Matthew Kirk raised to 10,000 from under the gun before Randy Lew three-bet to 27,000 from the next seat. Everyone else folded and Kirk made the call to bring things to a heads-up flop.
The flop came down 
and Kirk checked. Lew bet and before the amount of the bet was determined by the dealer, Kirk folded. He's now down to 145,000 while Lew moved to 490,000.
Randy Lew raised from under the gun to 11,000. Jamie Perkins called from the small blind and Matthew Kirk called from the big blind. The three of them saw the flop come down 
and everyone checked.
After the 
fell on the turn, Perkins checked and Kirk bet 20,000. First, Lew folded then Perkins followed right behind him. Kirk won the pot and showed the 
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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965,000
-35,000
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-35,000 |
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630,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
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620,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
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560,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
470,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
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420,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
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390,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
380,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
300,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
280,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
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|
250,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
250,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
200,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
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190,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
165,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
150,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
150,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
|
|
140,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
140,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
128,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
|
65,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,200,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
1,005,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
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|
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600,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
430,000
-33,000
|
-33,000 |
|
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|
390,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
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385,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
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340,000
146,000
|
146,000 |
|
310,000
-105,000
|
-105,000 |
|
280,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
|
275,000
-130,000
|
-130,000 |
|
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220,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
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200,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
|
200,000
-142,000
|
-142,000 |
|
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184,000
76,000
|
76,000 |
|
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140,000
-145,000
|
-145,000 |
|
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138,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
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110,000
-42,000
|
-42,000 |
|
110,000
-112,000
|
-112,000 |
|
93,000
-157,000
|
-157,000 |
|
|
90,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
60,000
-47,000
|
-47,000 |
Matthew Kirk raised to 10,000 from the button and Eli Heath called from the big blind. The flop came down 
and Heath checked. Kirk bet 8,000 and Heath check-raised to 22,000. Kirk made the call.
The came out on the turn and Heath checked. After Kirk fired a bet of 20,000. Heath only called this time, not opting to check-raise.
The river completed the board with the 
and put a four-card straight on board. Heath checked and Kirk moved all in for 110,000. Heath released his hand and dropped back below seven figures to 910,000. Kirk increased to over 200,000.
From early position Hiren Patel opened to 12,500 only to have Mark Vos three-bet to 31,500 from the small blind.
With the action on Patel, he pushed for what remained of his 120,000-chip stack as Full Tilt Poker Red Pro Vos made the call.
Patel: 
Vos: 
With a likely chop on the cards, the 
flop saw Patel claim a potential backdoor flush draw, and as the 
landed on the turn, any club would see him snag the entire pot instead of his entitled half.
Fortunately for Vos, the landed on the river to see the big blind and antes chopped up and split between the two.
From the button, David Menz entered the pot with a raise to 12,000 only to have Erick Lindgren three-bet to 28,000 from the big blind.
Menz made the call and was faced with a 32,000-chip continuation-bet on the 
flop before he opted to slid in a raise to 81,000.
LIndgren made the call before checking the 
on the turn as Menz pushed for what remained of his stack.
With Lindgren in the tank for many minutes, he asked, "You going to show if I fold?"
As Menz gave no response, Lindgren kicked his cards to the muck while slipping to 370,000 in chips as Menz moves to over 700,000.
Michael Healy upped it to 11,500 preflop with both Roman Zoch and Patrik Antonius making the call from the button and small blind respectively.
The 
flop saw Antonius lead for 25,000 before Healy min-raised to 50,000 as Zoch folded. Antonius shoved and Healy made the call for his 210,000-chip stack.
Antonius: 
Healy:
With Healy holding the superior kicker, the and on the turn and river would see him double to 445,000 as Antonius slipped to 800,000 in chips.
The Full Tilt Poker team is doing quite well with four players left in the final 42 of the 2011 Aussie Millions Main Event. Patrik Antonius has the most of the group with Howard Lederer, Mark Vos and Erick Lindgren bunched up in the middle with better than average each. Here's how they all look.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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935,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
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450,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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428,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
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365,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
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Elliot Smith opened to 11,500 in the cutoff only to have Tyler Bonkowski three-bet the button to 30,000.
Smith opted to bump it to 61,500 with Bonkowski making the call as the 
flop was checked by Smith. Bonkowski fired out 52,000 with Smith making the call before the 
on the turn was checked through.
When the river landed the 
, Smith again checked as Bonkowski pushed all in.
Smith double-fist-pump-snap called and slammed down his 
to best Bonkowski's .
As Smith's flopped flush saw him collect the pot to move to 615,000, Bonkowski slips to roughly 315,000 in chips.
