2014 Aussie Millions

$10,600 Main Event
Day: 3
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

Seiver Four-Bets the Queen-Eight

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Scott Seiver opened to 10,000 from early position, and the action folded to Gareth Dwyer who three-bet to 33,500 on the button. Both blinds released, and Seiver responded with a four-bet to 79,000.

Dwyer went into the tank, staring at Seiver, then finally exhaled.

"Nice hand," he said, mucking his cards.

Seiver tabled {q-Clubs}{8-Hearts} for queen-high, and raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
605,000
190,000
190,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 5X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Gareth Dwyer
Gareth Dwyer
530,000
-200,000
-200,000

Tags: Gareth DwyerScott Seiver

Double Downes on the Bubble

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

An extremely short-stacked Luke Downs committed his last 9,000 from the small blind and received a call from Florian Bussmann in the big. The two players sat for several minutes until action completed at the other tables. Eventually it did and the cards were turned up.

Bussmann: {8-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}
Downes: {a-Hearts}{8-Spades}

The railbirds were deep and giddy with anticipation. However there excitement waned as the board ran out an uneventful {9-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{j-Spades}{4-Hearts}. Downes doubled, though he is still short. Meanwhile, Bussmann is up considerably since the last time we checked in with him despite losing that hand.

Player Chips Progress
Florian Bussmann de
Florian Bussmann
760,000
310,000
310,000
Luke Downes
Luke Downes
22,000
-31,300
-31,300

Tags: Luke DownesFlorian Bussmann

Downes Eliminated as the 2014 Aussie Millions Bubble Boy

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Luke Downes watches helplessly as the board fails to save him.
Luke Downes watches helplessly as the board fails to save him.

Despite doubling the hand before, Luke Downes has finished as the 2014 Aussie Millions bubble boy.

It happened when action folded to him on the button and he shoved for 23,000. The small blind folded, but Perth's Patrick Healy opted to look him up from the big.

Healy: {a-Clubs}{q-Clubs}
Downes: {k-Clubs}{j-Clubs}

Downes was behind, but he was drawing to two live cards. He actually found a pair on the {a-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{k-Hearts} flop, but as you can see Healy did too. The {10-Hearts} turn put out straight possibilities, but it wasn't in the cards for Downes as the {9-Diamonds} blanked on the river.

A disappointed Downes made his way to the exit empty handed while the rest of the players erupted in applause in celebration of their guaranteed AUD$15,000 payday.

Player Chips Progress
Luke Downes
Luke Downes
Busted

Tags: Luke DownesPatrick Healy

Off the Tracks

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Julian Track - Eliminated in the money
Julian Track - Eliminated in the money

2011 November Niner Eoghan O'Dea opened to 12,000 after the bubble burst, and the action folded to Julian Track who moved all in for 80,500. O'Dea called.

O'Dea: {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}
Track: {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}

The Season 10 EPT Prague champion was drawing very live, and added a handful of outs when the dealer fanned {3-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}. The {2-Clubs} on the turn was a brick, however, as was the {9-Hearts} on the river, and Track was eliminated.

O'Dea chipped up to around a quarter of a million chips.

On an adjacent table, Michael O'Grady busted as well.

Player Chips Progress
Eoghan O'Dea ie
Eoghan O'Dea
245,000
70,000
70,000
Michael O'Grady au
Michael O'Grady
Busted
Julian Track de
Julian Track
Busted
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Eoghan O'DeaJulian TrackMichael O'Grady

Kiokpasoglou KO'd

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Sotirios Kiokpasoglou was down to just four big blinds, and moved all in with {5-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}. Jeff Rossiter called with {a-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}, and the two were off to the races.

Rossiter jumped out to a commanding lead when the dealer fanned {9-Spades}{a-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}, and Kiokpasoglou was unable to improve on the turn ({3-Clubs}) or the river ({3-Hearts}).

Player Chips Progress
Jeff Rossiter au
Jeff Rossiter
310,000
45,000
45,000
Sotirios Kiokpasoglou
Sotirios Kiokpasoglou
Busted

Tags: Jeff RossiterSotirios Kiokpasoglou

Huntly Skewered

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Dennis Huntly
Dennis Huntly

John Juanda opened for 11,000 from middle position and received a call from Luisa Helps on the button. After the small blind folded, the boisterous Dennis Huntly moved all in from the big for 26,000 total, which both his opponents called.

When the flop came down {4-Spades}{5-Spades}{2-Hearts}, Juanda checked and then folded to a bet of 17,000 from Helps. Huntly tabled the {6-Diamonds}{6-Spades}, and he was in need of some help as Helps was ahead with the {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}. The {A-Hearts} turn was of no consequence, and neither was the {4-Hearts} river.

Hunt missed his outs and was sent to the rail in 69th place.

Player Chips Progress
Dennis Huntly au
Dennis Huntly
Busted

Tags: Dennis Huntly

Szmelcer Done and Dusted

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

We missed the details, such as when the money went in, but we can confirm that Henry Szmelcer was just eliminated by Liv Boeree, who held the {a-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} on a {6-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} board. Szmelcer's cards were mucked, but he claimed to have {8-}{5-} for a flopped straight which got decimated when Boeree turned a bigger straight.

Player Chips Progress
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
420,000
20,000
20,000
Henry Szmelcer
Henry Szmelcer
Busted

Tags: Henry SzmelcerLiv Boeree

Updated Chip Counts

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Raymond Wu cn
Raymond Wu
875,000
135,000
135,000
Florian Bussmann de
Florian Bussmann
790,000
30,000
30,000
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
730,000
240,000
240,000
Sorel Mizzi ca
Sorel Mizzi
730,000
-95,000
-95,000
Tyler Cornell us
Tyler Cornell
660,000
152,000
152,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
445,000
25,000
25,000
Phillip Willcocks au
Phillip Willcocks
425,000
17,000
17,000
Jarred Graham au
Jarred Graham
405,000
-37,000
-37,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Ami Barer ca
Ami Barer
342,000
97,000
97,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Martin Rowe au
Martin Rowe
328,000
30,000
30,000
John Juanda id
John Juanda
320,000
-70,000
-70,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
Jeff Rossiter au
Jeff Rossiter
312,000
2,000
2,000
Daniel Neilson au
Daniel Neilson
295,000
-100,000
-100,000
Vincent Rubianes us
Vincent Rubianes
270,000
105,000
105,000
Craig McCorkell gb
Craig McCorkell
230,000
-5,000
-5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Eoghan O'Dea ie
Eoghan O'Dea
225,000
-20,000
-20,000
Patrick Healy
Patrick Healy
175,000
15,000
15,000
Sandeep Pulusani us
Sandeep Pulusani
150,000
-10,000
-10,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
145,000
-75,000
-75,000
Antonio Esfandiari us
Antonio Esfandiari
126,000
-74,000
-74,000
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
StakeKings
Marco Johnson us
Marco Johnson
125,000
-25,000
-25,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
Angel Guillen mx
Angel Guillen
92,000
18,000
18,000
Aaron Lim au
Aaron Lim
75,000
-30,000
-30,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Guillen Eliminated By Seidel

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Angel Guillen
Angel Guillen

Team PokerStars Pro Angel Guillen was just eliminated in 66th place by Erik Seidel. Seidel had raised and called from the cutoff seat after Guillen shoved from the big blind. Guillen had the {K-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}, and Seidel had the {A-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}.

The flop, turn, and river ran out {8-Spades}{7-Clubs}{5-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}, and Guillen was off to the payout desk.

Player Chips Progress
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
400,000
190,000
190,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
Angel Guillen mx
Angel Guillen
Busted

Tags: Erik SeidelAngel Guillen

Malka Continues to Slide

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Marco Ng recently got his last 50,000 chips in the middle against David Malka.

Ng: {A-Hearts}{4-Clubs}
Malka: {Q-Clubs}{10-Clubs}

Ng wasn't in good shape after the flop of {K-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}, and he need some help to stay in the tournament. The {3-Diamonds} provided Ng with a few more outs, and wouldn't you know it, the {2-Spades} dropped on the river completing Ng's wheel and moving him up to 110,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Marco Ng au
Marco Ng
110,000
19,900
19,900
David Malka
David Malka
45,000
-250,000
-250,000

Tags: David MalkaMarco Ng