Antonio Casale Eliminated in 25th Place (AU$40,000)

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One of the few remaining local Melbourne hopes, Antonio Casale, is out of the tournament. Before the flop, Casale raised to 100,000 after Joe Cassidy raised the button to 21,000 and was called by small blind Rajkumar Ramakrishnan. Cassidy folded to Casale's reraise, but Ramakrishnan stuck around for the flop.

The flop was all small cards, {3-Spades}

. Ramakrishnan was first to act and had Casale covered. He opted to move all in. Casale made the call for the biggest pot of the tournament so far, over one million in chips!

Ramakrishnan: {7-Diamonds}

Casale:

Ramakrishnan had the smallest overpair possible; Casale had two overcards and the nut flush draw. He stood up from the table and removed his glasses to await his fate. The turn was a brick, the {9-Hearts}

. The river was a brick too -- the {3-Hearts}

. Casale got a well-deserved round of applause from the rail for making a deep run in the Aussie Millions for the second year in a row. Last year, Casale made the final table. This year he came up just a bit short.

Ramakrishnan is now the chip leader with 1.55 million in chips. After Casale departed, Tino Lechich told Ramakrishnan, "You are unstoppable. Unstoppable!"

Tags: Antonio Casale Rajkumar Ramakrishnan