$10,000 Main Event Day 2 | 2013 Aussie Millions

01-30-2013 17:09 UTC+10

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Wilson	410,000 5,000	5,000
Man Hei Lam	390,000 30,000	30,000
Lee Markholt	185,000 55,000	55,000

Ang Pangleng	164,000 16,000	16,000
Dan Shak	125,000 5,000	5,000

Tony Chang	110,000 30,300	30,300
Mitchell Oates	100,000 10,000	10,000
Jesse Sylvia	60,000 15,000	15,000

Phil Ivey	43,000 17,000	17,000

Sam Trickett	26,000 14,000	14,000

Rusnak Doubles Through Silver

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Frank Rusnak doubles through Nate Silver

When we reached the table, there was 22,400 laying in front of Frank Rusnak, who was in the big blind. Nate Silver, who was sitting in the hijack seat, had a re-raise of 60,000 in front of him. Rusnak made the call, and before the flop, Silver asked for a count. It didn't look like Rusnak answered, and if he did, Silver didn't hear him.

As the flop fell , Silver stood up to examine Rusnak's stack. Rusnak checked.

"Okay," Silver said once he counted Rusnak's stack from afar. "I'm all in."

Rusnak snap-called the 80,300-chip bet, turning over for top set. Silver tabled .

The turn and river bricked , respectively, and Rusnak doubled to around 285,000 chips. Silver took a hit, but is still quite healthy with 160,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Rusnak	285,000 145,000	145,000
Nate Silver	160,000 90,000	90,000

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01-30-2013 17:03 UTC+10

Updated Chip Counts

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Donnie Peters

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Phillip Willcocks	332,000 34,000	34,000
Brandon Adams	235,000 9,000	9,000

Russell Thomas	232,000 42,000	42,000
Jesse Rockowitz	195,000 125,700	125,700

Gary Benson	180,000 15,000	15,000

Sam Cohen	152,000 8,000	8,000
Ying Kit Chan	130,000 72,000	72,000
Brian Payne	105,000 65,000	65,000
Andrew Hinrichsen	102,000 48,000	48,000

Kenny Wong	100,000 73,000	73,000
Neil Channing	80,000 13,000	13,000
Heinz Kamutzki	70,000 27,000	27,000
Kitty Kuo	62,000

Tony Bloom	55,000
Graeme Putt	51,000 8,000	8,000
Jamie Pickering	27,000 38,000	38,000

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

01-30-2013 16:33 UTC+10

Time For A Break

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Chad Holloway

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Players are now on another 15-minute break.

01-30-2013 16:26 UTC+10

Ace-King for Ljung

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Donnie Peters

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Phil Ivey raised to 3,500 from the hijack seat, and Daniel Ljung reraised to 9,000 on the button. Ivey called, then checked the flop. Ljung checked back.

The turn was the , and both players checked to see the land on the river. Ivey and Ljung checked again.

Ljung tabled the , and Ivey mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	60,000 97,000	97,000

Tags: Daniel Ljung Phil Ivey

01-30-2013 16:25 UTC+10

Channing Frustrated

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Chad Holloway

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Neil Channing
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Gone from 140k to 67k. Not playing too great & haven't won a pot for almost 2 hours. Frustrating. 20 mins at 800/1600 #AussieMillionsJanuary 29 2013

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Player	Chips	Progress
Neil Channing	67,000 73,000	73,000

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01-30-2013 16:24 UTC+10

Four-Bet from Sylvia

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Donnie Peters

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

After Jesse Sylvia raised to 3,400 from middle position, Man Hei Lam reraised from the hijack seat to 8,300. Play folded back to Sylvia, and he took his time. Eventually, Sylvia fired back with a four-bet to 15,200. Lam folded, and Sylvia won the pot.

Tags: Man Hei Lam Jesse Sylvia

01-30-2013 16:24 UTC+10

Obst and Silver Among The Leaders

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Remko Rinkema

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

James Obst and Nate Silver are doing some serious business while Celina Lin is still doing very good as well. First we saw Silver lose some chips to Lin, which we caught from the turn. The board read and Silver bet 4,500, Lin called. On the river the appeared and Silver threw out 8,000 more. Lin called and showed which was good against Silver's .

A little while later we caught Silver raising from the button to 4,000 and Obst defended his big blind. The flop showed and Obst check-called 5,000. On the turn the hit and Obst check-folded to a 10,500-chip bet.

Silver and Obst are both doing extremely well in this event but it's still a long way to that final table they would both love to be at!

Player	Chips	Progress
James Obst	336,000 96,000	96,000

Nate Silver	250,000 5,000	5,000

Celina Lin	160,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Nate Silver James Obst

01-30-2013 16:21 UTC+10

Table 24 has All the Chips

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Chad Holloway

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

We were informed that there were a couple of big stacks over at Table 24, which is tucked away in the corner across the walkway. We headed over and they weren't kidding. Aside from playing host to well-known pros Sam Trickett, Jesse Sylvia, Ang Pangleng and Lee Markholt, Table 24 is also home to Scott Wilson and Man Hei Lam, who're sitting with 415,000 and 360,000 respectively.

"This table has all the chips," Sylvia, who was sitting with a more modest 75,000, said as he saw us scribbling down counts.

We don't know how Wilson got all his chips, but one thing is for sure, he knows how to use them. You see Wilson has had success at the Aussie Millions; in fact, just last year he finished as runner-up to Brendon Rubie in the A$1,000 No Limit Hold'em Opening Event for A$125,000. Needless to say, he's got the chips and experience to make a run at the title.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Wilson	415,000 330,400	330,400
Man Hei Lam	360,000 316,700	316,700
Ang Pangleng	180,000 10,000	10,000
Lee Markholt	130,000 79,000	79,000

Jesse Sylvia	75,000 8,500	8,500

Sam Trickett	40,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Man Hei Lam Scott Wilson