On a flop of action checked to Joe Hachem who bet 750. One opponent made the call before the fell on the turn. Both checked and the river was the .
Again it was checked to Hachem who this time fired out a bet for an unknown amount. His opponent called and Hachem revealed for the rivered flush to take it down. He's up to 17,000.
The money was all in on the turn with the board reading between Michael Spilkin and Jim Sachinidis and we got there to see the showdown:
Spilkin:
Sachinidis:
The river bricked, giving the pot to Spilkin and sending Sachinidis into a verbal tirade. It was reported that he was still steaming as he got moved to a new table and was warned by the floor staff to cool down.
Sachinidis is mortally wounded with only 3,800 in chips left, while Spilkin moves up to 31,000.
Dunst (during Event 1): all dressed up and not going anywhere!
On a flop of , Tony Dunst led out for 600 from early position into his opponent who called, before both players checked the turn of the .
Dunst then fired out a bet of 1,500 on the river of the . His opponent called, only to muck after Dunst tabled for two pair.
"Did I just get slowrolled again?"
Andrew "Adgee" Jeffreys just called past our desk to relay to his ChipMeUp supporters the details of his recent elimination from today's event.
With a raise to 400 from under the gun and a call on the button, Jeffreys made the call in the big blind with and was a little excited to see a flop of for the stone-cold nuts.
Jeffreys checked and the UTG-player made it 1,100 to go. The button folded and Jeffreys check-raised to 3,000. His opponent called.
The turn was a repeat . Jeffreys checked to his opponent who fired 3,000 before Jeffreys check-raised again all in for 6,500. According to Jeffreys, his opponent took his time in making the call before revealing pocket kings!
The river bricked and Jeffreys was sent steaming to the rail.
Jackie Glazier has been eliminated as recalled to us by another player at the table.
After a button-raise to 400, Glazier made it 1,400 from the small blind with her opponent making the call.
The flop fell and Glazier fired 2,400. Her opponent made it 6,200 and Glazier moved all in. Her opponent called and revealed for trips to leave Glazier in a world of hurt with her .
The turn and river bricked out to eliminate Glazier from the tournament.
It must be nice to be a poker player sometimes - you're famous in some circles, but then you're almost anonymous in others.
This seemed to be the case of an opponent who noticed the patch that PokerStars Team Australia Pro Grant Levy was wearing and asked, "So, did you satellite in through PokerStars?"
Karamalikis (during Event 16): eliminated
It's been an amazing run for Aussie online phenom Jonathan 'xMONSTERxDONGx' Karamalikis during this year's Aussie Millions, but unfortunately it's been cut short in this event by Australian Heads Up Championship runner-up Barry Woods.
We managed to catch the board of and saw the dealer muck Karamalikis' cards after Woods revealed . 'The Dong' is done and Woods is up to 13,500 in chips.
Lisandro (during Main Event): the Legend won't give up without a fight!
Due to technical difficulties with the website last night, we were unable to complete yesterday's coverage of the Aussie Millions $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. event last night.
However when we returned today we were advised by Crown staff that 2009 WSOP Player of the Year Jeff Lisandro and 2009 WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. champion David Bach are returning at 7pm to finish up.
The chip counts are as follows:
David Bach - 447,000
Jeff Lisandro - 104,000
It should be a very interesting battle - be sure to keep an eye out on PokerNews for updates later this evening!