2020 Aussie Millions

A$10,600 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2020 Aussie Millions

Final Results
Winner
Vincent Wan
Winning Hand
109
Prize
1,318,000 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
10,600 AUD
Prize Pool
8,200,000 AUD
Entries
820
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
820
Players Left
158

Three Barrels By Aldemir

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Koray Aldemir was the initial raiser and picked up a caller in the blinds. Aldemir fired three barrels on a board of {6-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{2-Spades}{a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds} and the final one was worth 42,400, which represented the remainder of his stack. While his opponent tanked, it would be no threat for the German High Roller regular as the pot was pushed to him shortly after without any showdown.

Player Chips Progress
Yake Wu cn
Yake Wu
135,000
-20,000
-20,000
Koray Aldemir de
Koray Aldemir
85,000
20,500
20,500
WSOP Main Event Champion
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Jesse Sylvia us
Jesse Sylvia
40,000
5,000
5,000
WPT 1X Winner
StakeKings
Kazuhiko Yotsushika jp
Kazuhiko Yotsushika
38,000
8,000
8,000
Day 1C Chip Leader
Jack Sinclair gb
Jack Sinclair
31,000
-4,000
-4,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Koray Aldemir

Pekarek Peels Aces, Finds Good Action

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Jeremy Pekarek was all in preflop for 38,800 and he was up against two players with inferior pocket pairs. Mikita Badziakouski had Pekarek covered an he tabled {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} while the other player had the shortest stack as well as the worst starting hand: {9-Hearts}{9-Spades}.

Pekarek faded any bad card on the {k-Clubs}{7-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{4-Hearts} runout and took down the whole pot, improving to 110,000 or so. Badziakouski dropped to 45,000 and the other player left the tournament area.

Player Chips Progress
Jeremy Pekarek us
Jeremy Pekarek
110,000
53,000
53,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Mikita Badziakouski by
Mikita Badziakouski
45,000
-160,000
-160,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Jeremy PekarekMikita Badziakouski

Seidel Shows His Class to Best Carter

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

On a {5-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}{2-Spades}{2-Diamonds} board, Erik Seidel checked out of the big blind and Simon Carter bet 9,000. Seidel called and checked the {j-Spades} river to Carter.

Carter bet 16,000 and after some more thought, Seidel called. Carter opened {a-Diamonds}{q-Spades} for ace-high and Seidel picked up the pot with {10-Clubs}{5-Clubs}

"Wow!" said Carter. "I thought I would make a five fold there! What would I have had to make it? 40?"

Seidel remained quiet as he raked in the pot.

"That's the difference between me and Eric," continued Carter. "I'm a five and he's a ten."

Player Chips Progress
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
214,000
49,000
49,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
Simon Carter au
Simon Carter
165,000
114,000
114,000

Tags: Erik SeidelSimon Carter

Kessler Doubles Once More

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Allen Kessler was all-in for the last 14,600 on the button and he was called by Maxwell Young in the big blind.

Allen Kessler: {a-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}
Maxwell Young: {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds}

Kessler got there on the {a-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{3-Spades} flop and even turned two pair with the {9-Spades}, the {k-Clubs} on the river came a blank.

"This one was easy, the other ones were more difficult," a player at the table chimed in.

Young jokingly asked in table chat "are you going to tweet about that one?"

Kessler remains around the starting stack while Young is one of the bigger stacks in the room with just over 200 players remaining.

Player Chips Progress
Maxwell Young us
Maxwell Young
265,000
85,000
85,000
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
31,600
-2,400
-2,400
$25K Fantasy
StakeKings

Tags: Allen KesslerMaxwell Young

Quoss Flops a Straight Flush to Eliminate Hui

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Fabian Quoss
Fabian Quoss

The button opened and Fabian Quoss three-bet all in from the small blind. Phil Hui was all in from the big blind for 35,000 and the button folded.

Phil Hui: {7-Hearts}{7-Clubs}
Fabian Quoss: {q-Spades}{10-Spades}

The flop came {9-Spades}{j-Spades}{k-Spades}.

"Did you just flop a straight flush?" exclaimed Corey Kempson from the other end of the table. The turn {8-Spades} even extended Quoss to a six-card straight flush. The river was the {10-Hearts} and Hui was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Fabian Quoss de
Fabian Quoss
350,000
25,000
25,000
Day 1A Chip Leader
Phil Hui us
Phil Hui
Busted

Tags: Corey KempsonFabian QuossPhil Hui

Seidel Busts Kamal

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

It seemed a player to Erik Seidel's right had limped and Seidel raised to 5,500 from the hijack. Karim Kamal three-bet to 16,500 from the button and only Seidel called.

The flop fell {q-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} and Seidel checked. Kamal pushed forward his remaining stack, around 30,000, and Seidel peeked at his hand before he casually threw in a calling chip. Kamal had {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds} and Seidel was ahead with {k-Spades}{q-Clubs}.

The {2-Clubs} turn changed nothing and the {q-Spades} river confirmed Seidel's win.

Player Chips Progress
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
165,000
55,000
55,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
Karim Kamal ca
Karim Kamal
Busted

Tags: Karim KamalErik Seidel

2018 Main Event Champion Lewis Eliminated

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Toby Lewis
Toby Lewis

We noted Toby Lewis getting short at the beginning of the level, and unfortunately for the Brit he has recently been eliminated.

According to Mai Ha, Ha opened and Lewis three-bet all in for his last 12 big blinds with {j-Hearts}{q-Hearts}. Ha held {a-}{k-} and held on the "runout of bricks" to send the 2018 champion to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Mai Ha au
Mai Ha
135,000
1,000
1,000
Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
Busted
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Mai HaToby Lewis

Loosli Doubles Through Zobian

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Sylvain Loosli
Sylvain Loosli

Kelvin Beattie and Mike Watson were spotted on their way out of the tournament area and they were nearly joined by Sylvain Loosli, however, the Frenchman secured a double through Aram Zobian.

Picking up the action on the {a-Clubs}{7-Spades}{3-Spades} flop with around 30,000 in the middle, Loosli was all-in with the {a-Spades}{k-Spades} and Zobian had the inferior flushdraw with {q-Spades}{j-Spades}. The {k-Clubs} turn gave Zobian some outs to a straight but Loosli further improved to a full house with the {k-Diamonds} river to double for 40,100.

Player Chips Progress
Sylvain Loosli fr
Sylvain Loosli
110,000
52,000
52,000
Jaka Coaching
Aram Zobian us
Aram Zobian
60,000
-81,000
-81,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Kelvin Beattie au
Kelvin Beattie
Busted
StakeKings
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
Busted
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 2X Winner

Tags: Aram ZobianKelvin BeattieMike WatsonSylvain Loosli

Madsen Hits One-Outer To Scoop It All

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Jeff Madsen
Jeff Madsen

In a preflop three-bet pot, Jeff Madsen, Martin Zamani, and David Yan met in what would become one of the biggest collisions of the tournament so far.

With around 40,000 in the middle and {3-Spades}{2-Hearts}{j-Hearts} on the felt, Madsen bet 19,500 from the small blind. Zamani shoved for 54,400 from under the gun and Yan reraised all in from the cutoff. Madsen smiled, double-checked his hole cards, and then called for his 119,300, saying, "Alright."

Zamani: {k-Hearts}{q-Hearts}
Yan: {3-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}
Madsen: {a-Diamonds}{a-Spades}

"Just put a heart out, to make it easy," Zamani wished.

The {6-Spades} was a brick and Yan was closing on scoring a double knockout.

But the {a-Clubs} hit the river and suddenly it was Madsen who got all rights to claim the monster pot, without having to share any piece of it. Zamani was eliminated and Yan, who was close to getting to one of the top chip counts in the room, dropped to 36,000 instead.

Player Chips Progress
Jeff Madsen us
Jeff Madsen
335,000
316,700
316,700
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
StakeKings
David Yan nz
David Yan
36,000
-119,000
-119,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Martin Zamani us
Martin Zamani
Busted
StakeKings

Tags: David YanJeff MadsenMartin Zamani