$10,600 Aussie Millions Main Event Day 1a | 2026 Aussie Millions Poker Championship

May 04, 2026

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May 04, 2026

Players are on Dinner Break

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Laura Fryer

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

The 156 players in Day 1a of the Main Event take a 60-minute dinner break.

Cards are due to be back in the air at 8.20 p.m.

May 04, 2026

Hachem Takes Down Huang

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Laura Fryer

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Joe Hachem was in the cutoff and already on the turn with Haibin Huang as his opponent on the button.

The pair were looking at a J♦Q♣10♦K♦ board, and the pot stood at around 20,000.

Huang had moved all in for his remaining 21,300 and action was on Hachem to make the call or fold.

Hachem counted out 25,000 chips from his stack, and moved it across the line to call.

Haibin Huang: A♣K♠ All in

Joe Hachem: Q♦J♣

It was a race to the finish with Huang holding a straight, but Hachem searching for the royal flush.

The 8♦ river secured the pot for Hachem and saw to Huang's elimination.

Tags: Haibin Huang Joe Hachem

May 04, 2026

Chea Sends Zhu into a 4-Minute Tank

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Laura Fryer

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Zheming Zhu opened to 1,200 from middle position and Pheap Chea called from the hijack.

The flop came K♥6♦10♦ and Zhu continued for 1,300 and Chea raised to 3,500. It didn't take long for Zhu to call, taking the players to the 5♣ turn card.

Zhu check-called an 8,500 bet by Chea and the 9♥ completed the board. Zhu checked, Chea bet 22,000 and Zhu went into the tank.

Zhu stared at the board, counted out his stack, and then asked the dealer to spread the pot. After 4-minute another player at the table called the clock and Zhu had 30-seconds to act.

With around 10-seconds left, Zhu made a calculated fold, and Chea stacked up his new stack.

Tags: Pheap Chea Zheming Zhu

May 04, 2026

Malseed Makes a Comeback with Kings

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Laura Fryer

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Players were already heads-up on a 4♣3♠2♦ flop with Scot Malseed in the small blind and Kanaan Youkhana in middle position.

The pot stood at around 12,000 and Malseed had already moved all in for his remaining 28,700 chips. Youkhana made the call and the players flipped their hands.

Scot Malseed: K♠K♣

Kanaan Youkhana: A♠Q♥

Malseed was ahead with Kings, but Youkhana had some outs having flopped a straight draw.

The 7♠ was turned and Malseed stayed ahead. The dealer peeled the 9♦ river and Malseed secured the double up.

Malseed took an early tumble during Level 1 of the main event, but has now spun his stack back up to over a starting stack.

Tags: Kanaan Youkhana Scot Malseed

May 04, 2026

Amir Makes a Big Fold

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Laura Fryer

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Thomas Amir opened to 1,200 from under the gun and Shengyu Zhao three-bet to 5,700 in middle position. Only Amir called, and the players went heads-up to the board.

The 10♠6♠4♣ flop saw Thomas check. Zhao bet 6,500 and Amir took a pause before throwing in some chips to call.

A 5♦ turn saw Thomas check, and Zhao bet 15,000. Amir went into the tank and took around a minute before mucking his hand.

After the said "It's the second time I folded this exact same hand". He continued with "I can't believe I folded".

Tags: Amir Thomas Zhao Shengyu

May 04, 2026

Topping the Counts After the Break

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Laura Fryer

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

A number of players have pulled away from the pack with a handful of players tipping over the 120,000 mark, having successfully doubled their starting stack.

Level: 4

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

May 04, 2026