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

01-27-2016 11:58 UTC+10

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Kanaan	75,000 14,600	14,600
Celina Lin	Busted

After a raise and a three-bet, it was Mike McDonald cold four-betting from the big blind to 11,000. The initial raiser gave up but Josep Lopez Galindo from Spain, the player who had three-bet, made the call from the button.

The flop came and McDonald continued with a bet of 10,000. Galindo made the call and the popped up on the turn. McDonald bet 12,000 with about 30,000 or so behind and Galindo went into the tank.

He in fact went so deep into the tank, it didn't look like he was able to get out on his own. That was when Daniel Reijmer decided to step in and help him a little bit by asking for the clock.

The floor came over and informed Galindo he had limited time to act on his hand: "You got one minute mate!"

With about 20 seconds or so left, Galindo silently slid his cards into the muck. McDonald started stacking his newfound chips, building a castle with blocks worth 82,000 total.

Max Silver @max_silver

.@MikeMcDonald89 sits down at table. Whole table immediately starts tanking 30 seconds on every single decision. What the fuckJanuary 26, 2016

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Player	Chips	Progress
Mike McDonald	82,000 29,600	29,600

Tags: Daniel Reijmer Josep Maria Galindo Mike McDonald

01-27-2016 12:32 UTC+10

Wakeman Hits The Rail

Happy_Freaked

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

One of Australia's top tournament pros, Matthew Wakeman, has just been knocked out. Earlier today Wakeman ran into the quads of Lisa Shanahan, and he could get anything going after that either.

Wakeman, who's currently ranked fourth in the world on PocketFives, and first in Australia, has $5.5 million in online tournament earnings, but a huge breakout live score will have to wait a bit more.

Matthew Wakeman @mjw006

Busted #AussieMillions main early on day2. Best of luck to all friends sill in it!January 26, 2016

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Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Wakeman	Busted

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01-27-2016 14:21 UTC+10

Niall Farrell Busto With Aces

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Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Niall Farrell's seat was vacant and we asked Ari Engel if he could remember what had happened to the Brit. Engel knew exactly what had taken place, as he was the one responsible for Farrell's early departure.

Farrell started the hand with about 25 big blinds and raised it up. Ari Engel made the call with suited in position and the big blind came along to see a flop as well.

On (with Engel's flush draw) it was the big blind and Farrell checking. Engel bet out with the flopped nuts and just Farrell made the call. The blank was an off suit and Farrell checked again. Engel made a bet again and Farrell answered with a check raise for most of his chips. Engel put Farrell all in and the EPT Malta champion made the call holding .

The river was a blank and Engel started stacking.

Niall Farrell @Firaldo87poker

GG, played shit ran shit, winning comboJanuary 26, 2016

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Player	Chips	Progress
Ari Engel	90,000 -8,100	-8,100

Niall Farrell	Busted

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01-27-2016 14:42 UTC+10

The $25,000 Challenge Champ is Gone

Chad Holloway

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

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.

Chance Kornuth @ChancesCards

Busto AUS main. Played my shirt stack like a champ but the opposite to get short.January 26, 2016

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Player	Chips	Progress
Connor Drinan	Busted

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01-27-2016 14:43 UTC+10

The $25,000 Challenge Champ is Gone

Chad Holloway

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

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.

Chance Kornuth @ChancesCards

Busto AUS main. Played my shirt stack like a champ but the opposite to get short.January 26, 2016

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Player	Chips	Progress
Connor Drinan	Busted

Tags: Chance Kornuth

01-27-2016 15:29 UTC+10

Mike McDonald Eliminated by Daniel Reijmer

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Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

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.

Mike McDonald @MikeMcDonald89

Busto main in 150k pot. Guy bet calls a potsized checkshove on turn with a hand that is a fold against all my possible bluffs. What the fuckJanuary 26, 2016

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Daniel Reijmer @DanielReijmer

@MikeMcDonald89 was so annoyed by ur super nerdy and loud table talk so was very happy to call u off. Shut ur fkn mouth next timeJanuary 26, 2016

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Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Reijmer	156,000 18,600	18,600
Mike McDonald	Busted

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01-27-2016 15:44 UTC+10

Randy Lew Couldn't Dodge a Queen

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Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

We asked Manig Loeser what had happened to Randy Lew, and he and his neighbor told us the details of the PokerStars Team Online's bust out.

The player under the gun had opened to 2,700 and a player in middle position three-bet to 7,500. Randy Lew cold-four bet to 14,000 and action folded around to the three-bettor. That player shoved all in and Lew called all in for his approximate 45,000.

Lew was in pole position to receive a full double as he had and was up against . The board however ran out giving his opponent a full house and eliminating Lew.

Randy Lew @nanonoko

Get ALL of my stack in with Aces vs QQ for a massive pot! And he hits the Q! #notlikethis #bustonoko #AussieMillions https://t.co/dpPChBLYMJJanuary 26, 2016

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Player	Chips	Progress
Manig Loeser	63,400 22,400	22,400

Randy Lew	Busted

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01-27-2016 16:09 UTC+10

Stevan Chew's Stack Eliminated

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Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

We missed all the preflop action and only caught the action from the flop. On we witnessed Stevan Chew (middle position) betting 26,500. His neighbor (hijack) in the one seat called after some tanking.

The turn came the and Chew shoved all in for 66,100. His opponent buried his face in his arms for a second before tanking and thinking while staring at Chew. He eventually called, and it was time to put the cards on their backs.

Stevan Chew:
Opponent:

The river came the and a non involved older player almost had a heart attack; "Wow! Wow! What a hand! Oh my goodness! Oh my goodness!"

While Chew's opponent muttered "I thought you bluffed me with ace-king or ace-queen or something. Low board, its possible", Chew just counted out the chips he needed to part with.

"That's twice now that you had the goods with all the chips in. Those are bad days man, bad days" Kevin O'Donnell said, though we imagine Chew wasn't really comforted by it.

Chew's opponent had 63,700, leaving Chew with just 2,400. Chew doubled the next hand with against Kevin O'Donnell's to get back to 6.5 big blinds, but was eliminated not much later.

chu @random_chu

Poker is stupidJanuary 26, 2016

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Player	Chips	Progress
Stevan Chew	Busted

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01-27-2016 17:58 UTC+10

Painful River Cripples Bardah

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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.