Paul Newey was all in and at risk preflop holding ![]()
against Dale Marsland's ![]()
. Newey was in great shape to record a knockout, but the two chopped the pot when the flop, turn, and river came ![]()
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2014 Aussie Millions
We picked up the action on a board of 4s4ckc3s2h with around 50,000 already in the pot. David Joseph was first to act and led out for 22,000, and Scott Seiver responded by making it 71,000. Seiver then stared his opponent down, and Joseph tank-folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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490,000
128,500
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128,500 |
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70,000
163,700
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163,700 |
Anthony Laming open-shoved for 13,800, Jake Balsiger looked him up, and both players tabled their cards.
Laming: ![]()
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Balsiger: ![]()
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The 2012 Octo-Niner flopped top two when the dealer fanned ![]()
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, and avoided an eight when the turn and river bricked
,
rspectively.
Balsiger is up to around 300,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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300,000
88,000
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88,000 |
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Busted |
A short-stacked Vladimir Stepanov moved all in preflop for 22,300, and Phillip Willcocks made the call with a dominating hand.
Stepanov: ![]()
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Willcocks: ![]()
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Willcocks remained ahead on the flop (![]()
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), and the turn (
), but the
spiked on the river to keep Stepanov alive.
He doubled to 46,000 chips, while Willocks dropped to 408,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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408,000
102,600
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102,600 |
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46,000
15,200
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15,200 |
Daniel Di Pasquale got his last 26,000 all in preflop holding the ![]()
and was unfortunate to run into the ![]()
of Team PokerStars Pro Angel Guillen. The board ran out an uneventful ![]()
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and Pasquale was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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225,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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Busted | |
In a blind vs. blind battle, Julian Powell was all in and at risk holding ![]()
against Angel Guillen's ![]()
.
"Chop?" Powell asked nicely.
The flop fell ![]()
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, giving Powell a gut-shot wheel draw, but despite how hard he chanted for a trey on the turn or river, neither the
nor the
helped him.
Powell exited shy of the money, while Guillen recorded another knockout and is up to 320,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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320,000
95,000
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95,000 |
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Busted | |
We missed the betting action, but we do know that Mike Watson got his stack all in preflop holding the ![]()
and was up against the ![]()
of Max Lehmanski. There was around 200,000 in the pot when the dealer put out the flop — ![]()
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. Nothing for Watson.
The
turn gave him an added gutshot straight draw, but he was left wanting as the
blanked on the river. Watson was sent to the rail while Lehmanski was pushed the pot.
Meanwhile, it appears Justin Walch has been eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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320,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
Dan Neilson opened for a raise in the cutoff, Brendan Hurtig called out of the small blind, and the dealer fanned ![]()
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. Hurtig led out for 4,500, Neilson raised to 20,000, and Hurtig tossed his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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230,000
66,000
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66,000 |
Patrick Healy opened for 6,000 from the cutoff and received a call from Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier on the button. The big blind came along and three players took a flop of ![]()
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. The big blind checked, Healy continued for 9,000, and Mercier called.
After the big blind got out of the way, the dealer burned and turned the
, which both players checked. The
river saw Healy checked for a second time and Mercier bet two yellow T5,000 chips for a bet of 10,000. Healy wasted little time in calling with ![]()
, but it was no good as Mercier barely had him out kicked with ![]()
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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182,000
18,000
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18,000 |
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116,000
12,400
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12,400 |
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Paul Newey open-shoved for 19,500 in middle position, and a player called in the small blind.
Newey: ![]()
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Opponent: ![]()
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The flop fell ![]()
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, giving Newey trip kings, and the player laughed.
"I think you have a chance now," he said.
The turn was the
, giving Newey a full house.
"I really think you have a chance now."
The two shared a laugh as the
completed the board, and Newey doubled to 40,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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40,000
20,500
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20,500 |