Mike McDonald has been eliminated from the 2015 Aussie Millions Main Event. Here's what happened.
McDonald opened from middle position to 2,600 and his next door neighbor Daniel Reijmer, a well rounded pro from the Netherlands, three-bet to 6,500. McDonald made the call.
The flop came with two hearts and McDonald check called a bet of 5,500. The turn was an off suit and McDonald checked again. Reijmer fired a bet of 12,000. McDonald now shoved all in for 55,000 and Reijmer made the call.
Daniel Reijmer:
Mike McDonald:
Reijmer needed to hit a heart or to eliminate his opponent, and did just that with the on the river.
Exit for McDonald, a 156,000 stack for Reijmer. The two of them shared their feelings on twitter afterwards.
Registration has been closed for some time now, and the numbers are in. A total of 732 players registered for the 2016 Aussie Millions Poker Championship Main Event, resulting in a total prize pool of AU$7.32 million. The top 80 players (10.9%) will make the money, with a minimum pay-out of AU$15,000.
Making the top 12 will earn a player a six-figure payday, and making the final table of seven will net you a minimum of AU$210,000. The runner-up will take home AU$1 million, the champion walks away with AU$1.6 million.
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Dennis Huntley, who finished nine in this event the year Gus Hansen won, raised it up to 2,500 from early position. His neighbor made the call before the button squeezed to 8,900. Pascal Hartmann in the small blind cold four-bet all in for 31,900 and action folded to the button who called.
Pascal Hartmann:
Button:
"Ahhhhh! Come on! Come on!" the button exclaimed as the in the window was dealt. The entire board ran out and a loud "F%#$ this game!" was heard from the button returning to the table after a short trip to the rail to blow of some steam.
The dealer had grabbed 31,900 of his chip in the meantime, and Hartmann was already almost done stacking 'em when the next hand began.
It was a rough day for $25,000 Challenge champ Chance Kornuth, who came in with a decent stack only to be stuck in reverse during the first two levels of play.
In what would be his final hand, a player opened for 2,000 and Kornuth three-bet all in for 29,000 holding . Another player then moved all in over the top holding , and the original raiser folded. The flop came jack high, and Kornuth was left drawing dead when the turn blanked.
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with two hearts and McDonald check called a bet of 5,500. The turn was an off suit 
and McDonald checked again. Reijmer fired a bet of 12,000. McDonald now shoved all in for 55,000 and Reijmer made the call.
to eliminate his opponent, and did just that with the 
on the river. 
in the window was dealt. The entire board ran out 
and a loud "F%#$ this game!" was heard from the button returning to the table after a short trip to the rail to blow of some steam. 
