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Level 24
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Players have taken their seats and cards are back in the air.
2026 Aussie Millions Poker Championship
$1,500 Mystery Bounty
Day: 2
Event Info
2026 Aussie Millions Poker Championship
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
1,500 AUD
Prize Pool
1,185,600 AUD
Total Entries
912
Level
34
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
124
Players Left
1
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Level 24
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Nobody likes tanking, but it remains part of tournament poker, and tours have spent years trying to rein it in.
Shot clocks are now standard across many events, limiting players to a set amount of time to act, while Triton Poker has taken things even further with its Triton Tempo system, inspired by the chess clock. The EPT, like Triton, has also introduced a set number of hands per level at some final tables to stop players from dragging things out late in tournaments.
There are clear incentives to stall. Extra time can help players ladder up the payouts, and sometimes players will deliberately slow things down when the blinds are about to go up, forcing shorter stacks to commit more chips on the next orbit.
Doyle Brunson once said, "Poker is war. People pretend it is a game." For some players, that kind of gamesmanship is simply part of the psychological battle that makes tournament poker what it is.
But British pro Guy Taylor may have pushed things further than most would consider reasonable during the Aussie Millions Poker Championship 2026 Presented by CrownBet.
Level 24
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
The final 18 players have been sent on a 45-minute dinner break.
Action will resume at approximately 8:30 p.m. local time.
Level 24
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
At one table, Max Sarafin shoved for his last 1,000,000 from under the gun and was called by Chien-Hui Chiang in the big blind after a bit of deliberation to be put at risk.
Max Sarafin: A♥K♣
Chien-Hui Chiang: 9♦7♦
The 3♠Q♣7♣ flop looked grim for Sarafin, as Chiang had paired his nine, but the 10♣ river gave Sarafin more outs to a flush.
The 8♣ river did the trick for Sarafin by filling his flush draw and he was awarded the double up.
At the other table, Yesha Punjabi shoved fro her last 840,000 from early position and Thomas Lee also went all in for more from middle position. Everyone else folded and a showdown was held.
Yesha Punjabi: 5♠5♦
Thomas Lee: A♥A♠
Punjabi was in bad shape against Lee's rockets, and the J♣7♦J♠ flop had Punjabi two cards from elimination. However, the 5♣ turn bailed Punjabi out after improving her a full house for the lead.
The 7♠ river changed nothing, despite Lee playfully teasing that it had "counterfeited" Punjabi's hand, and Punjabi doubled her stack.
Level 24
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | 1 | Guy Taylor | 500,000 | 8 |
| 57 | 2 | Thomas Lee | 2,200,000 | 37 |
| 57 | 3 | Benjamin French | 1,000,000 | 17 |
| 57 | 4 | Ciaran Paxman | 1,200,000 | 20 |
| 57 | 5 | Jackie Thai | 850,000 | 14 |
| 57 | 6 | Mauro Russo | 800,000 | 13 |
| 57 | 7 | Chester Swords | 3,700,000 | 62 |
| 57 | 8 | Patrick Barba | 1,800,000 | 30 |
| 57 | 9 | Yesha Punjabi | 750,000 | 13 |
| 61 | 1 | Morry Edelstein | 2,200,000 | 37 |
| 61 | 2 | Jaxon Byrne | 1,300,000 | 22 |
| 61 | 3 | Ahmed Abdellatif | 2,500,000 | 42 |
| 61 | 4 | Kenta Ito | 1,300,000 | 22 |
| 61 | 5 | John Chu | 1,050,000 | 18 |
| 61 | 6 | Van Marcus | 5,800,000 | 97 |
| 61 | 7 | Chien-Hui Chiang | 3,700,000 | 62 |
| 61 | 8 | Max Sarafin | 1,000,000 | 17 |
| 61 | 9 | Gening Dai | 2,500,000 | 42 |
Level 24
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Gening Dai opened to 110,000 on the button and just behind him, Tristan Wade shoved for his last 700,000 from the small blind. Action was back on Dai, who quickly called to put Wade at risk.
Tristan Wade: A♣10♠
Gening Dai: 8♠8♥
The board ran out 5♥7♣3♣3♠Q♠ — keeping Dai's eights best to eliminate Wade from the tournament and set up the two table redraw.
Level: 24
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
Level 23
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Chien-Hui Chiang opened to 110,000 from the cutoff and was called by Thomas Lee on the button and Ben Gardner in the big blind.
Gardner checked to Chiang, who continued for 150,000 on the 4♥7♦5♥ flop. Lee called, but Gardner folded.
Both players then checked down on the A♦ turn and Q♦ river and Chiang tabled Q♠7♠ for a rivered two pair.
Lee couldn't beat it and mucked — conceding the pot to Chiang.
Gardner had been holding a short stack and was eliminated shortly after the hand took place.
Level 23
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Van Marcus opened to 115,000 first to act and was called by Ciaran Paxman from directly behind. Just behind him, Yesha Punjabi also called. Benjamin French then announced he was all in for 900,000 on the button and Tristan Wade, who lost the majority of his stack after losing a classic race with queens versus ace-king (according to Wade), called all in for 50,000 total from the small blind.
Marcus got out of the way, but Paxman shoved for more, which got a fold from Punjabi for a three-way showdown.
Tristan Wade: 9♥7♠
Benjamin French: A♦6♦
Ciaran Paxman: K♠Q♦
The J♠4♣J♣ flop changed nothing, but the 9♦ turn paired Wade's nine to give him the lead.
The 8♦ river bricked out and Wade septupled his stack while French nearly doubled up.
Level 23
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
