Event #11: $10,600 Main Event Day 4 | 2016 Aussie Millions

01-29-2016 12:24 UTC+10

Reynolds on the Wrong End of a Cooler

Chad Holloway

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Dylan Honeyman raised to 26,000 from middle position and was met by a three-bet to 66,000 from Adam Reynolds on the button. The blinds both folded, Honeyman just called, and the flop came down . Honeyman checked, Reynolds bet 78,000, and Honeyman paused for a few beats before check-raising all in. Reynolds wasted little time in calling off for 270,000 or so and discovered the bad news.

Reynolds:
Honeyman:

Both players held big pocket pairs, but Honeyman had the best of it. Reynolds began to get out of his chair and watched the dealer burned and turned the . Reynolds outs were swapped as he now needed a king to make a straight, but it wasn't in the cards as the blanked on the river.

With Reynolds' elimination in 37th place, the remaining 36 players will redraw into six tables of six.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dylan Honeyman	1,000,000 480,000	480,000
Adam Reynolds	Busted

Tags: Adam Reynolds Dylan Honeyman

01-29-2016 12:59 UTC+10

Stephen Chidwick Eliminated in 34th Place (AU$30,000)

Chad Holloway

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Stephen Chidwick raised to 28,000 from the hijack only to have Martin Rowe three-bet to 63,000 from the button. After the blinds both folded, Chidwick moved all in for a little over 500,000 and Rowe snap-called.

Chidwick:
Rowe:

It was a bad spot for Chidwick, and there would be no "seven from Heaven" as the board ran out a clean .

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Rowe	1,400,000 671,000	671,000
Stephen Chidwick	Busted

Tags: Martin Rowe Stephen Chidwick

01-29-2016 13:52 UTC+10

Xingrong Ren Eliminated in 32nd Place (AU$30,000)

Webjoker

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Action folded to Samantha Abernathy and she limped in from the small blind. Xingrong Ren in the big blind pushed all in for 262,000 and Abernathy made the call.

Samantha Abernathy:
Xingrong Ren:

The board ran out and Ren made his exit in 32nd place, netting him AU$30,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samantha Abernathy	1,950,000 230,000	230,000
Xingrong Ren	Busted

Tags: Samantha Abernathy Xingrong Ren

01-29-2016 14:07 UTC+10

Alex Lee Eliminated in 28th Place (AU$40,000)

Happy_Freaked

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

The action just folded to Kitty Kuo and she raised enough to put Alex Lee all in in the big blind. Lee only had about 80,000 chips left and he called all in.

Lee:
Kuo:

The board ran out and Kuo knocked another player out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kitty Kuo	1,200,000

Alex Lee	Busted

Tags: Alex Lee Kitty Kuo

01-29-2016 14:12 UTC+10

Laurence Hall Eliminated in 27th Place (AU$40,000)

Webjoker

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Laurence Hall got his last 169,000 chips in the middle holding . He was up against Kitty Kuo who had the .

Hall's rail asked for an eight on the flop and they got what they asked for. It did give Kuo an open ended though: .

The on the turn filled up Kuo's straight and now the rail begged the dealer for a jack. He did not oblige as the completed the board and Hall made his exit.

"Next year huh?! Thanks guys!" Hall said to the buzzing camera.

He shook hands and fist bumped everyone at the table, and made his way to the pay out desk to collect his AU$40,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kitty Kuo	1,400,000 200,000	200,000

Laurence Hall	Busted

Tags: Kitty Kuo Laurence Hall

01-29-2016 14:27 UTC+10

Abernathy Loses a 1.4 Million Pot

Webjoker

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Yuki Ko raised the button and Samantha Abernathy made the call from the big blind. Abernathy checked the flop of , and called Ko's 55,000 bet.

The fell on the turn and Abernathy checked again. Ko made a bet of 135,000 with 467,000 behind. Abernathy didn't waste all that much time shoving all in.

Ko had a big decision and wasn't too thrilled about calling all in, but in the end he did so anyway.

Yuki Ko:
Samantha Abernathy:

Abernathy was drawing dead, the on the river was there just to make things official. Double up for Ko, big hit for Abernathy.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuki Ko	1,394,000 764,000	764,000
Samantha Abernathy	1,100,000 -850,000	-850,000

Tags: Samantha Abernathy Yuki Ko

01-29-2016 14:57 UTC+10

Andrew Bassat Eliminated in 25th Place (AU$40,000)

donpeters

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Kitty Kuo raised to 35,000, Andrew Bassat reraised to 76,000, and then Kuo came back over the top with an all-in shove.

"All right, I'll call you," said an innocent Bassat, turning up the to put himself at risk.

Kuo had the .

What's interesting about this all-in situation was the railbirds that swarmed to the table. The group of them seemed much more interested in rooting for Kuo to win, but not because they favored Kuo as a player. It was because they were the railbirds of Mikel Habb at the other table who was short, had just doubled up, and was looking to hit a pay jump.

"Queen! Queen!" they yelled, as an anxious Bassat stood behind his chair waiting for the flop to come out.

The flop came , and Bassat's kings were still best. Even so, the railbirds held out hope that Kuo would win the hand.

"A queen is coming on the river, don't worry," one of them said. "There's always the river."

"Queen! Queen!" another pleaded.

Another man, who didn't seem to be associated with any particular party, also chimed in. "The river is going to be an ace or whatever," he said.

The turn was the , and Bassat only needed to dodge one more card to double up, but when the smacked on fifth street you could see his heart drop to the floor. Kuo had made a winning set of queens, and Bassat looked dejected.

The railbirds jumped up and down as they yelled over to Habb what happened. Habb was excited with the bustout and gave another one of his patented yells of "C'mon!" before he clapped his hands together again.

As for Bassat, he shook the hands of some players at his table, grabbed his backpack, and made his way to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Bassat	Busted

Tags: Andrew Bassat Kitty Kuo Mikel Habb

01-29-2016 15:06 UTC+10

James Ong Eliminated in 22nd Place ($60,000)

Happy_Freaked

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

The action folded to Kitty Kuo on the button after she got moved to Table 10, and she raised to 35,000. James Ong called from the small blind and the flop brought out .

Ong check-called a bet of 45,000 and the turn brought the .

Ong moved all in on the turn for about 200,000 chips and Kuo snap-called.

Kuo:
Ong:

Holding ace-king, Ong was already drawing dead and the river was the meaningless .

Player	Chips	Progress
Kitty Kuo	2,350,000 950,000	950,000

James Ong	Busted

Tags: James Ong Kitty Kuo

01-29-2016 15:20 UTC+10

"NEVER GIVE UP!" (Part 2)

Happy_Freaked

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

The action folded to Mikel Habb in the small blind, and he quickly moved all in for his last 119,000. Tino Lechich gave it some thought before making the call, creating the following showdown.

"Let's go baby!" Habb shouted, when the cards were turned face up.

Habb:
Lechich:

Habb walked away from the table, and he stood covering his eyes with his back to the table for the duration of the showdown.

The board ran out , and Habb celebrated loudly, as usual.

"Final table is coming!!" Habb screamed off the top of his lungs.

"Ship it to papa!" he then yelled.

Habb then gathered all his energy and screamed, "NEVER GIVE UP! EVER EVER!"

The people at the table, and on the rail, got a kick out of Habb's antics, and he's now just a few double ups away from contending for a place a the final table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tino Lechich	580,000 -130,000	-130,000
Mikel Habb	255,000 133,000	133,000

Tags: Mikel Habb Tino Lechich

01-29-2016 15:41 UTC+10

Jack O'Neill Eliminated in 19th Place (AU$60,000)

Webjoker

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Samantha Abernathy min raised the button to 40,000 and Jack O'Neill in the big blind was the only caller.

O'Neill checked on and Abernathy made a continuation bet of 40,000. O'Neil called and the hit the turn. Both players checked.

The river was the and O'Neill bet out 70,000. Abernathy raised to 150,000 and O'Neill shoved for around 580,000 total. Abernathy wasn't snap calling, but she did toss in some chips to go to showdown after about 10 seconds thinking about it.

O'Neill had been caught with his hand in the cookie jar as all he could show for was . Abernathy tabled and O'Neilll had to make his exit.

John Apostolidis commented he found O'Neill's play very strong and so did Abernathy when the two of them shook hands.

O'Neill collects AU$60,000 for his deep run at the 2016 Aussie Millions Poker Championship. The remaining 18 players are now playing on 3 different tables and are all guaranteed AU$85,000 from here on out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samantha Abernathy	1,375,000 650,000	650,000
Jack O'Neill	Busted

Tags: Jack O'Neill Samantha Abernathy