Hand #31: From the hijack, Toby Lewis raised to 175,000 with . Espen Solaas defended his big blind with . The flop was and Solaas check-folded to a 300,000 bet from Lewis.
Hand #32: Stefan Huber raised to 135,000 from the cutoff with and Mike Del Vecchio defended the big blind with . Both players caught a piece of the flop, where Huber bet 85,000 and Del Vecchio called.
Huber made aces up on the turn and bet 450,000. Del Vecchio folded.
Hand #33: Chul-Hyon Park raised from under the gun and picked up the blinds and antes.
Hand #34: Ben Richardson raised to 140,000 from the hijack with and won the hand.
Hand #35: Toby Lewis made it 125,000 on the button with . Stefan Huber peeled with from the big blind. The flop was and both players checked. The on the turn prompted an 85,000 bet from Huber. Lewis called in position.
The on the river went check/check and Huber won the hand.
Hand #36: Huber limped the small blind in with and Richardson checked his option with . Both players whiffed the flop and Huber instantly took it with a bet.
Hand #37: Lewis picked up and put in a raise to 175,000 from middle position. Huber three-bet to 600,000 on the button with . Espen Solaas was in the big blind with and folded after some thought. Lewis called out of position with his suited king.
The all-spade flop got checked by Lewis. Huber bet 375,000 and Lewis called with the best hand. Lewis checked the on the turn to Huber. The Swiss fired a second barrel worth 850,000, leaving himself with 1,605,000 behind. Lewis check-raised all in and Huber instantly let it go.
Hand #38: Chul-Hyon Park was dealt and opened for 150,000 in the hijack. Stefan Huber flatted in the cutoff. Mike Del Vecchio came along from the big blind with .
The flop came and Park continuation-bet 250,000. Del Vecchio stuck around and the turn was an . Both players checked and the hit. Del Vecchio bet 350,000 and Park found a fold.
Hand #39: Huber raised to 135,000 with . Ben Richardson held and three-bet to 350,000. Lewis woke up with and shipped, forcing all of his opponents to fold.
Hand #40: Espen Solaas raised in the cutoff with to 135,000 and Park defended big blind with . The flop came and both players checked. The turn was a and both players checked to the .
The players showed down without any postflop action.
Hand #41: Del Vecchio raised with and won the pot.
Hand #42: Lewis opened to 125,000 with and Park called with on the button. Richardson made it three to the flop with .
the flop prompted a bet of 150,000 from Lewis. Park called. the turn was a . Lewis bet 500,000 and Park counted out his stack and shoved. It was 1,030,000 more and Lewis tanked a few minutes and found a fold.
What's in a shirt? Well, if you ask a select group of poker players railing the 2018 Aussie Millions final table, a special shirt can make all the difference when it comes to taking down a poker tournament.
A garish rainbowed garment adorns the shoulders of Belgian Johan Schumacher. Meet 'The Final Table Shirt.' You may remember it from such final tables as Thomas Boivin winning the A$1,150 Six-Max and Terry Schumacher [pictured] winning the A$2,500 Shot Clock Six-Max at last year's Aussie Millions.
Or, perhaps you remember it from a bigger stage - Australian Heidi May winning the 2017 WSOP Ladies Championship. May was also wearing the shirt yesterday evening at the $2,500 Shot Clock Six-Max Final Table, finishing fourth for A$41,405
We caught up with Michael Gathy on the rail of the final table to ask him a few questions about the shirt. Firstly, why Heidi May (an Australian) is wearing what had until then been a Belgian final tablist's shirt?
"She was staying at our house in Vegas," said Gathy. "We initially bought it when Kenny [Hallaert] made the WSOP final table [in 2016]. A lot of people don't know this, but there are actually two shirts."
Is that so that, if they travel separately, a shirt is always at hand should one of their group make a final table.
"We never travel separately! This one [points to Schumacher at the final table] is a lot more comfortable.
"It's probably been washed twice in a year; Heidi's girlfriend made us wash it," said Gathy with a smile, before shrugging. "Girls!"
And does not washing the shirt, which has seen three people win major titles in the space of a year, help those who put it on?
"It's probably an edge if people can smell you from far away!" said Gathy, "But [Johan's] got all he needs...and good coaches!"
Johan Schumacher at the 2018 Aussie Millions Final Table
Hand #43: Toby Lewis raised to 225,000 from middle position holding . Espen Solaas defended his big blind with . On the flop, Solaas was first to act and thought for over a minute before leading out with 175,000. Lewis snap-folded his king-high.
Hand #44: Stefan Huber shipped it for 1,160,000 from the cutoff with and picked up the blinds and antes.
Hand #45: Solaas raised it to 200,000 on the button with . Mike Del Vecchio three-bet to 700,000 from the small blind with and Solaas gave it up.
Hand #46: Solaas found in the cutoff and made it 180,000 to go. Unfortunately for Solaas, there were no customers and he picked up just the blinds and antes.
Hand #47: Lewis minraised with on the button. Stefan Huber reshoved from the big blind for 1,310,000 and Lewis folded.
Hand #48: Lewis raised again to 160,000, now in the cutoff holding . This time, Park picked up and three-bet to 450,000 on the button. Lewis peeled but whiffed on the flop and check-folded to a big bet from Park.
Hand #49: Stefan Huber pushed all in with on the button and got no action.
Hand #50: Espen Solaas opened to 280,000 with in the small blind and Mike Del Vecchio flatted with . The flop came and Solaas settled on a small bet of 190,000, which was quickly called. The turn was a and Solaas slowed down with a check. The river was a and Del Vecchio bet 380,000 when checked to. That earned him the pot.
Hand #51: Huber raised to 175,000 with . Del Vecchio three-bet with and won the pot in short order.
Hand #52: Solaas opened to 180,000 with in the cutoff and Toby Lewis was in the small blind with . He just called and they saw an flop. Lewis checked the flop and saw a 140,000 bet emerge from his foe. Lewis came back with 400,000. Solaas peeled and they saw the hit. Lewis barreled again for 450,000. Solaas again stuck around to see the hit on the river.
Lewis checked and Solaas bet 800,000. That induced an immediate fold.
Hand #53: Mike Del Vecchio raised to 160,000 in the cutoff with . Stefan Huber shoved from the big blind and netted a fold from Del Vecchio.
Hand #54: Espen Solaas was first to act with and made it 160,000 to go. Del Vecchio folded in middle position. For the second time at the final table, Park woke up on the button and three-bet to 475,000. Solaas four-bet shoved all in and Park called for 3,020,000.
The board ran out and Park took over the chip lead from Solaas.
. Espen Solaas defended his big blind with 
. The flop was 
and Solaas check-folded to a 300,000 bet from Lewis.
and Mike Del Vecchio defended the big blind with 
. Both players caught a piece of the 
flop, where Huber bet 85,000 and Del Vecchio called.
turn and bet 450,000. Del Vecchio folded.
and won the hand.
. Stefan Huber peeled with 
from the big blind. The flop was 
on the turn prompted an 85,000 bet from Huber. Lewis called in position.
on the river went check/check and Huber won the hand.
and put in a raise to 175,000 from middle position. Huber three-bet to 600,000 on the button with 
. Espen Solaas was in the big blind with 
on the turn to Huber. The Swiss fired a second barrel worth 850,000, leaving himself with 1,605,000 behind. Lewis check-raised all in and Huber instantly let it go.
and opened for 150,000 in the hijack. Stefan Huber flatted 
in the cutoff. Mike Del Vecchio came along from the big blind with 
. Both players checked and the 
hit. Del Vecchio bet 350,000 and Park found a fold.
. The flop came 
on the button. Richardson made it three to the flop with 
.
flop prompted a bet of 150,000 from Lewis. Park called. the turn was a 
and won the pot in short order.