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

01-27-2016 13:43 UTC+10

Update Counts from Bottom Part of Room

Chad Holloway

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Chidwick	150,000 96,000	96,000

Michael Wang	130,000 -35,200	-35,200

Vladimir Troyanovskiy	120,000 17,500	17,500
Michael Egan	110,000 -23,600	-23,600
Ronnie Bardah	100,000 10,000	10,000

Max Silver	90,000 5,700	5,700

Gary Benson	80,000 7,100	7,100

Dylan Wilkerson	75,000 -11,300	-11,300

Benjamin Pollak	50,000 -9,000	-9,000
Byron Kaverman	50,000 16,300	16,300

Liv Boeree	45,000 25,900	25,900

01-27-2016 13:44 UTC+10

Bardah Back Over 100K

donpeters

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

On the next hand following the one where he doubled up Craig Cockburn with ace-eight, Ronnie Bardah picked up the same hand and won a pot off Yucheng Rong to move back over 100,000 in chips.

On this hand, play folded to Bardah in the small blind, and he raised. Rong called out of the big blind, and the flop fell . Bardah bet 2,500, and Rong made the call.

The turn was the , and both players checked to see the complete the board on the river. Bardah bet 8,000, and Rong made the call.

Bardah showed the , and Rong mucked.

While Bardah's Day 2 has been positive, recent events surrounding the World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner haven't exactly been sunshine and unicorns. Thanks to PokerNews' Sarah Herring, we know exactly why. Check it out in the video with Bardah below:

Player	Chips	Progress
Ronnie Bardah	104,000 4,000	4,000

Yucheng Rong	72,000 10,600	10,600

Tags: Ronnie Bardah Craig Cockburn Yucheng Rong

01-27-2016 13:50 UTC+10

Schiffbauer Runs Into Aces

Chad Holloway

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

After a player in early position opened, Rob Schiffbauer three-bet to right around 6,000. His opponent then moved all in for what looked to be 18,000, and Schiffbauer called.

Schiffbauer:
Opponent:

It was a bad spot for Schiffbauer, and he lost a good portion of his stack after the board ran out an unhelpful .

Player	Chips	Progress
Rob Schiffbauer	7,500 -23,500	-23,500

Tags: Rob Schiffbauer

01-27-2016 13:52 UTC+10

Rast Loses Lots

Webjoker

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Brian Rast raised it up from first positions and the two players directly to his left both called.

The flop gave the three to work with and Rast was first to act. He checked and his neighbor made a bet. The third player called and Rast now check raised to 26,500. The first player called, the third player shoved all in for 59,100. Rast tanked for a fair bit before calling, his neighbor called as well to grow the pot to over 180,000.

The turn came the and Rast shoved all in for his last 20,600. His neighbor, under the gun plus one, made the call and it was time for all three of them to open their cards.

Brian Rast:
Under the gun plus one:
Under the gun plus two:

The last player was guaranteed to triple up as he had an unbeatable quads. Rast was deemed to win the 40,000 side pot with his aces, only needing to dodge the two remaining kings in the deck. The on the river was effectively a blank and Rast won the small side pot to stay alive, while under the gun plus two tripled up to almost 200,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Rast	40,000 -41,000	-41,000

Tags: Brian Rast

01-27-2016 13:58 UTC+10

Hall Can't Call

Webjoker

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

The player on the button raised to 2,800 and Patrick Zellweger folded his small blind. British player Tom Hall squeezed from the big blind to 8,500 and the initial raiser made the call.

Hall fired 7,800 on and his opponent made the call. The hit the turn and Hall peeked at his cards, presumably to see if he had any clubs. Both players eventually checked.

The completed the board, making for four clubs on the table. Hall checked with 29,500 behind and his opponent moved all in after just 40 seconds of thinking.

Tom Hall went deep into the tank, so deep we could write the entire Brian Rast hand (see post underneath) before he had made his decision. After about 5 minutes thinking about it, he reluctantly slid his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Hall	29,500 -20,500	-20,500

Tags: Tom Hall

01-27-2016 13:58 UTC+10

"Sometimes You've Got to Dance With the Girl You Get"

Chad Holloway

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Billy "The Croc" Argyros had been nursing a short stack of under 4,000, but his time in the tournament just came to an end at the hand of Paul James.

It happened when Argyros got his short stack all in preflop holding the only to run into the of James. The board ran out , meaning James' kicker just barely came into play. It was enough though to send one of the Australia's most colorful characters to the rail.

"Sometimes you've got to dance with the girl you get," the Croc offered as his final words.

Player	Chips	Progress
Billy Argyros	Busted

Tags: Billy Argyros Paul James

01-27-2016 14:00 UTC+10

Convey Eliminated

Happy_Freaked

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

European Poker Media Personality of the Year, Marc Convey, has just been knocked out. Convey moved all in for 16,400 holding , and he got called by the initial raiser, who tabled .

The board brought no help, and Convey was knocked out from his first ever Aussie Millions Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc Convey	Busted

Tags: Marc Convey

01-27-2016 14:08 UTC+10

Updated Chip Counts from the Outer Room

Chad Holloway

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dietrich Fast	185,000 42,400	42,400

Mustapha Kanit	100,000 57,800	57,800

Ami Barer	80,000 80,000	80,000

Jason Mercier	80,000 25,000	25,000

Daniel Neilson	80,000 -25,100	-25,100
Fabian Quoss	65,000 -19,200	-19,200
Tony Hachem	65,000 19,500	19,500
Russell Thomas	40,000 -29,500	-29,500
Benny Spindler	40,000 11,000	11,000
Jonathan Karamalikis	20,000 -2,000	-2,000
Dzmitry Urbanovich	20,000 -10,300	-10,300

01-27-2016 14:15 UTC+10

Bruning's Set Holds

donpeters

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

On the flop, Richard Bruning and his had an opponent all in with the . The turn was the , and the river was the , both of which missed Bruning's opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Bruning	174,000 55,700	55,700

Tags: Richard Bruning

01-27-2016 14:18 UTC+10

Final Nail Put in Schiffbauer's Coffin

Chad Holloway

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

We missed Rob Schiffbauer's final hand, but 2014 World Series of Poker APAC Main Event champ Scott Davies, who had been seated to Schiffbauer's direct left, was kind enough to fill us in on the details.

As he told it, a player had opened with a standard raise and Schiffbauer three-bet all in for roughly 15,000. The original raiser called with ace-king, which was well out in front of Schiffbauer's ace-eight. The flop contained a king, and that was the end of Schiffbauer's 2016 Aussie Millions Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rob Schiffbauer	Busted

Tags: Rob Schiffbauer