2016 Aussie Millions

Event #11: $10,600 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2016 Aussie Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j7
Prize
1,600,000 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
10,000 AUD
Prize Pool
7,320,000 AUD
Entries
732
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
0

Zhang Cracks Aces

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

The flop just showed {4-Spades}{3-Hearts}{6-Spades} when Cankai Zhang got his opponent all in for about 22,000 chips, and the showdown went as following.

Zhang: {3-Spades}{3-Clubs}
Opponent: {A-Diamonds}{A-Spades}

The board ran out {K-Hearts}, {9-Hearts} and Zhang knocked a player out in the early goings of this Main Event.

Player Chips Progress
Cankai Zhang au
Cankai Zhang
62,000

Tags: Cankai Zhang

Level: 4

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

Cohen Plays Bad, But Not THAT Bad

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

"I've got like three texts from people asking me why I three-barreled on that earlier hand," Sam Cohen said with a smile, as she was still in the middle of a hand. Cohen referred to the only post we've written about her today, but we only reported on the river action, not mentioning any prior betting.

The hand that was ongoing went as following, but it wasn't nearly as exciting as what transpired afterwards.

A player raised to 600 and both blinds, including Cohen in the big blind, made the call. The flop brought out {7-Spades}{3-Clubs}{9-Hearts} and all three players checked, putting the {9-Clubs} on the turn. The small blind checked again, and Cohen bet 1,200.

The initial raiser called, and after the small blind folded the river brought the {A-Clubs}. Cohen casually threw out one chip worth 5,000 and after a while her opponent folded.

Cohen, who chipped up to around 50,000 chips, asked yours truly for a pen and paper to write down the following, and we quote.

"Please disregard earlier posts about Sam Cohen as she probably did play the hands badly, but not as badly as was reported," Cohen's written statement said, as she wanted to clear up not having fired three barrels on the hand she lost earlier today.

Cohen got a good chuckle out of getting texts about a hand she played, which she not only didn't play it the way her friends thought it went, it also wasn't even reported that way.

Player Chips Progress
Sam Cohen us
Sam Cohen
50,000 22,000

Tags: Sam Cohen

Obst Starts Out Swinging, MacPhee Enters

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

We just saw a board of {10-Clubs}{8-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{A-Diamonds} on which two players checked to James Obst, one of Australia's most prolific online players, and he bet 5,700.

After a bit of tanking, Obst got two folds and picked up another pot to boost his stack to right around 84,000.

Right after winning this hand, Obst welcomed a very tough opponent as Kevin MacPhee sat down.

MacPhee, winner of the most recent WSOP Europe Main Event and previous EPT Berlin winner, starts with a fresh stack worth 30,000 on his way to a possible first live cash in Australia.

Player Chips Progress
James Obst au
James Obst
WSOP 1X Winner
84,000 42,000
Kevin MacPhee us
Kevin MacPhee
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
30,000

Tags: Kevin MacPheeJames Obst

Updated Chip Counts

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante
Player Chips Progress
Jan Suchanek nz
Jan Suchanek
67,000 37,000
Xuan Liu ca
Xuan Liu
63,000 15,000
Daniel Laidlaw au
Daniel Laidlaw
46,000
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
41,000 4,000
Brian Yoon us
Brian Yoon
WSOP 5X Winner
33,000 3,000
Christopher Frank de
Christopher Frank
33,000 3,000
Liam O'Rourke au
Liam O'Rourke
31,000 10,000
Andrew Hinrichsen au
Andrew Hinrichsen
WSOP 1X Winner
31,000
Kevin Schulz us
Kevin Schulz
EPT 1X Winner
30,000
Martin Finger de
Martin Finger
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
28,000
Oliver Gill au
Oliver Gill
28,000 -2,000
Jamie Pickering au
Jamie Pickering
26,000 -6,000
Manny Stavropoulos au
Manny Stavropoulos
25,000 3,000
Joel Douaglin fr
Joel Douaglin
20,000 -10,000
Leo Boxell au
Leo Boxell
Busted

More For Karamalikis

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

Jonathan Karamalikis just told us a hand he managed to win, boosting his stack to 53,000. Karamalikis raised to 500 and the player on his left called, after which the big blind called as well.

The flop brought out {Q-}{8-}{5-} with two hearts and one diamond, and Karamalikis bet 800 after the big blind checked. The player on Karamalikis' left called, and the big blind folded.

The turn brought the {4-Diamonds} and now Karamalikis bet 2,000, only to get raised to 5,000 by his opponent. The Aussie pro called and on the river a black six hit the felt. Both players checked and Karamalikis won the hand showing pocket kings versus the {Q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} of his opponent.

Player Chips Progress
Jonathan Karamalikis au
Jonathan Karamalikis
53,000 12,000

Tags: Jonathan Karamalikis