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Tino Lechich has taken another pot off David Docherty, without a showdown.
Lechich bet 15,000 on a flop which Docherty flat-called. They moved to the turn, which again had Lechich fire out a bet. Lechich led 20,000 and Docherty raised to 45,000. Lechich didn't hesitate and gestured all in for around 300,000 chips. Docherty didn't think too long before mucking his cards.
Lechich now has 390,000 chips, Docherty back down to 200,000.
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Ashifamin Walji - 51st place
The pace of eliminations has slowed down noticeably since we came back from the break. Most of the players who were trying to turtle their way into the money have been eliminated. There's going to be a bit more play after the flop from here on out. We hope.
But we did have one recent elimination where all the chips were in preflop. Ashifamin Walji moved in for 62,000 after Leonid Cai opened for 10,500. Cai made the call with and was racing against Walji's . The board came seven-high, no help to Walji. He retired to the rail, AU$15,000 richer.
Cai now has approximately 430,000 chips. Fifty players remain in the tournament.
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Scotty Nguyen - 50th place
The Prince of Poker is out of the tournament. Scotty Nguyen went for a soft play with after Sam Capra raised preflop to 12,000. With position, Scotty opted to smooth-call.
The flop came down a harmless-looking . Capra followed up his preflop raise with a flop bet of 20,000. Again Nguyen called, leaving himself only 14,500 behind. Those chips went into the middle after Capra checked the turn. Capra called, showing down for a pair and a flush draw. The river drew a groan from spectators on the rail who were hoping to see Nguyen double up. They gave him a short ovation for his 50th-place finish in the tournament.
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David Paewai has doubled through Zac Fellows. Fellows opened preflop to 11,000 and Paewai moved all in over the top for 44,500. Fellows called with and Paewai was going to need a fair bit of help with his .
The gave him a glimmer of hope, but the on the turn left him drawing to a three to make a straight. Already beginning to head to the rail, that help arrived with the on the river doubling him up.
A short time later, Paewai moved all in with and got a call from Tino Lechich with . The board ran out , doubling him once again.
Paewai has gone from 44,500 to 190,000 in just a few hands, much to the delight of his vocal fan base on the rail.
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Ok, so we admit, the trivia question was a bit of a trick question (don't blame me; I didn't come up with the question). After Troy Tsagaris was eliminated in 82nd place at the 2008 Aussie Millions Main Event, the tournament went into "bubble mode," with each table playing hand-for-hand. Roughly half an hour later, two players moved all in on separate tables at the same time. Both players lost the hand and were therefore deemed to be simultaneously eliminated. Thus the answer that we were going for was:
Charles Cuschieri and Lucio Baroni
Who were simultaneous bubble boys and thus chopped 80th-place prize money. They still showed a net loss for the tournament, but it was better than a kick in the head.
The first person to post the answer in the Shout Box was David Docherty supporter "PFUsqrl." We will be contacting PFUsqrl later in the day to arrange enrollment in the satellite qualifier.
There's one more satellite seat up for grabs. We'll post a second trivia question to the blog later in the day, and we promise -- the answer will be much more straightforward.
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John Dalessandri - 49th place
John Dalessandri has been eliminated by Annette Obrestad.
Dalessandri moved his final 47,000 chips into the pot over a preflop raise of 8,000 by Annette Obrestad. Dalessandri tabled and would need help against Obrestad's . It didn't arrive with the board, sending him to the rail in 49th place.
With the elimination of Dalessandri we now move up a level in the payout scale. Players eliminated from now on are guaranteed AU$20,000 for their efforts.
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Patrik Antonius
Patrik Antonius has been very, very quiet at the feature table today. Ordinarily Antonius lets his play speak for him, but he hasn't been able to muster much. We finally saw him in a hand on the turn against Francis Ellis. The board showed and Ellis checked it over to Antonius, who opted to bet 30,000. Ellis made the call.
The river fell . Again Ellis checked to Antonius, and again Antonius bet. He fired out 55,000 chips. Ellis went into the tank for several minutes before calling with . Antonius tapped the table and mucked without showing.
That's the way it's gone for Antonius all day. He's down to 215,000 chips. Ellis moved up to 235,000.
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Corey Robinson has doubled through Tom Pongrass. Robinson moved all in preflop with and Pongrass made the call with . The board ran out , safe for Robinson to double up.
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The pot was contested between the blinds: Nhan Le in the small blind, and Kelly Kim in the big blind. All of Kim's chips were in by the turn, with Le making the call. Kim showed , which matched nicely with a board of . Le was drawing at two queens, and only two queens, after showing down . The river blanked out the , giving 200,000 chips to Kim.
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Joe Cassidy has a poker angel looking over his shoulder. He checked a flop of to Tom Pongrass, who opened for 20,000. Cassidy then raised all in to approximately 100,000 and was quickly called.
Pongrass:
Cassidy:
Cassidy showed down two overcards and a gutshot draw against Pongrass' top and bottom pair. The turn gave Cassidy a pair of kings and some hope; he staved off elimination by making a board pair with the river to make kings and fives, better then Pongrass' sixes and fives.
Pongrass would have had an impressive stack if he had won the hand. Instead he's down to 385,000 and Cassidy is still alive with 264,000.
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flop which Docherty flat-called. They moved to the 
turn, which again had Lechich fire out a bet. Lechich led 20,000 and Docherty raised to 45,000. Lechich didn't hesitate and gestured all in for around 300,000 chips. Docherty didn't think too long before mucking his cards.
and was racing against Walji's 
. The board came seven-high, no help to Walji. He retired to the rail, AU$15,000 richer.
after Sam Capra raised preflop to 12,000. With position, Scotty opted to smooth-call.
. Capra followed up his preflop raise with a flop bet of 20,000. Again Nguyen called, leaving himself only 14,500 behind. Those chips went into the middle after Capra checked the 
turn. Capra called, showing down 
for a pair and a flush draw. The river 
drew a groan from spectators on the rail who were hoping to see Nguyen double up. They gave him a short ovation for his 50th-place finish in the tournament.
and Paewai was going to need a fair bit of help with his 
.
on the turn left him drawing to a three to make a straight. Already beginning to head to the rail, that help arrived with the 
on the river doubling him up.
. The board ran out 
, doubling him once again.
board, sending him to the rail in 49th place.
. Again Ellis checked to Antonius, and again Antonius bet. He fired out 55,000 chips. Ellis went into the tank for several minutes before calling with 
and Pongrass made the call with 
. Le was drawing at two queens, and only two queens, after showing down 
river to make kings and fives, better then Pongrass' sixes and fives.
