High Roller beast Mike Watson opened to 1,600 from middle position, and a player defended from the big blind. The dealer fanned , and both players checked.
The turn was the , the player in the big blind led out for 2,500, and Watson called.
The completed the board, the player checked, and Watson tanked a bit before checking behind. The player showed for a pair of eights, but Watson had that beat with for a pair of jacks.
Gus Hansen's 2013 Aussie Millions Main Event was short lived. The 2007 champion had quite some swings today but the last hour it was all downhill for the Great Dane.
On Hansen's final hand he moved in for just 9,100 from the button and Daniel Ljung called from the small blind.
Antonio Esfandiari was all in with the against Alex Rich's . The flop, turn and river ran out , and Esfandiari was eliminated from the 2013 Aussie Millions Main Event.
Rich continued his success on the next three or four hands and climbed up to about 90,000 in chips. Earlier in the Aussie Millions, Rich place seventh in the AU$1,150 No Limit Hold'em — Rebuy for AU$17,000.
A player limped in on the button, another player completed from the small blind, and Sam Cohen checked her option in the big blind. The dealer fanned , and the player in the small blind led out for 2,500. Only Cohen called.
The turn was the , the player led out again - this time for 2,500 - and Cohen again called.
The completed the board, and the player fired 3,700. Cohen quickly folded, and the player flashed the for a straight.
The player to Didier Guerin's right just opened to 1,700 after which the young Aussie three-bet to 3,600. Guerin proceeded to stare his opponent down as the other players at the table folded.
The initial raiser played around with his chips and ended up throwing a fistful of 500 chips into the pot. The dealer stacked the chips, counted them out and added up to 8,200. Guerin moved all in and his opponent decided to call for about 26,000 total.
Guerin:
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The board ran out and Guerin jumped up to a very healthy stack.
Just before break, Didier Guerin let us in on a bluff he ran against Chuck Chua. A player opened to 1,200, Chua called, and Guerin three-bet to 3,500 in position. The original raiser folded, and Chua back-raised to 7,900. Guerin called.
The dealer fanned , and Chua continued for 8,900. Guerin called.
The turn was the , both players checked, and the completed the board. A few minutes passed, and finally Guerin asked if Chua had checked. He said that he did. Guerin then moved all in for around 25,000, and Chua instantly folded.
Guerin tabled , and is now up to around 60,000 chips.
Phil Ivey just took another pot off the same player he recently beat to add some more chips to his stack.
On this hand, Ivey fired 2,500 on the flop after his opponent checked. The player made the call, and the was added to the board on the turn. Both players checked.
The river was the , and Ivey's opponent bet 3,000. Ivey made the call, and his beat the other player's .