A player open-shoved for 6,400 from early position, Celina Lin called on his direct left, and James Obst defended out of the big blind.
The flop fell , and both players checked. The turn was the , the two players checked again, and the river was the . Again, the two checked.
Obst showed for effectively jack-high, the all-in player mucked, and Lin showed for effectively ace-high. She raked in the pot, and now sits with 185,000 chips.
Currently there are just 177 players remaining out of the 629 that started this event. That means the average has surpassed the six-figure mark and is now up to 106,610. In big blinds the average is 66.
Henry Wang is one of the happiest guys in any of the tournaments we've seen him at. He just added some happiness to his mood after winning a nice little preflop all in that could've cost him most of his chips.
Wang's opponent was all in with and looking to dodge at least an ace. Wang showed and seemed to be celebrating a win even before the flop was shown. While Wang was clapping his hands the dealer fanned out .
The turn brought the and the river the giving Wang the win in this hand.
"He was celebrating while he was up against queens," one of the players at the table said as Wang was stacking his new chips. Wang practices positive energy like none other today and he's still very much alive with 177 players remaining.
Jackie Glazier opened in the cutoff seat, Mark Teltscher three-bet to 8,400 on her direct left, and the action folded back to Glazier, who called.
The dealer fanned , and Glazier checked. Teltscher tossed out 8,300, and Glazier tanked for a bit before check-shoving for effectively 40,000 or so. It was Teltscher's turn to tank, and roughly a minute later, he folded.
Former World Series of Poker Europe bracelet winner Andrew Hinrichsen just lost a preflop all in. Hinrichsen showed as he risked 37,700 chips to knock out his opponent who held .
The board ran out and Hinrichsen paid his opponent. The Aussie was knocked down to around 54,000 and he's looking to rebuild his stack.
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Toby Lewis is no more. The Brit had grown short stack here in the first three levels of Day 2 and finally moved all in for his last 7,300 with in the cutoff. Heinz Kamutzki called from the button with , and the blinds got out of the way.
According to the PokerNews Odds Calculator it was essentially a flip as Lewis had a 47.86% chance of survival. That percentage dropped to 24.65% on the flop as Kamutzki tripped up, but Lewis was still drawing live to a non-four heart. The wasn't one and his chances dropped even further to 18.18%. The dealer burned one last time and put out the , the last card Lewis would see in the 2013 Aussie Millions Main Event.
Jay Tan check-called the flop against her opponent for 5,200. The turn was the , and Tan checked again. Her opponent checked behind, and the river was the . Tan led for 11,000, and her opponent called after mulling it over for a minute.
Tan tabled the for a queen-high straight, and her opponent mucked his hand. Tan moved to 240,000 in chips.
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, and both players checked. The turn was the 
, the two players checked again, and the river was the 
. Again, the two checked.
for effectively jack-high, the all-in player mucked, and Lin showed 
for effectively ace-high. She raked in the pot, and now sits with 185,000 chips.
and looking to dodge at least an ace. Wang showed 
and seemed to be celebrating a win even before the flop was shown. While Wang was clapping his hands the dealer fanned out 
.
and the river the 
giving Wang the win in this hand.
as he risked 37,700 chips to knock out his opponent who held 
.
and Hinrichsen paid his opponent. The Aussie was knocked down to around 54,000 and he's looking to rebuild his stack.
wasn't one and his chances dropped even further to 18.18%. The dealer burned one last time and put out the 
flop against her opponent for 5,200. The turn was the 
for a queen-high straight, and her opponent mucked his hand. Tan moved to 240,000 in chips.
