$10,600 Main Event
Day 4 Started
2018 Aussie Millions
$10,600 Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 Aussie Millions
Buy-in
10,600 AUD
Prize Pool
8,000,000 AUD
Entries
800
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Del Vecchio Leads Last 38 Into Day 4; Engel and Barer Aim for Second Aussie Millions Title
After three tournament days and 19 levels of 90 minutes each, the record-breaking 2018 Aussie Millions A$10,600 Main Event has seen a field of 800 players reduced to just 38 hopefuls at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, the biggest casino complex in the Southern hemisphere. All remaining participants have at least A$30,000 locked up for their efforts, but all eyes are set on the golden bracelet and first-place prize of A$1.8 million that comes along with it
Towards the end of Day 3, Mike Del Vecchio has established a commanding lead at the top of the leader board with 2,330,000, almost one million chips ahead of second-placed two-time APPT champion Aaron Lim (1,358,000). Two former Aussie Millions Main Event champions are vying to become the first to claim two titles in Melbourne: Ari Engel (2016) and Ami Barer (2014) made it through to Day 4 with 1,075,000 and 428,000 respectively.
Other big stacks and notables include Tu Lan (1,220,000), Vincent Chua (1,089,000). Kahle Burns (973,000), Day 2 chip leader Najeem Ajez (958,000), Espen Solaas (862,000), Bobby Zhang (714,000), Toby Lewis (571,000), Stefan Huber (538,000), Artur Koren (315,000) and Daniel Neilson (89,000).
The action with blinds of 6,000/12,000/2,000 as of 12.30 p.m. local time and once the field is reduced to the last 36, the event will switch to a six-handed format with a complete redraw before aiming to play down to the final table tonight. The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to provide exclusive updates and the live stream of the feature table can be followed on the runitup Twitch channel with a security delay of 30 minutes.
2018 Aussie Millions Day 4 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 1 | Sherif Derias | Australia | 286,000 | 24 |
| 8 | 2 | Vincent Chua | Australia | 1,089,000 | 91 |
| 8 | 3 | Tobias Hausen | Germany | 477,000 | 40 |
| 8 | 4 | Ross Grammer | Australia | 276,000 | 23 |
| 8 | 5 | Espen Solaas | Norway | 862,000 | 72 |
| 8 | 6 | Ben Richardson | Australia | 967,000 | 81 |
| 8 | 7 | Ari Engel | Canada | 1,075,000 | 90 |
| 8 | 8 | James Broom | Australia | 350,000 | 29 |
| 9 | 1 | Aaron Lim | Australia | 1,358,000 | 113 |
| 9 | 2 | Najeem Ajez | Australia | 958,000 | 80 |
| 9 | 3 | Mike Del Vecchio | United States | 2,330,000 | 194 |
| 9 | 4 | Con Krousoratis | Australia | 210,000 | 18 |
| 9 | 5 | Chen An Lin | Taiwan | 741,000 | 62 |
| 9 | 6 | Kahle Burns | Australia | 973,000 | 81 |
| 9 | 8 | Arne Ruge | Germany | 267,000 | 22 |
| 10 | 1 | Stefan Huber | Switzerland | 538,000 | 45 |
| 10 | 2 | Eddie Puia | Australia | 624,000 | 52 |
| 10 | 3 | Beau Palmer | Australia | 592,000 | 49 |
| 10 | 4 | Kim Au | Australia | 753,000 | 63 |
| 10 | 5 | Johan Schumacher | Belgium | 760,000 | 63 |
| 10 | 6 | Haoran Zhang | Australia | 742,000 | 62 |
| 10 | 7 | Michael Hahn | United States | 473,000 | 39 |
| 10 | 8 | Tu Lan | China | 1,220,000 | 102 |
| 28 | 1 | Daniel Neilson | Australia | 89,000 | 7 |
| 28 | 2 | Takao Shimizu | Japan | 753,000 | 63 |
| 28 | 3 | [Removed:415] | Australia | 241,000 | 20 |
| 28 | 4 | Toby Lewis | United Kingdom | 571,000 | 48 |
| 28 | 5 | Saijes Mundadan | India | 835,000 | 70 |
| 28 | 6 | Joshua Abady | United States | 192,000 | 16 |
| 28 | 7 | Bobby Zhang | Australia | 714,000 | 60 |
| 28 | 8 | Artur Koren | Austria | 315,000 | 26 |
| 31 | 1 | Chul-Hyon Park | Australia | 427,000 | 36 |
| 31 | 2 | Arif Mustafa | Australia | 567,000 | 47 |
| 31 | 3 | Szymon Wysocki | Poland | 762,000 | 64 |
| 31 | 5 | Antonino Cascio | Australia | 282,000 | 24 |
| 31 | 6 | David Leas | Australia | 56,000 | 5 |
| 31 | 7 | Ami Barer | Canada | 428,000 | 36 |
| 31 | 8 | Robert Lieu | Australia | 131,000 | 11 |
Level: 20
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
Lieu Doubles Through Former Champ Barer
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Robert Lieu had won an earlier pot, and he had chipped up to 178,000. He was in the big blind and it folded to Ami Barer in the small blind who asked roughly how much his opponent was playing. Barer then moved all in and Lieu called quickly.
Ami Barer: 
Robert Lieu: 
The board ran out 
and Lieu doubled up, with 38 players still remaining.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
340,000 | 209,000 |
|
260,000 | -168,000 |
Bobby Zhang Eliminates Neilson
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Daniel Neilson shoved all in for 77,000 under the gun and Bobby Zhang called in the small blind.
Daniel Neilson: 
Bobby Zhang: 
The board ran out 
and Neilson hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
825,000 | 111,000 |
|
Busted |
Ajez Strong-Arms Ruge
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Najeem Ajez opened early and got called by big blind Arne Ruge. They checked down 
. With a boat on the board, Ajez shoved all in and Ruge folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,100,000 | 142,000 |
|
229,000 | -38,000 |
Abady Doubles Through Zhang
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Joshua Abady moved all in for 148,000 from the cutoff. Bobby Zhang called on the button and the blinds folded.
Joshua Abady: 
Bobby Zhang: 
Abady was ahead, and there were no dramas on a flop, turn and river of 
giving Abady a full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
660,000 | -165,000 |
|
310,000 | 118,000 |
Palmer Pains Schumacher Right Away
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
With the chips just fresh out of the bag, Beau Palmer and Johan Schumacher got into serious action right away. It was Schumacher who opened to 25,000 from under the gun. Palmer three-bet to 65,000 out of the small blind and Schumacher called.
On the 
flop, Palmer bet 130,000 and Schumacher came along with the call. Palmer wasn't backing down on the 
turn and moved all in for 301,000.
Schumacher held his hand before his mouth and stared at the board for minutes. He then seized up Palmer, trying to figure out the puzzle, and appeared to have a sizable hand for the situation.
After more than five minutes in the tank, Schumacher eventually elected to lay his hand down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
840,000 | 248,000 |
|
556,000 | -204,000 |
Schumacher Drops Some More
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Sherif Derias moved all in twice to claim the blinds and antes, flipping over the 
.
Vincent Chua made it 30,000 to go first to act and a three-bet by Tobias Hausen won the pot.
Ross Grammer raised to 26,000 and Ben Richardson three-bet to 66,000 from the hijack. After some consideration, Grammer moved all in and Richardson folded.
Over on table 10, Johan Schumacher raised to 56,000 from the small blind and Haoran Zhang called in the big blind. Schumacher continued for 44,000 on the 
flop and a raise to 122,000 by Zhang won the pot uncontested, as Schumacher sent his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
930,000 | -37,000 |
|
625,000 | -117,000 |
|
|
430,000 | -126,000 |
|
330,000 | 54,000 |
|
330,000 | 44,000 |
Preflop Aggression Takes It
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
At table 10, Stefan Huber raised to 30,000, Beau Palmer three-bet to 75,000 two seats to his left, Huber four-bet to 160,000 and Palmer gave it up.
On table 8, Espen Solaas raised to 24,000 from under the gun, Ari Engel called in middle position and Tobias Hausen called in the small blind. Ross Grammer three-bet to 150,000 and all other players laid it down. Grammer collected the pot with a healthy laugh.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
760,000 | -80,000 |
|
640,000 | 102,000 |
|
|
390,000 | 60,000 |