2016 Aussie Millions

Event #16: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2016 Aussie Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k3
Prize
106,920 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
2,250 AUD
Prize Pool
427,500 AUD
Entries
190
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
4,000

Updated Counts of the Finalists

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Robert Nguyen us
Robert Nguyen
650,000
130,000
130,000
Karib Yustinus au
Karib Yustinus
550,000
30,000
30,000
Alex Grocott au
Alex Grocott
385,000
-65,000
-65,000
Mogens Hansen dk
Mogens Hansen
345,000
180,000
180,000
Frank Williams us
Frank Williams
300,000
-128,000
-128,000
Paul Hoefer de
Paul Hoefer
180,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Najeem Ajez au
Najeem Ajez
180,000
Piyush Gupta au
Piyush Gupta
110,000
-30,000
-30,000
Vic Spadavecchia au
Vic Spadavecchia
110,000
30,000
30,000
Michael Tomeny us
Michael Tomeny
50,000
-40,000
-40,000

Final Table Seat Draw

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
SeatPlayerNationality
1Karib YustinusAustralia
2Mogens HansenDenmark
3Michael TomenyUSA
4Alex GrocottAustralia
5Najeem AjezAustralia
6Robert NguyenAustralia
7Vic SpadavecchiaAustralia
8Piyush GuptaAustralia
9Paul HoeferGermany
10Frank WilliamsUK

Ward Busts to Williams

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Paul Ward
Paul Ward

From the small blind, Paul Ward moved all in for what looked like 80,000 chips. Frank Williams peeked at his cards and then called with the players heading into the following showdown:

Ward: {K-Clubs}{10-Spades}
Williams: {A-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}

The door card was a great one for Ward with the {K-Spades}, pairing his king. It was followed by the {J-Spades}{2-Spades}, but the {10-Diamonds} on the turn gave Williams a straight. Ward needed to pair his hole cards to avoid elimination, however the {A-Clubs} river was a blank for the Aussie.

The remaining 10 players are now united for the unofficial final table.

Player Chips Progress
Frank Williams us
Frank Williams
428,000
103,000
103,000
Paul Ward au
Paul Ward
Busted

Tags: Frank WilliamsPaul Ward

Yustinus Tips Gupta

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Karib Yustinus
Karib Yustinus

Piyush Gupta called a Karib Yustinus preflop raise in position on the button.

He called another 26,000-chip bet on the {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{5-Spades} flop. But when Yustinus checked the {q-Hearts} turn, Gupta led for 37,000.

Yustinus check-raised to 87,000 and Gupta slowly called. On the {8-Spades} river, Yustinus led right out for 140,000, putting Gupta to a decision for all his chips.

After four minutes in the tank, he folded.

Player Chips Progress
Karib Yustinus au
Karib Yustinus
520,000
130,000
130,000
Piyush Gupta au
Piyush Gupta
140,000
-90,000
-90,000

Tags: Karib YustinusPiyush Gupta

Williams Fires Two Barrels

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

The action folded to Frank Williams and he raised to 24,000 from the small blind. Karib Yustinus called in the big blind and they headed to the flop of {Q-Spades}{10-Spades}{9-Clubs}. Williams continued for 31,000 and Yustinus made the call to see the {6-Hearts} appear on the turn. Williams took his time before announcing all in and Yustinus asked for a count.

The dealer did his duty and the shove was for a total of 207,000. Yustinus had just about double of that left and mucked eventually.

Player Chips Progress
Karib Yustinus au
Karib Yustinus
390,000
-60,000
-60,000
Frank Williams us
Frank Williams
325,000
105,000
105,000

Tags: Frank WilliamsKarib Yustinus

The Short Stacks

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Four players are in the red zone of ten big blinds or slightly more and their chip counts can be found below. Mufit Bechim raised to 25,000 from the button and then folded {A-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} to the shove of Alex Grocott out of the small blind.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Grocott au
Alex Grocott
290,000
-50,000
-50,000
Paul Ward au
Paul Ward
120,000
28,000
28,000
Mufit Bechim au
Mufit Bechim
115,000
-35,000
-35,000
Michael Tomeny us
Michael Tomeny
90,000
-25,000
-25,000
Vic Spadavecchia au
Vic Spadavecchia
80,000
-40,000
-40,000

Tags: Alex GrocottMufit Bechim

Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

Bouskila Busts to Yustinus

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Michael Bouskila
Michael Bouskila

In the very last hand of the level over on table 34, Karib Yustinus raised and Michael Bouskila defended his big blind. The flop came {9-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{8-Spades} and Bouskila check-raised big by investing 100,000 already. Yustinus shoved and Bouskila called it off:

Bouskila: {Q-Spades}{9-Hearts}
Yustinus: {8-Clubs}{4-Spades}

Neither the {6-Clubs} turn nor the {2-Clubs} river changed anything whatsoever and Bouskila headed to the payout desk, sending his stack of 167,000 over to Yustinus.

Player Chips Progress
Karib Yustinus au
Karib Yustinus
450,000
260,000
260,000
Michael Bouskila us
Michael Bouskila
Busted

Tags: Karib YustinusMichael Bouskila