$5,000 Challenge Day 3 | 2026 Aussie Millions Poker Championship

16 hours 12 minutes ago

Kassam Triples After Cracking Aces

Dan O'Hair

Level 24 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Rehman Kassam shoved for his last 725,000 from the cutoff and was called by Joseph Antar in the small blind. Ehsan Amiri then shoved from the big blind and Antar let his hand go after a lengthy tank.

Rehman Kassam: 8♣7♣ All in
Ehsan Amiri: A♠A♦

Kassam was in rough shape against Amiri's aces, but had one of the statistically better hands to crack aces.

The J♣4♦4♣3♣K♣ runout left Kassam with a flush and he tripled his short stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Antar	16,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Ehsan Amiri	7,200,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Rehman Kassam	2,200,000 1,400,000	1,400,000

Tags: Ehsan Amiri Joseph Antar Rehman Kassam

16 hours 17 minutes ago

Romain Morvan Eliminated in 15th Place ($23,050 AUD)

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Dan O'Hair

Level 24 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Romain Morvan opened from early position and Vincent Wan moved all in from the hijack. Action folded back to Morvan, who tanked a bit, but eventually called all in for about 8,000,000 total.

Romain Morvan: J♥J♦ All in
Vincent Wan: K♣K♥

Morvan found himself crushed by Wan's Cowboys, and the 8♠9♥6♠10♠6♣ runout improved neither player — leaving Wan best with kings to eliminate Morvan in 15th place and soar up the leaderboard.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vincent Wan	17,200,000 8,700,000	8,700,000
Romain Morvan	Busted

Tags: Romain Morvan Vincent Wan

16 hours 28 minutes ago

Wan Doubles Through Kassam

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Dan O'Hair

Level 24 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Vincent Wan moved all in for 4,200,000 from the cutoff and was called by Thijs Hilberts in the big blind to be put at risk.

Vincent Wan: A♠Q♥ All in
Thijs Hilberts: 5♣5♦

The board ran out 9♦J♥10♦K♦Q♠ — improving Wan to an ace-high straight for the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vincent Wan	8,500,000 4,100,000	4,100,000
Thijs Hilberts	5,600,000 3,400,000	3,400,000

Tags: Thijs Hilberts Vincent Wan

16 hours 33 minutes ago

Three Time Banks Before Calling

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Will Shillibier

Level 24 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

On a A♥6♥4♥2♦A♠ board, Nathan Ong was facing a bet of 2,500,000 from Xiaosheng Zheng.

Ong used three time banks before calling, but mucked when Zheng showed A♦4♣ for a full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xiaosheng Zheng	10,500,000 3,000,000	3,000,000

Nathan Ong	1,800,000 4,300,000	4,300,000

Tags: Nathan Ong Xiaosheng Zheng

16 hours 33 minutes ago

Jian Ting Cai Eliminated in 16th Place ($19,850 AUD)

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Will Shillibier

Level 24 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Joseph Antar opened to 500,000. Jian Ting Cai then three-bet all in for 5,125,000. It folded to Vincent Wan in the big blind, who tank-folded. Antar asked for a count before calling.

Jian Ting Cai: J♦J♠ All in
Joseph Antar: A♣J♣

Cai was ahead in dominating fashion, but the A♠10♣7♠ flop saw Antar move into the lead. The turn 4♦ and river 6♣ bricked and Cai was eliminated, with the remaining players jumping to a minimum payout of $23,050

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Antar	15,000,000 4,500,000	4,500,000
Jian Ting Cai	Busted

Tags: Jian Ting Cai Joseph Antar Vincent Wan

16 hours 35 minutes ago

Two Table Redraw

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Dan O'Hair

Level 24 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Chip Count	Big Blinds
67	1	Rehman Kassan	800,000	3
67	2	Thijs Hilberts	9,000,000	36
67	3	Joseph Antar	10,500,000	42
67	4	Romain Morvan	7,000,000	28
67	5	Jian Ting Cai	5,000,000	20
67	6	Kahle Burns	9,500,000	38
67	7	Vincent Wan	4,400,000	18
67	8	Luke Martinelli	11,000,000	44

69	1	Michael Gathy	5,500,000	22
69	2	Troy Sweet	9,100,000	36
69	3	Jennifer Cassell	11,100,000	44
69	4	Ehsan Amiri	8,200,000	33
69	5	Zong Chi He	4,000,000	16
69	6	Nathan Ong	6,100,000	24
69	7	Michael Tomeny	3,000,000	12
69	8	Xiaosheng Zheng	7,500,000	30

Player	Chips	Progress
Jennifer Cassell	11,100,000 8,625,000	8,625,000
Luke Martinelli	11,000,000 3,000,000	3,000,000

Joseph Antar	10,500,000 1,500,000	1,500,000
Kahle Burns	9,500,000 500,000	500,000

Troy Sweet	9,100,000 100,000	100,000
Thijs Hilberts	9,000,000 500,000	500,000
Ehsan Amiri	8,200,000 800,000	800,000
Xiaosheng Zheng	7,500,000 325,000	325,000

Romain Morvan	7,000,000 1,500,000	1,500,000
Nathan Ong	6,100,000 2,100,000	2,100,000
Michael Gathy	5,500,000 1,500,000	1,500,000

Jian Ting Cai	5,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Vincent Wan	4,400,000 3,325,000	3,325,000
Zong Chi He	4,000,000 2,100,000	2,100,000
Michael Tomeny	3,000,000
Rehman Kassam	800,000 2,700,000	2,700,000

16 hours 46 minutes ago

Goh Dusted by Antar

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Dan O'Hair

Level 24 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Linus Goh shoved for a bit over 2,000,000 on the button and was called by Joseph Antar in the big blind to be put at risk.

Linus Goh: A♠5♥ All in
Joseph Antar: 7♥7♠

The K♥J♥10♥6♠7♦ runout left Antar with a set of sevens and Goh was elimianted one spot shy of the two table redraw.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Antar	12,000,000 2,800,000	2,800,000
Linus Goh	Busted

Tags: Joseph Antar Linus Goh

17 hours 4 minutes ago

Murphy Meets His End

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Dan O'Hair

Level 24 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Daniel Murphy was already all in from under the gun on a flop of 8♣10♦7♦ against Thijs Hilberts in the hijack and Jian Ting Cai on the button.

Hilberts and Cai checked down on the flop, the A♣ turn, and the 6♥ river and Murphy claimed he hadn't looked yet.

Hilberts revealed Q♣Q♥, which got a muck from Cai. Murphy then turned over the 8♦ first.

"Eight or a nine!" Murphy shouted before revealing the 2♠ — leaving Murphy second best with a pair of eights to be elimianted.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thijs Hilberts	8,500,000 2,625,000	2,625,000
Jian Ting Cai	6,000,000 325,000	325,000
Daniel Murphy	Busted

Tags: Daniel Murphy Jian Ting Cai Thijs Hilberts

17 hours 18 minutes ago

Antar Sends Billy "The Croc" Argyros Out

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Dan O'Hair

Level 24 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Billy Argyros shoved for his last 575,000 from middle position and was called by Joseph Antar on the button to be put at risk.

Billy Argyros: A♣2♦ All in
Joseph Antar: A♥J♥

"I only looked at one card!" Argyros said as he turned over his cards one-by-one.

Agryros was behind, but found some hope after the 4♥10♦2♥ flop paired his deuce.

Antar held a flush draw, however, and he hit it after the Q♦K♥ runout gave him a fifth heart to eliminate Argyros on one of the first hands following the break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Antar	9,200,000 3,375,000	3,375,000
Billy Argyros	Busted

Tags: Billy Argyros Joseph Antar

Level: 24

Blinds: 125,000/250,000

Ante: 250,000