2015 Aussie Millions

$10,600 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2015 Aussie Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j10
Prize
1,385,500 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
10,000 AUD
Prize Pool
6,480,000 AUD
Entries
648
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
0

Disaster Flop Sends Abdalla Out the Door

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

It's not been a good day for Jake Abdalla.

He was eliminated from the $100,000 Challenge earlier in the day, and then he jumped into the Main Event only to fall on a nasty flop. We're not sure of the preflop action, but on the {8-Spades}{5-Hearts}{6-Hearts} flop, Abdalla bet 3,600, Steven Tabb raised to 7,500, and Abdalla moved all in. Tabb called with the {7-Hearts}{9-Hearts} for the flopped nuts with a flush redraw, which was well out in front of Abdalla's {a-Clubs}{a-Spades}.

The {K-Clubs} turn left Abdalla drawing dead, and he watched helplessly as the {K-Diamonds} river put an end to his 2015 Aussie Millions Main Event.

Player Chips Progress
Steven Tabb us
Steven Tabb
70,000
Jake Abdalla us
Jake Abdalla
Busted

Tags: Jake AbdallaSteven Tabb

Grigg Runs Into Pocket Rockets

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante
Tom Grigg
Tom Grigg

Tom Grigg had been nursing a shorter stack much of the day, and he recently got his last 16,600 all in preflop only to find himself in dire straits against David Zhao.

Grigg: {a-Clubs}{q-Hearts}
Zhao: {a-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}

"That's alright," Grigg said of the {3-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} flop, which gave him chop outs to a wheel. Unfortunately for him, the chop never materialized as the {K-Spades} blanked on the turn followed by the {J-Hearts} on the river. With that, we bid adieu to Mr. Grigg.

Player Chips Progress
David Zhao
David Zhao
41,000
Tom Grigg au
Tom Grigg
Busted

Tags: Tom GriggDavid Zhao

Deadman more than Alive

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Simon Deadman can't stay out of the pots and the updates right now. He's been playing a very trappy game when in need of chips the most and it's working. Earlier he defended his big blind versus Casey Kastle and check-called three streets (including all in on the river) for a double up, and he just did the same.

A player in the cut-off raised to 1,300 and Deadman peeled. The board ran {2-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{j-Hearts} and he check-called bets of 1,600, 4,400 and 16,000 all in holding {a-Clubs}{j-Hearts}. It was good as his opponent could only muster {q-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Simon Deadman gb
Simon Deadman
48,000 24,500

Tags: Simon Deadman

Chips Counts from Around the Room

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante
Player Chips Progress
Mustapha Kanit it
Mustapha Kanit
Winamax
175,000 -15,000
Corey Kempson au
Corey Kempson
130,000 25,000
Michael Pedley au
Michael Pedley
100,000
Dan Cates us
Dan Cates
WSOP 2X Winner
92,000 11,000
Jackson Zheng nz
Jackson Zheng
90,000 20,000
Kane Kalas us
Kane Kalas
85,000
Aaron Wilson us
Aaron Wilson
80,000 25,000
Casey Kastle si
Casey Kastle
80,000 25,000
Linh Tran ca
Linh Tran
75,000 10,000
Roy Agresta au
Roy Agresta
68,000 8,000
Bryan Huang sg
Bryan Huang
55,000
Steve Lindeblad
Steve Lindeblad
55,000 13,000
Rob Edelstein
Rob Edelstein
54,000 -1,000
Jesse McKenzie au
Jesse McKenzie
50,000
Andrew Chen ca
Andrew Chen
50,000 -3,000
Gary Benson au
Gary Benson
WSOP 1X Winner
50,000 19,500
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
WSOP 1X Winner
50,000 18,500
Scott Calcagno au
Scott Calcagno
35,000 3,000
Alan McMaster au
Alan McMaster
34,000 1,700
Patrick Healy au
Patrick Healy
34,000 -18,000
Jamie Pickering au
Jamie Pickering
30,000 23,000
Fabian Quoss de
Fabian Quoss
30,000 -20,000
Winfred Yu hk
Winfred Yu
30,000 -7,000
Shyam Srinvasan
Shyam Srinvasan
29,000 -6,500
Timo Pfutzenreuter au
Timo Pfutzenreuter
25,000 -35,000

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Deadman Alive

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Simon Deadman has done a lot of ducking and diving to stay alive today. He was just all in again and survived with 23,500 to his name.

He was under the gun and battling with a player in the next seat along. The two had made it to the turn with a board reading {8-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{10-Clubs}. Deadman checked to face a 3,000 bet that he treated to a check-raise all in for 15,075. His opponent though for a couple of minutes before releasing his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Simon Deadman gb
Simon Deadman
23,500 -5,500

Tags: Simon Deadman

Level: 6

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 75

Awerbuch Disappears

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

We noticed Chad Awerbuch had disappeared from Table 31. A quick check with Sean Giesbrecht confirmed that Awerbuch had hit the rail courtesy of Dan "jungleman12" Cates.

According to Giesbrecht, Awerbuch had made a straight on the river, which was the same card that gave Cates a flush. The rest, as they say, is history.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Cates us
Dan Cates
WSOP 2X Winner
81,000 31,000
Chad Awerbuch au
Chad Awerbuch
Busted

Tags: Dan CatesChad Awerbuch

Srinivasan's Instincts Tell Him Second Nuts No Good

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Shyam Srinivasan
Shyam Srinivasan

"Am I good enough to fold this?" asked Shyam Srinivasan out loud to himself on the river in a hand.

He was heads up and the board read {8-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{a-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{k-Spades} with around 12,000 in the middle. Srinivasan was under the gun and checked to face an all in bet of 12,300 from his opponent on the button.

After a few minutes the Canadian folded while flashing the {q-Hearts} for the second nut flush. "Have to trust my instincts!" he commented. Someone who's won nearly $8 million online probably has pretty good instincts in those types of spots.

Player Chips Progress
Shyam Srinivasan ca
Shyam Srinivasan
22,000 -39,000

Tags: Shyam Srinivasan

No Molson Recovery

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Will Molson recovered from a short stack earlier but he wasn't able to repeat the feat second time around.

He shoved his short stack in from under the gun with {a-Spades}{5-Spades} and was called by the big blind and his {a-Hearts}{q-Clubs}. The board ran {9-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{7-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{k-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Will Molson ca
Will Molson
Busted

Tags: Will Molson