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Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
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2012 Aussie Millions
Aussie Millions Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 Aussie Millions
Buy-in
10,000 AUD
Prize Pool
6,590,000 AUD
Entries
659
Level
26
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Break
Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
We will be back in 15 minutes. The bubble has burst.
Frank Paul Bubbles 2012 Aussie Millions Main Event
From under the gun, the severely-crippled Frank Paul raised all in for 11,000, which was just over two big blinds. Action folded around the table to Jason Koon in the small blind. He commented that he "really should call and check this down," but opted to fold instead. In the big blind was Kenna James. James didn't have a big stack to start the hand with under 70,000 in chips, so committing the extra 6,000 to call was something he thought about for a few moments. Finally, he said that he needed to do the "correct thing" and called to put Paul at risk.
James tabled the 
and paul the 
. The dealer was then instructed to hold the action until all other tables were completed. That took a couple of minutes and allowed a pretty big group of spectators to form around Table 27 where Paul was at risk.
"This is my favorite hand," said James motioning towards his eight-five off suit. "Well, suited of course."
"I like the off suit!" yelled out one of the onlookers.
"I'm such an idiot, I should've called and sent this guy to the rail," said Koon as he watched. "I'm just that dumb kid from the Midwest who wanted to be all nice and sh*t."
A couple minutes passed while the other tables wrapped up their hands and then the floor staff instructed the dealer to run out the flop, turn and river. Here we go.
The flop came down 
and Paul stayed in the lead, but needed to dodge some more outs as James added a straight draw. The turn 
paired James and left Paul needing an ace or a jack on the river.
The river was the 
and paired the board. It wasn't what Paul was looking for and he was eliminated from play, just one spot short of the money and officially becoming the 2012 Aussie Millions Main Event bubble boy. Upon seeing the result when the river card hit, Paul simply sat in his seat right next to James with a rather dejected look on his face. He didn't move right away, he just sat there, wondering what could have been had he doubled up, stayed alive and fought on for the A$15,000 cash. Unfortunately for Paul, he was the last to go home empty-handed, but did earn a $550 entry to the special Hall of Fame tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000 | 17,000 |
|
Busted |
Some Bubble Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
815,000 | 147,500 |
|
452,000 | 100,000 |
|
425,000 | 5,000 |
|
|
68,000 | -65,000 |
Levy Doubles The Bubble
Grant Levy was in the big blind when he flatted the raise to 10,500 from an early position Bjorn Li.
Flop: 
On the flop, Levy checked and Li led for 13,500. Levy then jammed his stack all in and Li went into the tank. Levy sweated the call while a small crowd gathered around Table 23. Eventually Li made the call and Levy tabled his 
. It was well ahead of the 
of Li and when the turn and river bricked, Levy took the double on the bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
330,000 | -99,500 |
|
190,000 | 106,000 |
Lui Lives
He just won't go down. Patrick Lui has been all-in for his tournament life for at least four times but he keeps surviving. From the small blind Robert Lam put Lui all-in who had just 23,000 chips left behind. Lui called giving us another bubble showdown.
| Patrick Lui | |
| Robert Lam |  |
The board ran out 
giving Lui another double up. We are still hand for hand while the level is almost over.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | 45,000 |
New System
Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
The tournament just announced that it's "going to a new system" here on the bubble of the 2012 Aussie Millions Main Event. Of course, we were all anxious to hear this new system. The system was that after each hand has been completed at a table, the dealer has been told to stand up so the tournament directors can know exactly when all tables are through before proceeding to the next hand.
Fisher Calls Off for Tournament Life
Aage Ravn opened for 13,000 under the gun and action folded all the way around to Slade Fisher in the big blind. After a call, the flop fell 
and Fisher checked to Ravn, who threw out a bet of 125,000. Fisher only had 84,000 behind, meaning he would have to put his tournament life on the line if he wanted to call.
It became apparent Fisher held a legitimate hand as he gave the situation serious consideration. As he hit the tank, a swarm of other players, media, and railbirds circled around to watch the action. After about three minutes in the tank, Oscar Kemps, who wasn't even involved in the hand, called for a clock. The floor, who was standing behind the dealer, immediately denied the request, stating that it was too big a decision at a crucial point in the tournament to be calling a clock.
About 30 seconds later, Fisher splashed in the call and discovered the good news, that his 
was way ahead of the 
of Ravn. The turn put an end to any suspense as Ravn was drawing dead. After the 
was put out on the river for good measure, Fisher collected the pot and chipped up to approximately 200,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
750,000 | -80,000 |
|
200,000 | 50,000 |
One More Hand
Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
That's what they just announced. It wasn't the first time the tournament staff announced this, and by the looks of it, also not the last.
Bubble (Almost) Bursts
A crowd gathered around Table 28 as Patrick Lui was yet again looking to be the bubble player. Lui was all in for his last chips in the big blind and three players flat-called preflop.
All three players involved in the hand checked down the 
board and the best hand that was shown was the . Lui hadn't looked at his cards yet and when he flipped his cards on the felt, 
crashed down and Lui took down the hand to survive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
24,000 | 5,000 |