Level: 10
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Level: 10
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
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Just before the break, action folded to Joey Lawrence in the cutoff and he raised to 4,000, which Dominykas Karmazinas three-bet to 10,900 from the big blind. Not to be outdone, Lawrence pushed back with a four-bet to 18,000, which was enough to take down the pot.
It wasn't much, but a good excuse to update you on their stacks.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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90,500
34,500
|
34,500 |
|
86,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
We came to James Dempsey's table with a board showing and Demspey in a hand against JC Tran. There was over 20,000 in the pot at this point and Dempsey flung out 6,000. Tran made the call and then tapped the table as he sent his cards into the muck when Demspey turned over his
.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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330,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
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25,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
JC Tran has been nursing his short stack for a long while now, and he's finally found a double to claw back into the mix. It looked like Tran was on the button when he got the last 20,700 of his chips into the middle preflop with
. His next-door neighbor figured
was good enough to go with, and his chips put Tran five cards from the double.
The
flop was just what Dr. Tran ordered, but the
turn did give him a little sweat. He needed to fade the four-outer, and the river
was safe enough.
Tran's back up around 45,000 chips now, just a double away from the chip average.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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45,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
From the hijack, Tom Grigg came in raising to 3,400, and Jason Mercier three-bet small to 6,100 total. Grigg shoved in on him with
, and Mercier called off the rest of his short stack with Big Slick,
.
The flop came
, a swing and a miss for Mercier, and he'd not be able to catch up to Grigg's snowmen. The
and
filled out the board, and it's sent Mercier to the exit here in the middle of Day 2.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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300,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
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Busted | |
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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
.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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110,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
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
.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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123,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
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.