2018 Aussie Millions

$10,600 Main Event
Day: 1b
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

Updated Chip Counts

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante
Player Chips Progress
Jackson Warne au
Jackson Warne
54,000
James Obst au
James Obst
50,000
7,000
7,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
Yevgeniy Timoshenko ua
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
43,000
8,300
8,300
WPT 1X Winner
Sam Panzica us
Sam Panzica
34,000
-12,000
-12,000
Fabian Quoss de
Fabian Quoss
32,000
2,000
2,000
Scott Davies us
Scott Davies
27,000
-1,500
-1,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Jack Sinclair gb
Jack Sinclair
25,500
-7,500
-7,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Kahle Burns au
Kahle Burns
21,000
-9,000
-9,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Marius Gierse at
Marius Gierse
17,000
-500
-500
Sam Cohen us
Sam Cohen
14,000
2,400
2,400
Ben Lamb us
Ben Lamb
9,500
-1,000
-1,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
Shane Warne au
Shane Warne
7,500
-3,500
-3,500

Anthony Hachem Valuebluffs Strelitz

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

A rather unusual hand happened over at Daniel Strelitz' table, where the American was involved in three-way action on an {A-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} flop. Strelitz bet 1,000, Hachem raised to 3,200, the third player folded and Strelitz called. On the {2-Clubs} turn, Strelitz check-called 4,700 from Hachem.

The river was the {6-Hearts} and Hachem bet 8,800. Strelitz called after some thought and Hachem flipped over {8-Spades}{8-Diamonds} for a lowly pair of eights. It was the best hand, though, as Strelitz mucked his hand to slip to 15k.

Player Chips Progress
Anthony Hachem au
Anthony Hachem
47,000
Daniel Strelitz us
Daniel Strelitz
15,000
-13,000
-13,000
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Anthony HachemDaniel Strelitz

Joe Hachem Hates the River

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

A player opened to 550 in the hijack and got action from Joe Hachem on his left and both blinds. The flop came {2-Spades}{6-Hearts}{10-Spades} and the preflop raiser fired another 550. Hachem made it 2,000, the small blind cold-called, the big blind folded and the opener came along to a {5-Diamonds} turn. Hachem bet 4,500 this time and only the small blind stuck around. On the {a-Diamonds} river, both players checked, with Hachem turning over {k-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} to indicate he was finished betting.

It was no good, as he'd been caught on the river by {a-Spades}{7-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Joe Hachem au
Joe Hachem
25,400
-10,600
-10,600
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Joe Hachem

Updated Counts

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante
Player Chips Progress
Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
90,000
61,000
61,000
Szymon Wysocki pl
Szymon Wysocki
85,000
17,500
17,500
Antoine Saout fr
Antoine Saout
62,000
-2,400
-2,400
Simeon Zacharias au
Simeon Zacharias
60,000
17,000
17,000
Mai Ha au
Mai Ha
55,000
18,000
18,000
Amanda De Cesare au
Amanda De Cesare
43,000
9,000
9,000
Stephen Graner us
Stephen Graner
32,000
-3,000
-3,000
EPT 1X Winner
Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
31,000
31,000
31,000
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Christian Christner de
Christian Christner
30,000
-500
-500
Thomas Muehloecker at
Thomas Muehloecker
27,000
3,800
3,800
Jack Salter gb
Jack Salter
19,000
2,800
2,800
Kahle Burns au
Kahle Burns
18,000
-12,000
-12,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Sam Cohen us
Sam Cohen
8,000
-3,600
-3,600
[Removed:172] de
[Removed:172]
7,500
-12,500
-12,500

Stewart Doubles Through Jouhkimainen

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

With 7,100 already in the middle and the turn showing {Q-Clubs}{Q-Spades}{7-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}, Joni Jouhkimainen checked in the cutoff and Shane Stewart bet 3,000 on the button, which Jouhkimainen called.

The {10-Hearts} river completed the board and Jouhkimainen checked once more. Stewart shoved for 12,700 and the Finn eventually called, but instantly mucked his cards when Stewart turned over the {K-Hearts}{K-Clubs} for a full house.

Player Chips Progress
Shane Stewart au
Shane Stewart
38,000
38,000
38,000
Joni Jouhkimainen fi
Joni Jouhkimainen
10,400
-19,600
-19,600
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once

Tags: Joni JouhkimainenShane Stewart

A Catch-Up with Former WSOP APAC Champion Scott Davies

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante
Scott Davies at last year's WSOP
Scott Davies at last year's WSOP

Four years ago Scott Davies took down the second-ever WSOP APAC Main Event here in Melbourne and he is back in 2018 for the Aussie Millions. We sat down on break to chat about him and how he very nearly didn't come this year!

"Back in 2014, that was my first time," said Davies. "I've come every year since then for the Aussie Millions. A big part of it for me personally is the nostalgia. [Winning the WSOP APAC] was the biggest thing ever to happen to me, and probably ever will happen to me.

"Even if I won something big again, the feeling just won't match up to the first time. Add on to that the fact that it's a beautiful city, and when you come down here you just get to fade the winter and have a little summer and it's great. Some of my best friends are Australian so it's really nice to come down here and spend time with them

"I almost didn’t come. My wife’s family are in Maui and we spend the holidays there. So after that, it's usually a really easy trip because you're already halfway here! This year, however, we didn't go. I spent the holidays in South America and it was difficult to get a flight here.

"So I ended up going home to play in Miami. I busted out of that on Day 2 and there was a flight available to Melbourne a couple of days later. So I booked it and packed my bags up and came down here!"

Davies bought in during the second level of the day, and admits that it's been slow going.

"I have just under starting stack. I wasn't going to play today. But I had to come in to pick up my receipt. And once I got here I really felt like playing! The field looks juicy! So I switched my ticket and bought in today."

At the other end of Davies' table is 2018 Aussie Millions $25,000 Challenge winner Ben Lamb.

"I don’t think I’ve played with him before," said Davies. "He plays a lot higher stakes cash than I do! He also doesn’t play a lot of MTTs. He's down the other end and lost a cooler port so he's pretty short at the moment. I'm not going to say I wasn't happy to see that!

"The aim for today is to build a stack; slow and steady. It's important not to have any blow-ups in a structure like this. Just really pick your spots and feel out the table. I have a favourable table draw, and probably the best seat at that table.

"I just want to pick my spots carefully and just grind and try and not do anything stupid!"

Player Chips Progress
Scott Davies us
Scott Davies
28,500
-4,500
-4,500
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Scott Davies

Updated Counts With Hachem in

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

The most famous of all Australian poker players, former WSOP Main Event winner Joe Hachem, has joined the field. A contingent of Germans has also populated the tables.

Player Chips Progress
Joe Hachem au
Joe Hachem
36,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Oliver Weis de
Oliver Weis
36,000
4,000
4,000
Yevgeniy Timoshenko ua
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
34,700
7,700
7,700
WPT 1X Winner
Christian Christner de
Christian Christner
30,500
Brian Yoon us
Brian Yoon
26,300
-3,700
-3,700
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 5X Winner
Christian Harder us
Christian Harder
21,300
-8,700
-8,700
$25K Fantasy
Marius Gierse at
Marius Gierse
17,500
-16,000
-16,000
Jack Salter gb
Jack Salter
16,200
-8,800
-8,800

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

The Numbers are Climbing; Second Break Awaits

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

Former Aussie Millions $100,000 Challenge champion Fabian Quoss has been spotted in the field and the German is here in Australia for vacation and hasn't played as many tournaments as previously. Winfred Yu and Sam Higgs also joined the field that now shows 180 entries, of which 172 remain.

All players have been sent into their second 15-minute break of the day.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Hachem au
Daniel Hachem
52,000
15,000
15,000
Sam Panzica us
Sam Panzica
46,000
14,000
14,000
Fabian Quoss de
Fabian Quoss
30,000
30,000
30,000
Winfred Yu hk
Winfred Yu
30,000
30,000
30,000
Sam Higgs au
Sam Higgs
30,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Fabian QuossSam HiggsWinfred Yu