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What do you do when you come back on Day 3 with just 31,500 and grind your short stack to a cash with just 12,500 of it left? You immediately call for cocktails and order a drink!
"Cocktails!" yelled Albert Albergo. "Could I get a bourbon and dry."
"You know it's early afternoon, right?" asked David Gorr next to Albergo.
"Oh, I know," responded Albergo.
It has taken just short of an hour, and over ninety-minutes of hand-for-hand play to see the bubble burst in the 2011 Aussie Millions Main Event!
Amazingly however, it wasn't one, but two players from separate tables that both busted on the same hand to put the remaining 71 players in the money.
Over on table twenty-seven we found Tyler Bonkowski opening to 9,500 with Julius Colman defending his big blind as both players checked the 
flop.
The turn of the 
saw Colman check-raise all in for 32,000 over Bonkowski's 12,500-chip delayed continuation-bet. Bonkowski made the call.
Colman: 
Bonkowski: 
Unfortunately for Colman, the river landed the 
to send him to the rail in joint seventy-second place for AUD$7,500.
Over on table ten at the same time we found Erick Lindgren making it 10,000 from the hi-jack only to have Carter Phillips three-bet the small blind to 21,000. Lindgren made it 46,000 and Phillips moved all in with Lindgren making the call.
Phillips: 
Lindgren: 
The board filled out 
to see Phillips hit the rail in joint seventy-second place as Lindgren climbs to 320,000 in chips.
From early position, Matthew Kirk raised to 8,000. Ben Blackmore made the call from the hijack seat and the flop came down 
. Kirk check-raised Blackmore's bet of 9,500 to 27,000 and took down the pot. He moved to 210,000 while Blackmore dropped to 240,000.
Randy Lew opened with a raise to 9,000 from early position as David Gorr upped it on the button to 33,000.
With the action on James Keys in the big blind, he made it 80,000 straight as Lew's cards hit the muck.
Once the action was back on Gorr, his shaky hands slowly pushed in a stack of chips amounting to a five-bet of roughly 175,000.
Keys instantly mucked and Gorr claimed the pot to move to 310,000 in chips.
Haibo Chu entered the pot from early position to 8,000 only to have Patrik Antonius three-bet the button to 23,000.
Chu made the call before checking the {10c]
flop as Antonius continued for 35,000. Chu responded with a check-raise to 135,000 only to immediately have Antonius come over the top by moving all in for 278,000.
Chu went deep into the tank as forty, yes forty, players crowded table twenty-five in anticipation of a potential bubble burst.
After several minutes in the tank, Chu slid the chips into the pot signifying a call.
Chu: 
Antonius: 
With Antonius in great shape to double, the turn and river blanked out with the and 
falling to see him double through to the chip lead with 609,000 as Chu slips to 110,000.
Chris Moorman just doubled up through Sorel Mizzi after his aces were paid off on the board of 
. Mizzi mucked his hand after making the call on the river and dropped to 246,000. Moorman moved to 445,000.
Elliot Smith raised to 10,000 and Oliver Keefe called from the big blind to see the flop come down 
. Keefe checked and Smith bet 11,500. Keefe made the call.
After the 
hit the turn, both players checked and the appeared on the river. Keefe bet 10,000 and Smith folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
290,000 | -25,500 |
|
|
205,000 | -6,500 |
Randy Dorfman raised from the cutoff to 8,500. Cliff Lee called from the button and the flop came down 
. Lee checked and Dorfman bet 9,000. Lee made the call.
The turn brought the 
and both players checked to see the complete the board. Both checked again.
Dorfman tabled the 
and beat Lee's 
to win the pot. He's up to 598,000 while Lee dropped to 125,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
598,000 | 17,000 |
|
|
125,000 | -29,000 |
Full Tilt Poker online qualifier Carter Phillips raised from the button to 10,000. Renato Maiale called from the big blind and the flop came down . Maiale checked and Phillips bet 10,500. Maiale folded and Phillips won this pot.
On a board of 
with around 25,000 in the pot, we found Adam Cusenza leading out from the big blind for 15,000.
Howard Lederer check-called from the big blind to see the complete the board on the river.
Lederer checked, Cusenza fired out 22,500 and Lederer deliberated for a few moments before making the call.
Cusenza tabled his , and once Lederer flashed his and folded, Cusenza happily scooped the pot.
