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2012 Aussie Millions

Aussie Millions Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2012 Aussie Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
1,600,000 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
10,000 AUD
Prize Pool
6,590,000 AUD
Entries
659
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Counts

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Bjorn Li au
Bjorn Li
660,000
160,000
160,000
Profile photo of Jason Koon us
Jason Koon
450,000
75,000
75,000
Profile photo of David Steicke au
David Steicke
400,000
15,000
15,000
Profile photo of Michael Tureniec se
Michael Tureniec
260,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Aage Ravn no
Aage Ravn
240,000
160,000
160,000
Profile photo of Brett Watson au
Brett Watson
200,000
55,000
55,000
Profile photo of Jamie Rosen us
Jamie Rosen
182,000
12,000
12,000
Profile photo of Taylor von Kriegenbergh us
Taylor von Kriegenbergh
160,000
75,000
75,000
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Isaac Baron us
Isaac Baron
140,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Khiem Nguyen de
Khiem Nguyen
135,000
Profile photo of Robert Lam
Robert Lam
134,000
76,000
76,000
Profile photo of Billy Argyros au
Billy Argyros
105,000
45,000
45,000

Steicke Sticks it To a Shorty

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

The shortest stack in the room got his last 15,500 chips into the pot from early position, and David Steicke made the call all the way around the table in the blinds. The at-risk player turned up {K-Spades} {9-Clubs} for his tournament life. Steicke was ahead with {A-Clubs} {Q-Hearts}, and he was a favorite to notch the knockout.

The board rolled out {4-Spades} {10-Clubs} {3-Clubs} {10-Hearts} {A-Hearts}, and that's all she wrote for the shorty.

Tags: David Steicke

Dwan Calls the Clock After Grigg Tanks for 10 Minutes

Tom "durrrr" Dwan doesn't seem like the type of man to call a clock on another player, but it just happened. Granted, Tom Grigg was literally in the tank for ten minutes, so it was justified, but it was a first for us.

It happened on a {K-Spades}{K-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{A-Hearts}{9-Clubs} board with about 160,000 in the pot. After the river card was put out, Dwan moved all in for 101,500 and put Grigg, who had around 115,000 behind, to the test. "Oh, this is so sick," Grigg said at the beginning of the hand.

Fast forward about 90 seconds and Grigg says, "I've got one of these bad boys," while pointing to one of the kings. All the while Dwan imitates a statue and remains motionless, without so much as a blink. Grigg is obviously fishing for a reaction, but he was obviously barking up the wrong tree.

A couple of minutes later, approaching about minute seven in the tank, Grigg asks, "Will you show me if I fold?" Again, Dwan, who has in earbuds, remains motionless and looks exactly as he did at the beginning of the hand.

"Mr. Dwan?" Grigg pleads one last time. Nothing.

"He's donked every street," Grigg says in frustration to his friends. In a last ditch attempt to get a reaction from Dwan, Grigg waves in durrrr's line of sight, which actually a reaction . . . a clock being called. About midway through the clock, and after being in the tank for more than ten minutes, Griggs finally let his hand go.

Dwan silently slid his cards to the muck, blinking furiously to rewet his dry eyes, while Griggs simply said, "He would have shown a bluff."

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Tom Dwan us
Tom Dwan
260,000
180,000
180,000
GTO Wizard
Profile photo of Tom Grigg au
Tom Grigg
115,000
135,000
135,000

Tags: Tom DwanTom Grigg

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Former Champ Going Strong

Things have been going rather well for the 2006 champion of this event since we last checked on him. It wasn't that long ago — this level, in fact — that we counted Lee Nelson down at about 170,000. He's got well over twice that now.

We walked up to Nelson's table in time to see him open the hijack to 6,500, and the player to his left made the call in position to go heads up to the flop. It came {6-Spades} {2-Spades} {Q-Diamonds}, and Nelson checked it over. His opponent stole Nelson's idea and made a repeat bet of 6,500 which was quickly called, and the {2-Diamonds} paired the board on the turn. Now Nelson led back out into the pot with 13,000 of his own chips, and his opponent shot a glance before uncapping his cards and mucking them.

There are now almost 400,000 chips in front of Mr. Nelson, and he's in the middle of quite a nice looking massage right now.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Lee Nelson nz
Lee Nelson
385,000
215,000
215,000

Tags: Lee Nelson

All Aussie Chips

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Josh Barrett
Josh Barrett
660,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Oliver Speidel au
Oliver Speidel
365,000
Profile photo of Pat Dillon
Pat Dillon
350,000
257,000
257,000
Profile photo of Octavian Voegele
Octavian Voegele
275,000
Profile photo of Benn Skender
Benn Skender
250,000
Profile photo of Ben Savage au
Ben Savage
250,000
75,000
75,000
Profile photo of Michael Pedley au
Michael Pedley
205,000
114,000
114,000
Profile photo of Jai Kemp
Jai Kemp
185,000
89,000
89,000
Profile photo of Andrew Hinrichsen au
Andrew Hinrichsen
150,000
40,000
40,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Tino Lechich au
Tino Lechich
140,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Dennis Huntly au
Dennis Huntly
120,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Mitch Carle
Mitch Carle
115,000
Profile photo of Grant Levy au
Grant Levy
82,000
35,000
35,000
Profile photo of Billy Argyros au
Billy Argyros
60,000
45,000
45,000
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Koon Takes One From Ivey

Phil Ivey and Jason Koon
Phil Ivey and Jason Koon

Jason Koon and Phil Ivey have been sitting next to each other for the better part of day 2, but so far we are still waiting for their first big clash. Just now we were hoping to see some fireworks when there was a raise from early position and three players called among which Koon and Ivey from the cut-off and button.

The flop came down {6-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{4-Clubs} and all players checked. On the turn, the {9-Diamonds}, the same thing happened and the river was the {J-Clubs}. It got checked all the way around to Jason Koon who bet 26,500 from the button. Everyone folded to Ivey who tanked for a bit and flicked into the pot. Koon tabled {Q-Hearts}{J-Hearts} and Ivey mucked his cards.

It wasn't the firework we were hoping for, but it's a start. Ivey and Koon could still play the first million chip pot even though both players have found a good way of accumulating chips without risking too much.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jason Koon us
Jason Koon
575,000
125,000
125,000
Profile photo of Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
480,000
35,000
35,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 11X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Jason KoonPhil Ivey

Dion Vs. Dillon

We came to Pat Dillon's table with a flop showing {2-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{8-Clubs} and Dillon in the hand against Yann Dion. Dillon led for 8,500 on the flop and Dion made the call.

The {5-Hearts} on the turn saw Dillon continue his aggression, this time leading out for 21,000. His opponent thought for some time and made the call.

The {9-Diamonds} river and Dillon would again bet, this time making it 35,000. Dion then thought for almost a minute before flinging in the call.

"You're good," said Dillon as he unenthusiastically tabled his {6-Spades}{4-Spades} for a stone cold bluff. Dillion was then surprised to see his opponent held {4-Clubs}{4-Hearts}, with Dion making a great call to see his stack rise up the chip counts.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Yann Dion ca
Yann Dion
450,000
196,000
196,000
Profile photo of Pat Dillon
Pat Dillon
260,000
90,000
90,000

Tags: Pat DillionYann Dion

Missed Opportunities

Diego Zeiter took on the chip monster that it Bjorn Li, out of position, and managed to win a pot that he could've easily lost.

Li raised to 6,000 from under the gun and Zeiter peeled from the big blind to see a {q-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}. Zeiter double-donk-led two streets with a 10,500 on the flop and a 24,500 bet on the {2-Spades} turn. Li called both bets to head to the {5-Clubs} river where his opponent slowed to a check. He thought about betting but checked behind.

Zeiter opened {a-Hearts}{4-Hearts} and Li winced, as he knew a bet would've won him the pot. No need to worry too much as he's still on 650,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Bjorn Li au
Bjorn Li
650,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Diego Zeiter ch
Diego Zeiter
350,000
70,000
70,000

Tags: Diego ZeiterBjorn Li

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Break

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

The final break of the night just started. After 15 minutes we will play for another 90 before the day is done. We are just 19 players away from the money; making it will not be likely though.