It happened when Shak opened for 250,000 under the gun and was met by a three-bet to 760,000 by Joe Cabret on the button. The blinds both folded, Shak moved all in, and Cabret snap-called.
Shak:
Cabret:
It was a bad time for Shak to shove as Cabret had him crushed. The flop gave both a pair of aces, but Cabret's king kicker had him well out in front. Neither the turn nor river helped Shak and once again he had to be satisfied with a fourth-place finish, this one good for AU$400,000.
After nearly six hours since the last elimination, a monster pot just went down that resulted in the elimination of Australian Jarrod Glennon.
It happened when Joe Cabret opened for 160,000 under the gun for 160,000 and then called when Glennon three-bet to 375,000 from the button. Cabret then check-called a bet of 325,000 on the flop before leading out for 825,000 on the turn. Glennon called, the peeled off on the river, and Cabret moved all in.
Glennon hit the tank for a solid eight minutes weighing the decision. He shifted in his chair, shook his head, and continued to ruffle chips. Eventually he called off his remaining 2 million or so and Cabret revealed for a flush. Glennon looked crushed and simply tossed his cards to the dealer before exiting the tournament in fifth place for AU$290,000.
Patrik Antonius opened to 160,000 on the button, Dan Shak called in the small blind, and Joseph Cabret three-bet to 605,000 from the big blind. Antonius folded, Shak moved all in for effectively 2.35 million, and Cabret snap-called.
Shak:
Cabret:
Cabret remained ahead as the flop fell , and Shak was drawing dead once the turned.
A meaningless completed the board, and Cabret was shipped a massive double.
New Zealand's [Removed:17] open-shoved for 780,000 under the gun and received a call from Mervin Chan in the cutoff. The button and both blinds folded and the cards were turned up.
Yan:
Chan:
It was a bad spot for the SuperNova Elite as he had run pocket eights into a bigger pocket pair. According to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, Chan was an 81.31% favorite and Yan only had a 18.23% chance of survival. That dropped to 13.23% on the flop, which gave him a running straight draw, but the useless turn bumped him down to just 4.55%.
Yan needed an eight on the river to survive, but it wasn't in the cards as the peeled off. With that, Yan was eliminated in sixth place for AU$220,000.
Patrik Antonius opened to 60,000 from under the gun, Dan Shak called on his direct left, and Jay Tan three-bet to 175,000 on his direct left. The action folded back to Antonius, and he four-bet to 385,000. Shak quickly folded, and Tan moved all in for around one million chips. Antonius snap-called.
Antonius:
Tan:
The flop was , which didn't improve Tan at all. The on the turn took away one of her outs, and the on the river ender her 2013 Aussie Millions Main Event.
Tan will not best her boyfriend "Hong Kong" Kenny Wong's runner-up finish in 2012, but she will walk away with AU$150,000.
It is there that he'll be joined by the likes of Patrik Antonius, Mervin Chan, Jay Tan, Jarrod Glennon, Joseph Cabret and [Removed:17]. Obviously the fan favorite is Antonius, who finished Day 1c of this tournament as chip leader and never looked back. The deep runs of both Shak and Antonius prevented them, as well as Phil Ivey (30th place for AU$35,000) from playing in this year's $250,000 Challenge, which was won last night by Sam Trickett. As such, they're both hungry to make up for it by capturing the $1,600,000 first-place prize and accompanying automobile.
Other payouts include: 2nd-AU$1,000,000; 3rd-AU$600,000; 4th-AU$400,000; 5th-AU$290,000; and 6th-AU$220,000.
In addition, Tan is trying to best her boyfriend "Hong Kong" Kenny Wong's runner-up finish in last year's Aussie Millions Main Event, and Cabret is representing the local Melbourne contingent, so you might say he has home-field advantage.
Here's a look at how the final table stacks up:
2013 Aussie Millions Final Table
Seat
Player
Chips
1
Jarrod Glennon
3,600,000
2
Patrik Antonius
3,345,000
3
Dan Shak
3,775,000
4
Jay Tan
1,220,000
5
[Removed:17]
1,450,000
6
Joseph Cabret
2,655,000
7
Mervin Chan
2,910,000
Play will resume on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. local time, which is about an hour from now. Who will walk away with the title of Aussie Millions Main Event Champion? We'll find out soon.