Patrik Antonius checked the flop, and Robert Fenner fired 7,500. Antonius called to see the come on the turn. Both players checked. The river was the , and both players checked again.
Antonius couldn't beat Fenner's and mucked his hand.
From the button, chip leader Scott Wilson raised to 4,500. Man Hei Lam called from the big blind, and the flop came down Lam checked, Wilson bet 402,000, and Lam called.
On the turn, the fell. Lam checked, Wilson fired 12,300, and Lam made the call once again.
After the dealer landed the on the river, both Lam and Wilson checked to get to the showdown.
Wilson tabled the for a pair of sixes. Lam had him beat with the for a pair of kings, and he won the pot.
After the cutoff seat opened to 4,000 and Dan Shak flatted from the button, Ping Chan three-bet to 18,000 from the big blind. The cutoff seat and Shak both folded, giving the pot to Chan and moving him over 300,000 in chips.
"All in and a call," we heard a dealer say from a table behind us. When we turned around we saw Micah Raskin was all in and at risk against Daniel Neilson.
A preflop raising way resulted in Raskin being all in for roughly 60,000 from the big blind with , which was well behind the Neilson held in the small blind. The flop paired both players, but Neilson's king kicker had him out in front. The turn meant Raskin needed a queen on the river to survive, but it wasn't in the cards as the useless blanked.
When we arrived at the table, there was 8,000 sitting in front of both Stephen Chidwick and Patrik Antonius. The dealer delivered the river, making the board , and then pulled in both bets.
Chidwick, who was in the blinds, checked, and Antonius reached for chips. He grabbed two teal T1,000 chips, added four yellow T5,000 chips, and tossed out 22,000. Chidwick's eyes never left Antonius as he acted, and while he was in the tank, his gaze remained on the iconic Fin.
Eventually, Chidwick reached into his own stack, grabbed enough chips to call, and committed them. Antonius turned over for a pair of aces, and Chidwick sent his cards into the muck.
What's better than playing in the Aussie Millions Main Event? Playing in the Main Event for free, and that's exactly what 2010 Aussie Millions champ Tyron Krost will be doing for the rest of his life.
You see, last year won a "golden ticket" of sorts by defeating Tony Bloom heads-up in the special 10th Anniversary Tournament of Champions. That tournament featured eight of the nine Aussie Millions Main Event champions battle it our for a lifetime entry to the very event they all once won. Krost came into the event as the youngest player at the table and was effectively the person with the most to win as he'd theoretically live the longest. Indeed it was Krost who took the title and will now have an entire lifetime to cash in on his winnings.
Jay Tan was just moved to Kenny Wong's table and to most people that wouldn't raise any eyebrows. Tan sat down in the seat two to Wong's left and requested a table change with the tournament director. This unusual request was honored by the floor staff and here's the reason why.
Tan and Wong are in a relationship, something which is common knowledge to most poker players. Tournament director Christian Vaughan explained to us that Crown tries to keep relatives and couples separated throughout the tournament for as long as possible.
"When there's two full tables left we're not gonna reseat players, because that would be unfair," Vaughan said when explaining on how far they would go on keeping players split up.
"At the start of the tournament Jan Suchanek and his wife were seated at the same table and we also split them up," Vaughan added as Tan sat down at her new table. Wong and Tan have to play a few more days before there's another chance they get to face off against each other.
"Personally I think it would be good if we were able to split up players who have substantial stakes in each other, but that's far more complicated. But it's an issue," Vaughan said on all the shared action and exchanged percentages in big events.
A quick check at the table revealed that chip leader Scott Wilson had done the deed of eliminating the Brit. Meanwhile, young Jan Collado, who was sitting with a big stack of his own, filled Trickett's vacant seat.
flop, and Robert Fenner fired 7,500. Antonius called to see the 
come on the turn. Both players checked. The river was the 
, and both players checked again.
and mucked his hand.
on a 
Lam checked, Wilson bet 402,000, and Lam called.
fell. Lam checked, Wilson fired 12,300, and Lam made the call once again.
on the river, both Lam and Wilson checked to get to the showdown.
for a pair of sixes. Lam had him beat with the 
for a pair of kings, and he won the pot.
flop paired both players, but Neilson's king kicker had him out in front. The 
turn meant Raskin needed a queen on the river to survive, but it wasn't in the cards as the useless 
, and then pulled in both bets.
for a pair of aces, and Chidwick sent his cards into the muck.
