We're not sure of the action, but Con Kamaras was all in preflop with 
and up against the 
of Tom Grigg. Kamaras was dominated and left drawing dead on the 
flop as Grigg flopped quads! The 
turn and 
river were run out for good measure, as a shellshocked Kamaras exited the tournament floor.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
We came to former Aussie Millions champion Lee Nelson's table with a board showing 
and a big pot building against Pat Dillon.
Nelson checked the turn, at which point Dillon bet 17,800. Nelson then put in the check raise to 41,200. Dillon thought for quite some time before taking a last look at his hole cards and flicking them into the muck. Nelson then said he had sixes and hoped Dillon had aces. Dillon responded by saying he did have aces.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000
34,900
|
34,900 |
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120,000
30,000
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30,000 |
Another big hand for Domink Nitsche. This time it was him doing the cracking, and eliminating Vitaly Lunkin in the process. His Tweet read: "Was down to 87 but then won ak vs kk against vitali lunkin. Back up to 125."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
125,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
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Busted | |
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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.
Dominik Nitsche found aces again, but couldn't get them to hold this time. He Tweeted about a hand where he doubled up Michael Tureniec:
"Lost 70k pot to tureniec aa<kq on k82ss we get it in.. River q :("
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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90,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
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70,000
28,000
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28,000 |
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Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
We've put the first level in the books, and the players are off for their first break of the day. We'll be back in 15 minutes.
Dominik Nitsche told us that his day has been going really good so far. We believe it too after he knocked out Don Derota, holding to the latter's 
. He flopped an ace too, just to make sure.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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125,000 | |
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The day began with four former Main Event champs, but only three remained after Stewart Scott was eliminated early in Level 8. Now, that number is back up to four as 2007 winner Gus Hansen has taken advantage of the late registration (with just minutes to go).
He begins with just 30 big blinds, and is seated right next to Tony G. Needless to say, The "Great Dane" will have some work to do.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
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With the Chinese New Year having just occurred, there was no event more appropriate at the Aussie Millions than Event #12: $5,000 Chinese Poker, which kicked off on Monday. The event drew 25 players who were seated five to a table, with the button sitting out each deal. Some pretty big names entered the event including Barry Greenstein, Daniel Cates, Jason Gray, Jeffrey Lisandro, Sam Trickett, Eric Crain, Terrence Chan, Gary Benson, Sam Khouiss, Florian Langman, Ivan Tan, Bernard Beh, Graeme Putt, Mike Watson, and Sebastian Ruthenberg.
The event was a welcome addition to the Aussie Millions schedule, and it seemed most of the participants enjoyed themselves.
| Place | Prize (AUD) |
|---|---|
| 1st | Benjamin Breadsell |
| 2nd | Mike Gorodinsky |
| 3rd | Jason Gray |
| 4th | Jeffrey Lisandro |
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