2011 Aussie Millions champion David Gorr raised to 900 and got one caller. Another player three-bet all in for 6,325 and action folded back to Gorr who just called. The third player in the hand folded and the cards were turned over.
David Gorr:
All-in Player:
The board ran out and Gorr sent a player to the rail.
Steven van Zadelhoff raised on the button and Srdjan Brkic, who had just arrived at the table, called in the small blind. The big blind got his last 5,100 in and van Zadelhoff was the only caller.
Big blind:
Steven van Zadelhoff:
There was no upset on the board of and the Dutchman raked in the pot.
With the turn showing , a short stack was all in for a mere 1,100 and John Overbeek called. The player at risk turned over his and muck to the surprise of nobody on the table, Overbeek had it once again with the for the turned straight. A blank river avoided a split pot and Overbeek added even more to his already impressive stack.
Najeem Ajez also bumped up his stack further, he got there with versus when the board ran out . When asked by table neighbor Lily Kiletto if he had folded to Kiletto's shove in this very hand, Ajez confirmed that to be the case.
Earlier we mentioned that 2017 WSOP Ladies Event champion Heidi May was in the field, and we caught up with her at the tables. We asked her how much the Aussie Millions means to Australian poker.
"It brings a lot of people to Australia so it helps out the poker eco-system a fair bit," she said. "The tournament means a fair bit to me. Before this year not so much, but this year definitely.
"It's my first Aussie Millions Main Event! It's not going amazingly well(!) but the cash games have been good. There's a lot more action; a lot more deep stack games. With the Aussie Millions happening at the same time, it just means that everyone is having a bit more fun!"
In a blind battle, big blind Bas de Laat got it all for 10,000 on an flop. De Laat, who won Event #5 - $1,150 Mix Max for A$72,155 earlier this week, held but was trailing against his opponent's .
The on the turn added the spades and queens as outs for De Laat, but the on the river was neither one.
Down to just 6,200, Heidi May was all in and at risk with the and table neighbour Zachary Tay looked her up with the . The appeared right in the window and the rest of the board came to send May to the rail.
Pratik Mehta scored a full double in a full house versus full house setup when he turned kings over aces with the on the board . His opponent was unfortunate enough to hit the worse full house with and had to forfeit 22,725 on the river.
Mehta then got into yet another big pot when he was check-raised from 5,500 to 15,000 on the turn. Mehta called on the button and his opponent from under the gun checked the river. Mehta moved all in for effectively 16,125, as that's what his opponent had left. Ultimately there was no showdown as his opponent mucked with the words "show me the flush draw."
Michael Egan faced the shove of a short stack for 9,650 and called out of the big blind to turn over the . The player at risk had a flip with and asked for low cards on the flop, but was immediately left drawing dead on the turn to make the river a formality,
On a five-way flop of , [Removed:17] in the small blind moved all in for 12,425. Samantha Abernathy called and after tanking, George Mamacas called in late position while the other two players including Michael Del Vecchio folded.
The turn was the Abernathy bet 10,000 and Mamacas called.
The river was the . Abernathy announced all in for 14,650.
"All in," announced Mamacas, and there was some confusion at the table. Mamacas motioned all in with his chips and his intent was clear. All cards were turned over.
Yan showed for a rivered two pair. Abernathy had that beat with for a set of kings.
"Straight," said Mamacas, showing for a rivered six-high straight, sending Abernathy and Yan to the rail.