2016 Aussie Millions

Event #11: $10,600 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2016 Aussie Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j7
Prize
1,600,000 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
10,000 AUD
Prize Pool
7,320,000 AUD
Entries
732
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
0

Cohen Runs Smack Dab Into Queens

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Action folded to a short-stacked Sam Cohen, who if you recall finished eighth in this event back in 2013 for AU$120,000 (her largest career score to date), and she shoved from the button for 105,000. Daniel Engels then three-bet all in over the top from the small blind which inspired Joseph Sandaev to fold from the big.

Cohen: {10-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}
Engels: {q-Clubs}{q-Hearts}

Cohen needed to some help, but she found none on the {6-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{2-Hearts} flop. The {5-Diamonds} turn gave her a gutshot, but it didn't come in as the {2-Spades} blanked on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Engels at
Daniel Engels
665,000 115,000
Sam Cohen us
Sam Cohen
Busted

Tags: Daniel EngelsSam Cohen

Ren Busts Galindo

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Josep Maria Galindo Lopez
Josep Maria Galindo Lopez

Josep Maria Galindo open shoved his last 76,000 in from the cutoff. Xingrong Ren in the small blind made the call, James Obst folded from the big blind.

Josep Lopez Galindo: {A-Hearts}{6-Clubs}
Xingrong Ren: {A-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}

The board came {9-Spades}{Q-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} and Galindo hit the rail in 60th place.

Player Chips Progress
Xingrong Ren cn
Xingrong Ren
595,000 84,000
Josep Maria Galindo es
Josep Maria Galindo
Busted

Tags: Josep Maria GalindoXingrong Ren

Updated Chip Counts from Table 31

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
SeatNameChip Count
1Daniel Engels550,000
2Joseph Sandaev215,000
3Adam Monaghan685,000
4Sinan Aydogan130,000
5Bobby Zhang1,250,000
6Cankai Zhang250,000
7John Chu380,000
8Sam Cohen105,000
Player Chips Progress
Bobby Zhang au
Bobby Zhang
1,250,000 100,000
Adam Monaghan au
Adam Monaghan
685,000 305,000
Daniel Engels at
Daniel Engels
550,000
John Chu au
John Chu
380,000 30,000
Cankai Zhang au
Cankai Zhang
250,000 -60,000
Joseph Sandaev au
Joseph Sandaev
215,000 -148,000
Sinan Aydogan au
Sinan Aydogan
130,000 20,000
Sam Cohen us
Sam Cohen
105,000 -25,000

"NEVER GIVE UP!"

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Mikel Habb
Mikel Habb

Mikel Habb just found himself all in before the flop for his tournament life, and he was up against Martin Rowe, seated directly on his left.

"Let's go!" Habb screamed off the top of his lungs upon seeing the cards of his opponent.

Habb: {A-Clubs}{K-Hearts}
Rowe: {9-Diamonds}{9-Spades}

The flop brought out {K-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{J-Hearts} and Habb shouted, "Yes!! Come on!!"

On the turn the {6-Hearts} hit, and Habb cheered again, before bursting out in a celebration after the {4-Clubs} hit the river.

"That's how you do it!!" Habb screamed.

"Ship it!!" Habb continued, "Ship it to papa! Ship it to papa!"

After sitting back down and stacking up his chips, Habb screamed loud enough for the entire room to hear, "NEVER GIVE UP!!"

Player Chips Progress
Martin Rowe au
Martin Rowe
670,000 -132,000
Mikel Habb au
Mikel Habb
210,000 105,000

Tags: Mikel HabbMartin Rowe

All Goes Wrong for Hong

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Jean-Pascal Savard raised to 18,000 from the hijack and Ryan Hong shoved all in from the button for 163,000. Samantha Abernathy in the big blind tanked for a bit before announcing all in as well. Savard folded.

Samantha Abernathy: {8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}
Ryan Hong: {K-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}

The board ran out {J-Hearts}{Q-Spades}{A-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{8-Spades} and Hong hit the rail while Abernathy started stacking.

Player Chips Progress
Samantha Abernathy us
Samantha Abernathy
465,000 -20,000
Ryan Hong au
Ryan Hong
Busted

Tags: Jean-Pascal SavardRyan HongSamantha Abernathy

Chu 'Em Up and Spit 'Em Out

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

John Chu got his stack of 183,000 all in preflop and was at risk against Daniel Engels.

Engels: {a-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}
Chu: {10-Diamonds}{10-Spades}

It was a flip, but not after the {10-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{j-Spades} flop gave Chu a set. That said, Engels did pick up a Broadway draw to a king. The {A-Clubs} turn was it, and neither was the {5-Clubs} river. Chu survived, much to the delight of his friends on the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Engels at
Daniel Engels
550,000 -150,000
John Chu au
John Chu
350,000 138,000

Tags: Daniel EngelsJohn Chu

Diamonds Are Not Turker's Best Friend

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Sadan Turker
Sadan Turker

"All in and a call Table 32," a dealer bellowed.

We made our way over to discover that a raising war on a {4-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{q-Diamonds} flop resulted in Sadan Turker getting his stack all in and at risk against James Obst.

Obst: {a-Clubs}{4-Clubs}
Turker: {k-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}

Obst had flopped trip fours, but Turker was drawing to diamonds. Unfortunately for him neither the {7-Spades} turn nor {8-Spades} river was the red card he was looking for and his 2016 Aussie Millions Main Event run came to a sudden halt.

Player Chips Progress
James Obst au
James Obst
WSOP 1X Winner
500,000 170,000
Sadan Turker gb
Sadan Turker
Busted

Tags: Sadan TurkerJames Obst

Dunst Doubles Hong

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Tony Dunst opened to 17,000 from early position and Ryan Hong shoved from the small blind for 69,000. The bug blind folded and Tony Dunst tossed in a single 1,000 chip to call.

Ryan Hong: {A-Spades}{9-Diamonds}
Tony Dunst: {6-Diamonds}{6-Spades}

The board ran out {A-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}{J-Spades}{2-Hearts}{3-Hearts} and Hong doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Tony Dunst us
Tony Dunst
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
584,000 -66,000
Ryan Hong au
Ryan Hong
153,000 84,000

Tags: Ryan HongTony Dunst

Updated Chip Counts from Table 32

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
SeatNameChip Count
1Andrew Bassat158,000
2Xingrong Ren511,000
3Sadan Turker170,000
4James Obst330,000
5Aaron Blanch545,000
6Philipp Gruissem190,000
7Terry Fan80,000
8Josep Maria Galindo90,000
Player Chips Progress
Aaron Blanch au
Aaron Blanch
545,000 -15,000
Xingrong Ren cn
Xingrong Ren
511,000 -4,000
James Obst au
James Obst
WSOP 1X Winner
330,000 -110,000
Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
WSOP 1X Winner
190,000 40,000
Sadan Turker gb
Sadan Turker
170,000 37,000
Andrew Bassat au
Andrew Bassat
158,000 8,000
Josep Maria Galindo es
Josep Maria Galindo
90,000 -15,000
Terry Fan tw
Terry Fan
80,000 -138,000

Level: 18

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000