2020 Aussie Millions
The screens show 32 entries and that number will increase shortly as a new table is about to open. Some recent new entries are Jarryd Godena, Tam Truong, Xue Wu, Ami Barer and Erik Seidel.
Another event that started today is theA$2,500 8-Game which kicked off at noon. Now approaching Level 5, the tournament has 57 entries so far with two levels plus a break left for late registration.
Several well-known players are in the field including Australians Joe Hachem, 2019 8-Game runner-up Oliver Gill, Daniel Mayoh and Mel Judah. As expected, they are joined by an international cast of players including 2020 Aussie Millions H.O.R.S.E. champion Dzmitry Urbanovich, along with Koray Aldemir, Jeff Madsen, Ari Engel, Johannes Becker, Allen Kessler and Jan Suchanek.
Last year, it was Michael Gathy who triumphed over a 94-player field to take home A$58,590. Other players to make the final table were Benny Glaser, Timothy Marsters, Sal Ribbera and Dale Townsend.
2019 Aussie Millions 8-Game Final Table
| Place | Name | Country | Payout (AUD) | Payout (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Gathy | Belgium | $58,590 | $42,185 |
| 2 | Oliver Gill | Australia | $39,760 | $28,627 |
| 3 | Timothy Marsters | Australia | $26,155 | $18,832 |
| 4 | David Munday | Australia | $19,355 | $13,936 |
| 5 | Benny Glaser | United Kingdom | $14,125 | $10,170 |
| 6 | Sal Ribbera | Australia | $11,510 | $8,287 |
| 7 | Dale Townsend | Australia | $9,415 | $6,779 |
In a battle small blind versus cutoff, Oliver Weis called a pot-sized bet by Hun Lee on the ![]()
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turn. Weis then checked the
on the river and Lee gave up the pot, checked behind.
Lee turned over the ![]()
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and Weis had that beat with the ![]()
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Former winner of the Aussie Millions A$25,000 Challenge Ben Lamb was one of the first players sat in the A$25,000 Pot Limit Omaha Challenge this afternoon.
Lamb is clearly enjoying himself, having chipped up above starting stack, but also raised the point that the cards in play are "big-faced."
Who cares about the reentry debate when there is big faced cards in plo tournaments.
— Ben Lamb (@BenbaLamb)
Level: 2
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0
Quan Zhou bet the ![]()
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turn for 1,800 and was called by George Wolff from one seat over. The
appeared on the river and Wolff called but mucked when he was shown the ![]()
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for a straight by Zhou.
Action was on a river of ![]()
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between Sebastian Trisch and Hun Lee. First to act was Trisch who bet 6,600 into a pot approaching 10,000.
Lee gave it some thought before calling. Trisch tabled ![]()
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for two pair, tens and fives, with Lee showing ![]()
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for aces and fives and took down the pot.
Four players limped to a flop of ![]()
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. Quan Zhou checked in the small blind and George Wolff bet 500 into 800 from the big blind.
Najeem Ajez called, with Martin Kozlov and Zhou both folding.
The turn was the
and Wolff continued for 1,500. Ajez called. The river was the
. Wolff check-called 2,800 and Ajez announced king-ten, tabling ![]()
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for a full house. Wolff mucked.