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

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

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

Phachara Wongwichit raised to 110,000 from early position and short stack Ferenc Riech defended his big blind to see the flop {8-Hearts}{J-Spades}{4-Hearts}. 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: {A-Diamonds}{4-Spades}
Wongwichit: {J-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}

The German was all in and at risk for around 430,000 and needed a four or an ace to stay alive. The {Q-Spades} on the turn barely changed anything before the {6-Spades} on the river sent Riech to the rail in 10th place for a payday of A$18,950.

Player Chips Progress
Phachara Wongwichit th
Phachara Wongwichit
2,325,000
775,000
775,000
Ferenc Riech de
Ferenc Riech
Busted

Tags: Ferenc RiechPhachara Wongwichit

Unofficial Final Table Line Up

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
SeatPlayerNationalityChip Count
1Stephen KoutsouvelisAustralia760,000
2Ferenc RiechGermany550,000
3Sinan AydoganAustralia1,550,000
4Alexandre ThomasAustralia1,480,000
5Phachara WongwichitAustralia1,550,000
6Patrick FletcherAustralia800,000
7Kevin BlackwoodAustralia1,000,000
8Sean GiesbrechtCanada1,480,000
9Jacob Elmore DahlUSA2,010,000
10Louis SalterUnited Kingdom1,910,000
Player Chips Progress
Jacob Elmore Dahl us
Jacob Elmore Dahl
2,010,000
210,000
210,000
Louis Salter gb
Louis Salter
1,910,000
185,000
185,000
Sinan Aydogan au
Sinan Aydogan
1,550,000
-50,000
-50,000
Phachara Wongwichit th
Phachara Wongwichit
1,550,000
515,000
515,000
Alexandre Thomas au
Alexandre Thomas
1,480,000
-20,000
-20,000
Sean Giesbrecht ca
Sean Giesbrecht
1,480,000
-130,000
-130,000
Kevin Blackwood au
Kevin Blackwood
1,000,000
-265,000
-265,000
Patrick Fletcher au
Patrick Fletcher
800,000
10,000
10,000
Stephen Koutsouvelis au
Stephen Koutsouvelis
760,000
-10,000
-10,000
Ferenc Riech de
Ferenc Riech
550,000
-10,000
-10,000

Riech Dropping More; Thomas Doubles

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: {6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}
Thomas: {K-Spades}{K-Clubs}

The Australian rail went crazy after they saw the cards in play and ended up celebrating with the board running out {A-Spades}{J-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}{5-Spades}{K-Diamonds}. There is now a short break to set up the ten-handed table.

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

Tags: Alexandre ThomasFerenc Riech

Zizic Zapped; Final Table Set

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

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 {a-Spades}{5-Clubs} dominated by Aydogan's {a-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}. The board rolled out {2-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{k-Spades} to send Zizic home 11th and set up a final table of ten.

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

Tags: Sinan AydoganTatjana Zizic

Seymour Busts to Salter

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

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: {J-Hearts}{9-Hearts}
Seymour: {A-Diamonds}{2-Spades}

On the {5-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{J-Clubs} flop, Salter paired his jack and took the lead. Seymour was in need of a deuce or ace, but the board completed with the {6-Spades} turn and {9-Clubs} 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 gb
Louis Salter
1,725,000
540,000
540,000
Michael Seymour au
Michael Seymour
Busted

Tags: Michael SeymourLouis Salter

Zizic Shoves Into Wongwichit

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 {2-Clubs}{J-Spades}{7-Spades}, Wongwichit led 85,000 and then folded to a shove of 385,000 more on top by Zizic.

Player Chips Progress
Phachara Wongwichit th
Phachara Wongwichit
1,035,000
-235,000
-235,000
Tatjana Zizic nz
Tatjana Zizic
1,025,000
235,000
235,000

Tags: Patrick FletcherPhachara WongwichitTatjana Zizic

Dahl Doubles Through Riech

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Jacob Elmore Dahl
Jacob Elmore Dahl

Jacob Elmore Dahl opened the cutoff to 115,000 and Ferenc Riech jammed the button.

Dahl tank-called for his tournament life and was in great shape to double with the {8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} over Riech's {3-Spades}{3-Hearts}.

The board rolled out {9-Clubs}{2-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}{6-Spades} and double up Dahl did, knocking Riech off the top spot on the counts.

Player Chips Progress
Jacob Elmore Dahl us
Jacob Elmore Dahl
1,800,000
910,000
910,000
Ferenc Riech de
Ferenc Riech
1,400,000
-920,000
-920,000

Tags: Ferenc RiechJacob Elmore Dahl

Level: 25

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 5,000