Break
The field is on their final 15-minute break of the night. 234 out of 379 entries remain.
The field is on their final 15-minute break of the night. 234 out of 379 entries remain.
Niveau: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 100
Two hands in a row Kjell Dyb took on two shorter stacks and lost one of those encounters while recovering most of the chips the very next hand. First he took on Mark Vos for 11,800 with versus and Vos doubled thanks to a board of .
Next, a short stack shoved from under the gun with the and Dyb called with the . The board came and the pot was sent to the Norwegian.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Kjell Dyb
|
36,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
Mark Vos |
26,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
Jan Suchanek and Artur Koren each put 3,000 in on a flop and Suchanek bet 7,000 more on the turn out of the big blind. Koren thought briefly and mucked.
Suchanek took the pot, but he's still well below his peak, when he was sniffing the 100K range.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Artur Koren |
148,000
-14,000
|
-14,000 |
Jan Suchanek |
35,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Ludovic Geilich |
140,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
Matt Affleck |
125,000
52,200
|
52,200 |
Marc Macdonnell |
65,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Kevin MacPhee |
32,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
||
Stephen Woodhead |
27,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Ludovic Geilich was deep in the tank when we got to his table with on the felt. He had checked in the cutoff and was facing a bet of 25,000 into 20,000 from his opponent on the button. Geilich took awhile and then dropped in calling chips.
The player on the button simply nodded and showed , and Geilich showed he'd called with .
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Ludovic Geilich | 140,000 |
The Chainsaw is done buzzing Down Under. Allen Kessler Tweeted that he lost the last of his short stack shoving and failing to hold against an opener who had and flopped a king.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Allen Kessler | Eliminé | |
|
Max Young opened for a raise late and got two callers. We didn't see what happened on the flop but the board read when Young bet 4,100 and got two calls. On the river, he bet 9,500. The player on his left called right away but a player in the blinds sighed and mucked his . That was the right move since Young had flopped full with .
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Max Young |
92,600
43,300
|
43,300 |
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Kitty Kuo |
150,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Chul-Hyon Park |
135,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Matt Affleck |
130,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Artur Koren |
125,000
-23,000
|
-23,000 |
Federico Butteroni |
100,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Ami Barer |
99,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
||
Dennis Huntly |
85,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Jan Suchanek |
80,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
Martin Kozlov |
75,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
||
Stevan Chew |
70,000
39,975
|
39,975 |
Bart Lybaert |
70,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
Yang Zhang |
55,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
||
Casey Kastle |
52,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
Matthew Wakeman |
50,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
Martin Jacobson |
50,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
||
Heinz Kamutzki |
45,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
Stefan Huber |
45,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
Gianluca Speranza |
45,000
24,500
|
24,500 |
Toby Lewis |
43,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
Jason Gray |
34,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Ari Engel |
29,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
|
||
Lukas Soucek |
19,000
-26,000
|
-26,000 |
Paul Hoefer |
8,000
500
|
500 |
|
While 2017 champ Shane Vijayaram is long gone by now, 2016 winner Ari Engel still has a shot to become the first-ever two-time Aussie Millions Main Event winner. In a blind battle, Engel gave his stack a nice boost to improve his chances of achieving the improbable.
After the small blind had opened to 1,500, Engel three-bet to 5,700 and called off a shove for 35,500 total.
Small blind:
Ari Engel:
No sweat for Engel on and he doubled up.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Ari Engel |
73,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|