$1,500 Mystery Bounty | 2026 Aussie Millions Poker Championship

Apr 30, 2026

Zhu Holds With King-High to Double

Dan O'Hair

Level 17 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Action folded around to the blinds, where Bilal Javed shoved from the small blind to put Zheming Zhu all in for his last 75,000 in the big blind. Zhu called to put himself at risk and a showdown was held.

Bilal Javed: Q♣5♣ All in
Zheming Zhu: K♥10♠

Zhu was ahead, but needed to fade Javed's live cards to stick around.

The 8♥9♦3♥ flop and A♠ turn were safe as Zhu nervously awaited the river, which brought the 4♥ — sending a sigh of relief through Zhu, who was awarded the double up.

Tags: Bilal Javed Zheming Zhu

Level: 17

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

Apr 30, 2026

Van Wijk Holds to Double

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Calum Grant

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Benjamin French limped in from early position, with Chris Tran doing the same from the small blind. Armon van Wijk was deep in the tank, from the big blind. He had 18,000 behind, and decided to commit his stack. French shoved, folding out Tran.

Armon van Wijk: A♠K♠ All in
Benjamin French: A♣Q♣

Van Wijk avoided disaster, holding out on the A♦6♠5♣3♥10♣ runout to survive.

Tags: Armon van Wijk Benjamin French Chris Tran

Apr 30, 2026

Sabioni Soft Bubbles

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Dan O'Hair

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Saulo Sabioni moved all in for his last 150,000 in the cutoff and it was folded to Kenta Ito, who called from the big blind to put Sabioni at risk.

Saulo Sabioni: 10♦10♠ All in
Kenta Ito: K♠K♦

It was unfortunate timing from Sabioni, who found a premium to shove only for Ito to wake up with Cowboys in the big blind.

The J♦4♣3♦2♠3♠ runout brought not help for Sabioni and he was eliminated to set up the stone bubble.

Tags: Kenta Ito Saulo Sabioni

Apr 30, 2026

Tran Gets a Double on the Soft Bubble

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Dan O'Hair

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Chris Tran shoved for a bit over 100,000 first to act and was called by Armon Van Wijk from directly behind to be put at risk.

Chris Tran: J♦J♣ All in
Armon Van Wijk: 10♥10♠

Tran was in good shape to double with his jacks, and the 4♦5♣Q♦6♦A♣ runout kept him ahead for a double up two shy of the money.

Tags: Armon Van Wijk Chris Tran

Apr 30, 2026

Hand for Hand in Play

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Calum Grant

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

With 116 players remaining, the Mystery Bounty has entered hand-for-hand play.

Apr 30, 2026

Not a Sweet Turn and River for Li

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Calum Grant

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Troy Sweet opened to 20,000 from under the gun and was called by Billy Argyros from the button. Quan Li then put in his short stack of 42,000 from the small blind. Sweet rejammed as the big stack, and Argyros quickly got out of the way.

Quan Li: 9♦9♥ All in
Troy Sweet: A♦4♦

Li had a dream flop of K♦9♣4♠, giving him a set of nines. However, the 10♦ turn kept Sweet in contention with a flush draw. That came in on the 6♦ river, for Sweet to leave a bad taste in Li's mouth.

Tags: Billy Argyros Quan Li Troy Sweet

Apr 30, 2026

Shimabukuro Doubles

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Calum Grant

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

John Chu opened to 21,000 from under the gun and was called by Ahmed Abdellatif from the cutoff. Seiya Shimabukuro jammed for 138,000 from the big blind, putting the action on Chu. He decided to fold.

Abdellatif went deep into the tank, counting out calling chips. He ended up putting them into the middle for cards to go on their backs.

Seiya Shimabukuro: Q♦Q♠ All in
Ahmed Abdellatif: 8♣8♥

Shimabukuro doubled up after the queens held out on the J♦9♣6♥10♦10♥ runout.

Tags: Ahmed Abdellatif John Chu

Apr 30, 2026

Blatt Doubles With Quads

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Dan O'Hair

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Chris Cannon opened to 20,000 on the button and it was folded to Dean Blatt, who shoved for 170,000 total from the big blind. Cannon snap-called to put Cannon at risk, which got a "Uh oh," from Blatt.

Dean Blatt: K♣J♣ All in
Chris Cannon: Q♠Q♦

Blatt was in touble, but found immediate help on the K♠J♠K♥ flop — vaulting him into a near insurmountable lead.

The K♦ turn further improved Blatt to quad kings, and an irrelevant 5♦ made his double up official.

Tags: Chris Cannon Dean Blatt

Apr 30, 2026

Yu Falls First

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Calum Grant

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Sung Chen Yu opened to 20,000 from the cutoff before Ke Xu three-bet to 50,000 from the big blind. Yu four-bet shoved for 220,000 and was snap-called by the bigger stack.

Sung Chen Yu: 9♥9♦ All in
Ke Xu: A♣A♠

Yu ran into aces, and needed to go runner-runner after Xu made a set on the A♥3♦6♣ flop. The 5♥ turn offered Yu a sweat, but the board bricked out with the 2♣.

Tags: Ke Xu Sung Chen Yu