Aussie Millions Main Event
Day 4 Started
2012 Aussie Millions
Aussie Millions Main Event
Day: 4
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
Bring on Day 4
![[user162117]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
Are you ready for all the poker action of Day 4 of the 2012 Aussie Millions? Because we certainly are. It's exciting times here in the Crown Poker Room, with the whole world watching and waiting to see who will be the newest champion. Of course, we aren't quite there yet, so lets just take it one step at a time.
There are 26 players returning to the felt today and it is Matt Turk who holds a commanding chip lead with 2,675,000. The next highest chip count is Tim O'Shea with 1,376,000. While Turk and O'Shea hold a chip lead over this fellow, the player everyone is talking about is Phil Ivey. He has dominated live poker in almost all corners of the world and will be looking to add Australia to that list.
There was an overnight seat redraw, with play continuing as 6-handed. Today will see the action halt when only 12 players remain and PokerNews will be here every step of the way.
Seating Day 4
Level 18
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 1 | Daniel Idema | 1,033,000 |
| 25 | 2 | Borge Dypvik | 882,000 |
| 25 | 3 | Slade Fisher | 172,000 |
| 25 | 4 | Ioannis Makris | 213,000 |
| 25 | 5 | Phil Ivey | 1,107,000 |
| 28 | 1 | Oliver Speidel | 614,000 |
| 28 | 2 | Louie Srour | 411,000 |
| 28 | 3 | Lee Nelson | 818,000 |
| 28 | 4 | David Steicke | 183,000 |
| 28 | 5 | Patrick Healy | 1,353,000 |
| 29 | 1 | Karim Jomeen | 282,000 |
| 29 | 2 | Yann Dion | 1,156,000 |
| 29 | 3 | Daniel Chevalier | 399,000 |
| 29 | 4 | Mile Krstanoski | 472,000 |
| 29 | 5 | Andrew Mellado | 274,000 |
| 31 | 1 | Janis Lesinskis | 689,000 |
| 31 | 2 | Mohamed Kowssarie | 793,000 |
| 31 | 3 | Elton Tsang | 376,000 |
| 31 | 4 | Kenneth Wong | 618,000 |
| 31 | 5 | Matthew Turk | 2,675,000 |
| 31 | 6 | Tim O’Shea | 1,367,000 |
| 32 | 1 | Grant Levy | 381,000 |
| 32 | 2 | Minh Nguyen | 992,000 |
| 32 | 3 | Joey Lawrence | 504,000 |
| 32 | 4 | Josh Barret | 740,000 |
| 32 | 5 | Bjorn Li | 1,222,000 |
Level: 18
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Ivey Pressuring Short Stacks Early
From the cutoff seat, the short-stacked Slade Fisher raised to 25,000. Phil Ivey three-bet from the small blind and made it 90,000 to go. Action folded back to Fisher and he tanked for a couple minutes before folding.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,155,000 | 48,000 |
|
145,000 | -27,000 |
Steicke Doubles Through Nelson
In a blind battle David Steicke just got his last 162,000 chips into the pot against Lee Nelson. We witnessed the following showdown.
| David Steicke |   |
| Lee Nelson |   |
The board ran out 
giving Steicke a pair of tens, and the much needed double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
775,000 | -103,000 |
|
335,000 | 152,000 |
Idema Bests Ivey
Level 18
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
We picked up the action on the 
board with Phil Ivey pitted against Daniel Idema. Ivey had checked and Idema bet 55,000. Ivey made the call.
The dealer landed the 
on the river and Ivey checked again. Idema bet 80,000 and Ivey studied him up and down. Then, he called.
Idema tabled the 
for two pair and Ivey mucked his hand.
David Steicke Eliminated in 26th Place (A$35,000)
The 2006 champion of this event Lee Nelson raised to 22,000 out of the cutoff seat before David Steicke three-bet to 60,000 from the button. In the small blind, Patrick Healy reraised all in for more than 1.2 million. He had both the other players covered and Nelson tank-folded before Steicke called to put himself, and his 350,000-chip stack, at risk.
Steicke: 
Healy: 
The flop, turn and river ran out 
and Healy's aces held to eliminate Steicke in 26th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,600,000 | 247,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Check-Raising, Barrett
Bjorn Li opened the action from under the gun and Minh Nguyen flat-called the button. Josh Barrett also threw in the extra chips and the flop was dealt.
Flop: 
Barrett took a moment before checking and then Li led for 32,000. It didn't take long for Nguyen to get out of the way and it was back on Barrett, who began readying his chips. Barrett took 87,000 out of his stack and placed it on the felt in front of him.
When Li folded he said, "nice bluff, yeah?"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
795,000 | 55,000 |
Ain't No Party Like a Party Poker Party
Level 19
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Thanks for following along with our coverage of the 2012 Aussie Millions on PokerNews. Be sure to check out our friends at the PartyPoker blog as well for great posts by Mike Sexton, Tony G, Kara Scott, and Dragan Galic.