exits.
Action was back to Rho. He tanked for roughly a minute, then put in a small reraise to 280,000 chips total. Fellows tanked for much longer than Rho, almost a full two miinutes, before moving all in for 1.8 million chips. He had Rho covered and realized his mistake when Rho double-fist-pump-snap-called.
Fellows:
Rho:
It wouldn't be poker without some kind of sweat. Rho got his sweat when the flop came down king-high, , to make a pair of kings for Fellows. But the turn and river safely blanked out to give Rho a massive double up to 2.25 million chips total, leaving Fellows with only 647,000.
Rho is the new chip leader, and now we're really off to get some dinner.
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to give him a flush draw to go along with his ace overcard. The turn was the 
(no help, this time); the river blanked 
to finally put a stake in Mizzi's heart.
and Ivert bet out only 65,000 into the 450,000 pot. Capra instantly declared a raise to 200,000 and the action was back to Ivert. She went into the tank for a long time and was visibly distressed by the decision. With hands on her head, the normally statuesque figure of Ivert was put under immense pressure by the camera crews and media surrounding the table. She eventually gave it up and Capra captured a massive pot to move up to 1.1 millions. Ivert slipped to 500,000.
and Ivert collected a huge double up thanks to the lovely ladies. She's up to nearly 1 million once again, and Gruneberg fell to 400,000.
. Both players checked the 
turn. The river came down 
.
, and Heich led out for 105,000. Chronis called. The 
for just ace-high!
, and Chronis fired out 50,000 with Heich making the call. The turn was the 
and Chronis checked to Heich, who slid 100,000 into the pot. Chronis made the call and the 
fell on the river. Chronis checked again to Heich, who fired once more for 150,000. The heat was too much for Chronis and he laid down his cards.
