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Natan Meylak - 28th Place
After being crippled in the previous hand, Natan Meylak was all in for his last 60,000 with against the of Rajkumar Ramakrishnan.
The board fell , and despite spiking a set on the river, it wasn't enough for Meylak to get past the broadway straight of Ramakrishnan.
Meylak is our first elimination of the day in 28th place for a payday of AU$40,000.
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Grant Levy needed to dodge a few spades. On a flop of , Levy called a bet of 27,000 chips from Peter Rho before Chris Fullwood raised all in for 221,000. That was enough to fold Rho, but Levy stuck around.
Fullwood:
Levy:
Fullwood was on the nut flush draw. It filled when the turn fell . As a result, Fullwood doubled to 530,000. Levy is down to roughly 400,000.
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Tom Pongrass - 27th Place
Tom Pongrass opened with a raise to 25,000 from the cutoff and Richard Ashby made it 75,000 to go from the small blind. The big blind folded and Pongrass moved all in for his last 128,000. Ashby made the call.
Ashby:
Pongrass:
Pongrass was looking to pair up, but the flop was about the furthest flop he desired. He was left drawing to a running miracle.
It didn't arrive as the fell on the turn and then the on the river. Pongrass departs in 27th place and Ashby is up over 800,000 chips.
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Andrew Chen (from Day 2 action) - 26th Place
Andrew Chen took a big hit just a few minutes ago and was left without many chips. When action folded to him on the button, he moved all in for 120,000. Small blind Elliot Smith squeezed out and reraised all in himself, in order to drive the big blind out of the hand. It worked, leaving Smith heads up with Chen.
Chen:
Smith:
Chen had two live cards, but he was dead on a board that ran out . He's out of the tournament early on Day 4.
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Barny Boatman limped from under the gun and Christian Heich raised to 26,000 from middle position. Dixon Ruecker flat called in the small blind and Boatman got out of the way.
They saw a flop of and Ruecker checked to Heich, who fired 35,000. Ruecker then check-raised to 70,000, though Heich was having none of it as he put in another raise to 125,000. Ruecker looked down at his 240,000 chips and decided not to risk them and mucked.
Heich, winner of the opening event of this year's Aussie Millions Poker Championships, now joins the millionaire's club with about 1.08 million chips.
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If there were one superpower that we could have, it would probably be the ability to call for a card when we need it. After Francis Ellis opened for 21,000 from under the gun and Annika Ivert called on the button, Sorel Mizzi raised for half of his stack to roughly 102,000. Ellis quickly got out of the way, but Ivert must have surprised Mizzi by moving all in. We assume Mizzi probably figured he was flipping coins with Ivert; he made the call for 217,000 total.
Ivert:
Mizzi:
Whoops! Mizzi was in very bad shape against Ivert's kings, but the flop came down to give him a flush draw. With the television camera rolling and a floor supervisor announcing the action, Mizzi said three simple words in a matter-of-fact tone.
"Jack of clubs."
Was it a marked card, a psychic power, or just plain random luck? The dealer burned and turned, producing the to fill Mizzi's flush. Ivert was drawing dead and counted out the chips necessary to pay off Mizzi. He's up to 480,000 now. Ivert is down to 600,000.
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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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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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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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against the 
of Rajkumar Ramakrishnan.
, and despite spiking a set on the river, it wasn't enough for Meylak to get past the broadway straight of Ramakrishnan.
. As a result, Fullwood doubled to 530,000. Levy is down to roughly 400,000.
flop was about the furthest flop he desired. He was left drawing to a running miracle.
fell on the turn and then the 
on the river. Pongrass departs in 27th place and Ashby is up over 800,000 chips.
and reraised all in himself, in order to drive the big blind out of the hand. It worked, leaving Smith heads up with Chen.
to fill Mizzi's flush. Ivert was drawing dead and counted out the chips necessary to pay off Mizzi. He's up to 480,000 now. Ivert is down to 600,000.
. 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.
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. Cheung slipped back to 155,000; the double-up gave Ruecker a total of 510,000 chips.
