2014 Aussie Millions

$10,600 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2014 Aussie Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
1,600,000 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
10,000 AUD
Prize Pool
6,680,000 AUD
Entries
668
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
0

Various Chips Counts from Around the Room

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante
Player Chips Progress
Gareth Dwyer
Gareth Dwyer
174,000 -1,000
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
95,000 19,500
Tim English au
Tim English
89,000 64,000
Jesse McKenzie au
Jesse McKenzie
82,000 6,000
Dennis Huntly au
Dennis Huntly
82,000 17,000
Tim Slater gb
Tim Slater
78,000 11,000
Annette Obrestad no
Annette Obrestad
WSOP 1X Winner
64,500 15,000
Paul Newey gb
Paul Newey
62,500 -1,500
Marco Johnson us
Marco Johnson
WSOP 2X Winner
62,000 9,000
Daniel Neilson au
Daniel Neilson
56,500 14,500
Minh Nguyen au
Minh Nguyen
53,000 21,000
Paul Klann ca
Paul Klann
WPT 1X Winner
52,000 -18,000
Brendon Rubie au
Brendon Rubie
51,000 -5,000
Antonio Esfandiari us
Antonio Esfandiari
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
49,000 -9,000
Hugh Cohen au
Hugh Cohen
48,000 18,000
Julius Colman au
Julius Colman
48,000 -13,000
Jai Kemp
Jai Kemp
34,000 -1,000
Tony Kambouroglou au
Tony Kambouroglou
27,500 -26,500
Liam O'Rourke au
Liam O'Rourke
27,000 -45,000
Jonathan Karamalikis au
Jonathan Karamalikis
24,500 -35,500
Jackson Zheng
Jackson Zheng
18,000 -10,000
Mervin Chan my
Mervin Chan
15,000 -32,000
Andrew Scarfe
Andrew Scarfe
14,500 -17,500
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
5,500 -32,500
Michael Guzzardi us
Michael Guzzardi
5,000 -7,000

Dwyer is Confident in His Hand

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Matt Rynkiewicz opened for 1,100 under the gun and received calls from Gareth Dwyer and Jesse McKenzie on the button and big blind respectively. When the flop came down {a-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{10-Hearts}, McKenzie checked, Rynkiewicz bet 2,100, and both his opponents called.

After the dealer burned and turned the {7-Clubs}, McKenzie checked for a second time and Rynkiewicz fired out 6,000. Dwyer made the call, McKenzie folded, and the {10-Clubs} completed the board on the river. Rynkiewicz slowed down with a check, but still opted to call when Dwyer bet a healthy 12,000.

Dwyer confidently slammed down the {10-Spades}{4-Spades} for trips, and it was good as Rynkiewicz sent his cards to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Gareth Dwyer
Gareth Dwyer
175,000 27,000
Matt Rynkiewicz
Matt Rynkiewicz
72,000 -43,000

Tags: Gareth DwyerJesse McKenzieMatt Rynkiewicz

Rubie Goes the Speed Limit Into a Straight

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

With a board reading {4-Spades}{7-Hearts}{k-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}, Australian Brendon Rubie bet 3,600 from the big blind and received a call from his opponent in the hijack. Rubie tabled the {5-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} for a straight, and it was good as his opponent mucked his cards.

It wasn't much of a hand, but it gave us a good excuse to let you know that Rubie is up to 56,000.

Player Chips Progress
Brendon Rubie au
Brendon Rubie
56,000 23,000

Tags: Brendon Rubie

Steicke Eliminated by Laming

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante
David Steicke
David Steicke

We missed the details, but we do know that David Steicke got his short stack all in preflop holding the {k-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} and was up against the {a-}{j-} of Michael Laming.

Steicke was drawing to two live cards, but that did him little good as the board ran out dry. Laming's hand held and Steicke was left to text his friends and family the bad news from the rail.

Player Chips Progress
David Steicke au
David Steicke
Busted

Tags: David SteickeMichael Laming

Neilson Forbidden Hand of Mystery

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Daniel Neilson has been involved in his fair share of hands today and he was involved in another one during our most recent break.

On a board reading {10-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{J-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}, Neilson was faced with a 2,000-chip bet from his opponent. Neilson bumped it up to 5,300 and his opponent made the call.

The {4-Hearts} dropped on the river and Neilson, who was first to act, pushed out four yellow chips to the value of 20,000, which was enough to put his opponent at risk of elimination.

Neilson's opponent tanked for more than three minutes while the break clock ticked down. Eventually, he released his hand showing the {10-Clubs} in the process. He looked over at Neilson hoping he would put him out of his misery and show him a glimpse of his holdings, but Neilson did not oblige, instead opting to rake in the pot and stack up his 60,000 chips before making the most of the five minutes left on the break.

Tags: Daniel Neilson

Level: 6

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 75

Nguyen Busts McLean

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Luke McLean was recently eliminated from the tournament by Minh Nguyen. According to Nguyen, it happened when he opened from the cutoff and McLean three-bet to 2,100 from the big blind. Nguyen then four-bet to 4,500, McLean five-bet to 19,000, and Nguyen called with {A-}{A-}. Unfortunately for McLean, his {9-}{9-} failed to improve.

Player Chips Progress
Luke McLean
Luke McLean
Busted

Tags: Luke McLeanMinh Nguyen