2016 Aussie Millions

Event #18: $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info

2016 Aussie Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kqj9
Prize
64,670 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
2,250 AUD
Prize Pool
281,250 AUD
Entries
125
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
0

Level: 16

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 0

Sagias Doubles Twice

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

Within two hands, Ilias Sagias went from short stack to above-average. First a small pot emerged to the flop {J-Spades}{10-Hearts}{6-Spades} and Jarryd Godena bet 12,000. Sagias shoved and was called.

Sagias: {A-Spades}{9-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{2-Spades}
Godena: {J-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{9-Spades}{5-Clubs}

The {K-Clubs} turn was a blank, but the {8-Spades} river gave Sagias the nut flush to double up.

Then, Sagias repotted preflop out of the small blind and Daniel Laidlaw called. Sagias shoved the {A-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{5-Clubs} flop for 31,500 with a pot of 120,000 already in the middle. Laidlaw tank-called, knowing he was well behind.

Sagias: {A-Clubs}{A-Spades}{J-Hearts}{3-Hearts}
Laidlaw: {Q-Spades}{J-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{7-Hearts}

Both the {6-Hearts} turn and {7-Diamonds} river changed nothing whatsoever and Sagias doubled up for the second time.

Player Chips Progress
Jarryd Godena au
Jarryd Godena
400,000 -10,000
Daniel Laidlaw au
Daniel Laidlaw
270,000 -130,000
Ilias Sagias au
Ilias Sagias
183,000 113,000

Tags: Daniel LaidlawIlias SagiasJarryd Godena

Godena Busts Luo; Bubble Time

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

There are just 13 players remaining and 12 will be paid. Daniel Laidlaw had raised to 17,500 and Jiajun Luo called on the button, Jarryd Godena did so as well in the big blind. On the flop {5-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}, Godena and Laidlaw checked. Luo bet the pot for 55,000 and Godena called, Laidlaw folded.

On the {K-Clubs} turn, Godena put his opponent all in the Luo called off:

Luo: {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{5-Spades}
Godena: {A-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}{J-Spades}{2-Diamonds}

The {4-Diamonds} river blanked and Luo hit the rail in 14th place. Both remaining tables are now playing hand for hand on the money bubble.

Player Chips Progress
Jarryd Godena au
Jarryd Godena
410,000 170,000
Jiajun Luo au
Jiajun Luo
Busted

Tags: Daniel LaidlawJarryd GodenaJiajun Luo

Campbell Lets Go

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

David Campbell has dropped to one of the shortest stacks in the room. After a heads-up pot of 36,000 to the {K-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds} flop, Nikolaos Solomos bet the pot to put his opponent all in. Campbell glanced up from his mobile phone, then folded. "If you want to see, I show," Solomos offered after some other players had asked for it.

Campbell just shook his head and focused on the mobile phone again straight after.

Player Chips Progress
Nikolaos Solomos au
Nikolaos Solomos
80,000 22,000
David Campbell us
David Campbell
35,000 -34,400

Tags: David CampbellNikolaos Solomos

Laidlaw Busts Lee; Takes Lead

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

The hot run of Daniel Laidlaw continues, as the Aussie just sent table neighbor Hun Wei Lee to the rail. The start of the day had both players far apart in the counts, but Laidlaw chipped up immensely with things escalating on the {A-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{J-Clubs} turn.

Lee: {J-Spades}{10-Spades}{9-Clubs}{3-Clubs}
Laidlaw: {A-Hearts}{J-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}

Laidlaw had two pair and needed to dodge clubs in order to bust his opponent, which indeed happened as the {5-Hearts} river was a blank.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Laidlaw au
Daniel Laidlaw
400,000 230,000
Hun Wei Lee au
Hun Wei Lee
Busted

Tags: Hun LeeDaniel Laidlaw

Solomos Doubles

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

On the heads-up flop of {Q-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}{10-Hearts}, Nikolaos Solomos was all in for his last 12,000 chips. The pot was almost three times of that and Billy Argyros, who had just won a pot without showdown by shoving and showing two pair, eventually called. "I wish you had more chips, so I don't have to call," Argyros said.

Solomos: {A-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}{J-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} for the nut straight
Argyros: {K-Clubs}{K-Spades}{8-Spades}{7-Spades} for a pair of kings

There was no runner runner miracle, the board completed with the {6-Clubs} turn and {A-Clubs} to let Solomos double up.

Player Chips Progress
Nikolaos Solomos au
Nikolaos Solomos
58,000 33,000
Billy Argyros au
Billy Argyros
44,000 9,000

Tags: Billy ArgyrosNikolaos Solomos

Updated Counts Table 34

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

Jarryd Godena has taken over the lead on table 34 without any major showdown. Below are the chip counts of his table.

Player Chips Progress
Jarryd Godena au
Jarryd Godena
240,000 102,000
Xen Xenofontos au
Xen Xenofontos
185,000 -20,000
Hun Wei Lee au
Hun Wei Lee
180,000 -50,000
Daniel Laidlaw au
Daniel Laidlaw
170,000 50,000
Tam Truong au
Tam Truong
140,000 -30,000
Jiajun Luo au
Jiajun Luo
125,000 35,000
Buck Rabie au
Buck Rabie
113,000 38,000
Ilias Sagias au
Ilias Sagias
70,000 -5,000

Tags: Jarryd Godena

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 0

Solomos Getting Very Short

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

On the four-way turn {K-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{10-Hearts}, Sam Higgs bet 13,000 and table neighbor Nikolaos Solomos called, the other two players folded. The {4-Clubs} came on the river and Higgs now bet 20,000. Solomos had slightly more than that behind and eventually folded {4-Hearts}{3-Hearts} for a baby flush.

Player Chips Progress
Sam Higgs au
Sam Higgs
WSOP 1X Winner
170,000 85,000
Nikolaos Solomos au
Nikolaos Solomos
25,000 -30,000

Tags: Nikolaos SolomosSam Higgs

Laidlaw Doubles

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

Ilias Sagias has been slipping further after just putting Daniel Laidlaw all in and at risk with a big double draw on the flop {Q-Hearts}{J-Spades}{8-Hearts},.

Laidlaw: {A-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}
Sagias: {A-Hearts}{K-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}

The {J-Clubs} on the turn gave Laidlaw quads and the now meaningless {9-Hearts} river completed a worthless flush for Sagias.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Laidlaw au
Daniel Laidlaw
120,000 80,000
Ilias Sagias au
Ilias Sagias
75,000 -125,000

Tags: Daniel LaidlawIlias Sagias