Chris Chronis has just surged to the chip lead after eliminating Haki Sejnovski; or "Rocky" as Crown regulars and staff like to call him.
After some back and forth preflop raising, both players saw the flop of . Sejnovski led out, and Chronis raised to 15,000, which was immediately followed by the all-in reraise from Sejnovski. Chronis made the call tabling to be ahead of Sejnovski's .
The turn and river fell the and KO-ing Rocky to the rail as Chronis chipped up to 84,000 in chips.
Career change for Schwartz
On a flop of , Imad Farhat checked and Noah Schwartz fired out 1,200. Farhat then clicked it back from the small blind, min-raising to 2,400 with Schwartz making the call.
The turn landed the and Farhat moved all in for 9,500 with Schwartz instantly calling.
Farhat:
Schwartz:
The river landed the and Schwartz raked in the pot sending him to 60,000 as Farhat headed to the rail.
The Aussie Millions Main Event is not the only major sporting event taking place today. The Australian national cricket team is playing a one-day against South Africa. Cricket is a major pastime in Australia, drawing legions of rabid fans the way football does in North America. Crown is televising the cricket match on the five-by-five bank of television screens that take up one wall of the poker room. Several notable players have taken a keen interest in the match, including Tony G (presumably rooting for the local lads) and Event #5 winner Jarred Solomon (presumably cheering on his native South Africa).
We wouldn't be surprised if many of the players in the room also have placed large wagers in the Crown sport book on the outcome of the match.
James Obst can soul read
James "Andy McLEOD" Obst has just been rewarded for a good read on his opponent.
With Martin Comer opening the pot from under the gun to 800, both Obst and the player on the button made the call. On the flop Comer checked, Obst fired 1,300 and the button flat-called, with Comer folding.
At the turn Obst checked to the button who moved all in for 14,600, a huge overbet considering the pot size. Obst went into the tank for a good while before making the call.
The button opened up for a flush and gutshot straight draw, while Obst's middle pair was good going to the river.
The river blanked, eliminating his opponent and moving Obst up to 45,000 after such a huge call.
Seet cracks rockets
Facing a raise of 550, Nathanael Seet bumped it up to 1,700 from the button and the big blind made the call, with the original aggressor laying his hand down.
The flop of brought a check from the big blind before Seet made it 3,300. The big blind then followed with a reraise to 6,600, and following some time in the tank Seet moved all in for 20,800 on top. The big blind made the call and the cards were tabled.
Opponent:
Seet:
The turn and river landed the and , doubling Seet up to 60,000 in chips as we are approaching the third break.
We didn't see the preflop action in a hand between Harris Pavlou and Shane Moran. We only came to the table after the dealer pulled a flop of out of the deck. Pavlou opened the action with a bet of 2,500, leaving himself 7,000 chips behind. Moran, sitting with roughly 40,000 chips, then announced that he was all in.
In what will probably go down as the fastest snap-call in the history of poker (faster even than David Steicke's snap-call last night in the $100K with flopped quads), Pavlou called the raise and tabled -- a straight flush! Moran could only shake his head. He flashed the and then quickly surrendered his hand without waiting for the turn or river.
Pavlou's double-up gives him about 22,000 in chips. Moran is down to about 28,000.