Australian Poker Hall of Famer Gary Benson is still hanging in there, having just doubled up through John Haddad, but Ryan Gutch wasn't so luck and as such, we're down to 32 players in this event.
The player under the gun limped in before Benson raised to 4,500. Haddad called from the hijack, as did the UTG player to make it three-handed to a flop of .
The UTG player checked, Benson moved all-in for 1,800 and Haddad raised to 11,800 to force the UTG player out of the way. Benson showed but found himself in a world of hurt against Haddad, who tabled for middle set. The turn of the helped nobody, but Benson managed to hit the on the river for Broadway and double up to 18,000!
A short time later, Gutch moved the last of his money into the middle before the flop holding but ran into the of Mig Agassim, which improved to a set on the board of , sending Gutch packing.
We're now down to just 36 players in the third event of the 2011 Aussie Millions and we're now able to show you the most important figures of the tournament - the prize pool dividends.
So, without any further ado, here are the payouts for the top 16 players (all amounts are in Australian dollars):
There's now only one Grant left in the field after Grant Trask eliminated Grant Levy on the feature table as play continues in this event.
Levy raised to 2,400 from under the gun and both Ali Aksoy and Mark Furness called before Trask reraised to 9,800 from the big blind. Levy four-bet it to 20,400 and Aksoy and Furness folded before Trask popped it again, forcing Levy all-in.
Trask:
Levy:
Board:
With Levy's elimination, this put Trask up to 118,000, but his reign was short-lived after Aksoy managed to take a huge pot of him moment later. With action all the way down a board of , Trask check-tank-called Aksoy's bet of 24,000 on the river, only to muck in disgust after Aksoy tabled .
Trask is down to 62,000 while Aksoy is now the chip leader with more than 112,000 in his stack.
The 2011 Aussie Millions $1,100 PLO Event started with 151 players and we're now down to just 47 after the recent eliminations of Hendon Mobster Barny Boatman and Jackie Glazier.
We were unable to ascertain the details of Glazier's bust-out, but Boatman was felled at the hands of Matthew Konnecke. On a flop of , Boatman and Jimmy Wong checked before Konnecke led out for 9,300. The player on the button called all-in for 3,000 and Boatman check-raised all-in before Wong got out of the way.
Button:
Boatman:
Konnecke:
Boatman was in great shape to take down the pot with the nut flush and kept his lead when the came down on the turn, but he was cast out after Konnecke spiked the on the river for the full house to move up to 60,000 in chips.
We've seen a fair bit of action on the feature table during the last level and we're happy to report that 2007 APPT Sydney Main Event champion Grant Levy is still alive after having doubled up twice to now sit on more than 28,000.
The first double-up came through Full Tilt Red Pro Richard Ashby; Levy raised to 1,700 from the hijack position and Ashby reraised to 5,000 from the cutoff before the small blind player accidentally mucked his hand. Levy called all-in, showing against Ashby's , but managed to hit a full house on the board of .
Had the small blind actually called preflop with his , Levy would have had a lot more, but it didn't matter. Levy managed to get his money in good a short time later with against Mark Furness' which held all the way down the board of .
Tablemate Grant Trask then delivered the knockout blow to Ashby when his cracked Ashby's when Trask hit his straight on the board of to move up to more than 70,000.
Michael "Sticky" Guttman may have built his stack up even more, but he's just been surpassed for the chip lead by Melbourne's own Dave Heskin.
Earlier, Guttman moved up to 65,000 after eliminating another opponent when his improved to a set on the board of against his opponent's .
However, we managed to squeeze through the crowd which had built up around 28 to see Heskin and Jason Samsonov get all their money into a flop of . Samsonov had tried to shove Heskin off the hand with (good for the nut flush draw), but Heskin wasn't going anywhere with his for bottom set.
Needing any diamond, Samsonov was in the red after the turn and the river ran black, in the form of , . Samsonov stormed off and Heskin was more than happy to stack up his chips, worth more than 90,000 and putting him up as the clear chip leader!
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but found himself in a world of hurt against Haddad, who tabled 
for middle set. The turn of the 
helped nobody, but Benson managed to hit the 
on the river for Broadway and double up to 18,000!
but ran into the 
of Mig Agassim, which improved to a set on the board of 
against Ashby's 
, Levy would have had a lot more, but it didn't matter. Levy managed to get his money in good a short time later with 
.
cracked Ashby's 
to move up to more than 70,000.
improved to a set on the board of 
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(good for the nut flush draw), but Heskin wasn't going anywhere with his 
for bottom set.