From middle position, Richard Yong raised all in for 249,000. Action folded around to Jason Mo in the big blind, and he made the call with the after a little bit of thought. Yong had the and was flipping for his tournament life.
The flop, turn, and river ran out , and Yong doubled up to over 500,000. Mo was left with around 300,000.
With 25 total entries in this year's 2015 Aussie Millions LK Boutique $250,000 Challenge, a prize pool of AU$6.105 million was generated. The top five spots will pay, with a min-cash earning the players AU$551,000.
The top prize will be what everyone is chasing, and that's set at a whopping AU$2.205 million.
Richard Yong, who took down the Aussie Millions AU$100,000 Challenge two days back, opened for 50,000 from early position and was met by a three-bet to 105,000 by Scott Seiver in the hijack. Action folded back to Yong, who made the call to see the flop.
Yong checked, Seiver continued for 100,000, and Yong quickly released his hand.
Isaac Haxton raised to 40,000 from the hijack only to have Doug Polk three-bet to 115,000 from the cutoff. The button and blinds all folded, and then Haxton did the same.
Jason Mo shoved his last 275,000 or so all in from middle position and action folded to Scott Seiver, who called from the big blind.
Mo:
Seiver:
Seiver woke up with the granddaddy of all hands, and Mo needed some luck to stay alive. The flop was as dry as could be, and the turn left Mo drawing to a ten. The river was not it, and Mo took his leave in ninth place.
With that, the final table is set. The final eight players will now take an hour break and relocate to the Exhibition Hall to play it out at the TV table.
Doug Polk tops the final eight players with 1.904 million in chips, and Dan Smith will return after the break on the short stack with 286,000. Three players will need to bust before the money is reached, and it's a big, bad bubble of AU$551,000 coming up.
Below are the chip counts heading into the official final table:
On the button, Scott Seiver limped in for 20,000. After Isaac Haxton folded from the small blind, Doug Polk raised to 70,000 from the big blind. Seiver called, and the two saw the flop come down . Polk led for 158,000, and Seiver folded.
Dan Smith was all in for 280,000 from the big blind over an open from Phil Ivey from middle position. Ivey snapped it off with the to have the of Smith in bad shape.
The flop, turn, and river ran out , and Smith was out in eighth place. Ivey improved to over 1.8 million.
after a little bit of thought. Yong had the 
and was flipping for his tournament life.
, and Yong doubled up to over 500,000. Mo was left with around 300,000.
flop.
flop was as dry as could be, and the 
turn left Mo drawing to a ten. The 
river was not it, and Mo took his leave in ninth place.
of Smith in bad shape.
