Event #1: $1,150 No-Limit Hold'em | 2016 Aussie Millions

01-18-2016 15:36 UTC+11

Ferenc Riech Eliminated in 10th Place ($18,950)

Christian Zetzsche

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

Phachara Wongwichit raised to 110,000 from early position and short stack Ferenc Riech defended his big blind to see the flop . The German, who came back from the previous break as chip leader and then lost the majority of his stack with two expensive small pocket pairs, gave it some thought before announcing all in.

Wongwichit snap-called within one second and they turned them over:

Riech:
Wongwichit:

The German was all in and at risk for around 430,000 and needed a four or an ace to stay alive. The on the turn barely changed anything before the on the river sent Riech to the rail in 10th place for a payday of A$18,950.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phachara Wongwichit	2,325,000 775,000	775,000

Ferenc Riech	Busted

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01-18-2016 15:27 UTC+11

Ladies Love Cool Fletcher

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

Sinan Aydogan made it 120,000 and Patrick Fletcher shipped it in.

It came back to Aydogan and he made the call with the . Fletcher was light years ahead with the and doubled through on a board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Fletcher	1,600,000 800,000	800,000
Sinan Aydogan	750,000 -800,000	-800,000

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01-18-2016 15:23 UTC+11

Unofficial Final Table Line Up

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Seat	Player	Nationality	Chip Count
1	Stephen Koutsouvelis	Australia	760,000
2	Ferenc Riech	Germany	550,000
3	Sinan Aydogan	Australia	1,550,000
4	Alexandre Thomas	Australia	1,480,000
5	Phachara Wongwichit	Australia	1,550,000
6	Patrick Fletcher	Australia	800,000
7	Kevin Blackwood	Australia	1,000,000
8	Sean Giesbrecht	Canada	1,480,000
9	Jacob Elmore Dahl	USA	2,010,000
10	Louis Salter	United Kingdom	1,910,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacob Elmore Dahl	2,010,000 210,000	210,000
Louis Salter	1,910,000 185,000	185,000
Sinan Aydogan	1,550,000 -50,000	-50,000
Phachara Wongwichit	1,550,000 515,000	515,000

Alexandre Thomas	1,480,000 -20,000	-20,000
Sean Giesbrecht	1,480,000 -130,000	-130,000
Kevin Blackwood	1,000,000 -265,000	-265,000
Patrick Fletcher	800,000 10,000	10,000
Stephen Koutsouvelis	760,000 -10,000	-10,000
Ferenc Riech	550,000 -10,000	-10,000

01-18-2016 15:12 UTC+11

Riech Dropping More; Thomas Doubles

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Another spot for Ferenc Riech ended up in an all in situation with the German picking up a pocket pair and his opponent, Alexandre Thomas, finding the higher pair. Both had some history already, as the day kicked off with a min-three-bet by Thomas and him then showing a set of kings. The Aussie min-clicked more than half a dozen times and claimed in table chat to have had premium hands, thus Riech four-bet shoved in this spot.

The Perth-based player was all in and at risk for 700,000, which accounted to more than half of the stack of Riech.

Riech:
Thomas:

The Australian rail went crazy after they saw the cards in play and ended up celebrating with the board running out . There is now a short break to set up the ten-handed table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandre Thomas	1,500,000 630,000	630,000
Ferenc Riech	560,000 -840,000	-840,000

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01-18-2016 15:10 UTC+11

Zizic Zapped; Final Table Set

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

Tatjana Zizic open shoved the button for 425,000 and Sinan Aydogan called from the small blind.

The big blind folded and Zizic was in trouble with here dominated by Aydogan's . The board rolled out to send Zizic home 11th and set up a final table of ten.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sinan Aydogan	1,600,000 480,000	480,000
Tatjana Zizic	Busted

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01-18-2016 15:09 UTC+11

Seymour Busts to Salter

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Louis Salter opened the action with a raise to 100,000 from the button and short stack Michael Seymour announced all in for 425,000. Salter asked for an exact count, then cut out the chips for the call before counting his stack once again. The Brit then slowly but surely slid them forward:

Salter:
Seymour:

On the flop, Salter paired his jack and took the lead. Seymour was in need of a deuce or ace, but the board completed with the turn and river. The field was reduced to 11 players and the tournament went to hand-for-hand, as the unofficial final table combines at 10 players.

Player	Chips	Progress
Louis Salter	1,725,000 540,000	540,000
Michael Seymour	Busted

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01-18-2016 15:03 UTC+11

Zizic Shoves Into Wongwichit

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Tatjana Zizic raised to 105,000 from the button and then folded to the shove of Patrick Fletcher.

One hand later, Zizic raised again to 105,000 and Phachara Wongwichit called in the big blind. On the flop , Wongwichit led 85,000 and then folded to a shove of 385,000 more on top by Zizic.