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

20 hours 28 minutes ago

Liu Pressures Manns

Laura Fryer

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Players were already heads-up on the 8♦K♠3♣2♣ turn with a pot of around 15,000.

Action was on Xin Liu in middle position who bet 6,500. Liu only left himself with 10,000 behind.

Sascha Manns was Liu's opponent in the cutoff and went into the tank. He was looking between the board, and Liu, for around a minute before deciding to throw his hands into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sascha Manns	51,000 51,000	51,000
Xin Liu	32,000 32,000	32,000

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20 hours 43 minutes ago

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Giddey	62,000 62,000	62,000

Bonadio Bleeds to Baxter

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Laura Fryer

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Shane Baxter opened to 800 from the cutoff and David Bonadio called on the button.

The 8♠5♦Q♥ flop saw Baxter bet 1,100 and Bonadio make a swift call.

A 4♣ was turned, and Baxter continued for 2,600. Bonadio called and left himself with just 8,500 behind.

Baxter jammed after seeing the 3♣ river, Bonadio didn't take long before lifting his cards and throwing his hand into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shane Baxter	50,000
David Bonadio	8,500 2,500	2,500

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20 hours 59 minutes ago

Hatzakortzian Steals from Mirza on the River

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Laura Fryer

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Edward Hatzakortzian opened to 600 from middle position and Noman Mirza three-bet to 1,400 from the hijack. Hatzakortzian called, and the players went heads up to the flop.

The dealer fanned the 4♠K♣6♣ flop and Hatzakortzian checked, Mirza bet 2,000 and Hatzakortzian called.

Both checked the 10♠ turn, to see the 2♦ river and Hatzakortzian bet out 8,000. Mirza took some time, before giving up the pot and mucking his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Noman Mirza	79,500 15,500	15,500
Edward Hatzakortzian	53,000 53,000	53,000

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21 hours 18 minutes ago

Malseed Reclaims from Zhang

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Laura Fryer

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Scot Malseed upped the pressure after jamming to a raise by his opponent on a A♠3♣10♥ flop for his remaining ~24,000 into a pot of around 4,000. He saw his opponent make a quick fold re-gaining some chips.

A few hands later, Michael Zhang opened to 800 from under the gun and Scot Malseed called on the button.

The J♥4♣3♣ flop was checked by both, taking them to the 8♠ turn.

Zhang checked again and Malseed bet 2,000. Zhang folded and passed some back to Malseed after he doubled up through him in the previous level.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Zhang	70,000 200	200
Scot Malseed	48,000 2,000	2,000

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21 hours 36 minutes ago

Giddey Re-starts the Action

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Laura Fryer

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Australia's Chicago Bulls NBA star Josh Giddey took his seat this morning here in the Aussie Millions Main Event. Giddey just announced to the dealers that they should re-started the action and "shuffle-up and deal" after the second break of the day.

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Level: 3

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

21 hours 54 minutes ago

Players Take a Short Break

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Laura Fryer

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

The remaining 145 players take their second break of the day.

Action is expected to resume at approximately 4.05 p.m.

22 hours 4 minutes ago

Bonadio Sitting Short

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Laura Fryer

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Early position opened to 600 and action folded around to David Bonadio, who called from the small blind.

The 10♥2♥3♥ flop saw early position continuation for 800. Bonadio quickly mucked, and left himself with just over 10,000 left to play with in the freezeout.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Bonadio	11,000 43,600	43,600

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22 hours 22 minutes ago

Wong Gives and Takes

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Laura Fryer

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Chadi Farhat opened to 600 from the cutoff and Frederik Farrington called on the button. Thomas Mcmahon raised to 3,300 from the small blind and Man Wong called in the big blind. Farhat called as did Farrington and the players went four ways to the flop.

Action checked around on the 3♠J♠K♦ board to see the 10♣ come on the turn. Wong bet out 3,200 from the big blind and saw no calls to steal the pot.

In the next hand, Mcmahon opened to 800 from the cutoff and Wong called from the small blind.

The A♦5♠8♥ flop was checked by Wong and Mcmahon bet 1,000. Wong stuck around to see the 10♦ turn. Both checked to the 8♠ turn and Wong checked. Mcmahon bet 2,100 which was enough to make Wong fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Mcmahon	95,800 95,800	95,800

Man Wong	81,000 81,000	81,000
Frederik Farrington	69,500 69,500	69,500
Chadi Farhat	64,200 64,200	64,200
Hongzhi Li	54,000 54,000	54,000