Claas Segebrecht slightly overbet the pot with 3,200 on a board of from middle position. An opponent on the button called and the completed the board. Segebrecht wasted little time before betting 7,500. His opponent went into the tank for about four minutes before a clock was called. The time ran all the way through, killing the hand, and Segebrecht took the pot without showdown.
At another table, Paul Hoefer got to the river heads up with on the felt. A player bet 6,000 into him and Hoefer jammed for 15,625. His opponent called with for a straight, but Hoefer had the nuts: .
Dennis Wilke confirmed the elimination of Henning Wendlandt and Tatjana Zizic has also already ran out of chips. Zizic had walked over to Jan Suchanek and mentioned a kings versus aces setup before leaving the tournament area. Suchanek himself had been running riot on his table before putting Martin Finger to the test, the latter called and was good to boost his stack nicely.
Ben Heath raised to 450 and got one caller. The flop came and Heath continued for 800 and his opponent called. The turn was the and Heath check-called a bet of 1,500.
The river was the and Heath check-folded to a bet of 3,500.
Meanwhile, Federico Butteroni was on a river in a heads-up pot with the board reading . With 15,000 in the middle already, Butteroni's opponent bet 12,000 leaving himself just 8,000 behind. The Italian former November Niner then raised in position to 32,000 leaving himself just 6,000 behind.
His opponent shook his head and contemplated his decision before eventually releasing his cards.
After a raise to 500 by the hijack, Ari Engel called in the cutoff and Jake Daniels came along from the button. Bart Lybaert three-bet to 2,800 and all three initial players in the hand called to make it four-ways to the flop. Action checked to Engel, who bet 5,200, and forced a fold from Daniels. Lybaert called, while the hijack then moved all in for 30,500. Engel called all in for his last 20,400 and that forced out Lybaert as well.
Ari Engel:
Hijack:
The turn was no threat and Engel even improved to a full house thanks to the river. After falling to as low as 11,000 in the first level, the 2016 Aussie Millions champion now has a double stack instead.
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In a battle of two American regs who happen to be seated next to each other, Josh Reichard defended big blind against an open from Chance Kornuth and check-called 700 on a flop. Reichard checked the turn and called 2,000. Both checked the and Kornuth turned over a hand that had the in it but quickly mucked when Reichard showed .
On a board, Ryan Hong was first to act and checked. Celeste Giunta bet 2,000, Ben Heath raised to 6,400, Hong three-bet to 14,000, Giunta cold-called and Heath called as well.
The river paired the board with the . Hong checked, Giunta shoved for 11,450 total, Heath called and Hong folded with a sigh. Giunta showed for queens full but was second best against Heath's .
With a shocked look on her face, Giunta made her way to the exit, while Heath sports one of the biggest stacks in the early stages.
We stopped by Chance Kornuth's table to have a chat with the bracelet-winner with almost $6m in lifetime earnings, who added an Aussie Millions ring to his poker resume here in Melbourne. Kornuth took down the $1,150 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Max earlier this week, beating 598 players to take home A$134,850.
"It's awesome," said Kornuth. "I love winning tournaments. To me, it's the best feeling there is."
The Denver native said that he went to the PCA in the Bahamas, but was excited to come down to the Aussie Millions afterwards; a stop renowned all over the world as a 'not-to-miss' festival of poker.
"It's definitely a hard stop to miss. You know, the city, the people; the value in some of the tournaments make it one of my favourite stops in the whole world."
Kornuth travelled to Melbourne with friends Sam Panzica and Ben Lamb, with Lamb subsequently winning the $25,000 Challenge.
"When you travel with poker players you chat to them a ton, about all sorts of things. Ben and I are going to Thailand afterwards with our girls, and that's one of the reasons he's down here.
"It's fun to see your friends win, but I have been needling him that my score was bigger than his $25,000 Challenge score!"
A player in early position tanked over a minute and then bet 1,400 on a board of , getting a quick call from Krzysztof Stybaniewicz in the cutoff. The river was the and the first player checked. Stybaniewicz bet 3,800 and got called fairly quickly, but he had for the nuts.
from middle position. An opponent on the button called and the 
completed the board. Segebrecht wasted little time before betting 7,500. His opponent went into the tank for about four minutes before a clock was called. The time ran all the way through, killing the hand, and Segebrecht took the pot without showdown.
on the felt. A player bet 6,000 into him and Hoefer jammed for 15,625. His opponent called with 
for a straight, but Hoefer had the nuts: 
.
and Heath continued for 800 and his opponent called. The turn was the 
and Heath check-folded to a bet of 3,500.
. With 15,000 in the middle already, Butteroni's opponent bet 12,000 leaving himself just 8,000 behind. The Italian former November Niner then raised in position to 32,000 leaving himself just 6,000 behind.
flop. Action checked to Engel, who bet 5,200, and forced a fold from Daniels. Lybaert called, while the hijack then moved all in for 30,500. Engel called all in for his last 20,400 and that forced out Lybaert as well.
river. After falling to as low as 11,000 in the first level, the 2016 Aussie Millions champion now has a double stack instead.
and Kornuth turned over a hand that had the 
in it but quickly mucked when Reichard showed 
.
. Hong checked, Giunta shoved for 11,450 total, Heath called and Hong folded with a sigh. Giunta showed 
.
for the nuts.