"We already have some fun here with a double straddle," someone at the table of Michael Del Vecchio joked while Pierre Aoukar and Paul Wilcock were still involved in a hand. Aoukar bet the flop for 500 and did so again for 500 on the turn, which Wilcock called. The river completed the board and Aoukar bet 4,000, Wilcock came along and mucked his face up after being shown for the better two pair by Aoukar.
One table over, Dara O'Kearney took a hit. Adam Monahan bet the river for 1,800 into a pot of 4,500 and O'Kearney called, then mucked after his opponent flashed for a straight. O'Kearney won his entry in a satellite last night after a deep run in the Accumulator Side Event.
With 12,500 already in the middle and the completed board showing , the action checked to Michael Egan and he bet 10,000. His opponent was in the think tank and admitted it was a very good bet size, but eventually tossed in two yellow T-5,000 chips for the call. Egan turned over and his opponent was relieved, as he had the .
"You guys wasted all our time," Matt Salsberg joked with his usual dry and black humour. One table over, Jake Schwartz has been spotted as well and Alexander Trevallion is in the field too.
Brendon Rubie has already racked up more than $1.7 million in cashes and the best single score was a 2nd place in a WSOP event back in 2012 for $242,458. Rubie has also won several tournaments on home soil here in Australia including an Aussie Millions ring back in 2016 after taking down the A$1,650 Bounty Event #10 for A$116,680.
Rubie shares a table with Srdjan Brkic and Andrew Basset and has started well into Day 1a. In one of the last hands he was involved in a three-way pot to the turn and faced a bet of 1,100, which Rubie called. Brkic also came along to see the on the river, which was checked through. Neither Rubie nor Brkic could beat the of the third player in the hand, though.
On a board, Dara O'Kearney was facing a 1,000 bet and raised to 3,000. The call came after a minute and O'Kearney showed to rake in the pot and get back to the starting stack.
German Andreas Klatt enjoyed a successful 2017, winning a bracelet at the WSOP Europe, as well as winning the PokerStars National Championship and finishing second in the Main Event at PSC Monte Carlo. He has already cashed the Aussie Millions Opener and is now seated on Day 1a of the Main Event.
In this hand he was staring down an opponent who had just bet 5,100 into a pot of 8,500 on a river. Eventually Klatt let it go, and counted out his remaining stack of 28,000; just underneath starting stack.