Kevin Rabichow opened to 8,000 in middle position, player three-bet jammed for a little over 50,000 on his left, and the action folded back to Rabichow, who called.
Rabichow:
Opponent:
The board ran out , and Rabichow's opponent doubled. Rabichow's stack dipped down to 55,000 chips.
A short-stacked Tom Grigg moved all in from early position for his last 30,000 and received a call from Man Hei Lam in the small blind. Grigg held and was in bad shape against the of Hei Lam... that is until the flop came down .
"How come I only get lucky when I have less than eight big blinds?" Grigg asked with a laugh. "This is like the fourth time this tournament. I get short and then I get lucky." Not only did he get lucky, he got the double as neither the turn nor river helped Hei Lam.
Gary Benson just tanked for, what it seemed like, an eternity. The board read when Kenny Wong put out a hefty bet worth around 100,000. Benson took his time and thought about it for almost seven minutes. One of the players finally called the clock and Benson folded in the dying seconds of his final minute.
Wong didn't show his cards and is now up to 450,000 chips.
From the cutoff seat, Phil Ivey raised to 9,000. Patrik Antonius called out of the big blind, and the flop came down . Antonius checked, Ivey bet 9,000, and Antonius check-raised to 22,000. Ivey gave it up, and Antonius won the pot.
The action folded to Nick van Engelenburg, who raised to 11,000 out of the small blind. Daniel Neilson three-bet to 25,000 from the big blind, and the Dutchman called.
The flop fell , and both players checked. The turn was the , van Engelenburg tossed out 26,000, and Neilson called.
The completed the board, and both players checked again. Engelenburg was about to turn his cards over, but before he did, Neilson showed for a pair of queens. Engelenburg angled his cards into the muck, and Neilson is now flirting with 600,000 chips.
Adam Carlton opened for 8,800 under the gun and was met by a three-bet to 35,000 from Dan Shak, who was sitting to his immediate left. Action folded back around to Carlton and he eyed up Shak's remaining stack of 95,500 before announcing that he was all in. Shak snap-called and it was off to the races.
Carlton:
Shak:
Neither remained focused on the board as the dealer put down the flop. It was safe for Shak, as was the turn. All he needed to do was dodge an ace and king on the river to double, and that's just what he did as the harmless reared it's head.
Meanwhile, Dejan Pustoslemsek, who had been nursing a short stack the majority of Day 2, has been eliminated from the tournament.
Mervin Chan led out for a bet on a flop of , Tony Bloom moved all in for what looked like 73,000, and the action folded back to Chan, who called.
Chan:
Bloom:
The turn was the , giving Chan a flush, but Bloom could still double with a ten or four on the river.
The river was a repeat eight - the - however, and Bloom was eliminated.
Prior to busting, Bloom, who won the 2004 Aussie Millions Main Event, was seated next to Tyron Krost. Krost, who won in 2010, is now the only remaining champion.
First all, the title above was "Jay Tan approved."
"You should keep it, I think it's hilarious," Tan said after seeing what your reporter was writing about her boyfriend.
Kenny Wong finished second last year to Oliver Speidel and took home a cool million Australian dollars. This year's doing very well on Day 2 with good chances to make another deep run. We just watched Wong take another good nice pot which bumped his stack over the 300,000-chip mark.
We saw that Wong had put in a re-raise to 25,000 and David Tan was his only caller. The other preflop action was unknown to us.
The flop brought out and both players checked. On the turn the hit and Yan bet 45,000, Wong called. The river brought the and Yan check-folded to a 40,000-chip bet. Wong is doing great and the third day seems to be within reach.