2018 Aussie Millions

$10,600 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2018 Aussie Millions
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q10
Prize
1,458,198 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
10,600 AUD
Prize Pool
8,000,000 AUD
Entries
800
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 800
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Updated Chip Counts

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Dara O'Kearney ie
Dara O'Kearney
41,000
16,000
16,000
WPT Global
Profile photo of Steven van Zadelhoff nl
Steven van Zadelhoff
35,000
7,000
7,000
Profile photo of Kristen Bicknell ca
Kristen Bicknell
34,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 5X Winner
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Andreas Klatt
33,000
7,000
7,000
Profile photo of Manny Stavropoulos au
Manny Stavropoulos
33,000
Profile photo of Samantha Abernathy us
Samantha Abernathy
32,000
Profile photo of David Gorr au
David Gorr
28,000
Profile photo of Heidi May au
Heidi May
27,000
4,000
4,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Max Silver gb
Max Silver
26,000
12,000
12,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Daniel Neilson au
Daniel Neilson
20,000
12,000
12,000
Profile photo of Michael Gathy be
Michael Gathy
12,000
29,000
29,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Jaka Coaching
Profile photo of Lily Kiletto us
Lily Kiletto
8,000
12,000
12,000
Profile photo of [Removed:17] nz
[Removed:17]
8,000
22,000
22,000

Deaf Poker Australia Raising Awareness at the Aussie Millions

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante
Deaf Poker Australia
Deaf Poker Australia

As well as a whole host of staff, tournament directors and others roaming the floor on Day 1a of the Aussie Millions, are representatives from Deaf Poker Australia.

Landon Blackhall is the Deaf Poker Australia tournament director. As a hearing person, he's been involved in Deaf Poker Australia for nine years.

"I've been accepted into the community as if I were family. As a result, I've learned a new language, but for me and all the guys, it's voluntary and purely for the love of the game."

Blackhall is joined by Nikolas Schlie and Alisha Wormald who are part of the newly formed DPA player's advisory committee. Schlie final-tabled the 2012 Deaf Poker Australia Championships, and has two other five-figure wins on his poker resume, including a A$14,000 WPT League title in July 2017.

Wormald, meanwhile, is a two-time DPA New South Wales ladies champion. She also final tabled the WSOPC Ladies Event in Sydney in November 2016 and designed the DPA logo.

"The player’s advisory committee," continued Blackhall, "Is all about learning what to do behind the scenes when they’re organizing our events. It's a little bit of training in reporting and just managing tournaments."

"We're just trying to raise awareness for all the deaf community about deaf poker. There's a lot of passion worldwide for deaf poker organizations. I know that Ireland and Canada both have their own groups. There's a lot of European deaf poker organizations as well.

"It's a growing sport and a unique sport in that the deaf community is on the same playing field. There's no disadvantage for deaf poker players when it comes to poker. We really want to start promoting the potential for what poker can provide to all our players and really prove that poker is a game for everyone."

2017 DPA Championship Main Event winner Zisimos Jordan (centre)

All DPA's events are tailored towards deaf players. Blackhall says that, to them, it's all about the social interaction and just the competitiveness of poker. He says that a number of deaf players attempted to satellite into the Main Event this year, but there is yet to be any success.

"One of our reporters here today qualified two years ago, so there's some awareness about these bigger events. But within the deaf community, it's a new audience. Our goal here is to introduce the deaf community to bigger "mainstream" i.e. non-deaf events."

Deaf Poker Australia

Coming up in October is 'DPA X' - the tenth anniversary of the Deaf Poker Australia Championship. The A$250 Main Event will have an estimated A$30,000 prize pool, and will also serve as both the Australian and International Deaf Poker Federation World Championships.

"It's a fantastic expansion," said Schlie. "I’m very excited. It's a great opportunity for it to come here to Australia. Poker gives deaf players more confidence. We have a home community games in the Australian states. There's a lot of deaf competition at home to learn the skills. The next step is to go to the State championships which have been very successful for a number of years."

For more information about Deaf Poker Australia, and to see results from past events as well as information on all upcoming events, head to deafpoker.com.au.

Tags: Alisha WormaldDeaf Poker AustraliaLandon BlackhallNikolas Schlie

Schumacher Chips Up

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

On the five-way flop of {7-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{3-Clubs}, Johan Schumacher bet 600 from the cutoff and picked up two callers. The {3-Hearts} followed on the turn and the action checked to Schumacher once more, who bet 2,000. This time, only one of the opponents called and did so again for 7,000 on the {K-Diamonds} river. Schumacher turned over {K-Spades}{3-Spades} for a runner runner full house and boosted his stack.

Player Chips Progress
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Johan Schumacher
45,000

Tags: Johan Schumacher

Del Vecchio Takes from Charette

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

Michael Del Vecchio took plenty of chips from [Removed:17] and added some more chips after taking on Duff Charette. The latter bet a {Q-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{Q-Spades} turn for 2,700 and was called before the {4-Spades} river was checked through. Charette showed the {10-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} and Del Vecchio had that beat with the {10-Hearts}{10-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Chris Cannon au
Chris Cannon
117,000
18,000
18,000
Profile photo of Mike Del Vecchio us
Mike Del Vecchio
92,000
29,000
29,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Andrew Lock au
Andrew Lock
84,000
4,000
4,000
Profile photo of Benny Spindler de
Benny Spindler
55,000
13,000
13,000
Profile photo of Duff Charette ca
Duff Charette
42,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Sam Khoueis au
Sam Khoueis
41,000
41,000
41,000
Profile photo of Matt Salsberg us
Matt Salsberg
34,000
3,500
3,500
Profile photo of Sarah Bilney au
Sarah Bilney
32,000
13,000
13,000
Profile photo of Vojtech Ruzicka cz
Vojtech Ruzicka
24,000
9,000
9,000
Profile photo of [Removed:17] nz
[Removed:17]
11,500
3,500
3,500
Profile photo of Michael Gathy be
Michael Gathy
11,000
1,000
1,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Jaka Coaching
Profile photo of Lily Kiletto us
Lily Kiletto
10,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Asher Conniff us
Asher Conniff
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Duff CharetteMichael Del Vecchio

Overbeek with a Big Stack

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

On a multi-way flop of {Q-Spades}{7-Clubs}{4-Clubs}, John Overbeek looked up the jam of an opponent for 15,000 and tabled {A-Hearts}{A-Clubs} for the over pair. The player at risk found no miracle with {A-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds} as the {K-Spades} turn and {A-Spades} river completed the board. That vaulted Overbeek's tower of chips to more than four times the starting stack and he is among the chip leaders before the dinner break on Day 1a.

Player Chips Progress
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John Overbeek
130,000
130,000
130,000

Tags: John Overbeek

Balsiger Back Above Starting Stack

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

The ace-king of his opponent were already rushed away while Jake Balsiger with {Q-Spades}{Q-Hearts} was sent over a full double with pocket queens. The {Q-Diamonds} on the turn gave Balsiger a full house and he locked up the double, while also confirming after the hand that Asher Conniff had busted from one seat over earlier.

Player Chips Progress
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Jake Balsiger
32,000
3,000
3,000
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Asher Conniff
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Asher ConniffJake Balsiger

Ruzicka Eliminated by Silver

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante
Vojtech Ruzicka
Vojtech Ruzicka

Max Silver raised pre-flop and Vojtech Ruzicka three-bet. Silver called and the flop came {3-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{9-Spades}.

Silver checked the flop. Ruzicka bet and Silver just called. The turn was the {5-Spades}. Silver bet on the turn and Ruzicka moved all in. Silver called.

Max Silver: {3-Diamonds}{3-Spades}
Vojtech Ruzicka: {k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}

The river was the {10-Hearts} and the 2016 November Niner Ruzicka was sent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Max Silver gb
Max Silver
60,000
34,000
34,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Vojtech Ruzicka cz
Vojtech Ruzicka
Busted

Tags: Max SilverVojtech Ruzicka

Dinner Break on Day 1a

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

According to the screens, there are 212 entries thus far of which 162 remain and the players have been sent on a 75-minute dinner break. Action will resume at approximately 8.40 p.m. local time with another three 90-minute levels to go.

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Post Dinner Counts

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of John Overbeek au
John Overbeek
138,000
8,000
8,000
Profile photo of Najeem Ajez au
Najeem Ajez
85,000
30,000
30,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Harry Demetriou gb
Harry Demetriou
70,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Lee Armstrong au
Lee Armstrong
66,000
3,000
3,000
Day 1A Chip Leader
Profile photo of Brendon Rubie au
Brendon Rubie
47,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Dinesh Velupillay au
Dinesh Velupillay
45,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Mel Judah au
Mel Judah
41,000
8,000
8,000
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Daniel Neilson au
Daniel Neilson
39,000
19,000
19,000
Profile photo of Jonas Lauck de
Jonas Lauck
36,000
6,000
6,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Sarah Bilney au
Sarah Bilney
28,000
4,000
4,000
Profile photo of Heidi May au
Heidi May
27,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Marton Czuczor hu
Marton Czuczor
24,000
14,000
14,000
Profile photo of Lily Kiletto us
Lily Kiletto
6,000
4,000
4,000
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