Players are now on another 15-minute break. When they return they'll play one more 90-minute level before taking a dinner break.
While you wait for the action to return, check out Lynn Gilmartin's chat with ex-rugby player, turned model, Kris Smith before he took a seat in his first-ever major poker tournament.
Action folded around to an unknown player on the button and he raised to 450, which Tom Grigg called from the big blind. The latter then checked in the dark before the flop came down 
. The button continued for 525, Grigg woke up with a check-raise to 1,500, and the button called, bringing about the 
turn.
Grigg thought for about 45 seconds before betting 2,650, and that's all it took as the button sent his hand to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
48,500
13,500
|
13,500 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
45,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
41,500
11,500
|
11,500 |
|
34,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
|
34,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
32,000 | |
|
25,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
|
||
|
24,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
|
21,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
21,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
While we were walking around the poker room, we heard a thunder of laughter coming from Didier Guerin's table. When we arrived on the scene, Guerin explained to us that the dealer accidentally dropped the deck after pitching each player's cards, and the hand was ruled dead by the floor.
If that's not funny enough, one player had 
, another had 
, and a third had 
. Surely there would've been fireworks, but because of the error, no shots were fired.
Three players created a pot of approximately 2,000 and saw a flop of 
. An under-the-gun player wasted little time in betting 1,000, a middle-position player folded, and John Juanda called from the button. The under-the-gun player then slowed down with a check after the dealer had burned and turned the 
, and Juanda took the opportunity to bet 1,800. It did the trick and Juanda won the pot.
Despite winning that small pot, Juanda is down from the starting stack and sitting with 21,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
21,500
-2,500
|
-2,500 |
|
||
Earlier today we told you about Jesse McKenzie, who won his way into the Main Event in a Crown Poker freeroll. Unfortunately for the online player known as "OnTheMac", he was unable to turn it into a payday.
We didn't see his demise, but he explained on Twitter:
Getting rivered in a bunch of small pots then won a weird pot vs kitty and now in a perfect squeeze spot had AA in bb, 3x open, btn flat...January 28 2013Follow
Squeeze to 2600 with AA, original raiser tanks then 4bets, others fold I move in he calls...flop 10 k 9 ggJanuary 28 2013Follow
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Martin Finger was just spotted on the rail, but he wasn't knocked out by any means. The German was waiting for his seats and moments later he was called over to the registration desk. Finger quickly grabbed a seat and sat down to play.
Finger won EPT Prague back in 2011 for €720,000 and more recently he finished second in the $1,100 behind Rupert Elder for A$160,000 here at the Aussie Millions.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
|
||
A player opened to 600 from under the gun, Eric Liu called in the hijack seat, a player called out of the small blind, and Joe Hachem defended his big blind.
The dealer fanned 
, the action checked to the original raiser, and he tossed out 1,300. Only Liu called.
The turn was the , the player checked, and Liu fired 1,300. The player called.
Both players checked after the completed the board, and the player showed 
for a busted flush draw. Liu had that beat with 
, and raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
57,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
At the table with Jim Collopy, Didier Guerin and Michael Guzzardi we've just spotted Jason Gray. Gray is a member of the Australian Poker Hall of Fame and was inducted last year together with David Gorr.
Gray biggest live tournament result came back in 2008 when he finished second in the APPT Sydney for A$476,000. As of today Gray has over $1.1 in live tournament winnings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 |
Antonio Esfandiari, also known as, "The Magician," is one of the most recognized faces in poker. He's accumulated almost $24 million in live tournament winnings over his illustrious career. In this edition of Seat Open, Esfandiari talks about life before poker.
His story continues in part two where he discusses the rise of his career, and the fame that came with it. He then opens up about his plans for the future... Something along the lines of "I just want to hurt poker players".
