2014 Aussie Millions

$100,000 Challenge
Day: 2
Event Info

2014 Aussie Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
2,000,000 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
98,500 AUD
Prize Pool
7,486,000 AUD
Entries
76
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
10,000

Patrik Antonius Eliminated in 5th Place (AU$700,000)

Level 20 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante
Patrik Antonius - 5th Place
Patrik Antonius - 5th Place

Patrik Antonius raised the size of the pot (230,000) from the cutoff, which left him less than 200,000 behind. Mike "Timex" McDonald called him from the button, the blinds folded, and it was heads-up action to the {6-Hearts}{5-Spades}{2-Spades} flop.

Antonius dropped in the last of his chips and McDonald made the call.

McDonald: {7-Spades}{7-Clubs}
Antonius: {j-Clubs}{8-Clubs}

McDonald was ahead with the pocket pair, but his Finnish foe was drawing live to two overs. The {6-Diamonds} turn changed nothing, and neither did the {5-Hearts} river. Antonius, who finished third in last year's Aussie Millions Main Event, missed and had to settle for fifth place and AU$700,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Mike McDonald
3,300,000
500,000
500,000
EPT 1X Winner
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Patrik Antonius
Busted
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Mike McDonaldPatrik Antonius

Three-Bet Pot Between McDonald and Timoshenko

Level 20 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante

Mike McDonald raised to 120,000 on the button, Yevgeniy Timoshenko three-bet to 315,000 out of the big blind, and McDonald called.

The dealer fanned {a-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}, both players checked, and the turn was the {2-Clubs}. Timoshenko led out for 260,000, McDonald called, and both players checked after the {8-Spades} completed the board.

Timoshenko showed {q-}{8-} for a pair of eights, but McDonald had him pipped with {k-}{10-} for a pair of tens.

Player Chips Progress
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Mike McDonald
2,800,000
600,000
600,000
EPT 1X Winner
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Yevgeniy Timoshenko
2,500,000
414,000
414,000
WPT 1X Winner
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Doug Polk
1,070,000
-460,000
-460,000
WSOP 3X Winner
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Erik Seidel
725,000
-125,000
-125,000
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
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Patrik Antonius
450,000
75,000
75,000
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Mike McDonaldYevgeniy Timoshenko

Level: 20

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 5,000

Seidel Finds a King to Extend His Tournament Life

Level 19 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Erik Seidel got his stack all in preflop holding the {k-Hearts}{9-Spades} and received a call from Patrik Antonius, who was ahead with the {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}.

Seidel needed some help and found some on the {k-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{j-Hearts}. The {10-Hearts} turn have Antonius a Broadway draw to a queen, but he was left wanting as the {6-Diamonds} bricked on the river. Ship the double to Seidel.

Player Chips Progress
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Erik Seidel
850,000
500,000
500,000
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
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Patrik Antonius
375,000
-375,000
-375,000
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Erik SeidelPatrik Antonius

Daniel Negreanu Eliminated in 6th Place (AU$550,000)

Level 19 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Daniel Negreanu - 6th Place
Daniel Negreanu - 6th Place

Daniel Negreanu moved all in for 90,000 on the button, Mike McDonald put in a three-bet from the small blind, and Doug Polk surrendered his big blind.

Negreanu: {a-Hearts}{10-Spades}
McDonald: {a-Clubs}{q-Clubs}

Negreanu said that he was going to make a straight, and the flop fell {8-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}.

"What did I say?" Negreanu said, grinning.

The {3-Hearts} on the turn did not complete Negreanu's straight draw, and only a nine or a king on the river would save him.

Negreanu paired his ten when the {10-Diamonds} completed the board, but it was not enough to keep him alive. Kid Poker will walk away with AU$550,000, but after firing five bullets, that's only a profit of AU$50,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Daniel Negreanu
Busted

Tags: Daniel NegreanuMike McDonald

Big Slick Doesn't Do the Trick

Level 19 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu opened for 100,000 under the gun and cleared the field to a short-stacked Patrik Antonius in the big blind. The Finn didn't seem too excited but tossed in the additional 50,000 nonetheless.

When the flop came down {7-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}, Antonius moved all in for his last 150,000 or so and Negreanu quickly called.

Negreanu: {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}
Antonius: {3-Hearts}{6-Clubs}

Antonius managed to find a pair on the flop, and it was ahead of Negreanu's Big Slick. The {10-Hearts} turn gave Negreanu even more outs, but the {7-Clubs} river wasn't one of them. Negreanu is now in the danger zone.

Player Chips Progress
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Patrik Antonius
500,000
155,000
155,000
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
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Daniel Negreanu
225,000
-197,000
-197,000

Tags: Daniel NegreanuPatrik Antonius