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.
2012 Aussie Millions
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
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
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35,000 |
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70,000
28,000
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28,000 |
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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 |
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125,000
35,000
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35,000 |
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Busted | |
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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 |
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140,000
34,900
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34,900 |
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120,000
30,000
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30,000 |


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 |

Player | Chips | Progress |
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250,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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184,000 | |
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130,000 | |
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105,000 | |
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93,000
55,000
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55,000 |
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90,000
4,000
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4,000 |
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74,000
41,000
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41,000 |
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57,000
27,000
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27,000 |
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57,000
16,000
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16,000 |
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57,000
33,000
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33,000 |
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47,000 | |
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45,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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24,000
6,000
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6,000 |
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22,000 | |
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Tom "durrrr" Dwan's table was recently broke, much to Jason Koon's relief as he had Dwan on his left. Now, Jason Mercier has the distinction of having Dwan action immediately after him. As Dwan was placing his chips down on Table 30, Mercier looked up, noticed his opponent, and politely said, "Get the f*** out of here."

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