2014 Aussie Millions

$10,600 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2014 Aussie Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
1,600,000 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
10,000 AUD
Prize Pool
6,680,000 AUD
Entries
668
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
0

Various Chips Counts from Around the Room

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante
Player Chips Progress
Slade Fisher nz
Slade Fisher
52,000 22,000
Jake Balsiger us
Jake Balsiger
50,000 20,000
Didier Guerin au
Didier Guerin
45,000 15,000
Jeff LIsandro au
Jeff LIsandro
WSOP 6X Winner
40,000 -2,800
Jack Salter gb
Jack Salter
35,000 6,000
Luc Greenwood ca
Luc Greenwood
32,000 2,000
Tom Grigg au
Tom Grigg
31,500 1,500
Graeme Putt nz
Graeme Putt
30,500 -4,500
Sam Higgs au
Sam Higgs
WSOP 1X Winner
30,000 11,000
Paul Khoury
Paul Khoury
26,000 -4,000
Ami Barer ca
Ami Barer
WSOP 1X Winner
22,000
Raymond Rahme za
Raymond Rahme
20,000 12,200
Joseph Cabret
Joseph Cabret
20,000 -5,000
Oliver Speidel au
Oliver Speidel
2,600 -27,400

Breaking the Ebanks

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

World Series of Poker bracelet winner Joe Ebanks raised to 600 from under the gun, and three players called. The flop came {2-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}, both blinds checked to Ebanks who checked as well, and a player on his left bet 1,150. Only Ebanks called.

The turn was the {4-Spades}, both players knuckled, and the river was the {8-Clubs}. Ebanks bet 1,200, his opponent tank-called, and the WSOP bracelet winner took down the pot with {k-Diamonds}{j-Hearts} for a pair of jacks.

Player Chips Progress
Joe Ebanks us
Joe Ebanks
WSOP 1X Winner
50,000 20,000

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Kihara Gets Flushed

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante
Naoya Kihara
Naoya Kihara

Naoya Kihara and an opponent were heads up on a flop of {10-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}. The player check-called a bet of 1,800 from the PokerStars Team Online member, and the turn was the {2-Clubs}.

The player checked, Kihara fired out 3,300, and the player called.

The {4-Hearts} completed the board, the player checked a third time, and Kihara tanked for a bit before checking behind. The player showed {9-Hearts}{8-Hearts} for a rivered flush, and Kihara mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Naoya Kihara jp
Naoya Kihara
42,000 -8,000

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Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

Rahme Shoves Turn

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

Action folded to the player in the cutoff seat, and she raised to 600. Raymond Rahme was in the small blind with a dead big blind, and he reraised to 1,600. The cutoff seat called.

The flop was checked by both players after the {K-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} fell. Then, the {7-Diamonds} added a fourth diamond to the board on the turn and Rahme moved all in for 4,400. His opponent folded, and Rahme earned back some chips.

Player Chips Progress
Raymond Rahme za
Raymond Rahme
7,800 -22,200

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Two with Boeree

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree just played the last two hands at her table before the break. On the first hand, Boeree was involved in a four-bet pot where her and her opponent each put in 3,300 preflop. The flop came down {K-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{9-Clubs}, and a bet of 4,500 was fired into Boeree. She folded and was on to the next hand.

On that next hand, action folded to Boeree in the cutoff seat. She opened with a raise to 450, and Amir Minagar called out of the big blind. The flop came down {A-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}{2-Spades}, and both Minagar and Boeree checked.

The turn was the {7-Hearts}, and Minagar checked. Boeree bet 600, and Minagar made the call to see the {7-Clubs} pair the board on the river. After Minagar checked again, Boeree bet 5,200 with one T,500 yellow chip and two T100 black chips. Minagar quickly folded, and Boeree then realized her mistake — she had mistaken the yellow T5,000 chip for a T1,000 chip (which are blue) and meant to bet 1,200.

Player Chips Progress
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
37,000 7,000

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Gill Folds a Set

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

Oliver Gill opened to 500 on the button, a player in the small blind three-bet to 1,200, and Gill called. The flop fell {9-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}, Gill called a bet of 1,200, and the turn was a third diamond - the {a-Diamonds}.

The player led out for 3,000, Gill called, and the {k-Diamonds} completed the board. The player moved all in, and Gill laughed before folding a set - {2-Clubs}{2-Hearts} - face up.

The player showed {j-Hearts}{10-Clubs} for a bluff.

Despite losing the hand, Gill is still up from the starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Oliver Gill au
Oliver Gill
48,500 18,500

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Top Set for Higgs

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

Two days ago, Sam Higgs topped a field of 213 players to win Event #5: $1,100 Pot Limit Omaha here at the 2014 Aussie Millions. Higgs defeated a tough final table that included Gary Benson (8th - $6,930), Anthony Hachem (7th - $9,590), and Jarred Graham (5th - $15,980). The final table also included Slade Fisher, who was making his second final table of the 2014 Aussie Millions.

Higgs and Slade actually battled in heads-up play, and in what would be the final hand, Fisher raised to 60,000 at the 12,000/24,000 level, Higgs called, and the flop came down {7-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{9-Hearts}. Higgs bet the pot and then called when Fisher moved all in for approximately 300,000.

Higgs: {q-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{9-Spades}
Fisher: {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{6-Hearts}

Fisher was ahead with his aces, but Higgs held a pair of nines and a flush draw. The {5-Clubs} turn was of no consequence, but the {5-Hearts} river was. Higgs made his flush, and just like that he captured his first Aussie Millions gold ring.

Higgs is in today's Main Event and looking for more gold. In a recent hand, the player in the cutoff opened for 525 and then called when Higgs three-bet to 1,625 from the small blind. When the flop came down {6-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}, Higgs aggressively fired out 1,700 and his opponent insta-mucked. Higgs then flashed {k-}{k-} for top set.

Player Chips Progress
Sam Higgs au
Sam Higgs
WSOP 1X Winner
19,000 -11,000

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