Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
2015 Aussie Millions
$10,600 Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 Aussie Millions
Buy-in
10,000 AUD
Prize Pool
6,480,000 AUD
Entries
648
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
0
First Break of the Day
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
One level down, everyone's on a 15-minute break.
Some Shots from Level 1
Last Year's Runner-Up Off to a Good Start
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Last year, Sorel Mizzi came up one spot shy of winning the Aussie Millions Main Event. He ultimately finished runner-up to Ami Barer in the 668-player field to win a smooth AU$1,000,000. Mizzi actually has quite the track record in the Aussie Millions Main Event. Back in 2009, he finished 16th for AU$65,000, and a year later he placed third for AU$715,000. In 2011, he made another deep run finishing ninth for AU$130,000, and in 2012 he finished runner-up to Greg Ronaldson in the AU$5,000 Heads-Up event for AU$40,000.
The Canadian is in today's field looking to continue his tradition of strong performances in the "Land Down Under," and he's well on his way to doing it.
In a recent hand, the under-the-gun player raised to 225 and Mizzi called from the button. The blinds came along and four players took a flop of 
. Two checks saw the under-the-gun player continue for 550, Mizzi called, and the small blind check-called to make it three-way action to the 
turn.
After the two players in front of him checked, Mizzi tossed out 1,650, a bet that would win him the pot as both the small blind and under-the-gun player released their cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
41,000 | 11,000 |
New Team Pro and McCorkell Showing His Class
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Aditya Agarwal, from India, has bucked the recent trend by PokerStars for culling their sponsored player roster by signing a Team Pro contract recently. He's in the field today and sharing a table with Craig McCorkell and Yevgeniy Timoshenko.
He was briefly involved in a hand with McCorkell but bailed on the turn as the Brit taught another table mate a lesson.
WSOP bracelet winner McCorkell raised to 300 from early position and Agarwal (big blind) called along with the small blind. The flop came 
and all three players checked to the 
turn where a delayed 500 c-bet from McCorkell was only called by the small blind. The river came as the 
and the small blind led out for 1,000. McCorkell looked at his opponent and threw in the call.
The small blind opened 
for an assumed bluff and laughed when he saw McCorkell had called with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
42,000 | 12,000 |
|
30,000 |
Rast, Rubie & Lew Enter the Mix
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 |
Money and Jobs Can't Buy a House in this Game
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Successful entrepreneur Andrew Bassat is chancing his arm in the Main Event today but he's gotten off to a rocky start, down to 22,500 after running into a full house.
He was in the big blind and defended after a cutoff raise to 250. The flop fanned 
and both players checked to the 
turn where Bassat check-called 200. The 
river completed the board and Bassat check-called another 500. His opponent opened 
and Bassat mucked indicating he had an ace.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
22,500 | -7,500 |
Vingrys the First to Fall on Day 1a
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
"All in and a call Table 27," a dealer bellowed just 45 minutes into Level 1. We quickly made our way over to ascertain the situation.
The exact action escaped us, but we do know a raising war on the 
flop resulted in Nathan Vingrys getting his stack all in against Khylon Hanegraaf.
Hanegraaf: 
Vingrys:
Vingrys opted to go with his big pocket pair, but he was in big trouble as Hanegraaf had flopped a full house. Vingrys could still win with an ace, but it wasn't in the cards as the blanked on the turn followed by the 
on the river. With that, Vingrys became the first elimination of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
60,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
Lynskey Holding His Own
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
One can think of a lot easier table draws than having Dani Stern, Sam Trickett and Tobias Peters sat to your right but Alex Lynskey - who finds himself in that position- has held his own so far.
He's taken on Stern and Trickett and come out on top both times.
Stern raised to 300 from under the gun and Lynskey was the only caller from the small blind. Stern continued for 400 on the 
flop and Lynskey check-called before the 
[q]d turn and river were checked down. Stern opened 
and lost out to Lynskey's 
.
A while after, Lynskey and Trickett were at the river of an 
board and around 2,050 had made it into the middle. Trickett checked from under the gun to face a 900 bet from Lynskey in the cutoff. Tricket, head being massaged at the time, flicked in a call but soon mucked upon seeing his opponent's 
for trips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
29,000 | -1,000 |
|
28,000 | -2,000 |
Reigning 2014 Asia Player of the Year in Action
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
The 2014 Asia Player of the Year (APOY), Taiwanese poker pro Pete Chen, is in action today. The 26-year-old, who was awarded a one-year sponsorship to PokerStars Asia special events, took POY honors after amassing 5,691 points – second most for a APOY recipient. He also set a record for the largest margin of victory, coming in 1,714 points ahead of runner-up Ka Cheong Wong (3,977 points).
Chen made seven final tables last season and notched one win back in August when he took down the HK$2,500 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack at the Macau Poker Cup 21 (MPC). All told, Chen won HK$1,383,511 (USD $178,411) during the season, moving him into 14th on the APOY all-time money list. Of course Chen is hoping to add an Aussie Millions title to his list of successes.
In a recent hand, action folded to Chen on the button and he raised to 300. David Gregory pushed back with a three-bet to 800 from the small blind, the player in the big folded, and Chen called to see a flop of 
, which both players checked.
After the dealer burned and turned the , Gregory bet 1,000 and Chen called. The river saw Gregory bet 1,650, and this time it did the trick as Chen opted to lay down his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
28,000 | -2,000 |