From the small blind, Daniel Cates made it 7,000 with David Steicke smooth-calling from the big.
The flop of 
saw Cates continue for 9,000 before Steicke upped it to 22,000. Cates made the call, but check-folded to Steicke's 40,000-chip bet when the 
landed on the turn.
As Cates slipped to 105,000, Steicke's stack grew to 175,000 in chips.
Sorel Mizzi raised from the button to 7,000. Andrew Feldman called in the big blind and the flop came down 
. Feldman checked and Mizzi fired a continuation bet of 8,500. Feldman called.
The 
double-paired the board on the turn and both players checked. The river brought the 
and Feldman bet 11,500. Mizzi folded and slipped back to 175,000 in chips. Feldman moved up to 144,000.
With the board reading 
, David Benyamine slid in five yellow 5,000-denomination chips amounting to a bet of 25,000.
His lone opponent in the hand - Dan Smith - went deep into the tank . . . well deep enough to use all of his thirty-second time bank before making the call.
Benyamine tabled his 
for a full house to move to 130,000 as Smith was left with only 65,000 in chips.
Nikolay Evdakov just took another pot off Tom Dwan. This time, we picked up the action on the flop of 
and Dwan had fired 11,000. Evdakov made the call to bring the two players to the turn.
The came on the turn and Dwan bet again. This time his bet was worth 22,000. Evdakov called.
The river card was the . Dwan slowed down with a check, but Evdakov still wanted to put chips into the pot. He bet 75,000. Dwan snap-folded and dropped all the way to 50,000 in chips. Evdakov improved to 360,000.
Tom Dwan raised from the button to 8,000. Nikolay Evdakov called fromt he big blind and the flop came down 
. Evdakov checked and Dwan fired 11,000. Evdakov came back with a check-raise to 25,000. Dwan didn't stop there, he reraised to 41,500. After nearly all of his allotted 30 seconds, Evdakov min-reraised to 57,500. Dwan folded and Evdakov won the pot.
Dwan dropped back to 92,000 while Evdakov improved to 320,000.
Sam Trickett opened with a button raise which saw Dan Smith defend his big blind to see a 
flop.
Smith checked to Trickett who fired out a continuation-bet of 10,500 only to have Smith check-raise to 24,500.
Trickett near insta-called as the 
landed on the turn and both players checked.
The river of the saw Smith announce a bet of 43,500 only to have Trickett slid in a stack of chips amounting to 120,000.
A distressed Smith deliberated for a few moments before pushing his cards to the muck while slipping to 135,000 in chips.
According to [Removed:505], Tony G raised preflop and Russian Nikolay Evdakov made the call. After the flop came down , Tony G bet and Evdakov raised him all in. Tony G made the call holding the 
, but saw the bad news. Evdakov had flopped a set on him with the 
.
The turn was the 
and the river the . Evdakov's set held up, improving to a full house and he sent Tony G packing. Bring on the Russians? Well, Tony G couldn't handle this one.
After an anxious few hours of waiting to see what everyone is playing for, the prizepool of the Event 8: $100,000 Challenge has been announced!
| Place | Prize (AUD) |
|---|---|
| 1st | $1,525,000 |
| 2nd | $975,000 |
| 3rd | $625,000 |
| 4th | $325,000 |
| 5th | $200,000 |
| 6th | $150,000 |
The thirty-eight entries have formed a prizepool of AUD$3,800,000 with only the final six being paid.
In comparison to the recent PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $100,000 Super High Roller, the event here at the Aussie Millions sees a larger prizepool created in comparison to the $3,743,000 one that took place in the Bahamas.
Even taking into account the current live exchange rate, the Aussie Millions is slightly ahead by just under $20,000.
Sorel Mizzi opened with a raise to 5,000 and Peter Jetten three-bet to 15,000. Mizzi was in the cutoff seat and Jetten on the button. Andrew Pantling four-bet from the big blind to 37,000. After Mizzi folded, Jetten moved all in. Pantling called all in for about 60,000 or so.
Jetten:
Pantling: 
The board ran out 
and Pantling hit the rail. Jetten moved his stack to 270,000 in chips.
James Bord potted the action up to 10,500 only to have Alexander Kostritsyn put the WSOP Europe Champion at risk.
Bord:
Kostritsyn:
The flop of 
changed little, but the on the turn gave Bord outs to a straight.
Unfortunately for the Full Tilt Poker $25,000 Shootout Invitational runner-up, the river was the 
to force him to the rail as Kostritsyn claims back-to-back pots.
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