Richard Yong raised to 200,000 on the button, and then Ole Schemion reraised all in for just about 800,000. Yong called with the , and Schemion had the .
On the flop, Yong took the lead with a pair of jacks. The was a very sweatastic turn card, and then the river completed the board with the . Schemion vaulted back in front with a river flush, and he doubled up to 1.6 million in chips.
Ole Schemion's stack is in trouble after Ricard Yong won the firs big pot of heads up.
The two players took to a flop where Schemion check-called150,000 before he led for 280,000 on the turn. Call. The board completed with the and Schemion check-called 400,000 but mucked upon seeing Yong's .
With Scott Seiver out in third place, it's down to Richard Yong versus Ole Schemion for the 2015 Aussie Millions $100,000 Challenge title. Yong will enter heads-up play with the chip lead, holding 4.915 million in chips to Schemion's 2.085 million.
Despite boasting a tournament record that has $4,496,352 in earnings, Yong has never won a live event. On the other hand, Schemion has won 11 of the 52 tournaments he's cashed in, for a rate of 21.15%. Furthermore, when Schemion reaches heads-up play, he has an impressive record of 11 wins and five losses, winning the event over two-thirds of the time.
It took a bit of a cooler to lose the third-placed player here at the Crown after more than three hours of play since a bustout took place.
Ole Schemion raised from the button before Scott Seiver moved all in from the small blind and Richard Yong did the same from the big blind. Schemion folded to leave them to it.
Seiver:
Yong:
The board ran to send Seiver on his way with a million in his back pocket.
Richard Yong raised to 165,000 on the button, and Scott Seiver called from the big blind to see the flop come down . Seiver checked, and Yong bet 165,000. Seiver folded.
Shortly thereafter, Seiver and Yong were involved in a pot on the flop. Seiver bet 150,000, and Yong called to see the land on the turn. Seiver bet again, this time for 360,000, and Yong folded.
"Very funny!" shouted a jubilant Richard Yong after he sucked out on the river to double up.
He raised to 165,000 from the small blind and Ole Schemion defended his big blind before a flop fanned out in front of them. Yong continued for 250,000 and moved all in for 1,275,000 before Schemion had a chance to announce the amount he was raising. Call.
Ole Schemion and Scott Seiver both played out another pot where four diamonds appeared on the board and both had one this time.
It was a small pot as Schemion completed from the small blind and Seiver checked. The board rolled out . Schemion waited until the river where he bet 80,000. Seiver called with beating out Schemion's .
Ole Schemion raised to 160,000 from the button and Richard Yong called from the big blind. Yong check-called a bet of 150,000 and then check-folded to one of 380,000 on the turn.
Ole Schemion raised to 175,000 on the button and Richard Yong called from the big blind. The flop saw Yong check-call a bet of 150,000 and then he check-called on of 280,000 on the turn. When the completed the board on the river, Yong checked for a third time, but still called when Schemion fired out 515,000.
Schemion tabled the for two pair and it was good as Yong mucked his cards.