Event #11: $10,600 Main Event Day 2 | 2016 Aussie Millions

01-27-2016 18:20 UTC+11

Urbanovich's Bluff Fails

Frank Op de Woerd

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

On a board of we saw Dzmitry Urbanovich bet out 2,700 from the big blind. Tony Hachem was his opponent and the Australian pro made the call.

Urbanovich casually tossed in another 6,200 on the river. Hachem tanked long and hard, said multiple things we didn't really hear, and eventually called.

Urbanovich showed his like he had the nuts. Hachem was a bit confused for a fraction of a second, only to proudly show his after.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tony Hachem	81,000 11,000	11,000
Dzmitry Urbanovich	68,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Dzmitry Urbanovich Tony Hachem

01-27-2016 18:25 UTC+11

Player	Chips	Progress
Greg Goldberg	262,000 132,800	132,800
Terence Clee	165,000 18,000	18,000
Luke Brabin	87,000 2,200	2,200

Kitty Kuo	84,000 56,000	56,000

Manig Loeser	45,000 18,400	18,400

Zhang Knocks Out Wilkerson

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Remko Rinkema

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

WPT champion Dylan Wilkerson just limped from the small blind and Bobby Zhang raised from the big blind to 5,200. Wilkerson proceeded to move all in for 37,000 and Zhang called right away.

Zhang:
Wilkerson:

The board ran out and Wilkerson was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bobby Zhang	295,000 242,400	242,400
Dylan Wilkerson	Busted

Tags: Dylan Wilkerson Bobby Zhang

01-27-2016 18:35 UTC+11

Huge Three-Way All-In Hand Cripples Pollak, Triples Savard

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Chad Holloway

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

A huge hand just went down at Table 31 that certainly shook up the table dynamics.

Jean-Pascal Savard was enjoying a massage when he raised to 4,000 from the hijack. Shai Liu, perhaps steaming after doubling up Jason Les a short time earlier (at least that is how it could have been interpreted), then three-bet all in for 101,600 from the cutoff. Benjamin Pollak seemed suspicious and eyed up Liu before moving all in over the top from the button. The blinds both folded and then Savard surprised the entire table by snap-calling off for 105,900.

Savard:
Liu:
Pollak:

Liu actually held a legitimate hand, and his overbet would have worked against Pollak. Unfortunately for him, Savard held the granddaddy of all hands and scooped the pot after the board ran out a clean .

Pollak was crippled on the hand while Liu was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean-Pascal Savard	320,000 218,400	218,400
Benjamin Pollak	8,500 106,500	106,500
Shao Liu	Busted

Tags: Benjamin Pollak Jean-Pascal Savard Shao Liu

01-27-2016 18:37 UTC+11

Jason Mercier Eliminated

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Frank Op de Woerd

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Jason Mercier first lost a big pot where he called a raise from the small blind and check called bets on all three streets on a board of . Mercier's hand wasn't shown as he mucked upon being shown .

Mercier was down to his last 11,000 after that hand. Then the cutoff opened for 3,700 and Mercier defended his big blind with . The flop came and Mercier open shoved his remaining stack. His opponent called with and the board came , .

Exit for the PokerStars Team Pro.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Mercier	Busted

Tags: Jason Mercier

01-27-2016 18:57 UTC+11

Updated Chip Counts

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Donnie Peters

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
James Obst	335,000 115,000	115,000

Andrew Bassat	308,000 53,000	53,000
Ari Engel	257,000 37,000	37,000

Samantha Abernathy	250,000 65,000	65,000
Artur Koren	205,000 177,100	177,100
Ami Barer	185,000 5,000	5,000

Robert Damelian	100,000 29,800	29,800
Rory Young	96,000 1,700	1,700

Tony Hachem	84,000 3,000	3,000
Sam Cohen	68,000 8,000	8,000
Dzmitry Urbanovich	48,000 20,000	20,000

Rainer Kempe	44,000 3,000	3,000

Erik Seidel	40,000 10,000	10,000

Alexander Antonios	26,000 56,400	56,400

Russell Thomas	24,000 8,500	8,500

01-27-2016 18:58 UTC+11

Painful River Cripples Bardah

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Remko Rinkema

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Bernard Beh just raised to 3,500 and the action folded to Ronnie Bardah in the big blind. Bardah three-bet to 8,800 and Beh moved all in for 55,200. Bardah wasn't too pleased having to a play a massive all-in pre flop, but he made the call.

Bardah:
Beh:

The flop brought out , keeping Bardah in the lead, and the on the turn took away some of Beh's outs. The river however, to much dismay of Bardah, brought the .

"And the river was a club!" Bardah yelled.

"Four outs, only four out!" Bardah continued, as he was left with just 2,000 chips.

Beh was pushed the pot and Bardah sat back down smiling, "I'm just complaining like a little baby."

On the very next hand a player raised to 3,500 and Bardah called all in from the small blind. The player in the big blind called, and Bardah lifted his cards up high, showing them to the player on his right in anticipation of the flop.

It was clearly visible Bardah held , and he showed a big smile when the flop brought out . Bardah flopped a flush, but he had to wait out the action, which was checked all the way down on turn and the river.

"Flopped it" Bardah laughed, showing his cards to the table.

"Nobody has the six or the ace of spades?" he added, but both his opponents mucked, keeping him in the game to mount a possible comeback. A few minutes later Bardah Tweeted the following, as his comeback is now well underway.

Ronnie Bardah @RonnieBardah

Was a 110k pot , left me with 2k , we triple and then we double! 16,800 at 1600!! #neverGiveUp #AussieMillionsJanuary 26, 2016

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Player	Chips	Progress
Bernard Beh	114,000 58,000	58,000
Ronnie Bardah	16,800 19,200	19,200

Tags: Bernard Beh Ronnie Bardah

01-27-2016 19:00 UTC+11

Aces for Quoss

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Donnie Peters

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

From under the gun, Fabian Quoss raised to 3,800. An opponent in the hijack seat reraised to 6,200, and action folded back to Quoss. He reraised to 14,000, his opponent moved all in for approximately 55,000. Quoss quickly called with the , and his opponent had the .

The flop, turn, and river ran out , and Quoss won the pot to bust his opponent and climb to 130,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabian Quoss	130,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Fabian Quoss

01-27-2016 19:01 UTC+11

Li Finishes Off Pollak

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Chad Holloway

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Action folded to Benjamin Pollak in the small blind and he moved all in for his last 7,000, which Victor Li decided to call from the big.

Pollak:
Li:

Pollak was behind, but he pulled ahead on the flop. Still, Li flopped an open-ender to go with his over. The turn was of no consequence, but the river was. Pollak improved to two pair, but it was to his detriment as the same card gave Li a winning straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Victor Li	35,000 7,000	7,000
Benjamin Pollak	Busted

Tags: Benjamin Pollak Victor Li

01-27-2016 19:07 UTC+11

Updated Chip Counts

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Donnie Peters

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mustapha Kanit	230,000 55,000	55,000

Dietrich Fast	220,000 45,000	45,000

Andrew Hinrichsen	130,000 62,200	62,200

Mikel Habb	112,000 14,400	14,400
Martin Jacobson	110,000 12,000	12,000

Daniel Neilson	87,000 19,000	19,000
Tino Lechich	52,000 7,000	7,000