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: 10

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

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One for Lawrence

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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Dominykas Karmazinas
90,500
34,500
34,500
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Joey Lawrence
86,000
20,000
20,000

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Demspey On The Up; Tran Falling

James Dempsey
James Dempsey

We came to James Dempsey's table with a board showing {5-Hearts}{4-Spades}{a-Spades}{j-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} 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 {a-Clubs}{9-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
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James Dempsey
330,000
80,000
80,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
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JC Tran
25,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 2X Winner

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Tran Needs a Double

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 {A-Spades} {K-Hearts}. His next-door neighbor figured {A-Diamonds} {J-Spades} was good enough to go with, and his chips put Tran five cards from the double.

The {9-Clubs} {3-Clubs} {K-Spades} flop was just what Dr. Tran ordered, but the {Q-Hearts} turn did give him a little sweat. He needed to fade the four-outer, and the river {Q-Diamonds} 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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JC Tran
45,000
15,000
15,000
WSOP 2X Winner

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It Ends

Jason Mercier - out
Jason Mercier - out

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 {8-Hearts} {8-Spades}, and Mercier called off the rest of his short stack with Big Slick, {A-Hearts} {K-Spades}.

The flop came {Q-Hearts} {9-Hearts} {4-Diamonds}, a swing and a miss for Mercier, and he'd not be able to catch up to Grigg's snowmen. The {3-Spades} and {4-Clubs} 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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Tom Grigg
300,000
20,000
20,000
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Jason Mercier
Busted
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 6X Winner
EPT 1X Winner

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Jamie Rose Again

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 {3-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{4-Clubs} flop. The turn fell as {4-Diamonds} and Rosen had a 7,300 bet check-called. Both players went back to checking the river. Rosen opened {a-Hearts}{3-Hearts}, besting his opponent's {2-Spades}{2-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
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Jamie Rosen
110,000
35,000
35,000

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Rosen Keeps Going

On a flop of {9-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{A-Hearts}, an unknown player checked and Jamies Rosen bet 8,500 from the button. His opponent made the call and then both players checked te {8-Spades} turn. When the {8-Clubs} hit the river, Rosen's opponent fired out 13,000, which Rosen called without hesitation.

His opponent was hesitant to show his {J-Hearts}{7-Hearts}, and for good reason as Rosen held {A-Spades}{6-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
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Jamie Rosen
123,000
13,000
13,000

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The Number

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

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.