Daniel Negreanu only lasted a few moments after the resumption of play here in the 2012 Aussie Millions Main Event. Negreanu three-bet jammed all in with 
and ran into an opponent's two kings. Negreanu failed to find the help he needed and was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted |
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
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...one more coffee run. We'll be back in 15 minutes to play one more level.
The last level of the day will start in 15 minutes, time to stretch those legs now!
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Phil Ivey is not holding back at his new table. He got moved to table 29 and is now seated with Shane Warne. On a 
flop Ivey had 7,500 in front of him, and his opponent check-raised to 17,225. Ivey gave it some thought and finally ended up putting his opponent all-in for just about 22,000 more. After about 30 seconds Ivey's opponent folded and the champ is now back up to 173,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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173,000 | 25,000 |
With Daniel Negreanu and Phil Ivey's table breaking from over by the bar, Ivey has been moved just a few feet from our media desk. He's now seated with Australia's own Shane Warne, who could arguably be the most famous person in Australia. With Ivey being one of the biggest stars — if not the biggest — in poker, this is one very cool table to watch. Of course, we'll be glued to it like kids in a candy store, so stay tuned for any updates we have to bring.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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165,000 | 15,500 |
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133,000 | 43,000 |
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88,000 | 43,300 |
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67,000 | 27,800 |
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64,000 | 6,000 |
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40,000 | -5,000 |
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38,000 | -2,500 |
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32,000 | -20,000 |
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19,000 | -5,000 |
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8,500 | -23,500 |
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Busted |
Daniel Negreanu had just moved over to Joe Hachem's table and got to see a little bit of funkiness right when he got there. We jumped up from our media desk when we heard that the floor was being called over to Hachem's table. When we arrived, here's what we saw.
The flop of 
was in the middle and Hachem had a bet of 5,000 in front of him. His opponent tossed in the call and the two were about to go to the turn. Sounds simple, right? Not really.
The floor was standing by and we asked Negreanu what was going on. He was kind enough to tell us that Hachem's opponent had checked out of turn before Hachem bet. Then, when Hachem fired the 5,000, his opponent wanted to put in a raise, but the floor ruled that he wasn't allowed to. Instead, the player could only fold to the bet or call it. He opted to call.
Then the dealer placed the 
out on the turn and Hachem checked. His opponent shoved all in. Hachem had about 20,000 or so back and was really confused about the hand. "Now I don't know what the heck to do," he said looking at Negreanu, who gave a laugh, but understood how the ruling had affected Hachem's thought process now.
"I'm really trying to find a fold, but don't know if I can," said Hachem as he tanked.
Another minute or so passed before Hachem stood up and said, "I'm pretty sure I'm calling, I hit my card." He mumbled some more things that were going on in his head over the next minute or two before spiking in a stack to make the call. When he did, his opponent tabled the 
for trip eights. Hachem held the 
for kings and eights.
Needing a king on the river, Hachem couldn't find it when the 
fell and he was eliminated. Had Hachem's opponent been allowed to raise on the flop, Hachem most likely would have folded his hand and still have been alive in the tournament. While the ruling was made, both Negreanu and Hachem didn't seem to agree with it and claimed that the player should be allowed to raise.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted |
We're seated near the featured table, and there's a particularly friendly gent sitting right in front of us. His name is Alex Rich, and he was the victim of an early crippling. During the second level, he ran pocket queens into pocket kings to lose all but 1,200 of his chips... but he wasn't going down without a fight.
Rich had nursed that all the way back close to 20,000 when he got mixed up in another pot for his tournament life a moment ago — something he's grown accustomed to here on Day 1c. We caught up with the action after the 
flop was already out on board, and Rich was all in for his last 15,500 chips. He found action in two places, and he turned back to lament, "I might be going home here." With the betting action closed, the cards were turned up, and the news was good for our hero. Rich's had flopped a straight, and he was in the lead. The other players showed 
and 
respectively, and Rich was suddenly two cards from a big triple up.
The turn 
was a blank, but the river wasn't so kind. It could have been worse, though; it was the 
that peeled off the deck to split the pot in half between Rich and the other player with the king-high straight.
Chopping up the third player's chips moved Rich up to about 28,000, and he just flashed us a smile as he dragged another little pot to rebound back over his 30,000-chip starting stack for the first time in a long time. It's been quite a day for him so far.
