Mike Watson has become the first player eliminated from action in the 2012 Aussie Millions $100,000 Challenge. He fell at the hands of defending champion Sam Trickett, who is now up to 180,000 in chips.
Trickett raised to 2,500 from under the gun and Watson flat-called in the cutoff seat. Gus Hansen called from the big blind and the three players saw the flop come down 
. Hansen checked and Trickett bet 5,500. Watson put in a raise to 15,500 and Hansen folded. Trickett took a little bit, then reraised all in. Watson called all in for around 70,000 total.
Watson: 
Trickett: 
Watson held the best of it with top pair, top kicker, but wasn't anywhere near safe just yet. Trickett had a world of outs with an open-ended straight draw and a flush draw. Watson didn't even hold a spade to take away a possible out from Trickett.
The turn added even more outs for Trickett when the 
fell and gave him a pair of threes. Watson now needed to dodge a spade, a deuce, a seven, a three or a four on the river to stay alive.
The river landed with the 
and gave Trickett his straight. Watson was eliminated and headed to the rail before anyone else in the field.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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180,000
72,000
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72,000 |
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Busted | |
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landed on the turn. Hansen checked and Trickett bet 7,000. Hansen called. The river was the 
and both players checked.
for a set of aces to beat Trickett's 
for a busted flush draw and won the pot.
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board and Daniel Negreanu fired 25,500 with 26,000 behind. Daniel Alaei folded and then Reinkemeier quickly called.
. Reinkemeier tabled the 
for two pair and won the pot.
and action checked to Mizzi. He bet 5,500 before Dwan and Cates got out of the way. Ivey tossed in the call and then play fell on Shak. The 2010 champion of this event took some time and then check-raised to 15,500. Mizzi folded, but Ivey made the call, creating a little rematch between him and Shak. Back in 2010 when Shak won the event, he had to 
for a flopped flush draw. Shak then showed the 
for a better flush draw, but was outdrawn on the river to lose the pot.
and had Shak dominated with the 
. Shak flopped a seven to win the hand and held from there to win the tournament. This hand here gives Ivey a tiny bit of revenge.
paired the board on the river. Reinkemeier doubled his bet to 15,000, and Negreanu was game.