AU$10,600 Main Event Day 2 | 2019 Aussie Millions

01-30-2019 16:33 UTC+10

Yan Climbs Up the Leaderboard

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Errolyn Strang raised to 2,500 and David Yan in the cutoff three-bet to 8,500, which Strang called. On the flop, Strang checked and called a bet of 6,000 before the turn was checked. Strang check-called another bet of 5,000 on the river and Yan tabled for a pair of tens as the winning hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Yan	330,000 207,000	207,000

Errolyn Strang	70,000 -5,000	-5,000

Tags: David Yan Errolyn Strang

01-30-2019 16:29 UTC+10

Ward Doubles

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

On the three-way flop of , Andrew Chen bet and the cutoff called the 4,500. Martin Ward on the button raised and Chen reluctantly folded, the cutoff then shoved and Ward eventually called for 32,900.

The cutoff only showed pocket sevens, while Ward had . The turn and river were both blanks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Ward	95,000 95,000	95,000
Andrew Chen	60,000 25,200	25,200

Tags: Andrew Chen Martin Ward

01-30-2019 16:24 UTC+10

Zhou Doubles Through Ruzicka; Eliminates Razavi Moments Later

Mateusz_Pater

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Vojtech Ruzicka raised to 2,700 from the button before Huijie Zhou re-raised to 11,500 from the small blind. Ruzicka thought for a minute before three-betting to 25,500. Zhou studied his stack before four-betting to 51,000. Ruzicka looked over at Zhou's stack before announcing all in. Zhou snap-called with a total of 74,600 in his stack.

Huijie Zhou:
Vojtech Ruzicka:

The board ran out to see Zhou improve to a full house by the river and move to just over 160,000 in chips.

Moments later Sam Razavi was seen leaving the tournament area. He had a stack of 65,000 prior to his elimination which was then added to Zhou's stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Huijie Zhou	230,000 180,500	180,500
Vojtech Ruzicka	142,000 -8,000	-8,000
Koray Aldemir	85,000 15,000	15,000

Sam Razavi	Busted

Tags: Huijie Zhou Koray Aldemir Sam Razavi Vojtech Ruzicka

01-30-2019 16:22 UTC+10

Phaedonos Eliminates Ho

Will Shillibier

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

A player opened to 2,600 from middle position and Fedon Phaedonos three-bet to 6,000. Ho thought a while before four-betting all in for 28,500. The initial raiser folded and Phaedonos called.

Fedon Phaedonos:
Maria Ho:

The board ran out and with Phaedonos covering his opponent, Ho was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fedon Phaedonos	60,000 25,600	25,600
Maria Ho	Busted

Tags: Fedon Phaedonos Maria Ho

01-30-2019 16:06 UTC+10

Basle Busts Kempe

Will Shillibier

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Rainer Kempe moved all in from under the gun and Harry Basle three-bet all in from the next position.

The remaining players all folded. Kempe was ahead with and was flipping against Basle's

The flop came giving Basle top pair and a flush draw to boot. The turn was the and the river the as the AU$25,000 Challenge winner from earlier this festival was eliminated from the Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Harry Basle	37,000 -10,700	-10,700
Rainer Kempe	Busted

Tags: Rainer Kempe

01-30-2019 15:59 UTC+10

Soyza Leads Table 10

Mateusz_Pater

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Farid Jattin raised to 3,300 from under the gun before Michael Soyza re-raised to 8,500 from the next seat over. The action folded back around to Jattin who called.

Both players checked the flop before the turn card dropped.

Jattin checked, then folded after a minute, after Soyza tossed out a bet totalling 7,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Soyza	310,000 110,000	110,000

Cole Swannack	260,000 -20,000	-20,000

Farid Jattin	205,000 -20,000	-20,000
Andrian Chin	165,000 5,000	5,000
Tyron Krost	130,000 -25,000	-25,000
Bryn Kenney	75,000 -65,000	-65,000

Tags: Farid Jattin Michael Soyza

01-30-2019 15:56 UTC+10

Meritan Hero-Calls Against Lew

Will Shillibier

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Every so often, a player makes it clear that they are very pleased with a hand that they have played. Luc Meritan approached the media tables with a story of a big hand involving him and Randy Lew.

A big stack opened to 2,500. Randy Lew called and Meritan called in the small blind. The flop came . Meritan checked and the big stack continued for 5,000. Lew and Meritan both called.

The turn was a and this time it checked to Lew who bet 20,000 and Meritan was the only caller.

The river was the and Meritan checked. Lew tanked for a little bit before betting 54,000.

"It looked like he was pretending that he was huge when he was not huge" Meritan told us. "I felt like I had the best hand."

Meritan had 70,000 left so he was calling for a large percentage of his remaining chips. In the end he did so with and Lew turned over .

"It's a very gutsy play," said Meritan. "I knew he was good enough to do it. If it was an amateur I don't call. It was definitely 'nanonoko fame'-dependent."

Player	Chips	Progress
Luc Meritan	200,000 96,900	96,900
Randy Lew	20,000 -60,000	-60,000

Tags: Luc Meritan Randy Lew

01-30-2019 15:52 UTC+10

Game Over for Lodge

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Over on table 10, one of the few tables with a flop camera in the middle poker of the Crown Poker room, Raphael Wimmer opened the button to 3,000 and the small blind three-bet to 8,000. Harry Lodge in the big blind four-bet shoved for around 60,000 and Wimmer was the only caller.

Harry Lodge:
Raphael Wimmer:

The flop gave Lodge some more outs, but he failed to get there on the turn and river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raphael Wimmer	170,000 99,600	99,600
Harry Lodge	Busted

Tags: Harry Lodge Raphael Wimmer

01-30-2019 15:48 UTC+10

Palsovic Takes On Nguyen

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

With the turn showing , Paul Palsovic in the hijack made it 8,000 to go and picked up a single caller in Minh Nguyen in the cutoff. The followed on the river and Palsovic bet once more, making it 10,500 to go. That proved to do the trick, as Nguyen opted to fold and forfeited the pot.