2017 Aussie Millions

$50,000 NLHE Shot Clock Six Max
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 Aussie Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
176,400 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
50,000 AUD
Entries
6
Level Info
Level
10
Blinds
600 / 1,200
Ante
200

Badziakouski Outflops Carrel, Folds One Then Wins Another

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Badziakouski bumped it up to 3,000 from the button and Carrel made the call with the flop coming {5-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}, which both players checked.

The {10-Spades} turn saw Carrel lead out for 4,000 and Badziakouski making the call to bring in the {7-Hearts} river, which is checked around.

Carrel turned over ace-four offsuit for a pair of fours, but this was not enough to beat Badziakousk's {5-Clubs}{6-Hearts}.

The next hand Carrel raised to 4,400 from the small blind after Badziakouski limped-called the button.

Carrel's continuation bet of 3,000 on the {j-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{3-Hearts} flop was enough to take it down and it was on to the next hand.

It was Carrel's turn on the button and he opened it to 3,000 and Badziakouski defended the big blind. The flop fell {9-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{k-Hearts} and was checked through to the {6-Spades} turn.

After Badziakouski checked for a second time, Carrel took a stab for 4,000 and was quickly called.

The {2-Spades} river brought a third check from Badziakouski and Carrel fired a sizable 12,500 bet. Badziakouski thought it over for about 10-seconds and called.

Carrel turned over {5-Clubs}{7-Clubs} which was not enough to beat Badziakouski's {j-Clubs}{10-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
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Mikita Badziakouski
86,700
14,700
14,700
WSOP 1X Winner
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Charlie Carrel
25,300
-22,700
-22,700

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Charlie Carrel Eliminated in 2nd Place (AUD$117,600)

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Charlie Carrel
Charlie Carrel

Mikita Badziakouski raised his button to 2,500 and big blind Charlie Carrel shoved for 25,300. Badziakouski called just about instantly.

"Ouch, bad read" Carrel said upon seeing his opponent call so quick.

Mikita Badziakouski: {A-Spades}{J-Hearts}
Charlie Carrel: {K-Clubs}{4-Clubs}

The board ran out {7-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} and Carrel said "Good game."

"Took me so long," Badziakouski said with a smile, talking about winning a tournament, "and now in a 6-handed tournament."

Player Chips Progress
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Mikita Badziakouski
120,000
33,300
33,300
WSOP 1X Winner
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Charlie Carrel
Busted

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Mikita "fish2013" Badziakouski Wins the Aussie Millions $50,000 Shot Clock Six Max for AUD$176,400

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Mikita Badziakouski - $50,000 NLHE Shot Clock Six Max Aussie Millions Winner 2017
Mikita Badziakouski - $50,000 NLHE Shot Clock Six Max Aussie Millions Winner 2017

In 2011, Crown Melbourne’s Aussie Millions Poker Championship was the first event in the world to introduce a Super High-Roller Event, which saw an astounding 20 players enter the ‘$250,000 Challenge’, creating a prize-pool of AUD$5,000,000. The success of this event has since been mirrored across the world at almost all the poker majors.

This year in 2017, more visitors came to Crown to experience the Aussie Millions than ever before, including many of the highest ranked poker players in the world. However, there was a distinct lack of recreational players at the Super High-Roller level. For this reason, Crown added the $50,000 No Limit Holdem Shot Clock Six Max to offer choice and variation, and cancelled the $250,000 this year.

While the $250,000 Challenge did not run, the $50,000 NLHE Shot Clock Six Max event did get underway. After having waited it out for a bit, Stephen Chidwick, Ben Tollerene, Charlie Carrel and Sam Greenwood started the game four-handed. With registration open for the first six 40-minute levels, action remained four-handed till the very last second. Erik Seidel and Mike Watson were seen lingering but decided not to enter.

Sam Greenwood busted in the last hand before the registration period was over to take play three-way after the Canadian high roller found himself short and moved in with ace-nine. Ben Tollerene called with queen-jack and flopped trips, leaving Greenwood drawing dead after the turn.

Greenwood decided not to reenter in the break that followed, but two new players did sign up to bring the field up to five. Fedor Holz, having busted from the Main Event in fifth place, bought in and so did Mikita Badziakouski.

For a while, it looked like the two newcomers would walk away with the two prizes from the AUD$294,000 prize pool as Stephen Chidwick and Ben Tollerene busted quite quickly. Chidwick got unlucky against Badziakouski as his turned two-pair turned out to be beat by the Belarusian's rivered top-two.

Ben Tollerene, short stacked when the chips went in just like Stephen Chidwick moments before, would lose his last chips in an unfortunate way as well. He got it in with ace-queen to Fedor Holz's ace-five but the latter flopped a five to send Tollerene to the rail.

Just shortly after registration had closed, the tournament was now on the bubble. With AUD$117,600 (~$88,841 USD) for second and nothing for third, the money jump was a hefty one.

Three-handed play with Badziakouski, Holz and Carrel lasted just over an hour and a half with Fedor Holz eventually falling in third place. Like the bust outs before him, Holz was unlucky to get eliminated. Already short, the German limp-called from the button following a Carrel small blind squeeze, found top-two on the flop and moved in for just a bit more than Carrel had committed to the pot. Carrel was priced in with an over card and gutshot and hit the latter on the river to send Holz packing. While Holz cashed big in the other two events he played here in Australia this week, the $100,000 Challenge (third for AUD$352,800) and the $10,000 Main Event (fifth for AUD$335,000), Holz missed out on the money here in this impromptu event.

Now in the money, Charlie Carrel started out with a healthy lead over Mikita Badziakouski. With the shot clock in place, making players act on their hand within thirty seconds every decision, action was even faster paced than ever. The fact that the antes were done away with by the tournament organizers contributed to this as well.

Charlie Carrel and Mikita Badziakouski heads up

Badziakouski rivered his British opponent in a sizable pot and then raised a flop to take the lead. He would not surrender his advantage and slowly but steadily forced Carrel into the role of short stack. With Carrel's good friend Ben Heath heads up for big money in the Main Event just a couple tables over, it sometimes looked like Carrel was more concerned with the outcome there than he was in his own event.

Carrel eventually pushed with king-four suited over a raise by Badziakouski. The latter called instantly and Carrel admitted right away he might have made a bad read. Badziakouski showed ace-jack and five meaningless community cards later was crowned the champion.

This is Mikita Badziakouski's 14th cash in his poker career, and his first ever win. "It was such a long way for me." Badziakouski said, "I was playing live tournaments since 2010 or 2011. I started to play even very small events like with 15 or 20 players but still never managed to finish in first place."

“Last year I got second, fifth, sixth... a lot of these close places but never a win. So this feels good.”

“Actually I just had money for one bullet. Plus I wanted to have lunch and I had just busted the other event. On top of that I wanted to keep more time bank chips than the others so that's it.”

In addition to the AUD$176,400 ($133,262) first prize Badziakouski was also rewarded with the $50,000 NLHE Shot Clock Six Max Championship Ring worth AUD$5,500 ($4,155 USD) to commemorate his first tournament victory.

“I just tried it on and it's a really big one, so I’m definitely not going to wear it. I'll just keep it at home I guess.”

So what’s next for the Belarusian high roller now he has booked his first win?

“I'm not hundred percent sure yet, but I'll probably go to Manila for Chinese events. And then I'll go to Macau probably, we'll see.” Said an upbeat Badziakouski.

PositionPlayerCountryPrize in AUD$Prize in US$
1Mikita BadziakouskiBelarusAUD$176,400$133,262
2Charlie CarrelUnited KingdomAUD$117,600$88,841

Tags: Aussie MillionsBen TollereneCharlie CarrelFedor HolzMikita BadziakouskiSam GreenwoodStephen Chidwick

$50,000 NLHE Shot Clock Six Max

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