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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

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

Tom Coolers Tom

We barely caught the action but in the last hand before the break Tom Grigg put a huge beating on Tom Dwan. On a {J-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} board Grigg told us he put out a big bet and Dwan moved all-in. Grigg called with {K-}{10-} and was up against {7-}{7-}. A huge cooler and the river, the {6-Hearts}, didn't change the outcome.

Dwan is down to just a few big blinds while Grigg is back to big stack play.

Player Chips Progress
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Tom Grigg
320,000
205,000
205,000
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Tom Dwan
50,000
210,000
210,000
GTO Wizard

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The Croc Snaps a Double

Billy The Croc
Billy The Croc

Billy "The Croc" Argyros has been getting steadily grumpier as his stack has been shrinking down toward the felt over the last couple levels. We watched him raise-fold with about 13bb during the last level, and he has been desperately squeezing out his hole cards, hoping to find something playable.

Finally, it happened. The Croc moved his last 36,500 chips into the pot after looking down at {K-Hearts} {K-Clubs}, and he found favorable action from an opponent with {J-Diamonds} {J-Clubs}. The board came {6-Clubs} {9-Hearts} {9-Clubs} {4-Spades} {10-Diamonds}, and Argyros has found his much-needed double.

"We're back, boys!" he yelled as the dealer pushed the pot, moving him up around 80,000 and back into the game. The smile has returned, as well.

Player Chips Progress
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Billy Argyros
80,000
20,000
20,000

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Dwan Done

Tom Dwan
Tom Dwan

After a huge roller coaster Tom Dwan's day ended at the beginning of level 14. We got word from his former table mates that Dwan raised to 9,000 from the under the gun +1 position and David Steicke was the only player that called.

The flop came down {4-Spades}{J-Spades}{5-Hearts} and according to the table Dwan bet 20,000 with only 20,000 left behind. Steicke put him all-in and Dwan made the call.

Tom Dwan{10-Clubs}{4-Clubs}
David Steicke{A-Clubs}{J-Clubs}

The turn was the {7-Diamonds} and the river the {A-Hearts} giving Steicke two pair and the knock out. Dwan finished in 91st place and only just missed out on his first live tournament cash since finishing 5th in the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. during the WSOP.

Player Chips Progress
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David Steicke
555,000
155,000
155,000
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Tom Dwan
Busted
GTO Wizard

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The Ladies Like Taylor

Taylor von Kriegenbergh
Taylor von Kriegenbergh

Action folded to Taylor von Kriegenbergh in the cutoff and he raised to 8,000, which was met with an all-in three-bet to 58,000 by the player on the button. The blinds got out of the way and von Kriegenbergh made the call.

Showdown

von Kriegenbergh{Q-Spades}{Q-Clubs}
Button{7-Clubs}{7-Hearts}

Von Kriegenbergh was way ahead, which is where he stayed as the board ran out {8-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{A-Hearts}{3-Spades}{K-Clubs}. Not only did von Kriegenbergh eliminated an opponent, he brought his chip stack up over 200K.

Player Chips Progress
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Taylor von Kriegenbergh
209,000
49,000
49,000
WPT 1X Winner

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Koon Krushing

Jason Koon trying to count along with us
Jason Koon trying to count along with us

Jason Koon has his chips stacked in an ever-changing pyramidal tower that's fairly hard to count down since we can't see inside of it. He just caught our eye as we were trying to guesstimate, and he stood up to have a go himself.

"I think I'm at eight," he said matter-of-fact. "Maybe just a tad under."

We'll take his word for it; his count is as close as we can get it ourselves. We'll call it 775,000 for the time being, and he's looking like the big stack for now.

Player Chips Progress
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Jason Koon
775,000
200,000
200,000

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King on the River Good for Speidel

Oliver Speidel
Oliver Speidel

Action folded to Oliver Speidel in the small blind and he raised to 12,000, which the big blind called. When the flop fell {2-Clubs}{J-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}, Speidel bet 16,000, the big blind called, and the {Q-Spades} appeared on the turn. This time both players checked, and then Speidel bet 25,000 on the {K-Clubs} river.

The big blind thought for about a minute before making the call, and Speidel rolled over {K-Hearts}{8-Hearts} for a rivered pair of kings. The big blind showed the {Q-Hearts} and then mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Oliver Speidel
700,000
80,000
80,000

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Quoss Your Hopes of a Cash of Your List

Fabian Quoss had played a really patient short-stacked game the past couple of levels, picking his spots carefully and chipping back up to 80,000. What happened next?

You find ace-queen and get action from one of the most aggressive players at the table (Ben Jenkins). Good spot, right? Qouss thought so and committed the rest of his chips, only to find Jenkins had woken up with pocket aces. Good game.

Player Chips Progress
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Ben Jenkins
340,000
140,000
140,000
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Fabian Quoss
Busted

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