Aussie High Roller David Steicke has joined the Day 1b field recently. Stephen Graner and Tobias Hausen are among the big stacks and the latter just scooped a nice pot.
Hausen was spotted with a bet of 2,700 on the turn and he picked up a single caller. The German then bet the turn for 5,500 and the river for 12,500. His opponent called both, though the final bet very reluctantly, Hausen rolled over and that won the pot.
Fabian Quoss was on the button and facing a big bet of 9,000 into a pot of about 11,000 when we arrived. His opponent in the big blind had bet on the board and she followed up with an all-in shove worth 17,650 on the river. Quoss got the count and went deep into the tank. He thought for four or five minutes, studying his opponent every now and then. Eventually, he mucked.
Alex Foxen asked to see a bluff, and the big blind offered to show one. Foxen picked the nearer card: .
At another table, Sam Cohen appears to have gone bust.
Former international cricket superstar Shane Warne's poker resume includes a 22nd place in the 2014 WSOP APAC Main Event, a deep run in the WSOP Main Event in 2015 as well as four Aussie Millions side-event cashes, and he's looking for more in the 2018 Aussie Millions Main Event at the Crown Melbourne.
"The guys here at Crown do such a good job each year," said Warne. "It's great to have the international poker community here as well. The Main Event is great, but there are loads of other tournaments to play while you're here.
"This time of year in Melbourne you have the tennis, the cricket, the Big Bash and ODIs; there's just so much action here in Melbourne. It's a great time to be here. It makes me proud to be a Victorian when the Aussie Millions is here.
According to HendonMob.com, Warne has poker cashes stretching back to 2009 and he says that he still loves poker even after all these years.
"I really do love it. But not if I keep losing set over set in the first half hour! I just love the strategy and tactics involved. That’s what I loved when I was a cricketer. I couldn’t scare them with my pace but I could outthink them with my leg-spin when up against them so there’s similar stuff involved."
Warne is seated at the back of the poker room whereas earlier he was seated by the rail, with a crowd of onlookers. One side effect of his seat change is he is now seated just one table over from his son Jackson who is also playing in the Main Event.
Sam Panzica bet 3,700 into two players on an board. One folded but the second one called. On the river, the in-position player patted the table. Panzica hadn't done anything but quickly checked to force a showdown. His opponent swore.
"I wanted to set a trap," the player grumbled, showing .
Jackson Warne raised to 750 from under the gun and Michael O'Grady asked if it was a raise, as Warne had only tossed in a T-1,000 chip. The raise was confirmed and O'Grady in the small blind as well as the big blind called. The trio checked the flop and O'Grady's bet of 1,100 on the turn was called both ways.
On the river, O'Grady checked and a bet of 4,100 by the big blind won the pot uncontested. Despite losing this small pot, O'Grady is on the way back up after being down to as low as 9,000 previously.
After a raise and a call, Shane Warne committed his last 5,875 to the pot with . The initial raiser reshoved all in with in an attempt to knock out the cricket legend but came up way short on an rundown.
Warne is back up to over 40bb and has some breathing room again.
We found Ken Demlakian all in from middle position for about 15,000 effective, the size of the pot. The community had come . A player on the button was pondering calling off his stack but decided to fold, flashing a jack.
"Why not a value-bet?" the player asked. "Could have gotten another five, five-and-a-half out of me."
"You have ace-jack? King-jack?"
"I had something I would have called a small bet with."
With some 12,000 in the middle and the completed board showing , David Tam bet 8,500 and his sole opponent on the button was in the think tank for quite some time. Eventually, the fold followed and Tam raked in the pot before being approached by tournament staff. Apparently, his bet could have been considered as string bet as pointed out by other players at the table.
"I only counted out my chips and didn't say anything," Tam swore and received another reminder about the betting etiquette. Tam sits just above two times the starting stack while Christian Harder on the same table has fewer than the initial chips.
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turn and he picked up a single caller. The German then bet the 
turn for 5,500 and the 
river for 12,500. His opponent called both, though the final bet very reluctantly, Hausen rolled over 
and that won the pot.
board and she followed up with an all-in shove worth 17,650 on the 
river. Quoss got the count and went deep into the tank. He thought for four or five minutes, studying his opponent every now and then. Eventually, he mucked.
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board. One folded but the second one called. On the 
river, the in-position player patted the table. Panzica hadn't done anything but quickly checked to force a showdown. His opponent swore.
flop and O'Grady's bet of 1,100 on the 
turn was called both ways.
river, O'Grady checked and a bet of 4,100 by the big blind won the pot uncontested. Despite losing this small pot, O'Grady is on the way back up after being down to as low as 9,000 previously.
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and mucking.
. The initial raiser reshoved all in with 
in an attempt to knock out the cricket legend but came up way short on an 
rundown.
. A player on the button was pondering calling off his stack but decided to fold, flashing a jack.
