| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 |
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 |
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 |
One level down, everyone's on a 15-minute break.
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Phil Ivey had a good first level even after a strange hand he lost where an opponent just called twice with the nuts.
Just before the break started, Ivey and two opponents made it to the turn of a 
board. Ivey bet 2,000 and was called in one spot. Ivey bet 5,000 on the 
river and his opponent just called again with for Broadway. Ivey had already confidently opened and after the pot was pushed to his opponent, he looked around a little confused to see if anyone else reacted. No one did and the game moved on.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
37,000 |
Alex Trevallion is having the week of his life, or, "Not bad!" as he puts it.
Before the Aussie Millions his best result was a 22nd place finish at EPT for around $27k but in the last few days, he's taken down the AU$25,000 Challenge for $760,000 and is guaranteed another AU$310,000 after making the final table of the AU$100,000 challenge last night. Trevallion is in for level 2 and hoping to continue the good form.
Another Australian player, Daniel Ladlaw, is a couple of tables along from Travellion and up to 35,000 after he eliminated Alex Periculeous and his pocket kings. Ladlaw had big-slick and turned an ace.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000 | 35,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
Busted |
The Aussie Millions has a rich history, dating all the way back to 1998 when Alex Horowitz won what was then referred to as the "1998 Australian Poker Championships" and played in limit hold'em. The buy-in that year was $1,000, and that buy-in remained the same for 1999. In 2000 and 2001, the buy-in was increased to $1,500. For 2002's version, the buy-in was bumped up to $5,000, and in 2003 and on it has always been $10,000.
In 1999, the game was changed to pot-limit hold'em, and then no-limit hold'em from there on out. The largest event to date was in 2008 when Alexander Kostritsyn topped a field of 780 players to win $1,650,000.
The Aussie Millions is without a doubt the Southern Hemisphere's most prestigious poker tournament, and another impressive field of over 600 runners is in the making this time around. For the second year running, the event is partnered with the PokerStars.net Asia-Pacific Poker Tour, and many agree that the partnership has been beneficial on both sides.
Below is a historical table of the event, dating all the way back to 1998:
| Year | Entries | Prize Pool (AU$) | Winner | First Prize (AU$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 74 | $74,000 | Alex Horowitz | $25,900 |
| 1999 | 109 | $109,000 | Milo Nadalin | $38,150 |
| 2000 | 109 | $173,500 | Leo Boxell | $65,225 |
| 2001 | 101 | $151,500 | Sam Korman | $53,025 |
| 2002 | 66 | $330,000 | John Maver | $150,000 |
| 2003 | 122 | $1,220,000 | Peter Costa | $394,870 |
| 2004 | 133 | $1,330,000 | Tony Bloom | $426,500 |
| 2005 | 263 | $2,630,000 | Jamil Dia | $1,000,000 |
| 2006 | 418 | $4,180,000 | Lee Nelson | $1,295,800 |
| 2007 | 747 | $7,470,000 | Gus Hansen | $1,500,000 |
| 2008 | 780 | $7,758,500 | Alexander Kostritsyn | $1,650,000 |
| 2009 | 681 | $6,810,000 | Stewart Scott | $2,000,000 |
| 2010 | 746 | $7,460,000 | Tyron Krost | $2,000,000 |
| 2011 | 721 | $7,210,000 | David Gorr | $2,000,000 |
| 2012 | 659 | $6,590,000 | Oliver Speidel | $1,600,000 |
| 2013 | 629 | $6,290,000 | Mervin Chan | $1,600,000 |
| 2014 | 668 | $6,680,000 | Ami Barer | $1,600,000 |
The number to beat from last year is 668 entries, and we'll keep you posted on this year's field size as the third and final starting day wears on.
We noticed Sam Khouiss making a hasty exit from the tournament floor, and a quick checked at Table 45 confirmed that he had just been eliminated.
According to Dylan Honeyman, who happened to do the deed, he raised from the cutoff and the player on the button called. Khouiss, who finished runner-up to Rory Young back in October's 2014 World Series of Poker APAC $1,650 8-Game Dealer's Choice event, came along from the small blind and three players watched the flop fall 
rainbow. Three checks put a 
on the turn, and that's when things got interesting.
Khouiss checked, Honeyman bet 1,250, and the player on the button called. Khouiss then woke up with a check-raise to 5,000, Honeyman three-bet to 11,000, and the button got out of the way. Khouiss proceeded to four-bet all in for roughly 20,000 total and Honeyman mad a quick call.
Khouiss tabled 
for a turned straight, but it was no good as the same card gave Honeyman Broadway. The river failed to deliver Khouiss a chop, and his 2015 Aussie Millions Main Event came to an abrupt end in Level 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000 | |
|
Busted |
