On a flop of Marc MacDonnell checked from middle position before Didier Guerin tossed out 10,000 from the button. MacDonnell called.
The turn brought the and MacDonnell checked. Guerin took his time then opted to check behind.
The completed the board and MacDonnell reached for his chips and splashed out 20,500. Guerin apologised for taking his time before finally mucking his hand.
MacDonnell has raced forward to be one of the biggest stacks in the room.
Artur Koren got his last chips in before the flop holding in the cutoff. The player putting him at risk was his neighbor on the button who had . The board ran out and Koren doubled.
The remaining 264 players are now on a 15-minute break. There are another three more levels to play out after this with the Main Event halting at 9 pm local time.
On a board of we saw the big blind bet out 2,500. Nick Petrangelo raised to 8,000 and the button folded. The big blind announced all in just about instantly and Petrangelo called.
Big blind:
Nick Petrangelo:
The river was as safe a card as any and Petrangelo doubled up.
Scott Davies has chalked up some great results in Australia with nine cashes on his poker resume including a win in the 2014 WSOP APAC Main Event for AU$850,136 (US$737,907) and is looking to go the distance here at the Aussie Millions.
We caught the action on a flop of in a hand between Davies and local legend Billy ‘The Croc’ Argyros. Davies (cutoff) checked the action over to Argyros (button) who fired out a pot-sized bet of 9,900, which Davies called.
Both players checked the turn and the river brought four to a straight and a bet of 8,700 from Davies. Argyros, wearing his trademark crocodile t-shirt, did not look too thrilled about this turn of events and after thinking things over grudgingly folded leaving Davies to rake in the pot.
The 2016 Aussie Millions Champion Ari Engel won’t be defending his title after running into an opponent’s pocket aces.
We missed the bust out but Matthew Wakeman who was sitting on Engel’s left filled us in on the details. The story goes that Engel opened the action to 2,300 before the player in the big blind made it 7,100 to go.
That’s when Engel moved all in and was called instantly by his opponent with the best preflop hand in hold’em. Engel had a modest pocket fours and couldn’t improve to see last year’s champ sent packing.
There will be a new #aussiemillions champ this year. So happy to have had the honor to hold that title. Good luck to all still competing!
We arrived just in time to catch the tail end of a hand between Didier Guerin and Sam Higgs. We caught the action on a flop of with Guerin (button) betting out for 5,300 following a Higgs check from the small blind.
Higgs check-raised to what looked to be around 12,600 though Guerin moved in over the top and Higgs called so quickly it was difficult to get an exact count before the hand played out.
Both players had flopped two pairs with Higgs having the best of it holding versus the of Guerin, who had already stood up and started packing his stuff.
The turn did not change anything but just as Guerin was about to head for the rail he spiked the river to fill up and steal the pot out from under Higgs’ nose. Higgs slumped forward in disbelief holding his head in his hands as Guerin patted him consolingly on the back and apologized for that cruel twist of fate.
Fedor Holz bought in today and received 30,000 in chips for his AUD$10,000 contribution to the prize pool. An hour later, he had turned that 30,000 into 140,000.
Holz proves to be human after all, and he can still lose pots. We just saw him bet 24,500 from the button on a board of . The small blind called and Holz showed his instantly in defeat. The small blind tabled and raked in the sizable pot.
Marc MacDonnell checked from middle position before Didier Guerin tossed out 10,000 from the button. MacDonnell called. 
and MacDonnell checked. Guerin took his time then opted to check behind. 
completed the board and MacDonnell reached for his chips and splashed out 20,500. Guerin apologised for taking his time before finally mucking his hand. 
in the cutoff. The player putting him at risk was his neighbor on the button who had 
. The board ran out 
and Koren doubled.
we saw the big blind bet out 2,500. Nick Petrangelo raised to 8,000 and the button folded. The big blind announced all in just about instantly and Petrangelo called.
was as safe a card as any and Petrangelo doubled up.
turn and the 
river brought four to a straight and a bet of 8,700 from Davies. Argyros, wearing his trademark crocodile t-shirt, did not look too thrilled about this turn of events and after thinking things over grudgingly folded leaving Davies to rake in the pot.
Vojtech Ruzicka bet out 6,900 which send his opponent, Erik Seidel, into the tank. 
with Guerin (button) betting out for 5,300 following a Higgs check from the small blind.
versus the 
of Guerin, who had already stood up and started packing his stuff. 
. The small blind called and Holz showed his 
