Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
On the board, Grayson Ramage and Patrik Antonius were up against one another. Ramage was first and checked. Antonius took some time, then fired a bet of 8,500. Ramage made the call.
The river completed the board with the , and Ramage checked to Antonius again. Antonius fired 15,000, and Ramage called.
Antonius tabled the , but it was only to chop the pot against Ramage because he held the same hand with the .
Antonio Esfandiari fired a bet of 4,200 into Joe Hachem on the final board of . Hachem made the call, but couldn't beat the that Esfandiari had for trip nines with a ten kicker.
In a three-bet pot on the flop, Jonathan Duhamel was up against Yevgeniy Timosheko. Duhamel was first and bet 3,600. Timosheko made the call.
The turn was the , and both players checked to see the fall on the river to complete the board. Duhamel checked, as did Timosheko.
Duhamel showed the for nothing but a missed hand. Timosheko showed the , and he won the pot.
Here are a handful of updated chip counts from the AU$25,000 Challenge. Igor Kurganov, last year's winner, has busted from the event, but will reenter, and David Steicke is a late entrant.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sorel Mizzi |
96,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
Justin Bonomo |
94,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
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Doug Polk |
89,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
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Tony Bloom |
76,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
Antonio Esfandiari |
69,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
||
Jeff Rossiter |
65,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
John Juanda |
65,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
David Steicke | 50,000 | |
Igor Kurganov | Busted | |
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On the historic 200th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier joins the crew in Melbourne Australia to answer some fan questions, discuss his future in poker, and guess the over/under for runners in the 2014 Aussie Millions Main Event. If a listener guesses the exact number using the hashtag #PNPod, they will win a PokerNews t-shirt signed by Mercier.
Action folded to Shane Warne in the hijack seat, and he kicked off the action with a raise to 1,100. In the cutoff seat was Fabian Quoss, and he reraised with a three-bet to 2,800. Then, action was on Yevgeniy Timoshenko on the button. Timoshenko decided to four-bet and made it 6,800 to go. Play folded through the blinds and back to Warne. He also gave it up, and then Quoss also folded, giving Timoshenko the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Yevgeniy Timoshenko |
68,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
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Fabian Quoss |
58,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
Shane Warne |
40,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
The players are now on their first break of the day.
Level: 4
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
We missed the action, but we do know that local player "Toothpick" Tony Kambouroglou got his chips all in preflop and was in bad shape against Senh Ung, who you may recall as the winner of the 2013 PokerStars.net ACOP HK$250,000 High Roller for HK$4,086,700 back in November.
Ung:
Kambouroglou:
Ung was well ahead with his ladies and looking to dodge an ace, which is exactly what he did as the board ran out an uneventful .
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Senh Ung | 90,000 | |
Tony Kambouroglou | Busted |