
Players are going on a 15-minute break. When they return the blinds will be 100/200. There are current 291 entries.
Players are going on a 15-minute break. When they return the blinds will be 100/200. There are current 291 entries.
"Basically I had a flushdraw in a three-bet pot, got there and got paid," Stevan Chew said when asked how he was able to boost the stack early on. The player he took the chips from was no other than 2016 Aussie Millions champion Ari Engel, who soon after got involved into yet another big pot early on.
JC Alvarado raised to 300 on the button and Engel three-bet to 1,500 out of the small blind, which Alvarado called. On the flop, Engel continued for 1,500 and Alvarado called. Both players checked the
turn and Engel checked the
river. Alvarado bet 3,000 and Engel check-raised all in for 8,225.
After spending some two minutes in the think tank, Alvarado folded and Toby Joyce joked "show a bluff Ari."
Player | Chips | Progress |
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43,000
13,000
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13,000 |
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22,000
22,000
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22,000 |
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17,300
9,800
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9,800 |
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Matthew Wakeman bet about 3,000 on a board of and called a raise to 9,000 from an opponent on the button. The river was a
and Wakeman checked. His opponent checked back and showed
for a straight, which was a winner.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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10,250
19,750
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19,750 |
In the second hand after sitting down, Upeskha De Silva limped in from under the gun and Victor Teng on the button raised to 450, which only De Silva called. On the flop, De Silva checked and subsequently check-raised from 475 to 1,675 in order to force a fold.
Kitty Kuo has built a nice profit early on and was joined by Felipe Ramos, while Jan Suchanek is also off to a good start.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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42,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
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41,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
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40,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
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33,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
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32,000
32,000
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32,000 |
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29,000
29,000
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29,000 |
A player raised to 300 on the button and got action from Martin Kozlov before the big blind made it 1,500 to go. Kozlov stuck around for a heads-up pot and he check-called 1,400 on the flop. Both checked the
and the river came a
. Kozlov bet 4,000 and tabled
for trips when he got called.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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32,700
2,700
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2,700 |
|
With some 11,000 in the pot already, more than 100 big blinds worth, and the flop showing , Xu Wang and his sole opponent Phani Raniveni both invested 7,050 each to see the
on the turn. Raniveni checked and Wang quickly moved all in for 23,000 to force a reluctant fold from his opponent.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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48,000
48,000
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48,000 |
Chul-Hyon Park raised to 300 and the small blind called. Sam Greenwood three-bet to 1,500 from the big blind and Park four-bet to 4,000. The small blind folded and Greenwood made the call.
The flop came . Greenwood check-called a bet of 5,500. The turn
was checked by both players and the river was the
. Greenwood thought before betting 3,000. Park called.
Greenwood showed for a pair of tens, but Park held
and took down the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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43,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
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23,000
15,300
|
15,300 |
|
Last year, Ben Heath nearly went all the way in the Main Event. In the 169th hand at the final table, a big bluff from the British pro got picked off by Shane Vijayaram and ended Heath's attempt in second place. A$1 million richer, Heath is back this year to try and climb one spot higher.
In early position, Heath called a raise from an under the gun opener. On a flop, Heath raised a 225 bet to 650 and received a call. Both players checked the
on the turn. On the
river, Heath's opponent check-folded to a 1,800 bet.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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32,000
2,000
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2,000 |
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Sam Greenwood opened for 200 under the gun and called a three-bet to 700 from an opponent in middle position. The flop came and both players checked. The turn brought a
and Greenwood piled in 2,000, over the size of the pot. His opponent snap-called. The river brought the
and Greenwood fired big again with 4,000.
The call came slower this time but it did come after 15 seconds or so. Greenwood tabled and dragged the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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38,300
8,300
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8,300 |
|
Dylan Wilkerson was facing a bet of 5,000, more than the size of the 3,500 pot, when we got to his table. He was in the cutoff and was on the board. The player on the button had put the wager in and Wilkerson flicked in a call.
The player on the button showed for two pair and a missed draw but it was no good against Wilkerson's
.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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31,000
31,000
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31,000 |
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