2014 Aussie Millions

$10,600 Main Event
Day: 1c
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

Quick Double for Gogia

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

Local player [Removed:3] was heads up with an opponent on a flop of {a-}{8-}{9-} earlier. According to Gogia, he bet 1,100, the player raised to 15,000, and Gogia moved all in. The player called with {8-}{8-}, and was drawing to only one out as Gogia had {a-}{a-}.

The turn and river were both bricks, and Gogia shipped the double up.

Player Chips Progress
[Removed:3]
[Removed:3]
60,000
30,000
30,000

Give 'em the Finger

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

When we arrived at the table, the board was {q-Spades}{10-Hearts}{2-Spades}{2-Clubs}. Martin Finger was faced with a bet of 10,000, and the German moved all in for 20,400. His opponent asked for a count, tanked for a bit, then finally called.

Finger ripped over {k-Spades}{k-Clubs} for kings and deuces, and his opponent sheepishly showed {9-Spades}{9-Clubs} for nines and deuces.

The {6-Diamonds} bricked off on the river, and the Season 8 PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague Main Event winner doubled to roughly 64,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Martin Finger de
Martin Finger
64,000
34,000
34,000
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Martin Finger

"You Win" Concedes "The Beast"

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

Ryan Riess is the reigning World Series of Poker champ, and he's doing what all good ambassadors do — he's hit the road. Riess has made his first trip to the Aussie Millions to take his shot at the southern hemisphere's most prestigious title, and only time will tell if he'll add some sweet cash to the $8.3 million he banked back in November.

In a recent hand, four players were in with a board reading {2-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{q-Hearts} when Riess bet a single red T500 chip. The player to his left called, the other two folded, and it was heads-up action to the {10-Diamonds} river, which both players checked.

"You win," Riess admitted. His opponent then tabled the {a-Clubs}{q-Clubs} for a winning pair of queens. It was a small setback for Riess, who is slightly below the starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
28,000
-2,000
-2,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Ryan Riess

Like Father, Like Son

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

Back in 2005 Joe Hachem took down the World Series of Poker Main Event to spark a poker boom in Australia. Nearly a decade later, his son, Anthony, looks to continue the family's poker legacy.

We caught up with Anthony in a recent hand with around 3,000 in the pot and a board reading {4-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}. Hachem checked and then called a bet of 1,100 from his opponent in the cutoff. When the {4-Spades} river put three fours on board, Hachem checked and the cutoff gave up and did the same. The cutoff sheepishly showed the {8-Clubs}{6-Clubs}, which was no good against Hachem's {q-Diamonds}{a-Hearts} full house.

Player Chips Progress
Anthony Hachem au
Anthony Hachem
37,000
7,000
7,000

Break

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

The Day 1c players of the 2014 Aussie Millions Main Event are on their first 15-minutes break of the day. See you back here shortly.

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

On the Rise

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

The Crown Poker staff has confirmed that the field for this year's Aussie Millions Main Event has eclipsed that of last year's 621 players. Numbers are still being tallied for Day 1c while registration remains open, but once closed and verified, we'll have the final field size for you.

Yan Gets Value on the River

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

The action folded to a player in the cutoff, who opened to 450. [Removed:17], who reached the final table of this event last year, three-bet to 1,125 on his direct left, and both blinds released. The original raiser four-bet to 2,600, Yan quickly called, and the flop fell {3-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{k-Spades}. The player led out for 2,300, and Yan called.

The turn was the {8-Spades}, both players checked, and the {9-Spades} completed the board. The original raiser knuckled once more, and Yan plopped 7,000 in front of him. The player tanked for roughly 90 seconds before calling, then mucked when Yan showed {k-Hearts}{q-Hearts} for a pair of kings.

Player Chips Progress
[Removed:17]
[Removed:17]
47,000
17,000
17,000