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

01-26-2016 17:53 UTC+10

Updated Chip Counts from the Outer Room

Chad Holloway

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Giuliano Nobili	100,000
Erik Seidel	77,000 -13,000	-13,000

Mehrdad Razmi	70,000 33,000	33,000
Jeff Rossiter	60,000 16,000	16,000
Jeff Gross	52,000 13,800	13,800
Benny Spindler	48,500 3,500	3,500
Brian Rast	45,500 2,500	2,500

Ari Engel	42,000 7,000	7,000

Daniel Neilson	40,000 -4,500	-4,500
Brian Roberts	38,000 8,000	8,000
Liv Boeree	31,000 5,000	5,000

Aditya Agarwal	29,000 13,000	13,000

Chen-An Lin	29,000 -3,800	-3,800

David Peters	27,000 -8,400	-8,400

Dario Sammartino	27,000 -10,000	-10,000
Van Marcus	27,000 -6,500	-6,500
Kitty Kuo	25,000 -8,000	-8,000

Martin Kozlov	24,000 -7,000	-7,000

Samantha Abernathy	21,400 -8,600	-8,600
Mustapha Kanit	20,000 -10,000	-10,000

Brendon Rubie	9,800 -9,400	-9,400
Joshua Ang	Busted

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 18:09 UTC+10

Updated Chip Counts

Happy_Freaked

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Randy Lew	94,000 20,000	20,000

Jesse Sylvia	46,000 6,000	6,000

Faraz Jaka	40,000 -1,500	-1,500

Rob Schiffbauer	34,500 17,500	17,500
Celina Lin	28,000 10,000	10,000

Jason Mercier	24,000 -6,000	-6,000

Ben Tollerene	23,500 23,500	23,500
Jackie Glazier	19,000 -7,000	-7,000

John Juanda	13,000 13,000	13,000

Aaron Lim	10,000 10,000	10,000

Byron Kaverman	6,900 -19,100	-19,100

Thomas Muehloecker	5,000 -27,000	-27,000

01-26-2016 18:15 UTC+10

Holyoke Gets a Nice Rush

donpeters

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

From the hijack seat, Anthony March raised to 750. Edward Holyoke reraised from the cutoff seat to 2,225, and Thomas Muehloecker put in a cold four-bet to 5,350 from the big blind. March folded, but Holyoke had other things in mind and five-bet to 14,000. After a little bit of thought, Muehloecker came back with an all-in shove for a little over 37,000. Holyoke took a few moments, then called, and put himself at risk for 32,225.

Muehloecker had the , and he was ahead of Holyoke had the .

The flop came down and vaulted Holyoke into the lead with top set of jacks. The on the turn and the on the river kept Holyoke in front, and he earned the double up.

Then, on the next hand, March raised to 750 from middle position to kick things off once again. Holyoke three-bet to 2,250 from the hijack seat, and play folded back to March. He called, and the flop came down . March checked, Holyoke bet 3,000, and March called.

The turn was the to pair the board, and both players checked to see the complete the board on the river. March led with a bet of 3,500, and Holyoke made the call.

March showed the , but his hand was no good against the for Holyoke.

As if those two hands weren't enough of a rush for Holyoke, he played the next hand as well and won his third pot in a row. This time he was against Angelina Rich, but the pot didn't go to a showdown.

Holyoke had opened from middle position to 750, and Rich called from the big blind to take the flop. After Rich checked, Holyoke bet 1,000. Rich called.

The turn paired the board with the , and both players checked to see the complete the board on the river. Rich checked, Holyoke bet 3,500, and Rich folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Edward Holyoke	75,000
Anthony March	40,000
Thomas Muehloecker	5,000

Tags: Thomas Muehloecker Angelina Rich Anthony March Edward Holyoke

01-26-2016 18:16 UTC+10

Zellweger Takes Charge

Happy_Freaked

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

We just saw Chance Kornuth involved in a pot where the board read . When we arrived on the scene Kornuth had 10,000 out in front of him, and the action was on Patrick Zellweger, seated on his direct left with 5,000 invested.

After a while Zellweger called, and the river brought the . Kornuth now bet 11,000 and Zellweger called immediately. Kornuth showed for a straight, and that lost against Zellweger's .

After wandering off to an adjacent table, we caught Zellweger in another pot, which could've been the very next hand. The board read when a player ended up all in holding versus Zellweger's . The river was the , and Zellweger boosted his stack to 130,000, which is the current tournament chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Zellweger	130,000
Chance Kornuth	67,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Chance Kornuth Patrick Zellweger

01-26-2016 18:17 UTC+10

Abernathy on the Up and Up

Chad Holloway

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

After a player in early position raised to 800 action folded to Samantha Abernathy in the big blind. She defended and then both players checked the turn as well as the river. That's when Abernathy bet 1,100, which did the trick as her opponent folded.

That was a small pot, but just one of many Abernathy has collected as of late. As you can see, she's nearly doubled her stack in the last 30 minutes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samantha Abernathy	42,000 20,600	20,600

Tags: Samantha Abernathy

01-26-2016 18:19 UTC+10

Mason Rivers Two Pair

Webjoker

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

As we walked up to Chance Kornuth's new table (he had been moved and had brought 67,000 in chips with him), we saw a big pot brewing. The board read and Ashley Mason (small blind) and his opponent (big blind) sat there in silence for a moment.

Ashley "DYBYDX" Mason, SCOOP 2011 High Roller champion for $430,000, bet out 5,500. His neighbor instantly called, but couldn't beat Mason's for the rivered two pair. The big blind open mucked his with a disgusted look on his face, and had to leave the pot to Mason.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ashley Mason	85,000 40,000	40,000
Chance Kornuth	67,000

Tags: Chance Kornuth Ashley Mason

01-26-2016 18:19 UTC+10

Kaverman Doubles Through Sylvia

Happy_Freaked

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

Jesse Sylvia just raised before the flop and got one caller, on the button, before Byron Kaverman moved all in from the big blind for 6,950. Sylvia tanked for quite some time before calling, and the player on the button folded.

Sylvia:
Kaverman:

The board ran out and Kaverman was granted another chance in this event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse Sylvia	39,000 -7,000	-7,000

Byron Kaverman	16,000 9,100	9,100

Tags: Jesse Sylvia Byron Kaverman

01-26-2016 18:26 UTC+10

Dinner is Served

Webjoker

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

The players are on their 75-minute dinner break. When they return the blinds will be 200/400 with a 50 ante. A total of 3 more levels are scheduled for tonight.

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50