Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
2017 Aussie Millions
$10,000 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 Aussie Millions
Buy-in
10,000 AUD
Prize Pool
7,685,000 AUD
Entries
725
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Break
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
Players are on the first break of the day. Registration is open for another 15-minutes and then there will be no more entries.
Jennifer Tilly Busts Russell Thomas
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
"All in and a call!" we heard the dealer shout on the table right next to our media desk. Somehow we had missed a big pot brewing as Jennifer Tilly and Russell Thomas had gotten their chips in on the turn.
Thomas told us afterward that it had been a limped pot where he (big blind), the player under the gun and Tilly (button) saw a flop of 
. Thomas checked and the player under the gun bet. Tilly raised and Thomas called to see things go to the turn. On the 
, Thomas and Tilly got their chips in with Tilly showing 
while Thomas tabled 
.
The river 
helped Tilly improve to a better two pair and Thomas got up and made his exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Ace-high Good for Wong
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
Hong Kong’s Ken Wong is making a spirited attempt to recreate or better his 2012 Aussie Millions runner-up finish. Wong returned for Day 2 with exactly the same amount he began play with yesterday – 30,000 – though he has just padded this out courtesy of Kan Lin.
Preflop Wong opened the action from early position with a raise to 1,700 with Lin calling the small blind and Ryan Pignatelli calling from the big blind.
Both blinds check the monochrome 
flop over to Wong who continuation bet 2,000. Kan called and Pignatelli folded to take action heads-up to the 
turn.
Now Kan led out for 5,000, Wong shot him a suspicious glance before mulling over his options and deciding to call and it was off to the 
river, which double-paired the board.
Kan now fired out a bet of 8,000 sending Wong deep into the think tank. Eventually, Wong counted out the call and tossed it into the middle and Kan turned over 
for king-high, which was trailing to Wong’s 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
62,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
16,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
Wakeman Wins Some
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
Reigning champion Ari Engel brought it in for a raise to 2,000 from the hijack before Matthew Wakeman three-bet to 5,600 in the cutoff. It folded back around to Engel and he made the call to see the flop land 
.
Engel checked it over to Wakeman who continued for 5,200. After a call from Engel the dealer turned the . A quick check from Engel saw Wakeman think for around a minute before checking himself and the peeled off on the end.
Engel loaded up and fired for 8,700 which was snapped off by Wakeman as the cards went on their backs.
Wakeman: 
Engel: 
Wakeman’s top pair was good against Engel’s second pair and Wakeman added that pot to his stack to eclipse the six-figure mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
108,000
58,600
|
58,600 |
|
67,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
||
Just Another Day at the Office
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
For a recreational player, Fedor Holz sure does play a lot of poker tournaments. The German late registered today and is busily chipping up here already and has just taken down yet another pot.
Holz was the aggressor in the hand, raising to 1,800 from the button and finding a caller in the big blind, who checked the 
flop over to the German.
Needing no further prompting Holz continuation bet 2,200, which was called and the turn came down . This brought another check from the big blind and another bet from Holz, this time for 6,500 which was enough to get it done.
Holz started with 30,000 in chips a little over an hour ago, and already is one of the biggest stacks in the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
||
Raemaekers Doubles Through Godena
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
On a flop of 
Joep Raemaekers checked his option before Jarryd Godena bet out 4,000. Raemaekers then raised it up to 11,800 and Godena called.
The turn brought the and Raemaekers moved all in for 22,100. Godena snap-called.
Raemaekers:
Godena: 
Raemaekers had the hand locked up with a set of sixes, and raked in the pot, after the 
completed the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000
3,800
|
3,800 |
|
41,000
-92,300
|
-92,300 |
Astapau Takes One Down
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
From middle position, high stakes player Anton Astapau raised to 1,700 and Jennifer Tilly called in the hijack. Mark Ryan in the cutoff called as well, and so did big blind Sarah Bilney.
The flop came 
and Bilney checked. Astapau bet 900 and Tilly raised to 3,000. Ryan called, Bilney folded, Astapau called.
All three of them checked the on the turn before the completed the board. Astapau bet 6,000 and Tilly folded. Ryan called but mucked after being shown 
by Astapau.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
85,000 | |
|
|
||
|
75,000
10,300
|
10,300 |
Chan Doubles Through Clarke
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
We arrived just in time to see Terrence Chan earn himself at double up at the expense of Robert Clarke.
With the board reading 
Chan had the red all-in triangle in front of him next to his remaining chips showing 
for trip jacks and Clarke was counting out the call.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
54,000
-4,900
|
-4,900 |
|
|
||
|
52,000
-4,900
|
-4,900 |
Addamo Doubles
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
Tty Ly was first to act and raised to 1,800. Action folded to Michael Addamo in the small blind and the local three-bet all in for 11,000. Big blind Paul Hoefer, 2015 Little One for One-Drop champion and 2016 Aussie Millions side event winner, shoved for 23,100. Ly went deep into the tank but ultimately folded.
Michael Addamo:
Paul Hoefer: 
Judging by his reaction on the flop, Ly was happy with his decision for just a second as he said "Ahhh!" when the hit.
The on the turn gave Hoefer some new outs but the on the river wasn't one of the cards he was looking for.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
24,600
12,500
|
12,500 |
|
||
|
12,100
-12,900
|
-12,900 |
|
|
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