2017 Aussie Millions

$10,000 Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info

2017 Aussie Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
55
Prize
1,600,000 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
10,000 AUD
Prize Pool
7,685,000 AUD
Entries
725
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Douaglin Eliminates Another to Take the Chip Lead

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Joel Douaglin
Joel Douaglin

After earlier eliminating a player from the tournament with pocket aces and doubling-up, Joel Douaglin has repeated the same punishment on yet another player.

Arriving at the table we found both Douaglin and his opponent trade raises until both had committed all their stacks.

Douaglin: {a-Clubs}{a-Spades}
Opponent: {k-Clubs}{k-Hearts}

The all in player was in for 65,700 and was at risk against Douaglin's over pair who had him covered.

Douaglin stepped up from the table and even turned around as the river card was exposed on the {j-Spades}{8-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{8-Clubs} board before taking down the pot and storming into the chip lead.

Douaglin is no stranger to the Aussie Millions main event after finishing in 3rd place in 2015 (eventually won by Manny Stavropoulos) and has put himself in a great position for another potentially deep run.

Player Chips Progress
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Joel Douaglin
142,300
75,300
75,300

Tan Takes Down Another

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Jay Tan
Jay Tan

While Ken Wong may be struggling to get much above starting stack his better half Jay Tan is fairing extremely well so far today and is busy building quite the chip castle.

We caught the action on the turn in a heads-up pot between Tan and a neighboring player with the community cards reading {2-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{j-Diamonds} just as Tan fired out a roughly half pot-sized bet. Tan’s opponent thought it over and grudgingly made the call and it was off to the river, which comes down a non-diamond {6-Hearts}.

Tan reached for chips once more, leading out for 7500 and her opponent folded pretty speedily.

“Flush draw?” asked Tan as she pulled in the pot, but her opponent gave nothing away. Tan is now over the 100k mark and looks to be sitting on around 108,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Jay Tan
108,000
13,000
13,000

Tags: Jay Tan

Kozlov Continues to Climb

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Martin Kozlov just took down a pot after putting his opponent to the ultimate test for his tournament life.

The hand began with Kozlov raising to 850 before a tablemate played back at him for 2,400. Kozlov called and the two of them saw {2-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} land on the flop.

Kozlov check-called a bet of 1,800 and the {8-Hearts} arrived on the turn.

The action was then checked through to the {k-Hearts} river card. Kozlov slid forward a stack of chips with enough to cover his opponent’s remaining 10,000. The latter gave it some thought but eventually relinquished his hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Martin Kozlov
54,000
-1,000
-1,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Martin Kozlov

Tollerene Shoots Down Sluiter

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Raemon Sluiter
Raemon Sluiter

We caught the action on a flop of {8-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{4-Clubs} in a heads-up pot between Dutchman Raemon Sluiter and Ben Tollerene just as Sluiter led out for a bet of 2,300. Tollerene looked on impassively before counting out the call and carefully placing it in out on the baize.

The {a-Clubs} turn completed a possible club flush and Sluiter bet out 6,600 leaving himself 7,000 behind. Tollerene did not miss this fact and after thinking it over, smooth called once again taking play to the {6-Clubs} river.

Sluiter shoved for his remaining 7,000 and Tollerene beat him into the pot. The Dutchman showed {j-Clubs}{5-Spades} for a flush but this was not enough to beat Tollerene’s turned full house and the US pro flipped over {a-Hearts}{a-Spades} to send Sluiter to the exit.

Sluiter's girlfriend Fatima Moreira de Melo has also been eliminated from the event. She was down to about 25 big blinds or so and got it in with queens to ace-king. She did not survive the encounter and had headed to the rail just before Sluiter.

Player Chips Progress
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Ben Tollerene
60,000
35,500
35,500
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Raemon Sluiter
Busted
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Fatima Moreira de Melo
Busted

Tags: Ben TollereneRamon SluiterFatima Moreira De Melo

Level: 6

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 75

2014 Aussie Millions Champion Ami Barer Eliminated

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante
Ami Barer won the Aussie Millions Main Event in 2014 for AUD$1,600,000
Ami Barer won the Aussie Millions Main Event in 2014 for AUD$1,600,000

Just before the break Ami Barer was eliminated from the tournament. Tony Hachem was more than happy to fill us in on the details.

The action started with the 2014 champion raising to 3,000 from under the gun before the player in middle position moved all in over the top. The decision folded back around to Barer who called for his remaining 9,000.

Barer: {q-}{q-}
Opponent: {a-}{q-}

Barer had the best hand until the board ran out {j-}{a-}{a-}{q-}{2-} giving his opponent the more dominant full house and therefore winning hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Ami Barer
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Ami Barer

Chip Counts

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Jordan Westmorland's seat is now empty and it looks like the US pro has hit the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel
135,000
44,200
44,200
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Jay Tan hk
Jay Tan
95,000
-13,000
-13,000
Profile photo of Tony Dunst us
Tony Dunst
70,000
-10,000
-10,000
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Nick Petrangelo us
Nick Petrangelo
67,000
12,000
12,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Jason Mo
63,000
6,500
6,500
Profile photo of Ben Tollerene us
Ben Tollerene
60,000
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Mike Watson
60,000
16,500
16,500
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 2X Winner
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Ken Wong
30,000
2,000
2,000
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Mikita Badziakouski
28,000
-16,000
-16,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Alexandra Janikova
26,000
-31,800
-31,800
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Bryn Kenney
24,000
24,000
24,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Dietrich Fast
21,000
-24,000
-24,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Daniel Laidlaw
20,000
-3,000
-3,000
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Charlie Carrel
15,800
15,450
15,450
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Alexandros Kolonias
15,000
-1,000
-1,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Sparrow Cheung
15,000
-9,000
-9,000
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Dennis Huntly
8,750
-3,250
-3,250
Profile photo of Alan Lau hk
Alan Lau
8,000
-9,200
-9,200
Profile photo of Sebastian Clot fr
Sebastian Clot
4,300
-4,700
-4,700
Profile photo of Jordan Westmorland us
Jordan Westmorland
Busted

Yu Eliminated

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante
Winfred Yu
Winfred Yu

On a flop of {3-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{k-Clubs} Winfred Yu bet out 2,200 from middle position and was called by his opponent in the hijack. The third player in the hand, seated on the button, folded.

The turn brought the {7-Spades} and Yu slid out 6,300. His opponent then reached for his chips and slid out a stack of 5,000-chips totalling 60,000 which had Yu covered. Yu called with 23,000 in his stack.

Yu: {4-Spades}{4-Clubs}
Opponent: {5-Hearts}{6-Hearts}

Yu had flopped a set of fours but was turned by his opponent who made a straight.

No repeat would come on the river as the {5-Clubs} completed the board sending Yu to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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Winfred Yu
Busted

Muehloecker Takes Out a Shorty

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Thomas Muehloecker raised to 1,200 from middle position. The player in the small blind then moved all in for his remaining 3,400 forcing the big blind out. Muehloecker then called.

Muehloecker: {k-Diamonds}{10-Spades}
Opponent: {k-Clubs}{j-Clubs}

The board ran out {5-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{7-Spades}{2-Clubs}{a-Clubs} to see Muehloecker spike a ten on the flop and take down the pot with a pair.

Player Chips Progress
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Thomas Muehloecker
83,000
53,000
53,000