In a battle of the blinds, Marton Czuczor limped in and the player in the big blind raised, Czuczor called. The flop fell 
and Czuczor check-raised before betting again the 
turn, the big blind called. On the 
river, Czuczor bet 11,000 into a pot of 16,300 and his opponent reluctantly folded, showing the 
.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
42,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
On a flop of 
one player checked to Max Silver who bet 500. The button then raised to 2,100. The first player checked and Silver called.
The turn came 
and Silver check-folded to a bet of 3,500.
Meanwhile, on a river of 
and with a pot of only 5,000 Daniel Neilson bet 10,000, leaving himself around 5,000 behind. His opponent quickly folded and Neilson gratefully added the chips to his stack.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
32,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
||
|
20,000
5,500
|
5,500 |
Jake Schwartz raised to 500 and a three-bet to 1,600 followed before Najeem Ajez four-bet to 4,500 on the button, forcing folds all aroumd. Soon after Ajez and Schwartz were involved in a hand and checked through a 
turn. Schwartz bet the 
river for 800 and won the pot.
Despite this small boost to the stack, Schwartz is down for the day while Ajez is above the starting stack.
Benny Spindler has also grinded out a small profit already and won a nice pot with 
for top two to add to his stack.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
34,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
32,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
||
|
21,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
Peter Dykes raised from under the gun and called a three-bet to 2,500 by Beshara "Billy" Sukkar to see a flop of 
. Sukkar continued for 6,000 and Dykes moved all in to see Sukkar call it off with the inferior stack.
Beshara Sukkar: 
Peter Dykes: 
The 
turn counterfit the two pair of Dykes and the river let Sukkar vault out of his chair and celebrate.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
43,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
A recent addition to the field is Australian bracelet-winner Heidi May. May took down last year's Event #70: $1,000 Ladies Championship to win $135,098 and earn a WSOP gold bracelet.
May is a 27-year-old professional poker player from Tasmania, Australia, who has been playing for a living for about four years now. She mostly plays higher stakes cash games and online tournaments, but has recently started to mix in live tournaments. May learned how to play when she was 18 years old in university, and previously worked as a support worker in age-care and disability.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
|
||
The good start of Pierre Aoukar was canceled out some time ago and he didn't get to see the end of level two, as Daniel Laidlaw took his seat only a minute after the Aussie had been eliminated. Aoukar's 
were still tabled for top pair on the board 
, but he was unable to beat the 
of his opponent to join the rail.
Michael Gathy and Dinesh Velupillay have built their stacks, while Michael Kanaan entered the competition.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
48,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
45,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
||
|
31,000
1,500
|
1,500 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
24,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
|
Eliminé | |
Christopher Soyza won the Accumulator Event of the Aussie Millions in 2015 and 2016 while Andrew Locke won his first Aussie Millions ring just a few days ago here at the Crown Casino in Melbourne. Both clashed in a hand just now with the better end for Locke.
Picking up the action on the 
turn, Soyza bet 2,500 and Locke called. After the river, Soyza made it 5,500 to go and Locke shoved for another 8,200 on top. Soyza reluctantly called and mucked his cards when Locke flipped over the 
for the nut flush.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
21,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
After a raise in early position and a call from Dave Heskin in the cutoff, a player three-bet to 1,400 on the button and the others tagged along. The 
flop got checked by all players.
On the turn, Heskin bet 3,000, the player on the button moved all in for a little over 17,000, the third player folded and Heskin called it off.
David Heskin:
Button: 
The button was drawing dead, knocked the felt and already left the table before the river was dealt.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
53,000 |
The player in the cutoff limped and the button called. Kristen Bicknell and Max Silver called from the small and big blind respectively. The flop came 
. It checked to the cutoff who bet 200 and Bicknell was the only caller.
The turn was checked by both players. The river was checked by Bicknell, who then folded to a river bet of 1,000.
Meanwhile, the cutoff on another table raised to 500. Daniel Neilson called on the button and Steven van Zadelhoff called in the big blind. The flop of checked to Neilson who bet 800. Van Zadelhoff then check-raised to 2,700 forcing both players out.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
32,000 | |
|
|
||
|
27,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
|
|
24,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
Here are some updated chip counts from the Main Event field as the players go on their second 15-minute break of the day. When they return the blinds will remain the same (100/200) but there will be an additional 25 ante.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
41,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
|
||
|
28,000 | |
|
|
25,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
25,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
