Nate Silver has doubled up through "Hong Kong" Kenny Wong here at the start of Level 13. When we arrived at the table, Silver had sitting in front of him, and the board read .
According to a player at the table, Wong had .
Silver took a hit towards the end of Level 12, but after the double up, he's back to 140,000 chips. Wong dropped to 33,000.
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The third place finisher of last year's Aussie Millions Main Event has just been knocked out. Mile Krstanoski moved all in from the button for 32,000 and Zoltan Szabo made the call.
Will Jones opened to 5,000 in late position, a second player called out of the small blind, and "Hong Kong" Kenny Wong three-bet all in for 44,800 from the big blind. Jones re-shoved, and the player in the small blind called all in for 106,600.
Will Jones:
Small Blind:
Kenny Wong:
There was a king on the flop, and the turn and river came , respectively. Wong tripled to 140,000 chips, the player in the small blind won the 123,600-chip side pot, and Jones was left with just 17,000 chips. He busted shortly thereafter.
We happened upon the action with a board reading and between 90,000-100,000 in the pot. 2010 Aussie Millions Main Event champ Tyron Krost had checked from the small blind and Lee Markholt had a bet of 37,500 out in front of him.
Krost thought about it for a decent amont of time before making the call, but all he could do was muck when Markholt tabled . With that, Markholt is up to 300,000 while Krost was left with just 34,000.
Phil Ivey raised from the cutoff seat, and the player in the big blind reraised all in for 28,700 more. Ivey took a few moments, then called with the . His all-in opponent had the .
The flop, turn and river ran out , and Ivey won the pot to eliminate the player.