$10,600 Aussie Millions Main Event Day 2 | 2026 Aussie Millions Poker Championship

22 hours 40 minutes ago

Portaro's Fortunate Double

Will Shillibier

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Bruno Portaro opened to 2,500 and was three-bet by Kazuhiko Yotsushika to 8,500.

Portaro called and the flop came 9♣5♦4♦. Portaro checked and Yotsushika moved all in. Portaro snap-called and was all in for 31,200.

Bruno Portaro: 9♠9♦ All in
Kazuhiko Yotsushika: A♦K♥

Yotsushika had run into his opponent's set, and he was drawing dead after the 6♠ turn. The river was the 2♣ and Portaro doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bruno Portaro	85,000 15,300	15,300
Kazuhiko Yotsushika	19,000

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22 hours 42 minutes ago

Players Take a Short Break

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Laura Fryer

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Players take their second 15-minute break of the day.

Action is due to resume at 4.04 p.m.

22 hours 42 minutes ago

Player	Chips	Progress
Ehsan Amiri	170,000 12,000	12,000
Kahle Burns	140,000 14,700	14,700

Erdeljac Tops Up from Lo

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Laura Fryer

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Ethan Erdeljac opened to 2,500 from early position and Katy Lo defended the big blind.

The 6♦4♠5♣ flop was checked by both to the 9♥ turn.

Lo bet 4,500 and was called by Erdeljac, taking them to the 10♣ river.

Lo check-called a 10,000 bet by Erdeljac, and he tabled 10♠10♦ for a set of tens. Lo mucked her hand, passing a sizeable pot to Erdeljac.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ethan Erdeljac	105,000 105,000	105,000
Katy Lo	42,000 51,600	51,600

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23 hours 10 minutes ago

Spano Hits the Rail

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Laura Fryer

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Jianwen Gao was already all in from the small bind for his remaining 57,600 with Timo Hettinger covering him in the big blind.

Jianwen Gao: K♣K♥ All in

Timo Hettinger: A♥K♦

Hettinger was looking for an ace, but Gao held on the 5♥9♣9♦J♠8♠ runout to secure him the double and keep his seat in the main event.

On the adjacent table, was on the button against Amin Riyazati in middle position. Players were already on the river looking at the A♠7♥4♣8♦J♦ flop. Spano was all in and at risk, and Riyazati had him covered.

Robert Spano: 4♥4♣ All in

Amin Riyazati : 8♥8♠

It was a brutal end for Spano as his set didn't hold up against Riyazati's set of eights.

Player	Chips	Progress
Amin Riyazati	150,000 112,800	112,800
Jianwen Gao	120,000 94,300	94,300
Timo Hettinger	34,700 34,700	34,700
Robert Spano	Busted

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23 hours 28 minutes ago

Dorn Doubles Through Lynskey

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Laura Fryer

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Alex Lynskey opened from middle position and Hans Dorn three-bet to 6,500 on the button. Alex Lynskey four-bet to around 25,000 and Dorn was all in for his remaining 39,700. There was no hesitation from Lynskey and the players went to showdown.

Button: Q♦Q♥ All in

Alex Lynskey: A♣K♦

Button was ahead, and held on the 4♦9♠6♠ flop. There was little sweat on the 3♥ turn and the Q♣ river sweetened the double up for Dorn.

Despite losing the hand, Lynskey has managed to spin up his stack in the first few levels of Day 2, as he entered the day with just under starting.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Lynskey	147,000 97,000	97,000
Hans Dorn	83,200 4,800	4,800

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23 hours 34 minutes ago

Hanlon Produces 'Magic Trick' to Stay Alive

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Liam Black

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

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23 hours 52 minutes ago

Finger Lays Down the Law

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Laura Fryer

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

After a couple of consecutive opens from late positions which saw no action, Martin Finger went in for another pot.

Finger opened to 2,400 from middle position and saw Ben Turner call from the cutoff and Daniel Laidlaw defend the small blind.

The J♦9♥5♣ flop was checked by Laidlaw and Finger, with Turner betting 3,500. Laidlaw called along with Finger, taking them to the 8♠ turn.

Action checked to the J♥ river and Laidlaw checked. Finger bet out 15,000 and it took a while for Turner to give up his hand. Laidlaw also mucked his hand after around 30-seconds, passing more chips to Finger.