2018 Aussie Millions

$10,600 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2018 Aussie Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q10
Prize
1,458,198 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
10,600 AUD
Prize Pool
8,000,000 AUD
Entries
800
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Former Champ Barer Starts Off Right

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

Ami Barer, who won this event in 2014, got off to a good start when action folded to the small blind, who jammed about 15,000 in. Barer woke up with {a-Clubs}{j-Diamonds} and called, finding himself racing against {6-Hearts}{6-Clubs}. The {j-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{3-Hearts} was favorable to Barer but he had to sweat hearts after the {9-Hearts} hit. The river was a brick: {7-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Ami Barer ca
Ami Barer
142,400
24,900
24,900
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Ami Barer

De Cesare and Rong Down

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante
Amanda De Cesare
Amanda De Cesare

"All in and a call!" sounded on tables 8 and 10, respectively. On table 8, Amanda De Cesare lost an all in with {K-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} against {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs} to head for the rail, while Yucheng Rong got it in with {K-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds} against Federico Butteroni's {A-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}. The former November Niner sealed it easily on an {A-Spades}{9-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} to end Rong's attempt.

Player Chips Progress
Federico Butteroni it
Federico Butteroni
120,000
28,500
28,500
Amanda De Cesare au
Amanda De Cesare
Busted
Yucheng Rong cn
Yucheng Rong
Busted

Tags: Amanda De CesareFederico Butteroni

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Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante
MyStack
MyStack

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800 Entries Reached

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante
Aussie Millions 2018 A$10,600 Main Event
Aussie Millions 2018 A$10,600 Main Event

Joel Williams has just announced to the remaining players in the Aussie Millions Main Event that the total number of entries has reached 800:

"In this current poker landscape," said Williams on the microphone. "In a country that has just had online poker banned. to reach 800 entries in a $10,000 freezeout is absolutely phenomenal"

Speranza Still Shippy

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

Gianluca Speranza opened for 1,800 first to act and got one caller before Andreas Klatt made it 6,200 on the button. Speranza jammed for about 25,000 and won the pot uncontested with two quick folds.

Speranza has nearly triple what he started the day with, a dream beginning for a man who came in with one of the shortest stacks.

Player Chips Progress
Gianluca Speranza it
Gianluca Speranza
33,000
7,000
7,000
Andreas Klatt de
Andreas Klatt
28,200
-1,500
-1,500

Tags: Gianluca SperanzaAndreas Klatt

Young Drops a Pot

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

Max Young checked from the big blind on {8-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} and check-raised to 6,000 after a player in the hijack bet 2,500. That player called and they saw a {10-Spades} pair the board. Young downbet 3,800 and his opponent peeled to the {q-Spades} river. This time, Young checked and quickly called a bet of 5,000 but couldn't win showdown against {j-Hearts}{10-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Max Young us
Max Young
107,400
-5,400
-5,400

Tags: Max Young

Two Bustouts on the "Feature Table"

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante
Jason Gray
Jason Gray

Since almost all tables in the poker room are in use, the upcoming feature table for the Twitch Live Stream is in use already without any of the action being recorded yet. There were two early casualties on there as Tanner Millen's two pair with ace-seven went down to the flush of Louis Salter, who had the {10-Spades}{5-Spades}.

Soon after, Christopher Costanzo sent his chips over to Tobias Hausen.

Jason Gray, member of Australia's Poker Hall of Fame, has been spotted on the rail as well. "I got it in with the nuts on the flop and couldn't hold," he said before heading out of the poker room.

Player Chips Progress
Tobias Hausen de
Tobias Hausen
170,000
14,000
14,000
Louis Salter gb
Louis Salter
45,000
12,200
12,200
Jason Gray gb
Jason Gray
Busted
Christopher Costanzo au
Christopher Costanzo
Busted
Tanner Millen us
Tanner Millen
Busted

Tags: Louis SalterTobias HausenJason GrayTanner MillenChristophger Costanzo

Chong Hits the Rail

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

Down to his last 10,000, Victor Chong moved all in from middle position and was called by Gillian Epp in the big blind.

Victor Chong: {K-Clubs}{J-Clubs}
Gillian Epp: {Q-Hearts}{Q-Spades}

On the {Q-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{4-Hearts} flop, Chong picked up an open-ended straight straw while Epp had top set. "That's a fair flop," Russell Thomas said in the one seat. Neither the {3-Clubs} turn nor the {6-Spades} river improved Chong and he headed to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Gillian Epp us
Gillian Epp
85,000
29,800
29,800
Victor Chong my
Victor Chong
Busted

Tags: Victor ChongRussell ThomasGillian Epp