Event #11: $10,600 Main Event Day 1c | 2016 Aussie Millions

01-26-2016 11:44 UTC+10

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Chad Holloway

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

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01-26-2016 14:48 UTC+10

Huge Double for Razmi Through Greenwood

Chad Holloway

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

We picked up the action with roughly 18,000 already in the pot and a board reading . Mehrdad Razmi checked from the small blind and Sam Greenwood, who is one of the six players on hiatus from the $100,000 Challenge final table, bet 13,500 from the hijack.

Razmi then woke up with an all-in check-raise to 25,825 total, and Greenwood got a count before making the call with for a flopped set. It was no good though as Razmi held the nuts with the .

Player	Chips	Progress
Mehrdad Razmi	70,000 70,000	70,000
Sam Greenwood	10,000 -34,000	-34,000

Tags: Mehrdad Razmi Sam Greenwood

01-26-2016 17:18 UTC+10

Clash of the Team Pro's

Webjoker

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

PokerStars Team Pro Chen-An Lin raised to 625 from the cutoff and the player in the small blind made the call. Lin's Team Pro colleague Aditya Agarwal in the big blind squeezed to 2,300 and both Lin and the small blind called.

The three of them got to work with and the small blind checked. Agarwal followed his preflop aggression up with a bet of 3,600. Lin resolutely shoved all in for 12,850 and the small blind folded. Agarwal asked how much it was, and made the call.

Chen-An Lin:
Aditya Agarwal:

Agarwal was in a world of trouble with his ace-queen, and needed a deuce or running hearts real bad. The on the turn left Agerwal just the deuces, and none of 'em popped up on the river. Instead the completed the board and Lin doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chen-An Lin	32,800 15,800	15,800

Aditya Agarwal	16,000 -7,000	-7,000

Tags: Aditya Agarwal Chen-An Lin

01-26-2016 17:57 UTC+10

Levy Fails to Make the Dinner Break

Chad Holloway

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

On our last pass through the outer room we noticed Grant Levy was no longer in his seat. A quick check with Russell Thomas, who actually scored the knockout, confirmed that Levy had fallen a bit earlier in the level.

As Thomas told it, Levy had opened for 700 from early position and Thomas defended the big blind with . The flop came down , Thomas checked, and Levy bet 1,100, which left him just 3,000 or so behind.

Thomas responded by check-raising all in and Levy called off holding pocket nines. Neither the turn nor river helped Levy, and he made his way to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Russell Thomas	55,000 5,000	5,000
Grant Levy	Busted

Tags: Grant Levy Russell Thomas

01-26-2016 19:43 UTC+10

Rubie Fails to Make the Dinner Break

Chad Holloway

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Minutes before the dinner break, Brendon Rubie, who is just two days removed from winning the 2016 Aussie Millions Event #10: $1,650 No-Limit Hold'em Bounty for AU$116,680, was eliminated from the Main Event.

We didn't see the hand as it happened, but Rubie informed us he busted after flopping trip jacks holding . Unfortunately for him, an opponent held and his short run came to an end in Level 4.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brendon Rubie	Busted

Tags: Brendon Rubie

01-26-2016 20:22 UTC+10

First-Ever Female MSPT Champ Looking for Aussie Success

Chad Holloway

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Last summer, Angelina Rich topped a field of 1,964 entries to win the Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian for $215,815. Not only was it the largest event in MSPT history, she became first woman to ever win a MSPT title.

"That's the first one I've ever played," Rich said after the win. "It was nice. It was a Deepstack tournament, started with a ton of chips, structure was really good, especially towards the end. I was surprised by that in a three-day tournament. It was really good."

Interestingly, Rich is the significant other of Australian poker pro Alex Lynskey. Late last year the couple traveled the United States in a 1995 Chevy camper, but now they find themselves competing in the Southern Hemisphere's most prestigious tournament.

In a recent hand, Rich opened for 900 from the cutoff and WSOP Europe bracelet winner Dietrich Fast called from the button. The player in the big blind came along and three players saw a flop of . The big blind checked, Rich continued for 1,300, and both her opponents called to see the turn.

Two checks inspired Fast to bet 4,600, and that did the trick as both the big blind and Rich released.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dietrich Fast	53,000 23,000	23,000

Angelina Rich	18,000 18,000	18,000

Tags: Angelina Rich Dietrich Fast

01-26-2016 21:08 UTC+10

Glazier's Tournament Ends with Ace-King

Happy_Freaked

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

After a raise to 800, Jackie Glazier just moved all in for about 9,000 chips. A few players folded before a third player got involved, moving all in as well. The other players, and the initial raiser, folded, creating the following showdown.

Glazier:
Opponent:

The board ran out and Glazier busted out, and she wished the other players at the table the best of luck before heading for the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jackie Glazier	Busted

01-26-2016 21:21 UTC+10

Retired AFL Star Steve Baker Busts First Major Tournament

Chad Holloway

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Steve Baker (selfie face). Pic c/o Tony Hachem

Steven Baker, 35, is a retired Australian rules footballer known for playing for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) from 1999 to 2011.

As it happens, Baker, who was the 27th pick in the 1998 AFL Draft, also fancies poker, though he doesn't have a ton of experience, which is comprised of home games alongside Tony Hachem and Shane Warne. Baker decided to take a shot at the big time by playing the 2016 Aussie Millions Main Event — his first-ever major tournament — but things did not go his way.

Way back in Level 2, Baker lost all but 900 of his stack when his pocket kings were cracked by Faraz Jaka's . The flop contained a seven, the turn was another seven, and the chips went in on the river. Baker managed a bit of a comeback — at least enough of one to keep him in contention past the dinner break — but his run came to an end at the tail end of Level 5.

It happened when Baker moved all in from early position for 1,900. Action folded all the way to Poker Hall of Famer John Juanda, who opted to call from the big blind.

Juanda:
Baker:

Baker, who admitted he had only looked at the king when he shoved, got his stack in good, and he remained in the lead on the flop. Unfortunately for him, the dealer burned and turned the to pair Juanda. The river was no help to Baker, and he was eliminated from the tournament.

Baker, known as one of the most efficient taggers in the AFL, stopped by Hachem's table to deliver the bad news before exiting the Crown Melbourne poker room.

For more on Baker, check out his Wikipedia page.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Juanda	9,000 2,000	2,000

Steve Baker	Busted

Tags: John Juanda Steve Baker

01-26-2016 21:44 UTC+10

Aditya Agarwal Goes Down with Kings

Webjoker

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

The player under the gun opened with a raise to 1,200 and Aditya Agarwal right next to him made the call. The player on the button squeezed to 3,500 and the big blind contemplated what to do. He eventually colf four-bet to 12,500 and the initial raiser quickly released.

Action was back on Agarwal and the Indian PokerStars Team Pro thought about it for a bit before shoving all in for 31,150. The player on the button moved out of the way but the big blind made the call. Agarwal got the bad news soon enough.

Aditya Agarwal:
Big Blind:

The flop came and did not much for Agarwal. The on the turn gave him a flush draw but the didn't fill it up. Agerwal was covered by a couple of thousand and he made his exit from the tournament room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aditya Agarwal	Busted

Tags: Aditya Agarwal

01-26-2016 22:22 UTC+10

Ivey Eliminated By Volkoff

donpeters

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

A short-stacked Phil Ivey moved all in for 2,725 from the hijack seat. On the button, Tamara Volkoff reraised all in for 7,675. Everyone else folded, and that left Ivey's up against the for Volkoff.

The flop didn't do much for Ivey, and the on the turn left him drawing stone dead. The river was the , but Ivey was already halfway to the exit by the time it hit the felt.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tamara Volkoff	16,000
Phil Ivey	Busted

Tags: Phil Ivey Tamara Volkoff