2016 Aussie Millions

Event #1: $1,150 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info

2016 Aussie Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q6
Prize
275,300 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
1,025 AUD
Prize Pool
1,353,000 AUD
Entries
1,320
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

PokerNews Podcast Episode #357: PCA Wrap Up feat. Mike Watson

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Remko Rinkema and Donnie Peters put a bow on the 2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure and talk with PCA Main Event winner Mike Watson.

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Luck Be Three Ladies Tonight

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Tatjana Zizic
Tatjana Zizic

Tatjana Zizic got her short stack all in from the small blind with the {q-Spades}{10-Hearts} and Sinan Aydogan looked her up with the {a-Spades}{2-Clubs} in the big.

The board rolled out {q-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{7-Spades} and for the second time today, Zizic made three queens to double up.

Player Chips Progress
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Sinan Aydogan
1,200,000
100,000
100,000
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Tatjana Zizic
320,000
-90,000
-90,000

Tags: Tatjana ZizicSinan Aydogan

Level: 24

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 5,000

Fletcher Doubles Through Giesbrecht

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante

Patrick Fletcher moved all in for 415,000 and was called by Sean Giesbrecht from one seat over.

Fletcher: {A-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}
Giesbrecht: {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}

On the flop {A-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{K-Spades}, Giesbrecht was pointing to his cards and rooting for a club. The {9-Diamonds} turn was a blank, but the {8-Clubs} on the river brought the club that Giesbrecht had been demanding. He started celebrating, thinking he had a flush before realizing his mistake. Either way, the ten-high flush would not have been good anyways as Fletcher had the queen.

Player Chips Progress
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Sean Giesbrecht
2,000,000
-450,000
-450,000
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Patrick Fletcher
850,000
432,000
432,000

Tags: Patrick FletcherSean Giesbrecht

Giesbrecht Crushes Rao

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Aditya Rao
Aditya Rao

Aditya Rao open shoved for 450,000 and Sean Giesbrecht pushed in a stack of brown 25,000-denomination chips, announcing he was all in as well.

The rest of the table folded and Giesbrecht showed {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds}. Rao was in trouble with the {a-Clubs}{7-Clubs} and it got even worse for him when the {q-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{j-Diamonds} flop gave Giesbrecht a full house.

Drawing to running aces for his tournament life, the {5-Spades}{6-Diamonds} turn and river sent Rao packing.

Player Chips Progress
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Sean Giesbrecht
2,450,000
200,000
200,000
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Aditya Rao
Busted

Tags: Aditya RaoSean Giesbrecht

Riech's Run Good Continues as Neilson hits Rail

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Daniel Neilson
Daniel Neilson

From middle position, Ferenc Riech raised to 65,000 and short stack Daniel Neilson moved all in from the big blind for what looked like 250,000. Riech quickly tossed in the extra chips for the call and it was a coin flip for the tournament life:

Riech: {9-Spades}{9-Clubs}
Neilson: {K-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}

The flop came {9-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} and the German had made quads. Neilson was not drawing dead yet, but needed perfect running cards for a straight flush. It was all over after the {7-Spades} turn, making the {5-Diamonds} river a painful formality as Neilson completed a worthless flush. The Aussie picked up A$10,145 for his efforts and Riech jumped into second place overall.

Player Chips Progress
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Ferenc Riech
1,975,000
500,000
500,000
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Daniel Neilson
Busted

Tags: Daniel NeilsonFerenc Riech

Au First to Bust on Day 3

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Kim Au
Kim Au

The action folded all the way around to Kim Au in the small blind and he pushed all in for what looked like 450,000. Ferenc Riech in the big blind peeked at his cards and then opted for the call for slightly less than half of his own stack.

Au: {A-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}
Riech: {A-Hearts}{7-Clubs}

The battle of the ace rags picked up some momentum on the flop {K-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{5-Spades} with Au finding a gutshot straight draw. On the {Q-Diamonds} turn, he even got a flush draw on top but the {8-Clubs} river bricked and ensured that the kicker played. Au was sent to the rail in 17th place for a payday of A$10,450.

Player Chips Progress
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Ferenc Riech
1,475,000
575,000
575,000
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Kim Au
Busted

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Giesbrecht Over Two Million

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Sean Giesbrecht
Sean Giesbrecht

Sean Giesbrecht defended his big blind against an Aditya Rao raise and the two went heads up to a {2-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{8-Spades} flop.

Giesbrecht checked, Rao bet 120,000 and Giesbrecht made the call. The {6-Clubs} turn saw Giesbrecht take the lead with a 165,000-chip bet.

Rao called and the river came the {3-Clubs}. Giesbrecht quickly led for 255,000 and Rao snap-called. Giesbrecht showed the {5-Clubs}{7-Clubs} flush and Rao mucked, allowing the start-of-day chip leader to push past the two-million mark and increase his lead.

Player Chips Progress
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Sean Giesbrecht
2,250,000
560,000
560,000
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Aditya Rao
550,000
-550,000
-550,000

Tags: Aditya RaoSean Giesbrecht