2020 Aussie Millions
A bigger pot of 12,500 had already emerged and Joshua McSwiney, a recent finalist of an 2020 Aussie Millions event, pushed for an effective 17,175 on the ![]()
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river. His sole remaining opponent was Hiroyuki Noda who was covered by some 3,000, and the Japanese went deep into the tank before folding.
Noda and Kitty Kuo urged McSwiney to show his cards, with the former guessing it was either six-five or jack-ten for a straight. McSwiney obliged and tabled kings for top set.
Michele Guzzardi was under the gun, facing an unspecified bet from small blind on a ![]()
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flop. Guzzardi raised to 1,800 and his opponent called.
The small blind led out again on the
turn, betting 1,100 to leave himself with 8,300. Guzzardi played around 13,000 and opted to raise to 2,700. The other player let his hand go and Guzzardi improved to just over 18,000.
A disgusted Sergio Cavaiuolo walked away from the table to take a short break even though he already knew he was not eliminated, however, his stack had taken a major hit in a clash with Paawan Bansal.
As one might guess, with all of the chips going in the second level, it was a setup as both players had flopped a set on the board ![]()
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and Bansal ended up doubling for 25,200 to leave Cavaiuolo with a fraction of what he started with,
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flop, one player and Michael Dyer checked to Sam Grafton who bet 1,000. The first player called and Dyer check-raised to 3,400.
The turn was the
and Dyer shoved, with Grafton snap-calling with ![]()
for his last 7,575.
It was a cooler with Dyer also having a straight, having flopped a jack-high straight with ![]()
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The river was the
and Grafton doubled up.
"All-in and call table 27," the dealer announced and Andrew Kelsall was already at risk with the ![]()
for a flopped set on ![]()
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of Maxwell Young.
Nothing changed with the
turn but the
on the river improved Young to the queen-high straight.
Jeff Madsen raised to 450 from early position and Jin Ho flatted on the button. Jan Suchanek joined them from the small blind and the dealer rolled out a flop of ![]()
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. Madsen continued for 700 and only Ho paid the price.
The
turn filled the flush draw and Madsen slowed down, checking. Ho fired 1,800 and Madsen called. The
hit the river and Madsen checked again. Ho cut out a bet of 3,500 and Madsen tanked for over two minutes.
"What could you be bluffing with? I guess ace-queen," Madsen mumbled for himself, staring at the board. Then he rolled up his sleeves and then called.
Ho showed ![]()
and Madsen learned he didn't have the best hand.
The cards were already on their backs as Michael Dyer was all in for 14,000 against Sam Grafton and the turn showed ![]()
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Michael Dyer: ![]()
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Both had flopped a set and turned a full house, and the
river changed nothing whatsoever to cut Grafton's stack into more than half.
Raymond Chen raised under the gun and a player in the cutoff three-bet to 1,500. Joshua Thompson cold-called on his button and action returned to Chen who sized a big four-bet, making it 8,100. The cutoff folded his hand but Thompson needed more time to process his options. He eventually released his hand, showing he was folding ![]()
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"Lift one," Thompson solicited, asking Chen for some information. Chen turned up the
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"Both the same," Thompson half asked, half stated, adding, "Nice hand."