Tony Bloom Eliminated in 2nd Place (AUD$975,000); Sam Trickett Wins!
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Sam Trickett entered the pot for his usual heads-up min-raise of 60,000.
With the action now on the relatively short-stacked Tony Bloom, he cut down his chocolate 25,000-denomination chips before announcing he was all in for roughly his last 650,000.
Trickett near insta-called as he rose to his feet to sweat the fate of what may be a life-changing poker hand.
Bloom: 
Trickett: 
"C'mon Trickett!" screamed his rail which included his partner along with fellow poker players James Bord and Jarred Solomon - who both have already had amazing Aussie Millions.
The dealer spread a 
flop to keep Trickett in the lead, but still leave Bloom with live outs to remain alive in the tournament.
The 
on the turn would further Trickett's lead, and with Bloom needing one of six cards in the deck, it would pain him to see the 
spike on the river to end his tournament in second place for a AUD$975,000 payday.
Amazingly, Bloom has one of the greatest Aussie Millions records - and shows no signs of letting up.
After winning the Main Event in 2004 for AUD$426,500, Bloom went on to capture a second title the following year. The Lizard however would return with a bang in 2009 when he finished runner-up to David Steicke in this very event for AUD$600,000 before making a return to the same final table the following year for AUD$200,000 when he finished fourth.
For someone that is based in London, it might be worth him moving down to Australia because he now has over AUD$2,000,000 in this very casino!