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2009 Aussie Millions
Event 8 - $100,000 No Limit Hold'em Challenge
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 Aussie Millions
Buy-in
100,000 AUD
Prize Pool
2,300,000 AUD
Entries
23
Level
13
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
0
Level: 12
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 0
They saw a flop of
and Tran checked to Steicke who fired 50,000. Tran made the call. The turn was a repeat 
and Tran checked once again. Steicke fired 100,000 before Tran check-raised to 200,000. Steicke snap-called as a massive pot was brewing.The river was the
and both players checked it down. Tran reluctantly revealed 
for fives and eights but Steicke had it with his 
for queens and eights.
A nice squeeze play by Bloom as he extends his lead to around 950,000 chips.
In a rare multi-way pot, the flop landed
. Bloom checked and Tran fired out 85,000. Steicke folded as did Bloom as Tran scoops a nice pot.
David Steicke checked from the big blind to Tony Bloom who made a bet of 50,000. Steicke made the call.The turn was the
and the action checked around as the free 
landed on the river. Steicke checked and Bloom bet 60,000 with Steicke making the call.Bloom tabled
for yet another rivered straight as Steicke mucked. Bloom is up over 900,000 chips.
The flop landed
and Tran check-called the 56,000 chip bet from Steicke. The turn was the 
and both players checked. The river brought the 
and again Tran checked to Steicke who bet the magical number once again -- 56,000. Tran thought for a long time and used up one of his time breaker buttons before making the call.Steicke sat motionless for a few seconds before first revealing the
followed by the for the rivered straight. Tran mucked his cards.
They took a
flop and Bloom led out for 45,000. Tran made the call. The turn was the and Bloom released a second bullet worth 90,000. Again Tran made the call as a big pot was brewing.The river brought the
putting three spades on board. It was enough to slow the action as both checked it down. Bloom tabled for the rivered gutshot straight as Tran raised his eyebrows and mucked.Bloom is back up to nearly 800,000 chips as this contest is now very evenly matched.
and Steicke checked to Bloom who fired 45,000. Steicke made the call.The turn was the
and both players checked. The river brought the which was definitely an action card! Steicke led out for 60,000 and Bloom put in a big raise to 200,000. Steicke gave the decision a moment of thought before defiantly declaring a call.Bloom flipped
for the flush as Steicke flashed 
for a rivered straight. Bloom is now up to 650,000 with Steicke back to 900,000.