While the stack of Sam Ingham had been quite healthy only a few hours, that had all but changed and he was all in for a mere 11,900 with the 
. His opponent held 
and Ingham failed to get there with the board running out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Kevin MacPhee, who's sporting an impressive mohawk for the occasion, three-bet to 6,200 from the big blind after Ludovic Riehl had opened on the button. Riehl took around a minute before four-bet shoving, and MacPhee called it off for 28,900 total.
Kevin MacPhee: 
Ludovic Riehl: 
The window card directly brought the 
MacPhee was looking for. However, when the dealer spread out the flop, the 
and popped up as well to put the American in an even deeper hole.
"That's so sick," remarked one of MacPhee's tablemates. The case queen remained in the deck on the 
turn and 
river and MacPhee was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000 | |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Jan Suchanek bet 1,500 from late position on 
and Martin Finger called from the big blind. The German checked the 
river and faced a far bigger bet of 15,000. He folded in short order but requested Suchanek show. "PerpetualCzech" obliged with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
61,500
18,500
|
18,500 |
|
49,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
Paawan Bansal, who recorded his biggest cash this past summer after finishing 124th in the Main Event in the WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas, has reached six digits here in Melbourne. He just called the shove of a short stack out of the small blind for 11,900 with the 
and faced the 
. There was plenty of sweat but ultimately the board of 
blanked to send the pot to Bansal.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
105,000 |
While 2017 champ Shane Vijayaram is long gone by now, 2016 winner Ari Engel still has a shot to become the first-ever two-time Aussie Millions Main Event winner. In a blind battle, Engel gave his stack a nice boost to improve his chances of achieving the improbable.
After the small blind had opened to 1,500, Engel three-bet to 5,700 and called off a shove for 35,500 total.
Small blind: 
Ari Engel:
No sweat for Engel on 
and he doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
73,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
|
135,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
130,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
125,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
100,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
99,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
|
||
|
85,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
80,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
75,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
||
|
70,000
39,975
|
39,975 |
|
70,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
55,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
||
|
52,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
50,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
50,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
||
|
45,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
45,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
45,000
24,500
|
24,500 |
|
43,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
|
34,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
29,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
|
||
|
19,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
8,000
500
|
500 |
|
|
||
Max Young opened for a raise late and got two callers. We didn't see what happened on the flop but the board read 
when Young bet 4,100 and got two calls. On the 
river, he bet 9,500. The player on his left called right away but a player in the blinds sighed and mucked his 
. That was the right move since Young had flopped full with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
92,600
43,300
|
43,300 |
The Chainsaw is done buzzing Down Under. Allen Kessler Tweeted that he lost the last of his short stack shoving and failing to hold against an opener who had 
and flopped a king.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Ludovic Geilich was deep in the tank when we got to his table with 
on the felt. He had checked in the cutoff and was facing a bet of 25,000 into 20,000 from his opponent on the button. Geilich took awhile and then dropped in calling chips.
The player on the button simply nodded and showed , and Geilich showed he'd called with .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
140,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
|
125,000
52,200
|
52,200 |
|
65,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
32,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
||
|
27,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
