. Rich Holmes called with 6-6. He made a straight on the turn and won the pot. Holmes increased his stack to 23,000, while Bilney was left with 1,700 in chips.
2008 Aussie Millions
Event 12 - $10,500 Aussie Millions Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2008 Aussie Millions
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
10,000 AUD
Prize Pool
7,800,000 AUD
Entries
780
Level
25
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 780
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. Rich Holmes called with 6-6. He made a straight on the turn and won the pot. Holmes increased his stack to 23,000, while Bilney was left with 1,700 in chips.
Joe Reina - 68000
Mark Teltscher - 67500
Andy Black - 66400
Erik Seidel - 65000
David Singer - 58500
Warren Pritchard - 55000
Roy Winston - 52000
. Elezra had 
for only a pair of eights but that was enough to take down another small pot as he moves to around 33,000 chips.
to Hatton's 
. The aces held and Cunningham got a much-needed double-up to 13,500.
vs. an opponent's 
. The board ran out 
and Putt doubled up to 13,700.
, Joe Reina bet 6,000. David Grey moved all in for 21,000. Reina called.Reina:
Grey:
The turn was the
and the river was the 
. Reina won the pot as David Grey headed to the rail. Reina increased his stack to 76,000 and is among the chipleaders.
A monster pot was brewing as the flop came
. MacMillan checked the action to Tony G who bet enough to put MacMillan all in. MacMillan insta-called and the three players revealed their cards.Bilney:
Tony G:
MacMillan:
Tony G is disgusted at the two-outer that his opponent has spiked on the flop as he slams his cards onto the felt.
The turn and river come
and in an amazing hand MacMillan collects a pot worth over 70,000 chips. Sarah Bilney is eliminated and the steam is coming out of the ears of Tony G as he plummets to around 23,000.
[Removed:552] opened with a 700 pre-flop raise and Moran re-popped it to 2,500; Niki made the call. The flop came A-K-x with two spades and Moran led out with a 2,500 bet. Once again, Niki made the call.
A third spade fell on the turn and this time it was [Removed:552] who led the betting, firing a 6,500 bullet. Moran raised it up to 13,000 and when the action returned to Niki, he moved all in. Moran made the call and turned over the
; [Removed:552] tabled 
for a flush. The river blanked and Niki raked in the 85,000 pot.
Lightman got it all in pre-flop holding pocket queens, in great shape against Moran's
, but the board filled out 
giving Moran a higher pair, eliminating Lightman from the main event.
A few hands later Dag Martin Mikkelsen made a similar play. John Juanda three-bet pre-flop to 2,500 and Mikkelsen simply shoved enough to put Juanda to a decision for all of his chips. This strategy of shoving pre-flop against professionals is discussed in Lee Nelson's much hyped book "Kill Phil" (and also his new book "Kill Everyone"). Perhaps on this table "Kill John" would be more appropriate as Juanda was forced to fold once again.
