Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 100
2018 Aussie Millions
$10,600 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 Aussie Millions
Buy-in
10,600 AUD
Prize Pool
8,000,000 AUD
Entries
800
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Last Break of Day 1b
Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
There are 112 players remaining out of a field of 196 entries and they have been sent into their final 15-minute break of the day.
Howlett Eliminated
Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
On the four-way flop of 
, Shane Howlett moved all in for his last 10,000 out of the small blind and the big blind called. Fabian Quoss folded from one seat over and so did Szymon Wysocki on the button, exposing his 
.
Shane Howlett: 
Big blind: 
The 
turn and 
river failed to improve Howlett and he was eliminated.
Lance Patison had been moved over to the table of Rory Young, Ana Marquez and Paul Michaelis. Not long after, Patison sent a short stack to the rail when his 
held up versus 
on a board of 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
128,000 | 23,000 |
|
120,000 | 35,000 |
|
20,000 | 10,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Michaelis Keeps Running Good
Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
Yet another pile of chips has been sent over to Paul Michaelis as the German continues to climb up the leader board late on Day 1b. This time he looked up the check-raise all in of an opponent in the big blind on the 
flop. His continuation bet was met by a shove for 14,950 and Michaelis called.
Big blind: 
Paul Michaelis: 
Neither the 
turn nor the 
river changed the outcome of the hand and Michaelis raked in the pot. While doing so, the dealer pitched the next cards and one of them landed half-way in the sleeve of his hoodie. "Oh, so that's how you do it," Rory Young from one seat over joked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
148,000 | 23,000 |
David Steicke Eliminated
Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
From early position, David Steicke open-shoved 10,600 and a player in late position called.
David Steicke: 
Late position: 
The 
flop all but sealed it for Steicke and he said his goodbyes after the 
turn and 
river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
"Pretty Sick" Hand Sees Timoshenko Pay Graner Big
Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
Four players checked to Stephen Graner on 
and he bet 2,600 in the cutoff. Big blind Yevgeniy Timoshenko called and everyone else folded. The turn was a 
and Graner bet 7,500. Again, Timoshenko called. The river: 
. Timoshenko checked and faced a big bet of 23,000. He took a deep breath.
"That's pretty sick," he said.
Nonetheless, he called in short order but could not beat the 
shown down by Graner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
162,000 | 46,200 |
|
41,600 | 12,600 |
Saout Four-Bet Folds Against Yu
Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
A player opened and Winfred Yu three-bet to 3,300. It folded to Antoine Saout in the big blind and he four-bet to 9,000. Action back on Yu and he five-bet to 30,100.
Saout thought about his position, and counted out his remaining chips, before folding.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000 | 15,000 |
|
44,000 | -11,000 |
Alner Doubles Through Harder
Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
Picking up the action on the flop, Tom Alner checked out of the big blind and Christian Harder bet 1,100 out of middle position. Alner called and checked again the turn before calling a second barrel worth 2,600.
The river brought a check from Alner and Harder bet 15,000, which was more than enough to cover the remaining chips of his opponent. Alner called within a second and Harder turned over for a set, which Alner had beat with 
for a straight.
Other notables and big stacks on the table include Tyron Krost, Jan Pettersson and David Tam, and their stack sizes in the penultimate level of the day can be found below.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
86,000 | 1,000 |
|
|
45,000 | |
|
28,000 | -15,000 |
|
26,500 | -13,500 |
|
23,500 | -11,500 |
Foxen Wins a Raising War
Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
Alex Foxen bet 2,600 from the big blind on a board of 
and his opponent in early position clicked back to 5,200. Foxen responded with another raise to about 9,500 after a minute of thought, and that induced a quick fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
46,000 | 3,000 |
O'Grady No More; Broom Brushes Christner
Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
A quick look in the corner section of the upper tournament area revealed an open seat that formerly belonged to Michael O'Grady and the Aussie had been called by an opponent with 
on a seven-high flop as per Scott Davies and other players at the table. O'Grady had pocket treys and a queen appeared right away on the turn.
Christian Christner lost a decent chunk of his stack when paying off the flopped straight of his table neighbour James "Jabba" Broom, who held 
with the flop showing , while Lukas Byrns has reappeared at a different table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
168,000 | -2,000 |
|
120,000 | 120,000 |
|
|
105,000 | 105,000 |
|
|
85,000 | 23,000 |
|
70,000 | 8,000 |
|
57,000 | 57,000 |
|
45,000 | -29,000 |
|
Busted |