Timothy Finne was recently eliminated. On his way out, he mentioned to our reporter that he hadn't been all in once all tournament until that final hand.
A short stacked Rolf Slotboom has just been eliminated by fellow European, Jesper Hougaard. They got it all in preflop and the Dutchman was holding to the Dane's .
It was curtains for Slotboom when the board came to make Hougaard the straight.
The very next hand Jesper Hougaard knocked another player. Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott the victim. Again it all went in preflop with Ulliott holding to Hougaard's .
Jamie Pickering, who has seen considerable success in several Aussie Millions events, raised to 4,500 from the cutoff, Thom Shultz called from the button, and the big blind called as well.
The flop came . The big blind checked, Pickering tossed in his last 700, and both Shultz and the big blind called.
"Black four!" cried Pickering.
The turn came . . . . "Yes!" shouted Pickering. Both of his opponents checked.
The river was the , and Pickering showed for the wheel. Shultz showed Q-Q-10-9, and the big blind mucked.