PokerNews Impromptu: Ryan Riess Isn't Off to the Best of Starts
Reigning World Series of Poker champ Ryan Riess talks to us on the second break of the 2014 Aussie Millions Main Event.
Reigning World Series of Poker champ Ryan Riess talks to us on the second break of the 2014 Aussie Millions Main Event.
Team PokerStars Pro Barry Greenstein has been eliminated from the 2014 Aussie Millions Main Event. We missed it when it happened, but Bob Trask was kind enough to fill us in on the details.
According to Trask, he crippled Greenstein in an earlier hand. The Team Pro then got the last of his chips all in preflop holding and was up against the of an unknown player as well as the of Trask. Both active players checked the flop, and then the unknown player bet when an appeared on the turn. Trask called and ended up winning the pot when an gave him trips on the river.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Barry Greenstein | Busted | |
[Removed:17] and an opponent were heads up on a board of . Yan fired out a pot-sized bet of 10,600, and the player tanked for over two minutes before calling.
Yan ripped over for kings and sevens, and his opponent mucked his hand.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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[Removed:17] |
80,000
33,000
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33,000 |
"Aces versus queens, river queen," Ryan Riess told us as he was making his way to the exit. The reigning World Series of Poker champ was was never able to get anything going here in the Main Event. He'll have one more chance for success here in Melbourne when he plays the $100,000 challenge later this week.
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Player | Chips | Progress |
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Ryan Riess | Busted | |
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Season 10 EPT Prague Main Event winner Julian Track is down under for the 2014 Aussie Millions Main Event, and thankfully he's kicked the cold that had him in shivers during the final table in the Czech Republic.
The German is off to a fast start here at Crown, winning an all-in pot moments ago with aces against an opponent's kings.
Track and his opponent were heads up on a flop of , and the German was all in for effectively 30,000 or so. His opponent pondered the decision for well over three minutes before committing the rest of his chips, and Track turned over . The player showed .
The turn was paint, and although the didn't hit the player directly it did give him four extra outs to make a straight. Fortunately for Track the bricked off on the river, and his pocket rockets held up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Julian Track |
75,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
With a board reading , an unknown player checked and Dan Smith bet 3,000. His opponent hit the tank, and during that time Dan Shak began to strike up a conversation with Smith. Eventually the tanker called, but not before chastising Shak for talking in the middle of a hand.
When the completed the board on the river, the unknown player checked and Smith fired out 7,000. His opponent snap-called and Smith tabled the for a flush and the win. "I didn't mind," Smith said in regards to Shak's table chatter.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dan Smith |
40,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dan Shak |
40,300
7,300
|
7,300 |
Brian Kim |
40,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Marvin Rettenmaier | 37,500 | |
|
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Sam Khouiss |
36,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
Fabian Quoss |
34,500
4,500
|
4,500 |
Andrew Scott |
34,500
4,500
|
4,500 |
Benny Spindler |
33,500
3,500
|
3,500 |
Aleks Brkovic |
31,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
Jason Gray |
28,200
-1,800
|
-1,800 |
Tyron Krost |
21,400
-8,600
|
-8,600 |
Jamie Pickering |
15,500
-14,500
|
-14,500 |
Paul Berende |
13,000
-950
|
-950 |
Viktor Blom |
10,200
-4,800
|
-4,800 |
|
Three players took a flop of in a raised pot, including Jarod Ludemann and Dan Smith. One player checked, Ludemann fired out 1,300, and only Smith called.
The turn was the , Ludemann led for 2,200, and Smith made the call.
The completed the board, bringing a possible diamond flush, and Ludemann checked for the first time. Smith thought for a minute or two before reaching for chips, then tossed 7,500 in front of him.
Ludemann shifted in his chair, furrowing his brow and studying the board. He flipped chips in one hand, snapping them together ever so often, and finally committed enough to make the call.
Smith quickly tabled for a busted flush draw, and Ludemann showed for a pair of aces, winning the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jarod Ludemann |
44,000
17,500
|
17,500 |
Dan Smith |
25,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
We missed the action, but 2013 Global Poker Index Player of the Year Ole Schemion just recorded a knockout over on Table 32.
The young German held against an opponent's , and when we reached the table the board had just been completed .
Schemion happily pulled in the pot, and now sits with 45,000 chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ole Schemion |
45,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
With 10,675 in the pot and a board reading , a player in the big blind bet 7,000 into Tony Hachem, the brother of 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Joe Hachem. "Really, 7k?" Hachem asked incredulously.
Hachem had to see it and tossed in the chips, which prompted his opponent to table the for the nut flush. Hachem was disgusted and wasn't afraid to vent his frustration, "That is absolutely filth."
Meanwhile, Australian poker legend Leo Boxell has been eliminated from the Main Event.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Tony Hachem | 14,500 | |
Leo Boxell | Busted |