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

01-30-2018 19:11 UTC+11

Updated Chip Counts

Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Claas Segebrecht	78,000 35,400	35,400
Yosuke Sekiya	56,000 26,000	26,000
Toby Lewis	41,000 6,000	6,000

Dietrich Fast	34,400 400	400

Matt Berkey	31,000 5,700	5,700
Krzysztof Stybaniewicz	26,000 33,000	33,000
Adam Goodes	20,000 10,000	10,000
Allen Kessler	19,100 3,200	3,200

01-30-2018 19:16 UTC+11

Young Over Karlic After Some Thought

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

Gerald Karlic opened on the button and Max Young made it 2,200 in the big blind. Karlic peeled to see flop. Young bet 1,300 and Karlic called. Both checked the and the completed the board. Young bet big with 6,000 and Karlic went into the tank. After a couple of minutes, he opted to call, but Young had flopped top set with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Max Young	49,300 7,900	7,900
Gerald Karlic	49,000 23,800	23,800

Tags: Gerald Karlic Max Young

01-30-2018 19:23 UTC+11

Nguyen Sends Ulmer to the Rail

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

With the flop showing , Chi Thinh Nguyen moved all in and Timothy Ulmer eventually called it off for his last 7,650.

Timothy Ulmer:
Chi Thinh Nguyen:

The turn gave Ulmer a straight but he still needed to dodge hearts on the river, which unfortunately wasn't the case with the as final card.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chi Thinh Nguyen	52,000 52,000	52,000
Timothy Ulmer	Busted

Tags: Chi Thinh Nguyen Timothy Ulmer

01-30-2018 19:25 UTC+11

Assorted Pre Dinner Counts

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Margereson	75,000 75,000	75,000

Bart Lybaert	65,000 5,000	5,000
Ami Barer	57,000 26,200	26,200

Preben Stokkan	50,000 7,000	7,000
Ari Engel	45,000 3,000	3,000

Ashley Sleeth	39,000 9,000	9,000
Danny Tang	37,000 37,000	37,000

Benny Glaser	34,000 2,000	2,000

Stevan Chew	30,025 2,025	2,025
Brad Kain	25,000 2,600	2,600
Shane Vijayaram	17,500 2,500	2,500

Mark Vos	16,000 4,000	4,000

Matthew Wakeman	16,000 1,000	1,000
Jake Daniels	12,000 28,000	28,000

01-30-2018 19:27 UTC+11

Dinner Time

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

Players are on dinner break for 75 minutes.

01-30-2018 19:31 UTC+11

Defending Champion Shurane Vijayaram in the Field

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Yori Epskamp

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

Shurane Vijayaram - $10,000 Main Event Aussie Millions Winner 2017

In the field since Level 1 today is defending champion Shurane "Shane" Vijayaram. Last year he turned a $130 satellite seat into a $1.6m score and is back playing the Aussie Millions Main Event 12 months on.

"It's awesome to be back," said Vijayaram. "Playing at my home casino; it's awesome and there's a great atmosphere. Everoyne is having fun - I mean, everyone likes to have a punt.

"It's just a great festival."

Vijayaram says he's played here a couple of times since his win, but today has been an up and down start.

"I was up a little bit. But then I flopped a king-high flush and my opponent turned a boat. Still in, and it's a long day so there are plenty of hands still to play."

And what advice does he have for anyone playing in their first major tournament, just like he did last year?

"I’d say just play it like every other tournament. Like I said, they're long days so don't get disheartened that you lose or because you're down a little bit. There's a lot of hands still to come!"

Tags: Shurane Vijayaram

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

01-30-2018 20:49 UTC+11

Post Dinner Counts

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Claas Segebrecht	90,000 12,000	12,000
Chen An Lin	65,000 3,000	3,000
Felix Schulze	60,000 5,000	5,000
Sam Greenwood	48,000 12,000	12,000

Tien Pham	47,000 1,000	1,000
Dennis Huntly	45,000 12,000	12,000
Stefan Huber	42,000 3,000	3,000
Raiden Kan	40,000 9,000	9,000
Gillian Epp	33,000 15,000	15,000
Chi Zhang	33,000 33,000	33,000
Jason Gray	24,000 6,000	6,000
Matthew Wakeman	22,000 6,000	6,000
Gianluca Speranza	20,500 21,500	21,500
Robert Heidorn	Busted

01-30-2018 20:51 UTC+11

Chong's Cold Welcome; Lewis Jams

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Victor Chong had just registered for the event and faced a raise to 1,000 and a call. Chong in the big blind three-bet to 4,500 and the initial raiser folded, the small blind called. On the flop, the small blind check-called a bet of 4,000 and led the turn for 11,000. Chong checked his cards twice and let go eventually.

Toby Lewis, usually very calm when playing, had been spotted jumping out of his seat before the dinner break after being bluffed out of a big pot. Just now he faced the very same opponent again and the completed board of had created a pot of 22,000 already. Lewis moved all in for 10,950 and his opponent tanked, the clock was called on him and one minute ran down without any decision to kill the cards.