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2017 Aussie Millions
Level: 3
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 0
Sam Greenwood limped in from the small blind and Steffen Sontheimer checked his option in the big blind. Both checked the flop of ![]()
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as well so the
on the turn was seen on a discount. Greenwood bet 1,200 and Sontheimer called in position.
The
completed the board and Greenwood bet 2,500. Sontheimer called and was shown ![]()
. Sontheimer tabled ![]()
and took down the small pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
100,000
16,800
|
16,800 |
|
|
70,300
26,250
|
26,250 |
|
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Rainer Kempe is bleeding chips at the moment with the German player losing consecutive hands.
In the first Kempe opened the action from the button with a raise to 2,600 with Dan Shak making the call from the big blind.
Both players checked the ![]()
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flop with Shak then checking the
turn. Kempe led out for 3,400 with the pot growing to 12,500 when Shak made the call.
The
river brought checks from both players and Kempe turned over ![]()
but it was not enough to beat Shak’s ![]()
and he scooped the pot.
Kempe was the aggressor again in the next hand, opening to 2,500 from the cutoff only to see Ben Tollerene three-bet to the tune of 8,500 from the button.
Kempe called and it was heads-up to the ![]()
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flop, which Kempe checked. Tollerene fired out a bet of 6,000, which was enough to get Kempe to give it up and he dropped to 63,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
114,500
12,300
|
12,300 |
|
|
114,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
63,500
36,500
|
36,500 |
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Fedor Holz plays his first tournament of the year here in Australia, and so far things work out for him pretty well.
Alexandros Kolonias raised to 2,500 under the gun and cutoff Fedor Holz called. Over on the button sat Rainer Kempe and he tanked for a bit before he made his action. With only seconds left to act, he decided to over call. Both blinds folded.
Kolonias opted to check the ![]()
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flop and so did Holz. Kempe bet 4,200 and Kolonias folded, Holz called.
Holz checked again on the
turn and Kempe again needed some time. He had just two seconds left to act when he bet 14,100. Holz called.
The
completed the board and Holz checked. Kempe ran down his clock and tossed in a time breaker chip to add some time. He eventually bet 27,800 with just 22,000 back. Holz asked to see how much he had behind and tossed in a single 25,000-chip to call.
Kempe confidently showed ![]()
but that was no good as Holz tabled ![]()
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
167,000
71,800
|
71,800 |
|
|
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|
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22,000
41,500
|
41,500 |
|
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We caught the action on the flop as small blind Steffen Sontheimer was busy check-calling a bet of 1,700 from big blind Mikita Badziakouski. Both checked the
on the turn and the
completed the board. Sontheimer bet 3,200 and Badziakouski called. Sontheimer showed ![]()
but the pot went to Badziakouski as the latter turned over ![]()
for the straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
94,200
5,800
|
5,800 |
|
|
82,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
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A blind on blind battle between Ben Tollerene and Dan Shak saw Tollerene make a monster.
Preflop Tollerene opened for 3,500 from the small blind and Shak made the call from the big blind and the flop fell ![]()
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.
Tollerene continuation bet 2,500, Shak made the call and the dealer burned and turned a very wet
. Tollerene slowed down and checked which opened the door for Shak to bet 7,000. After nearly timing out Tollerene made the call to bring the action to the
river.
This brought checks from both players before a smiling Tollerene turned over ![]()
for the turned straight flush.
“Wow!” Exclaimed Shak, flashing ![]()
before pitching his cards into the muck.
Here's how the field is stacking up so far.
| Seat | Player | Chip Count | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Table 1 | Table 2 | |||
| 1 | - | Mikita Badziakouski | 98,500 | |
| 2 | Ben Tollerene | 124,700 | Nick Petrangelo | 124,400 |
| 3 | Dan Shak | 96,500 | - | |
| 4 | Alexandros Kolonias | 81,100 | David Peters | 106,000 |
| 5 | Mike Watson | 72,700 | Stephen Chidwick | 96,500 |
| 6 | Charlie Carrel | 133,200 | Sam Greenwood | 64,400 |
| 7 | Fedor Holz | 167,000 | - | |
| 8 | Rainer Kempe | 28,800 | Steffen Sontheimer | 106,500 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
167,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
133,200
27,300
|
27,300 |
|
|
124,700
10,700
|
10,700 |
|
|
124,400
24,400
|
24,400 |
|
|
||
|
|
106,500
12,300
|
12,300 |
|
|
106,000
10,800
|
10,800 |
|
|
||
|
|
98,500
16,500
|
16,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
96,500
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
96,500
31,500
|
31,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
81,100
18,900
|
18,900 |
|
|
||
|
|
72,700
8,300
|
8,300 |
|
|
||
|
|
64,400
5,900
|
5,900 |
|
|
||
|
|
28,800
6,800
|
6,800 |
|
|
||
Fedor Holz opened the button for 2,500 and was soon facing a three-bet from big blind Ben Tollerene to 12,500.
Tollerene bet 6,500 on ![]()
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and Holz called in position. Both then checked the
on the turn and Tollerene checked again on the
river. After 15 seconds, the shot clock was activated by the dealer. With literally a second left, Holz bet 36,500.
Now it was time for Tollerene to consider his action, and he needed some moment to come up with it. After his initial 30 seconds had run down, he announced to use a time breaker to add a minute. When that had run down, he tossed in another to gain one more minute.
Tollerene eventually called but mucked soon enough after Holz showed ![]()
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
217,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
71,700
53,000
|
53,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100