No wonder, the board read . Sorel Mizzi gave it his best effort, open-shoving all in from the small blind, but you don't make the final table of the Aussie Millions Main Event (in most cases) without being able to read the board.
Tyron Krost made the call, as did Peter Jetten, and the three of them divvied up the small pot.
Sorel Mizzi has owned the chip lead since the very first hand, but Frederik Jensen is working hard to narrow the gap.
Mizzi opened a recent pot with a raise to 90,000 and Jensen made the call from the button. The flop came down and Mizzi fired a 100,000 continuation bet that was called by Jensen.
The fell on the turn and Mizzi checked, Jensen bet 275,000 and Mizzi let it go.
After the hand, we counted Jensen at 3,425,000 and Mizzi at 4,300,000.
Kosta Varoxis is now sitting with 2.7 million in chips after winning a big hand against chip leader Sorel Mizzi.
Mizzi opened the pot with a raise to 90,000 from under-the-gun and when the action reached Varoxis in the small blind, he three-bet to 220,000. Peter Jetten folded his big blind and Mizzi made the call, sending the action heads-up to a flop.
Varoxis then fired a 260,000 continuation bet and Mizzie made the call. Both players checked the turn () and the river () and at the showdown, Varoxis tabled for the win. Sorel mucked without showing his cards.
Tyron Krost is back up over three million in chips after a recent exchange with Peter Jetten.
Jetten opened the pot with a raise to 100,000 and Krost made the call from the small blind. Both players checked the flop, sending the action straight to the turn -- -- where Krost led out with a 150,000 bet prompting Jetten to fold.
Peter Jetten opened with a raise to 100,000 from under the gun and the action folded around the table to Tyron Krost on the button who repopped it to 300,000. Next to act, Frederik Jensen four-bet to 750,000 from the small blind. Kosta Varoxis released his big blind, Jetten folded and the action returned to Krost who moved all in for 2,915,000. Jensen laid it down and Krost raked in the pot, improving to 3,875,000 in chips.
Jetten was left with 1,575,000, and Jensen with 2,600,000 after the hand.
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Sorel Mizzi is back up to 4.2 million in chips after beating Kosta Varoxis out of a decent-sized pot.
Varoxis opened with a raise to 95,000 from under-the-gun and when the action folded around to Mizzi, who kicked it up to 315,000. Varoxis made the call and saw the flop come .
Varoxis then checked, Mizzi duplicated his preflop bet with another 315,000 bullet and Varoxis laid down his hand, dropping to 2.3 million in chips in the process.