Last years champion Manny Stavropoulos has been eliminated from the tournament. Victor Li told us all about it.
Stavropoulos raised from early position and Benjamin Pollak in the big blind made the call. Pollak checked on with two clubs and Stavropoulos made a continuation bet of 2,400. Pollak asnwered with a check raise to 5,100 and action was back on Stavropoulos. Stavropoulos shoved all in for about 12,000 and Pollak made the call.
Manny Stavropoulos:
Benjamin Pollak:
The on the turn was of no influence on the outcome and neither was the on the river. Manny Stavroloulos has left the tournament, a new champion will be crowned this year!
Michael Kanaan raised the button to 1,600 and from the big blind PokerStars Team Pro Celina Lin raised all in for 16,500 total. Kanaan made the call and Celina turned out to be dominated.
Celina Lin:
Michael Kanaan:
The board ran out and Lin hit the rail after not even half an hour of play on Day 2.
Lin doesn't have good memories of , she also busted the Accumulator event event 10 off the money with that hand.
"Ow no! That was a fast one! Brutal! Good luck boys" Celina Lin said to the table.
Niall Farrell doubled his stack in one of the first hands of the day. In fact, he was already up a little bit for the day when he doubled up.
Michael Levy, winner of the Star Poker Summer Series in Sydney for A$173,250 last December, raised the hijack and Niall Farrell in the big blind made the call.
Farrell gently tapped the table on a flop of and Levy fired 2,800. Farrell called and check called another 5,600 on the turn as well. The river came the and Farrell checked for the third time.
"How much you got?" Levy asked Farrell. The British EPT Malta champion replied he had 13,700 left.
"I'm all in" Levy said not much later, followed by stack of yellow 5,000-chips getting placed in the middle.
Farrell thought about it for just half a minute or so before committing his chips.
Levy's face said enough; he showed his for not much of anything. Farrell triumphantly showed his for the winning hand en could start stacking.
There were 182 players registered on Day 1a, and Day 1b saw 207 added to the mix before yesterdays Day 1c brought in an additional 337. That made for a total of 726 entries, a fair bit more than recent years, and the fourth largest Aussie Millions Main Event in its 19-year history.
In fact, the field size is likely to grow a little bit more as registration will remain open till the end of the first level of play today.
Of those 726 players, 376 advanced from the first three starting flights. Australian poker super star James Obst leads with 212,100, followed by Terence Clee (183,000) and Jens Lakemeier (175,000). John Georges (7,500), PokerStars Team Pro Yaxi Zhu (7,400), and Ron Shoshan (4,200) are starting out the shortest.
Table 9 will be the feature table today, live streamed by Jason Somerville on Twitch. You can find that coverage on RunItUp.tv.
The first level of play will be 400/800 with a 100 ante. Five 90-minutes levels of play are scheduled with a 15-minute break after each. There will not be a dinner break today, so play should wrap up around 9 p.m.
with two clubs and Stavropoulos made a continuation bet of 2,400. Pollak asnwered with a check raise to 5,100 and action was back on Stavropoulos. Stavropoulos shoved all in for about 12,000 and Pollak made the call.
on the turn was of no influence on the outcome and neither was the 
and Lin hit the rail after not even half an hour of play on Day 2. 
, she also busted the 
and Levy fired 2,800. Farrell called and check called another 5,600 on the 
turn as well. The river came the 
and Farrell checked for the third time. 
for not much of anything. Farrell triumphantly showed his 
