Earlier this year, Ami Barer topped a field of 668 players to win the Aussie Millions Main Event for AU$1.6-million. Barer was in today's field looking for more success here at the Crown, but his Day 1b was cut short courtesy of Brad Sandilands.
It appeared Barer had gotten his short stack all in preflop holding the and was looking to overcome the of Sandilands. The flop made that a tall order, but the turn made it possible as Barer picked up a gutshot straight draw. Unfortunately for him, it didn't come in as the blanked on the river.
Not long after, Daniel Neilson followed Barer out the door.
The seat next to Mohsin Charania was empty and previously belonged to Jonathan Little. After a raise to 250 and a call, Little moved all in for 1,100 with and Charania one seat over pushed all in with pocket kings. All other opponents folded and there was "no sweat" for the better hand preflop.
Moments later the seat was occupied by another Jonathan. Duhamel that is.
Yesterday, David "MissOracle" Yan entered the first flight with only 20 big blinds and lasted five hands before he was eliminated. Today he made it to Level 3, but also ran out of chips short of the finish line.
Yan was short with six big blinds left and called a min-raise in the big blind with , according to Russell Thomas. On a flop, he got it in with his open-ended straight draw against the of the initial raiser and was unable to improve.
Jackie Glazier was chatting with some friends nearby, and her previous seat was left empty. We approached the bracelet winner from Australia and she confirmed that she was eliminated.
"It was no bad beat today, ah well," said Glazier. "Six p.m. it is."
That means that Glazier will be back in action for the third and final flight of this Accumulator event in about three hours.
We're not sure of the preflop action, but we do know Thomas Gleeson got his stack of 1,550 all in from the button and was at risk against his opponent in the big blind.
Gleeson:
Big Blind:
It was a race, but Gleeson needed to improve to stay alive. That's just what he did too as the board ran out to give him a winning pair of kings.
Meanwhile, Oliver Gill was eliminated for the table after a player limped and he raised. Another player overcalled, the limper folded, and the flop came down . Gill got his remaining chips in holding the , and his opponent called with . Neither the turn nor river helped Gill, and he was eliminated from the Day 1b field.
"Frustrating but literally nothing I could have done today," Gill tweeted. "Amazing table but lost every major pot." Gill then indicated that he will be back for Day 1c in a few hours.
No luck came on the second bullet for Phil Hellmuth, as the 13-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner will have to fight through another speed bump in his quest for number 14.
According to Nebojsa Blanusa, the "Poker Brat" first tried to bluff an opponent that had flopped quads and then later lost the rest of his chips to Nathan Gubieski.
Hellmuth had called a raise by Gubieski to see the flop, and that's where Gubieski bet 400 and Hellmuth came along for the ride with another 900 in chips behind. A second nine came on the turn and the two got the money in. Gubieski had the but Hellmuth was ahead with the .
The on the river saw Gubieski improve to a flush, and that busted Hellmuth from the tournament.
We joined the action on a flop of , and Jack Salter check-raised after a bet of 375 by Mike Maddocks and a call from another opponent. Salter made it 1,425 to go with approximately 1,000 behind. Maddocks isolated and reraised to 4,375 to scare off the other player in the hand, and Salter called it off.
"Oh, you got kings," Salter joked when he had to turn over his for the flush draw. The kings as outs were gone as Maddocks held the , and neither the turn nor the river improved the Brit and he busted. Whether or not we will see him on Day 1c later today is not decided yet, but we'd guess he's a favorite to play.
Mohsin Charania recently received a penalty for being on his phone, but thanks to Jack Effel, he was able to get it reversed. We caught up with him on the break to talk about it.
and was looking to overcome the 
of Sandilands. The 
flop made that a tall order, but the 
turn made it possible as Barer picked up a gutshot straight draw. Unfortunately for him, it didn't come in as the 
blanked on the river.
and Charania one seat over pushed all in with pocket kings. All other opponents folded and there was "no sweat" for the better hand preflop.
, according to Russell Thomas. On a 
flop, he got it in with his open-ended straight draw against the 
of the initial raiser and was unable to improve.![[Removed:17]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
to give him a winning pair of kings.
. Gill got his remaining chips in holding the 
, and his opponent called with 
flop, and that's where Gubieski bet 400 and Hellmuth came along for the ride with another 900 in chips behind. A second nine came on the turn and the two got the money in. Gubieski had the 
.
on the river saw Gubieski improve to a flush, and that busted Hellmuth from the tournament.
, and Jack Salter check-raised after a bet of 375 by Mike Maddocks and a call from another opponent. Salter made it 1,425 to go with approximately 1,000 behind. Maddocks isolated and reraised to 4,375 to scare off the other player in the hand, and Salter called it off.
for the flush draw. The kings as outs were gone as Maddocks held the 
river improved the Brit and he busted. Whether or not we will see him on Day 1c later today is not decided yet, but we'd guess he's a favorite to play.
