2016 Aussie Millions

Event #6: $1,150 Six-Max No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2016 Aussie Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k5
Prize
117,000 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
1,025 AUD
Prize Pool
547,350 AUD
Entries
534
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Kornuth Gets Paid off

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

"I am trying to bluff you off the same hand," Chance Kornuth said on the river of a board {2-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{3-Spades}{9-Diamonds}. The American had bet 60,000 and Francesco Sergi eventually called off to muck when Kornuth flipped over the {A-Clubs}{K-Spades}. Sergi will be under immediate pressure now with just over 10 big blinds.

Player Chips Progress
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Chance Kornuth
641,000
101,000
101,000
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Chip Leader Coaching
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Francesco Sergi
140,000
-82,000
-82,000

Tags: Chance KornuthFrancesco Sergi

Sapitavicius Slipping

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Arunas Sapitavicius
Arunas Sapitavicius

Arunas Sapitavicius lost a medium-sized pot on the board {Q-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{Q-Hearts}{7-Clubs} after the turn brought a bet of 48,000 and a call by Tang Peng. The duo checked the river and Sapitavicius' {A-Clubs}{10-Hearts} ended up second-best to the {A-Hearts}{2-Hearts} of Peng.

Then, the Lithuanian raised to 24,000 and Sergio Aido called in the big blind. On the flop {3-Spades}{6-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}, Aido check-called a bet of 23,000 and they checked the {4-Spades} on the turn. Aido check-called the {A-Hearts} river for 40,000 and Sapitavicius sheepishly turned over {K-Clubs}{Q-Hearts} for king-high, Aido took down the pot with {Q-Clubs}{J-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
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Sergio Aido
650,000
80,000
80,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Arunas Sapitavicius
235,000
-245,000
-245,000

Tags: Arunas SapitaviciusSergio AidoTang Peng

Kornuth On The River

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Chance Kornuth
Chance Kornuth

Chance Kornuth made it 21,000 under the gun and [Removed:17] raised the button to 50,000.

It came back to Kornuth and he jammed for 260,000 total.

Yan got the count and made the call with the {7-Spades}{7-Clubs}. Kornuth was flipping for his tournament life with the {a-Spades}{j-Diamonds} and got there on the river when the board ran out {10-Clubs}{2-Spades}{10-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
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[Removed:17]
730,000
-130,000
-130,000
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Chance Kornuth
540,000
280,000
280,000
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Chip Leader Coaching

Tags: Chance Kornuth

Level: 19

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000

Sticking to the Plan

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Before the start of Day 2, Chance Kornuth was planning to three-bet shove often or raise with the short stack to steal the blinds. That plan has worked out thus far and the American poker pro has increased his stack without any showdown. One table over, Sergio Aido just won a pot as well to move up slightly.

Player Chips Progress
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Sergio Aido
570,000
90,000
90,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Chance Kornuth
260,000
112,000
112,000
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Chip Leader Coaching

Tags: Chance KornuthSergio Aido

Higgs Hits the Rail

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific bracelet winner Sam Higgs had been a short stack for most of the last stages the previous night and didn't find any spot today. Down to just 112,000 chips, he moved all in from under the gun and Tang Peng announced the call from the button with the players in the blinds getting out of the way.

Higgs: {A-Diamonds}{4-Spades}
Peng: {A-Clubs}{10-Clubs}

The flop {10-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} was kind of an overkill, as only running fours or aces could save the Aussie. It was all over after the {2-Hearts} turn and the {A-Spades} river even gave Peng a full house.

Player Chips Progress
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Tang Peng
640,000
130,000
130,000
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Sam Higgs
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Sam HiggsTang Peng

Chin's Shove Goes Through

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Max Chin and Tang Peng had traded some chips before and just now Chin raised to 20,000. Peng was in the big blind and squeezed to 60,000 before his opponent moved all in. Peng asked for a count and ultimately mucked to the 346,000 shove.

Player Chips Progress
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Tang Peng
510,000
106,000
106,000
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Max Chin
430,000
-47,000
-47,000

Tags: Max ChinTang Peng

Awerbuch Busts to Yan

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

[Removed:17] raised to 20,000 and Chad Awerbuch defended his big blind to see a flop of {6-Spades}{9-Spades}{A-Hearts}. The Aussie check-called a bet of 25,000 by "MissOracle" and checked again the {6-Diamonds} on the turn. Yan now fired a second barrel worth 54,000 and was called before Awerbuch also checked the {7-Hearts} river.

Yan asked his opponent if he had any bigger chips behind and then shoved for effectively 145,000. Awerbuch checked his stack carefully before calling it off and sent his cards into the muck as soon as Yan had flipped over the winning {A-Clubs}{K-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
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[Removed:17]
860,000
228,000
228,000
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Chad Awerbuch
Busted

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Nagi Busts to Sapitavicius

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Sergio Aido opened to 20,000 from the cutoff and Jim Nagi flat-called from the button, so did Arunas Sapitavicius from the big blind. On the flop {J-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}, the action was checked to Nagi and the Aussie bet 25,000. Only Sapitavicius called and then led the {10-Diamonds} turn for 37,000.

Nagi announced a raise and slid forward 50,000 chips only to be reminded by the dealer that a minimum raise had to be at least 74,000. Sapitavicius then shoved and Nagi called it off for around 120,000 in total.

Sapitavicius: {Q-Hearts}{10-Spades}
Nagi: {9-Diamonds}{9-Spades}

The blank {3-Spades} river changed nothing whatsoever and Nagi hit the rail in 14th place.

Player Chips Progress
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Arunas Sapitavicius
480,000
244,000
244,000
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Jim Nagi
Busted

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