$10,600 Main Event Day 4 | 2014 Aussie Millions

02-07-2014 12:46 UTC+10

Team PokerStars Pro At Risk

Chad Holloway

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier got his stack of 276,000 all in preflop holding the and was looking to improve against the of Ami Barer. The flop was no help to Mercier, but the turn was. It was an exciting cards, but you wouldn't know it as both professionals sat there quietly as the dealer burned and completed the board with the . Ship the double to Mercier.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Mercier	600,000 320,000	320,000

Ami Barer	592,000 -368,000	-368,000

Tags: Jason Mercier Ami Barer

02-07-2014 12:47 UTC+10

Two Minutes for Slashing

[user101598]

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

With the elimination of Rahul Rastogi, Table 25 broke. In search of his new seat, Khylon Hanegraaf walked over to Table 31, and placed his racks onto the felt. He was immediately dealt in, Denny Lewis moved all in from early position, and Hanegraaf realized that he was at the wrong table.

His hand was declared dead, Lewis the rest of the players folded, and Hanegraaf was given a two-minute penalty. The Aussie has less than a third of the average stack, so missing the hands may cost him dearly.

Tags: Khylon Hanegraaf

02-07-2014 12:48 UTC+10

Crivell Staying Active

donpeters

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Patrick Crivell began the day with a little over a million in chips, but has stayed very active in the first part of the day to move his stack over 1.5 million. His early building here on Day 4 included busting Team PokerStars Pro Raymond Wu.

On a recent hand, Australia's Lior Segre raised from the button to 26,000. Crivell three-bet from the small blind to 49,000, and Segre made the call to see the flop come down . Crivell bet 42,000, and Segre folded to leave himself with 182,000 in chips.

Two hands later, Crivell was involved again. This time, he opened the action with a raise and made it 24,000 to go. In the big blind, Eoghan O'Dea fought back with a reraise to 62,000. Crivell quickly folded, and O'Dea won the pot to get back over 500,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Crivell	1,525,000 -75,000	-75,000
Eoghan O'Dea	530,000 160,000	160,000
Lior Segre	182,000 -170,000	-170,000

Tags: Eoghan O'Dea Patrick Crivell Raymond Wu Lior Segre

02-07-2014 12:49 UTC+10

All In and a Call

Chad Holloway

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

"All in and a call Table 31," we heard a dealer yell. We made our way over to discover that Denny Lewis had gotten his last 120,000 or so all in on the turn with a board reading . Lewis held the for two pair, and it was ahead of Andrew Phaedonos' .

Phaedonos was looking to catch a jack, ten, or six on the river to eliminate his opponent, but it wasn't in the cards as the blanked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Phaedonos	800,000 -350,000	-350,000
Denny Lewis	380,000 155,000	155,000

Tags: Andrew Phaedonos Denny Lewis

02-07-2014 12:53 UTC+10

Updated Chip Counts from Table 32

donpeters

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Crivell	1,650,000 125,000	125,000
Erik Seidel	545,000 -283,000	-283,000

Eoghan O'Dea	520,000 -10,000	-10,000
Liv Boeree	445,000 -65,000	-65,000

Andreas Lodemel	415,000 -185,000	-185,000
Lior Segre	190,000 8,000	8,000

02-07-2014 12:57 UTC+10

Updated Chip Counts from Table 31

donpeters

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sorel Mizzi	1,560,000 10,000	10,000
Salvatore Fazzino	1,390,000 190,000	190,000
Darren Rabinowitz	1,150,000 -82,000	-82,000
Andrew Phaedonos	910,000 110,000	110,000
Jim Mourafas	505,000 -175,000	-175,000
Denny Lewis	325,000 -55,000	-55,000

02-07-2014 13:03 UTC+10

Updated Chip Counts from Table 29

donpeters

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jake Balsiger	867,000 279,000	279,000
Craig McCorkell	705,000 361,000	361,000

Vincent Rubianes	510,000 -70,000	-70,000
Marco Ng	250,000 -265,000	-265,000
David Stanton	210,000 -292,000	-292,000
Khylon Hanegraaf	150,000 -330,000	-330,000

02-07-2014 13:05 UTC+10

Sweating it Out

[user101598]

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Ami Barer checked to Jason Mercier on a board of , and Mercier fired out a pot-sized bet of 68,000. The Canadian studied the Team PokerStars Pro for a minute or so, then made the call.

A repeat three completed the board - the - and Barer quickly knuckled. Mercier pulled out a handful of chips from his stack, assembling 77,000, then added a tower of yellow T5,000 chips. He pushed forward 177,000 in total, sending Barer deep into the tank.

After two minutes or so, the Canadian simply smiled to himself. Mercier was in a daze, staring at one spot in space while remaining quite still, and finally, after what seemed like five minutes or so, Barer folded.

Mercier jokingly exhaled.

"About two minutes ago a bead of sweat trickled down here," he said, pointing to his armpit. "I was sure you were going to call."

"Show the two of clubs," Barer requested, and the rest of the players at the table wanted to see at least one card.

Mercier refused, sliding his hand into the muck facedown and raking in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Mercier	670,000 70,000	70,000

Ami Barer	530,000 -62,000	-62,000

Tags: Ami Barer Jason Mercier

02-07-2014 13:11 UTC+10

Updated Chip Counts from Table 28

donpeters

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Seiver	1,625,000 492,000	492,000

Jie Gao	435,000 202,000	202,000
Heinz Kamutzki	360,000 -53,000	-53,000
Ying Kit Chan	240,000 -260,000	-260,000
David Middleton	210,000 -38,000	-38,000

02-07-2014 13:16 UTC+10

Mercier vs. Rossiter

Chad Holloway

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Jeff Rossiter opened for 24,000 from the cutoff and received calls from Jason Mercier on the button and John Juanda in the small blind. The three players took a flop of , Juanda checked, and Rossiter bet 48,000. Mercier called, Juanda folded, and it was heads-up to the turn.