Event #1: $1,150 No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2016 Aussie Millions

01-17-2016 20:15 UTC+11

Payouts Until 28th Place

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Sam Ruha and Jozef Ricciardello received A$ 4,870 for their efforts whereas all other players below were rewarded with a payday of $A5,410.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Ruha	Busted
Jozef Ricciardello	Busted
Luke Butch	Busted
Damien Walsh	Busted
Clement Lau	Busted
Jack Lee	Busted
Mark Malecha	Busted
Josep Maria Galindo Lopez	Busted
Phares Bouya	Busted
Benjamin Savage	Busted
Gary Di Paola	Busted

Tags: Jozef Ricciardello Sam Ruha

Level: 20

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

01-17-2016 20:32 UTC+11

Player	Chips	Progress
Phachara Wongwichit	1,000,000 700,000	700,000

Daniel Neilson	730,000 5,000	5,000
Patrick Fletcher	550,000 150,000	150,000
Sean Giesbrecht	515,000 65,000	65,000
Stephen Koutsouvelis	420,000 260,000	260,000
Andre de Melo	175,000 115,000	115,000
Tatjana Zizic	170,000 160,000	160,000
Peter Sheary	100,000 40,000	40,000
Ioannis Makris	100,000 12,500	12,500

Blackwood Holds Over Thomas

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Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Alexandre Thomas is on life support and Kevin Blackwood has vaulted to a spot near the top of the counts after a massive hand between the two.

With heaps in the middle already on a flop, Thomas led, Blackwood shoved and Thomas called.

Thomas had the flush draw gutterball combo with his , and Blackwood had the lead, holding for top pair.

The turn came the and the river was the , giving Blackwood the huge stack of chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Blackwood	850,000 510,000	510,000
Alexandre Thomas	120,000 625,000	625,000

Tags: Alexandre Thomas Kevin Blackwood

01-17-2016 20:40 UTC+11

Peter Sheary Still In It!

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Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

On Friday, Katrina Sheary played Flight 3 of this event and made it through to the end of the day with 38,500 in chips. Heavily pregnant, she went home and put her weary feet up. Yesterday, she went into labour and gave birth to a beautiful baby boy!

Obviously unable to play today, her husband Peter (who was yet to play the event) stepped in to take her place today, and is still in the hunt with just over 100k in chips. With the last pay jump the Sheary's are now guaranteed a minimum of $6,495 to start their new lives together - with a shot at the $275,300 up top!

01-17-2016 20:41 UTC+11

Makris Loses Flip to Giesbrecht

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

"I have waited for him for six hours," Sean Giesbrecht said. "He kept shoving into my blinds." Giesbrecht meant Ioannis Makris and the latter just shoved for around 100,000 into the big blind of the American, holding the . Giesbrecht flipped with and improved with the board running out .

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Giesbrecht	515,000
Ioannis Makris	Busted

Tags: Ioannis Makris Sean Giesbrecht

01-17-2016 20:45 UTC+11

Updated Chip Counts Table 29

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Matthew Wakeman doubled up with pocket aces against the pocket tens of Sinan Aydogan, then the latter doubled up with against the of Matt Salsberg. The money went in after the flop and both the turn and river blanked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Louis Salter	1,180,000 380,000	380,000
Aditya Rao	1,100,000 50,000	50,000
Matthew Wakeman	850,000 660,000	660,000
Sinan Aydogan	680,000 100,000	100,000
Jacob Elmore Dahl	540,000 60,000	60,000
Ferenc Riech	490,000 90,000	90,000
Matt Salsberg	300,000 100,000	100,000
Navid King	300,000 190,000	190,000
Wayne Brindley	110,000 130,000	130,000

Tags: Matt Salsberg Matthew Wakeman Sinan Aydogan

01-17-2016 20:55 UTC+11

Fireworks On The River

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Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

After calling a Ferenc Riech bet preflop, and check-calling another on a flop, Matt Salsberg checked the turn.

Riech did so as well, but when Salsberg led for 80,000 on the river, Riech shipped it in over the top. Salsberg pondered the call for his tournament life for all of 15 seconds before folding.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ferenc Riech	600,000 110,000	110,000
Matt Salsberg	170,000 130,000	130,000

01-17-2016 20:58 UTC+11

Updated Chip Counts Table 31

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Blackwood	840,000 10,000	10,000
Marc van Hoof	600,000 79,000	79,000
Michael Seymour	540,000 230,000	230,000
Eric Thiessen	490,000 160,000	160,000
Ryan Paton	415,000 90,000	90,000
Niall Farrell	360,000 170,000	170,000

Kim Au	210,000 250,000	250,000
Jie Gao	200,000 98,000	98,000
Alexandre Thomas	180,000 60,000	60,000