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Level: 4
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
2026 Aussie Millions Poker Championship
$5,000 Challenge
Day: 1
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1,557,000
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1,458,000
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1,396,000
Level 3
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
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Level 3
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
A player in early position opened to 4,000 and Paawan Bansal defended his big blind.
Bansal check-called a 4,000 bet from his opponent on the J♠5♥4♠ flop and then both players checked on the 5♦ turn.
The 7♣ completed the board and Bansal led out for 5,000, which was met with a snap-call from his opponent. Bansal tabled A♦5♣ for trip fives and his opponent sent his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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280,000
280,000
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280,000 |
Level 3
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Three ways on a board of 6♠2♣8♥9♣ with several thousand already in the middle, Angel Guillen bet 10,000 from the small blind and was called by Jaxon Byrne in the big blind and Connor Walters in early position.
The 3♠ completed the board and Guillen sized up for a bet of 39,000. Byrne tanked a bit before calling and Walters let his hand go.
Guillen tabled 9♦9♠ for a set and Byrne sent his cards into the muck to award Guillen the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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295,000 | |
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195,000 | |
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180,000 | |
Level: 3
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Level 2
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Players have been sent on their first 15-minute break of the day.
The field is currently up to 105 players.
Level 2
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Mehrdad Mousapour opened to 16,500 from the hijack and called a three-bet of 16,500 from his opponent in the big blind.
Mousapour then proceeded to call bets from his opponent on every street. First for 17,000 on the A♠K♣J♠ flop, then for 51,500 on the 9♣ turn, and finally for 169,000, which was the rest of his opponent's chips, on the A♥ river after a lengthy tank.
The big blind showed 8♦8♥ for a bluff and Mousapour revealed A♦J♦ for aces-full of jacks to claim the knockout and nearly double his chip stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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495,000
495,000
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495,000 |
Level 2
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Level 2
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
A player from middle position raised to 3,000 and was called by the players in the cutoff, the button, and the big blind Luke Edwards.
The flop came J♣4♣9♥ and Edwards checked to the middle position player, who bet out 5,000. He was called by all three players.
All four players then checked the A♥ on the turn, to see the 5♣ on the river. Edwards bet out 16,000, which got three quick folds to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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335,000
85,000
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85,000 |
Level 2
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Action was picked up on the turn with the board showing Q♣9♠K♥7♠ and Keith Khaw all in for 130,000, and a player on his left putting him at risk.
Keith Khaw: J♥J♣ 
Opponent: A♠3♠
Khaw was ahead with his pocket jacks but would need to fade an ace and the spade draw of his opponent.
The river was the 3♦ and Khaw's jacks held up, giving him the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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295,000 |
