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Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
2014 Aussie Millions
$10,600 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2014 Aussie Millions
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
10,000 AUD
Prize Pool
6,680,000 AUD
Total Entries
668
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 668
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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 
, 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 
, both players knuckled, and the river was the 
. Ebanks bet 1,200, his opponent tank-called, and the WSOP bracelet winner took down the pot with 
for a pair of jacks.
Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
Naoya Kihara and an opponent were heads up on a flop of 
. The player check-called a bet of 1,800 from the PokerStars Team Online member, and the turn was the 
.
The player checked, Kihara fired out 3,300, and the player called.
The 
completed the board, the player checked a third time, and Kihara tanked for a bit before checking behind. The player showed 
for a rivered flush, and Kihara mucked his hand.
Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
Things haven't been going 2012 Aussie Millions champ Oliver Speidel's way here on Day 1a. He talks about his rough start and how winning this event two years ago changed his life.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
The players are now on a 15-minute break.
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 
fell. Then, the 
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.
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 
, 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 
, and both Minagar and Boeree checked.
The turn was the 
, and Minagar checked. Boeree bet 600, and Minagar made the call to see the 
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.
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 , Gill called a bet of 1,200, and the turn was a third diamond - the 
.
The player led out for 3,000, Gill called, and the completed the board. The player moved all in, and Gill laughed before folding a set - 
- face up.
The player showed 
for a bluff.
Despite losing the hand, Gill is still up from the starting stack.
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 . Higgs bet the pot and then called when Fisher moved all in for approximately 300,000.
Higgs: 
Fisher: 
Fisher was ahead with his aces, but Higgs held a pair of nines and a flush draw. The 
turn was of no consequence, but the 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 , Higgs aggressively fired out 1,700 and his opponent insta-mucked. Higgs then flashed 
for top set.
