$10,600 Main Event Day 1c | 2018 Aussie Millions

01-30-2018 17:01 UTC+11

Player	Chips	Progress
Glen Cymbaluk	65,000 65,000	65,000
Preben Stokkan	54,000 24,000	24,000
Sean Giesbrecht	50,000 18,000	18,000
Gillian Epp	48,000 18,000	18,000
Jesse Sylvia	42,000 5,000	5,000

Mustapha Kanit	40,000 6,000	6,000

Nipun Java	34,000 400	400

Michael Addamo	34,000 6,000	6,000

Russell Thomas	32,000 2,000	2,000
Heinz Kamutzki	32,000 32,000	32,000
Allen Kessler	32,000 5,500	5,500
Matt Berkey	25,000 4,500	4,500
Victor Teng	25,000 17,000	17,000
Stephen Woodhead	22,000 8,000	8,000
Craig McCorkell	19,000 11,000	11,000

Kanit Takes from De Silva

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

A three-bet to 1,700 was in front of Mustapha Kanit in the hijack and Upeshka De Silva then four-bet to 4,175 on the button. The initial raiser folded, but Kanit came along to see a flop of , which the Italian checked. De Silva continued for 3,450 and was called before Kanit led the turn for 12,500 with as much behind.

De Silva gave it some thought and folded, then asked Kanit to show one card. With his cards still near the muck but not hidden yet, Kanit reached back to them and peeked at both before sending them into the muck with a grin on the face.

The same table also features Victor Teng and Matt Berkey.

Player	Chips	Progress
Upeshka De Silva	62,000 8,000	8,000

Mustapha Kanit	41,000 7,000	7,000

Matt Berkey	31,000 1,500	1,500
Victor Teng	22,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Matt Berkey Mustapha Kanit Upeshka De Silva Victor Teng

01-30-2018 16:48 UTC+11

Liu Busts Xiourouppa

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

Gabriel Xiourouppa was previously involved in an aces versus aces preflop all in and didn't experience a miracle upset. However, his stack had taken a toll and he would soon after be all in with the against Chenan Liu's and the board ran out .

Player	Chips	Progress
Chen An Lin	62,000 62,000	62,000
Gabriel Xiourouppa	Busted

Tags: Chenan Liu Gabriel Xiourouppa

01-30-2018 16:44 UTC+11

Hidden Away Chip Counts

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

PokerNews has just been made aware that the large Day 1c turnout has forced some spillover into a small side cash game room. Five tournament tables are running in there, and here's a look at some of the players who are grinding in there.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Affleck	61,400 31,400	31,400
Jan-Eric Schwippert	38,000 8,000	8,000
Gianluca Speranza	34,800
Walter Treccarichi	25,400 4,600	4,600
Martin Jacobson	25,000 5,000	5,000

Felix Stephensen	24,500
Toby Joyce	15,100 14,900	14,900

01-30-2018 16:30 UTC+11

More Counts

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Yori Epskamp

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Heath	75,000 5,000	5,000

Benny Glaser	55,000 2,000	2,000

Jesse Sylvia	47,000 8,000	8,000

Michael Addamo	40,000 10,000	10,000

Matt Berkey	29,500 29,500	29,500
Tsugunari Toma	27,000 3,000	3,000

Dzmitry Urbanovich	12,000 18,000	18,000

Ryan Hong	9,000 11,000	11,000

01-30-2018 16:28 UTC+11

Updated Chip Counts

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Finger	63,000 10,000	10,000

Upeshka De Silva	54,000 16,000	16,000

Max Young	41,400 11,400	11,400
Jan Suchanek	37,200 200	200
Mustapha Kanit	34,000

Nipun Java	33,600 3,600	3,600

Allen Kessler	26,500 3,500	3,500
Hon Cheong Lee	25,400 4,600	4,600
Gerald Karlic	25,200
Felipe Ramos	15,600 2,400	2,400

Pete Chen	4,900 1,100	1,100

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

01-30-2018 16:09 UTC+11

Felipe Ramos on the Melbourne Poker Lifestyle

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Will Shillibier

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

Felipe Ramos is making the most of his first trip to Melbourne for the Aussie Millions, and we grabbed a quick word with him during the break.

"Melbourne is very nice," he said. "It's become one of my favorite cities in the world; level with Barcelona and Amsterdam. I think that the city has a really great mix - there's a lot of activities to do but then also a lot of green spaces, which I like very much.

"The people are really nice and that's a very good thing to have whenever you go to a poker stop. The beaches as well! Sometimes you go to poker venues where the only option is to be stuck in the poker room all day. That's not very healthy I think for people who have to think for a living!

"I like living the poker lifestyle, and this city offers the poker lifestyle that I love."

Ramos has played a couple of events, including the $25,000 Challenge and a fourth place in the 8-Game.

"Fourth was disappointing for me, because I entered the final table as chip leader. It's my favorite format of poker. But I'm now happy to be playing here in my first Aussie Millions Main Event."

And how is his first taste of the Aussie Millions Main Event going?

"I could have a better table for starters! There are three pros including Kitty Kuo [who finished 3rd in the $25,000 Challenge]," said Ramos. "There are some other decent recreational players as well so my table is strong.

"I didn't have a very good start; I lost over half my stack. But now I'm back to half stack and I'm ready to go!"

Tags: Felipe Ramos

01-30-2018 16:00 UTC+11

Updated Chip Counts Before Break

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

Players are on break for 15 minutes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ludovic Geilich	42,600 2,600	2,600

Matt Waxman	33,200 1,200	1,200

Ami Barer	30,800 4,200	4,200

Eric Wasylenko	30,700 4,300	4,300
Shane Vijayaram	28,500 6,500	6,500

Josh Reichard	24,000 5,800	5,800
Brad Kain	22,400 22,400	22,400
Sam Greenwood	21,200 1,300	1,300

Jackson White	5,050 19,950	19,950

01-30-2018 15:50 UTC+11

Glaser Sends Zimmerman to the Rail

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

After a raise by the cutoff, Benny Glaser three-bet out on the button to 1,600 and Joshua Zimmerman moved all in for 15,650 out of the small blind. The big blind was not in his seat and forfeited the chips automatically, the cutoff folded as well. Glaser didn't waste more than a few seconds and called instantly.

Joshua Zimmerman:
Benny Glaser: