| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000 | 15,000 |
|
|
43,000 | 13,000 |
|
33,000 | -8,000 |
|
|
33,000 | 3,000 |
|
|
32,000 | 2,000 |
|
|
26,000 | -4,000 |
|
|
24,000 | -6,000 |
|
|
15,000 | -15,000 |
With about 7,000 in the pot and a board reading 
, Simon Watt fired out 4,500 an put the pressure on James Whittet. With a full house on the board, Whittet must have thought there was a good chance for a chop as he tanked for quite awhile; however, he ultimately conceded the hand and allowed Watt to chip up to 37,000.
Watt is best known for winning a bracelet in the 2010 World Series of Poker Event #11 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em when he famously defeated Tom "durrrr" Dwan in heads-up play and saving the high-stakes poker players hundreds of thousands of dollars in a bracelet prop bet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
37,000 | 7,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
43,000 | 8,000 |
|
27,000 | -3,000 |
|
|
27,000 | -10,000 |
|
23,000 | -5,000 |
A couple of relevant Tweets from the interweb thingy:
Sam Trickett: “Never normally play after busting a big tournament,but I still feel fresh,so I'm going to play the main event!”
Edit from Trickett: "Just found out there is a $5k Chinese tournament! So won't be playing the main event today :)"
JP Kelly: “50k just had AT on TT3 v 33 though, lost the minimum but really sigh called river...good sign that I'm playing well”
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,000 | 16,500 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Players on now on their second break of the day, which will last 15 minutes!
Tristan Wade is up to almost twice the starting stack after a big pot he just managed to drag in. The WSOPE Bracelet winner told us he raised to 400 with 
from the under the gun +1 position and only the big blind called.
The flop came down 
and the lady in the big blind lead out for 500. Wade, having top pair and a huge draw, decided to raise to 1,300 and his opponent three-bet to 2,900. At this point Wade slowed down and made the call.
On the turn the hit and the lady kept firing. This time she threw out 5,000 and Wade opted to call once more. The river was the 
and Wade was faced with a large 10,000 chip bet. Wade just made the call and got shown 
. The pot went to the American who minimized his risk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
54,000 | 24,000 |
Owls are known for their amazing sense of sight, so you would expect someone given that nickname to be able to read their hole cards properly. Not so for Harry Demetriou.
The action was three-way to the turn of a 
board. Ming Nguyen led for 400 and only Demetriou called from the big blind. Both checked the 
river and Demetriou said, "I think you can beat this (
). I misread my hand, thought I had two clubs!"
Nguyen tabled 
for a real flush draw on the turn, but king high with the pair of nines was good enough anyway.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
36,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
48,000 | 18,000 |
|
48,000 | 3,000 |
|
|
48,000 | 18,000 |
|
|
35,000 | 2,000 |
|
|
31,000 | 1,000 |
|
|
28,500 | -1,500 |
|
27,000 | -8,000 |
|
26,500 | -3,500 |
|
|
24,000 | -6,000 |
|
23,000 | -7,000 |
Thanks for following along with our coverage of the 2012 Aussie Millions on PokerNews. Be sure to check out our friends at the PartyPoker blog as well for great posts by Mike Sexton, Tony G, Kara Scott, and Dragan Galic.
