2011 Aussie Millions

Event #8: $100,000 Challenge
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 Aussie Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
1,525,000 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
100,000 AUD
Prize Pool
3,800,000 AUD
Entries
38
Level Info
Level
14
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
0

Eights Loses to Aces

Level 1 : 500/500, 0 ante

Winfred Yu raised to 1,500 from the cutoff seat. Masa Kagawa reraised to 4,500. Yu came back with a four-bet to 14,500 and Kagawa called.

The flop came down {K-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} and both players checked after some aggressive action preflop. The turn brought the {J-Hearts} and Yu checked before Kagawa bet 12,000. Yu made the call. The river card was the {K-Spades} and both players checked.

Kagawa showed the {8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}, but lost to Yu's {A-Diamonds}{A-Spades}. He dropped back to 66,000 while Yu moved his stack up to 135,000 in chips.

Tags: Masa KagawaWinfred Yu