This one is from before the dinner break, but still very much worth mentioning. On a flop the action was checked to Patrik Antonius who bet 8,000. One player folded which brought the action to Tom Grigg. Grigg moved all in for 23,700 and Antonius called after about 20 seconds.
Grigg:
Antonius:
The board ran out , and Antonius doubled up Grigg. The Finnish mastermind had a sour look on his face, but that quickly changed.
"I won a pot against Antonius!" Grigg celebrated sarcastically and the Fin cracked up. Antonius still has 265,000 chips and nothing to worry about.
Players are now on a 75-minute dinner break. While we fill up on the delights that Crown Melbourne has to offer, take a minute to enjoy Lynn Gilmartin's Calling the Clock on Nate Silver.
We saw a crowd forming around Table 24 and made our way over to see what all the fuss was about. When we arrived there was already 50,000 in the pot and a board reading . Jan Collado slide out a huge bet of 125,000 from the small blind, and it was up to Jesse Sylvia, who only had 35,000 behind in the cutoff.
The 2012 World Series of Poker runner-up hit the tank hard as a call would be for his tournament life. One by one the minutes ticked by until, after about five minutes, Jackie Glazier (who had recently moved to the table) called the clock. After another 30 seconds or so had passed, Sylvia called and tabled . He seemed relieved when Collado revealed for the same hand. Chop it up.
Meanwhile, Jamie Pickering has been eliminated from the tournament.
Four players, including Jesse Sylvia, Man Hei Lam, Jan Collado, and Lee Markholt took a flop of . The action checked to Markholt, who bet 9,600. Sylvia folded on the button, and Lam and Collado both called from the blinds.
The turn was the , all three players checked, and the river brought the . Lam checked, Collado fired 25,500, and Markholt folded. Lam mulled the decision over for less than 30 seconds before flicking forward a brown T25,000 chip. Collado showed for a pair of sevens, prompting Lam to turn over for a pair of aces.
He raked in the pot, and now has over 400,000 chips.
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.
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.
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.
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.
flop. Ivey bet 8,000, and Ljung called.
, prompting a bet of 20,000 from Ivey. Again, Ljung called.
, and Ivey checked. Ljung bet all in for 48,600, and Ivey folded.
flop the action was checked to Patrik Antonius who bet 8,000. One player folded which brought the action to Tom Grigg. Grigg moved all in for 23,700 and Antonius called after about 20 seconds.
, 
. Jan Collado slide out a huge bet of 125,000 from the small blind, and it was up to Jesse Sylvia, who only had 35,000 behind in the cutoff.
for the same hand. Chop it up.
. The action checked to Markholt, who bet 9,600. Sylvia folded on the button, and Lam and Collado both called from the blinds.
for a pair of aces.
, and then pulled in both bets.
