Event #11: $10,600 Main Event
Day 1b Completed
Event #11: $10,600 Main Event
Day 1b Completed
The second of three starting days of the 2016 Aussie Millions Main Event drew a total of 207 players, putting the total for now on 389, 33 entries ahead of last year's pace. After a long day of poker it was American pro Alex Rocha who came out on top on Day 1b, taking 166,000 chips to the second day of play, right ahead of KC Wong who bagged up 163,000.
Day 1b had strong cast of contenders, including German pro Dominik Nitsche. The man with $5.1 million in live tournament earnings lasted all but six hands, as he ran his set of threes into Pete 'Chewing Gum Pete' Matusik's set of tens. Italian November Niner Federico Butteroni, tennis legend Boris Becker and WSOP Ladies Event winner Kristin Bicknell were also among the players we will not see return on Day 2.
Big One for One Drop champion Antonio Esfandiari made an appearance on Day 1b as well, and he entertained his table filled predominantly with amateur players, with a game of Lodden Thinks. Esfandiari cracked jokes and had a good time, but ultimately he was not rewarded with chips, as he got knocked out.
Brazilian pro Yuri Dzivielevski had a good day and bagged up 76,200, while Vladimir Troyanovskiy took 102,500 to Day 2. Other players that advanced included Dylan Wilkerson, Ronnie Bardah, Oliver Price and former Aussie Millions champions Tyron Krost and Oliver Speidel.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Alex Rocha | 166,000 | 6,000 |
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KC Wong | 163,300 | 71,300 |
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Josep Maria Galindo | 153,200 | 11,200 |
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Mazyar Misaghian | 150,600 | -1,400 |
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Sinan Aydogan | 139,700 | 139,700 |
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Stephen Graner | 135,000 | -9,000 |
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Robert Salter | 127,700 | 127,700 |
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Mikel Habb | 126,400 | 96,400 |
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Pheap Chea
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123,800 | 123,800 |
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Peter Brasile | 118,400 | 118,400 |
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Joshua Wilson | 116,500 | 116,500 |
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Marcelo Manfredini
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113,200 | 113,200 |
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Xiuming Huang | 108,300 | 108,300 |
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Errolyn Strang | 106,200 | 106,200 |
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Gay Tan
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106,000 | 106,000 |
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Vladimir Troyanovskiy | 102,500 | 12,500 |
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Brian Payne | 101,400 | 101,400 |
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John Buglion | 99,000 | 99,000 |
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Joseph Sandaev (Joe Sandaev)
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94,100 | 94,100 |
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Darryll Fish | 93,300 | 19,300 |
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Dylan Wilkerson | 86,300 | 16,300 |
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Emad Moaref | 86,200 | 86,200 |
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Peter Matusik | 83,300 | 83,300 |
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John Apostolidis | 80,500 | 80,500 |
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Sotirios Kiokpasoglou | 79,800 | 79,800 |
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Each table will play four more hands before bagging and tagging for the night.
Kevin O'Donnell just raised from the small blind to 2,000 and EPT champion Stephen Graner three-bet from the big blind to 5,800. O'Donnell called, and the flop brought out .
Graner bet 5,100 on the flop and O'Donnell called, putting the on the turn. Both players checked the turn, and on the river the hit. The action was checked again, and O'Donnell showed . Graner tabled his and he raked in this pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Stephen Graner | 144,000 | 20,000 |
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Kevin O'Donnell | 16,000 | -29,000 |
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Vikram Gupta just raised in early position to 2,100 and Joe Sandaev called, enticing three more players to call as well. The flop brought out and the action checked to Sandaev who bet 4,800.
The player on the button, and both blinds, folded quickly, and Gupta moved all in right away.
Gupta's shove was for 17,500 and Sandaev went into the tank for quite some time before making the call.
Gupta:
Sandaev:
The board ran out , and Gupta doubled up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Joe Sandaev
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100,000 | -36,000 |
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Vikram Gupta
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42,000 | |
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Player | Chips | Progress |
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Mikkel Habb
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123,000 | |
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Michael Guttman | 95,000 | |
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Vladimir Troyanovskiy | 90,000 | 30,000 |
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Dylan Wilkerson | 70,000 | 12,000 |
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Tino Lechich | 38,000 | |
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Emanuel Seal | 26,000 | |
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Marc Convey | 23,000 | -4,000 |
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Pratyush Buddiga | 17,000 | -7,000 |
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Michael Weiss | 16,000 | -26,000 |
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Player | Chips | Progress |
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Alex Rocha | 160,000 | |
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Mazyar Misaghian | 152,000 | 32,000 |
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Josep Maria Galindo | 142,000 | 9,000 |
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Joe Sandaev
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136,000 | -1,000 |
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Vladimir Troyanovskiy | 60,000 | 2,000 |
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Dylan Wilkerson | 58,000 | 14,000 |
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Laurence Hall | 42,000 | -14,000 |
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Marc Convey | 27,000 | -24,000 |
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Pratyush Buddiga | 24,000 | -5,000 |
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Player | Chips | Progress |
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Stephen Graner | 124,000 | -8,000 |
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Darryll Fish | 74,000 | -1,000 |
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Ronnie Bardah | 60,000 | 19,000 |
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Joe Hachem | 29,000 | 3,000 |
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Antonis Kambouroglou | 22,000 | -2,000 |
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Manig Loeser | 13,000 | -14,000 |
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Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 100