Bjorn Li raised to 3,500 from the button, and Tony G called from the big blind. The flop came down and Tony G check-called 3,900. On the turn the hit and both players checked. The river was the and Tony G checked for the third time. Li threw out 12,000 and Tony G tank-folded.
Tony G is still well above the average stack that is just over 100,000 chips, he is looking to make a very deep run in this event.
Another Brit down, and this time it's Craig McCorkell. He fell at the hands of former EPT winner Michael Tureniec, who just told us he's on a rush today.
The chips went in pre-flop and Tureniec tabled ac-king to McCorkell's pocket nines. The nines failed to hold.
We caught the action on the river with a board reading and about 50,000 in the middle. Pat Dillon had checked to 2006 Aussie Millions Main Event winner Lee Nelson, who fired out 25,000. Dillon thought for about a minute before making the call, only to muck when Nelson rolled over for a flopped set.
The stakes are getting higher and higher, and so are the stacks. On table 30 we had to say goodbye to Jason Mercier, but his seat was quickly taken by Swedish player Robin Ylitalo. Ylitalo was chipleader for quite some time yesterday and is looking very healthy now with 220,000 chips.
On Tom Grigg's left we also welcomed a new player and that's Robert Lam who ended Day 1c with the chiplead. Lam just played a hand against Tom Dwan and found himself losing chips. Lam raised to 3,800 and got called by Dwan. The flop came down and both players checked. On the turn, the , Dwan bet 6,200 and Lam called.
On the river the popped up and Dwan bet 17,000. Lam tanked for ages and finally gave up the hand. "I caught a piece of that", Lam said as Dwan was stacking the chips. "I thought so when you tanked that long", Dwan said as play went on. Plenty of fireworks are still to come!
When we got to Octavian Voegele's table there was a flop showing and Voegele was in a hand against one opponent. Voegele's opponent led for 4,000 at which point Voegele made it 9,000. The leading player then popped it to 19,000 and Voegele made the call.
The on the turn prompted Voegele's opponent to continue his aggression, sending out a bet of 25,000. At this point Voegele grabbed his stack of 5,000-denomination chips and a couple of 25,000-denomination chips and slid them out into the middle of the felt.
The amount was enough to put Voegele's opponent all in and after a couple of minutes thinking, the player decided to let go of his hand.
Just before he raked in the pot, Voegele tabled for a whole lot of nothing. His opponent looked sick as Voegele stacked his new chips.
Michael Guttman was in the small blind when he three-bet an open from the player on the button. It was then on Hun Lee in the big blind and he four-bet all in for a gigantic amount. The dealer player got out of the way and Guttman made the call, putting in his last 29,100.
Guttman turned over his , well ahead of the that Lee held. When the board ran out , Guttman took down the double and put a dent in Lee's stack.
Jason Koon is on a charge and up to 190,000 chips after he eliminated a player. The American raised to 3,800 and made a considered call with after the big blind moved all-in for 43,600. His opponent tabled but fell behind on the board.
Registration has been closed for a bit now, and the numbers have been triple-checked and finalized.
This 2012 Aussie Millions has drawn a very respectable 659 runners, putting a prize pool of $6.59 million up for grabs. The staff is still working on the breakdown of the prizes, but there'll be a healthy seven-figure score sitting up top for our eventual champion.
We'll post the payouts as soon as we have them in our hands.
On a flop of , an unknown player checked and Jamies Rosen bet 8,500 from the button. His opponent made the call and then both players checked te turn. When the hit the river, Rosen's opponent fired out 13,000, which Rosen called without hesitation.
His opponent was hesitant to show his , and for good reason as Rosen held .
Jamie Rosen's has got his stack going in the right direction again after getting one street of value with a marginal post flop holding.
He three-bet an early position raiser whilst sat on the button. He called and both checked the flop. The turn fell as and Rosen had a 7,300 bet check-called. Both players went back to checking the river. Rosen opened , besting his opponent's .
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and Tony G check-called 3,900. On the turn the 
hit and both players checked. The river was the 
and Tony G checked for the third time. Li threw out 12,000 and Tony G tank-folded.
and about 50,000 in the middle. Pat Dillon had checked to 2006 Aussie Millions Main Event winner Lee Nelson, who fired out 25,000. Dillon thought for about a minute before making the call, only to muck when Nelson rolled over 
for a flopped set.
and both players checked. On the turn, the 
, Dwan bet 6,200 and Lam called.
popped up and Dwan bet 17,000. Lam tanked for ages and finally gave up the hand. "I caught a piece of that", Lam said as Dwan was stacking the chips. "I thought so when you tanked that long", Dwan said as play went on. Plenty of fireworks are still to come!
and Voegele was in a hand against one opponent. Voegele's opponent led for 4,000 at which point Voegele made it 9,000. The leading player then popped it to 19,000 and Voegele made the call.
for a whole lot of nothing. His opponent looked sick as Voegele stacked his new chips.
, well ahead of the 
that Lee held. When the board ran out 
, Guttman took down the double and put a dent in Lee's stack.
after the big blind moved all-in for 43,600. His opponent tabled 
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