From under the gun, Payne raised to 2,700. Mercier three-bet all in for 9,600 from the next seat, and action folded back to Payne. He made the call with the . Mercier had him dominated with the .
The flop came down to keep Mercier in the lead, but the on the turn gave Payne a flush draw that kept him still able to win the hand.
The river was the , though, and Mercier successfully doubled to back over 20,000 in chips.
Jens Kyllonen and Michael Kane were in action on the board. Kyllonen was first and bet 3,500, only to have Kane raised to 7,500. After some thought, Kyllonen clicked it back to 11,500. Kane went into the tank, but eventually found a fold, and Kyllonen won the pot.
Pratyush Buddiga just eliminated Michael Guttmann. The two got all of the money in on a board of . Guttmann held pocket nines, but was drawing dead to Buddiga's pocket queens. The river bricked off and Guttmann was out the door.
That's what we heard Ayaz Mahmood say as a good portion of his stack was shipped to an opponent. Unfortunately we didn't catch the hand, but it left Mahmood with around 85,000.
In the very next hand, Mahmood opened for 2,500 from early position only to have Andreas Eiler, who was to his direct left, three-bet to 7,000. The rest of the field folded, Mahmood called and it was heads-up action to the flop, which both players checked. When the turned, Mahmood led out for 11,500 and Eiler simply folded. "Good check," Mahmood said of the flop. "I was going to check-raise."
Action folded to Jeffrey Bridge on the button, and he limped in. Brian Payne raised to 3,000 from the small blind, then Jason Mercier reraised all in for 21,200 total. Bridge and Payne both thought for a little bit when the action fell on them, but each folded, and Mercier won the pot.
Action folded to Jeffrey Bridge in the hijack seat. He limped in, then Jason Mercier raised to 3,100 on the button. Bridge made the call, and the dealer spread the flop. Bridge checked, Mercier bet 2,800, and Bridge check-raised to 6,600. Mercier called.
The turn was the , and Bridge bet 8,000. Mercier took his time, then folded, and Bridge won the pot. Mercier was knocked back to 16,000 in chips.
John Dalessandri was all in preflop holding and was racing against the of Rajkumar Ramakrishnan. Dalessandri seemed hopeful, but that quickly turned to spite when the flop fell and gave Ramakrishnan a set. Dalessandri didn't seem to care the turn gave him some chops outs as he was already walking off the tournament floor. It gave him a heads start anyway as the river failed to help him.
Sam Trickett didn't have the start he wished for as he just had to send over a large portion of his stack to the player two to his left.
We caught the hand on the turn when Trickett's opponent was all in for 64,200 and showed on a board. Trickett turned over and still had some outs to win the pot.
The river brought the and that was not what the One Drop runner up was looking for. Trickett kept his composure throughout the hand, even when the dealer announced his set as the winning hand. The dealer quickly corrected his mistake and counted out Ang Pangleng's all in. Trickett was knocked down but he still has some chips to play around with.
"Sick-Call" Kenny Tran just suffered a sick bad beat when he flopped a full house and still lost.
We caught the action on a flop when Tran got his remaining 26,500 all in holding the and was well ahead of his opponent's . Tran was primed for a double, and the turn meant all he had to do was dodge an ace, king and queen to do just that. Unfortunately for him, and much to the shock of the entire table, the spiked on the river to give his opponent a bigger full house.
Tran seemed stunned for a moment but quickly collected himself, shook hands with his vanquisher, and then exited the 2013 Aussie Millions Main Event.
. Mercier had him dominated with the 
.
to keep Mercier in the lead, but the 
on the turn gave Payne a flush draw that kept him still able to win the hand.
, though, and Mercier successfully doubled to back over 20,000 in chips.
board. Kyllonen was first and bet 3,500, only to have Kane raised to 7,500. After some thought, Kyllonen clicked it back to 11,500. Kane went into the tank, but eventually found a fold, and Kyllonen won the pot.
flop, which both players checked. When the 
turned, Mahmood led out for 11,500 and Eiler simply folded. "Good check," Mahmood said of the flop. "I was going to check-raise."
, and Bridge bet 8,000. Mercier took his time, then folded, and Bridge won the pot. Mercier was knocked back to 16,000 in chips.
of Rajkumar Ramakrishnan. Dalessandri seemed hopeful, but that quickly turned to spite when the flop fell 
and gave Ramakrishnan a set. Dalessandri didn't seem to care the 
river failed to help him.
and still had some outs to win the pot.
and that was not what the One Drop runner up was looking for. Trickett kept his composure throughout the hand, even when the dealer announced his set as the winning hand. The dealer quickly corrected his mistake and counted out Ang Pangleng's all in. Trickett was knocked down but he still has some chips to play around with.
flop when Tran got his remaining 26,500 all in holding the 
. Tran was primed for a double, and the 
turn meant all he had to do was dodge an ace, king and queen to do just that. Unfortunately for him, and much to the shock of the entire table, the 
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