Player | Chips | Progress |
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77,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
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65,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
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64,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
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62,000
35,900
|
35,900 |
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40,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
39,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
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14,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
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10,400 | |
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10,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
2014 Aussie Millions

Guillaume Rivet bet 3,300 on the turn with the board reading , and his lone opponent made the call. The
completed the board on the river, and Rivet fired 7,000. His opponent min-raised to 14,000, and Rivet made the call, although it was an uneasy call. The player showed the
, and Rivet mucked his hand, unable to beat the full house.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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80,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
The action folded to a player in the cutoff, who raised to 1,300. Joe Ebanks three-bet to 3,300 out of the small blind, the player called, and the flop fell .
Ebanks led out for 3,100, the player called, and the turn was the .
The World Series of Poker bracelet winner led out again - this time for 8,000 - and again his opponent called.
The river was the , bringing possible flushes and straights, and Ebanks checked the for the first time. His opponent immediately knuckled behind, then mucked when Ebanks showed
for a pair of kings.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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61,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|

Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Guillaume Rivet opened to 1,050 from early position, a player three-bet to 3,100 in the cutoff, and Rami Hakim cold four-bet to 6,500 on the button. Rivet folded, the three-bettor came along for the ride, and the flop came .
The player check-called a bet of 8,500 from Hakim, both players checked when the turned, and the pair knuckled after the
completed the board. Hakim showed
for a pair of kings, and his opponent mucked his hand.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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113,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
81,050 |

We missed the action, but we do know that Jake Balsiger, who if you recall finished third in the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event, just won a big pot to chip up to 140,000. The money appeared to have went in on a flop of with Balsiger's
well out in front of his opponent's
. Neither the
turn nor
river changed a thing, and Balsiger's stack continued to swell.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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140,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 75

We're now on the second-to-last break of Day 1a. When the remaining 136 players return, they'll play two more levels before bagging and tagging for the night. We'll be back in 15 minutes.
When we reached the table, Ricky "rickwaa" Kreosen and Connor Burrowes were heads up with 23,000 in the middle on a board of . Kreosen moved all in for effectively 37,450, and Burrowes tanked for a considerable amount of time before making the call.
Kreosen showed for a lowly pair of sixes, which Burrowes had crushed with
for a rivered set of queens.
Kreosen plummeted down to 34,000 chips, while Burrowes doubled to nearly 100,000 chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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|
97,900 | |
|
34,000 |

Player | Chips | Progress |
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120,000 | |
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95,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
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90,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
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85,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
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56,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
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38,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
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15,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
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9,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|