Action folded around to Martin Kozlov on the button, who raised to 1,300. Kwang Nguyen defended his big blind, and both players checked the 2♣6♣4♦ flop.
Nguyen led out for 2,100 on the 5♦ turn, and Kozlov called to see the Q♥ river. Nugyen tapped the table, and Kozlov quickly checked it back. Nguyen showed A♦7♦ for ace-high, while Kozlov tabled 10♦4♣ for a pair to claim the pot.
Frank Tripodi opened to 1,000 in middle position, making the call after Adrian Digirolamo three-bet to 3,000 in the hijack. Both players declined to bet the 2♠A♠6♦ flop, and Tripodi checked again on the 4♣ turn.
Digirolamo tossed out a bet of 5,000, and Tripodi took some time before sending his cards to the dealer.
Level: 4
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
Players have been sent on the first break of the day, and action will resume in 15 minutes.
Denzel Barkho cold four-bet to 14,000 and his opponent reluctantly folded, exclaiming he "had a strong hand" because he "three-bet against an early position raise". Barkho flashed the 4♥ before collecting the pot.
The same player teased Barkho into calling a raise to 800 which ended up in four-way action to check around a A♠8♣3♣ flop. On the 7♥ turn, Barkho check-raised from 2,000 to 8,500 and Frank Tripodi was the only caller.
Barkho then fired a bet of 22,000 and his opponent tank-called to reveal the A♥8♦ for aces and eights to win a very healthy pot.
Barkho opened to 1,500 soon after and was called by Keith Danker Gois in the cutoff and Adrian DiGirolamo in the small blind. The Q♠J♦3♠ flop was checked to Barkho who bet 3,500 and was called twiced. They checked the 6♠ turn to the 8♥ river on which DiGirolamo pushed all-in for 18,200.
Both opponents folded and DiGirolamo flashed the 5♦2♦ for a bluff with five-high.
Six years after the lights went dark on one of poker’s most iconic festivals, the Aussie Millions Poker Championship 2026 Presented by CrownBet brought the series back to life and defied all expectations.
The long-awaited revival delivered massive turnouts throughout the schedule, and the $10,600 Main Event was no exception as 770 entrants turned out to chase Aussie Millions glory — good for the fifth-largest Main Event field in series history.
After five hard-fought days on the felt, it was Australia’s own Malcolm Trayner who emerged as the first champion of the new era of Aussie Millions. Following a dominant performance at the final table, Trayner captured a career-best $1,382,198 AUD score and etched his name into Aussie Millions history.
"I've dedicated my life to poker the last eight years. People often see the wins, but they don't see the grind and they don't see the losing months. Winning something like this just means an unbelievable amount to me. I can't express how much it means to me to win the most prestigious tournament in Australia."
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malcolm Trayner | Australia | $1,382,198* |
| 2 | Dean Blatt | Australia | $921,030* |
| 3 | Dejan Boskovic | Australia | $1,000,072* |
| 4 | Sheldon Mayer | Australia | $466,620 |
| 5 | Ricky Vikas | Australia | $346,500 |
| 6 | Patrick Barba | Australia | $269,500 |
| 7 | Kanaan Youkhanna | Australia | $211,750 |
*Denotes three-way deal
On the tail end of a 7♦7♠4♠3♥K♠, Amanda Decesare check-called a bet of 1,000 by Jeison Berdugo and then mucked when she was shown the K♣Q♠ by Berdugo. Further assorted counts can be found.
Three ways to the J♥9♠2♥ flop, the action checked to Yee Wong and he bet 2,400 to pick up one caller. Joe Abdulnour in the big blind check-raised to 5,200 and Wong made it 15,000 to go for Castles to fold and the big blind to call.
When checked to on the 7♥ turn, Wong bet 15,000 and forced a fold to expose his 9♣9♥ for a set of nines.
Michael Camilleri raised in the cutoff 1,000, and Jing Zhu defended his big blind to see the 4♠2♣A♠ flop. Zhu checked to Camilleri, who continued with a bet of 700.
After taking a moment, Zhu check-raised to 2,200. That was enough to take down the pot, as Camilleri sent his cards into the muck.
On a flop of J♥7♦6♠, Chad Awerbuch and Po-Cheng Yang invested 3,500 chips each and then checked the 10♦ on the turn. Yang also checked the Q♠ on the river and Awerbuch then bet 7,600 to win the pot uncontested.
Yang was moved to open a new table right thereafter.
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