Three players got to the river with on the felt. After one check, Chance Kornuth bet 1,100. One player mucked his , lamenting his missed draw, but the third player still had cards. He called after the snafu was cleaned up, and Kornuth showed for quads.
Kornuth is no stranger to big success here at Crown Melbourne. The American won the $25K Challenge here two years ago for A$790,560.
Eric Wasylenko raised to 500 first to and picked up three callers including the hijack, small blind and big blind. The four players checked through the flop and the turn. On the river, the small blind bet 500 and all folded to get shown the .
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On the tail end of a bigger pot between Stefan Huber in the big blind and his opponent in the small blind, the board showed and the action checked to the Swiss. Huber bet 3,700 for around half the pot and his opponent reluctantly called.
Huber showed the for trips nines and the small blind folded face up.
One hand later, Huber raised to 600 from the small blind and the big blind called. A bet of 400 by Huber on the was called before the turn and river brought no betting action. Huber showed , but couldn't beat the of the big blind.
A player in early position tanked over a minute and then bet 1,400 on a board of , getting a quick call from Krzysztof Stybaniewicz in the cutoff. The river was the and the first player checked. Stybaniewicz bet 3,800 and got called fairly quickly, but he had for the nuts.
We stopped by Chance Kornuth's table to have a chat with the bracelet-winner with almost $6m in lifetime earnings, who added an Aussie Millions ring to his poker resume here in Melbourne. Kornuth took down the $1,150 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Max earlier this week, beating 598 players to take home A$134,850.
"It's awesome," said Kornuth. "I love winning tournaments. To me, it's the best feeling there is."
The Denver native said that he went to the PCA in the Bahamas, but was excited to come down to the Aussie Millions afterwards; a stop renowned all over the world as a 'not-to-miss' festival of poker.
"It's definitely a hard stop to miss. You know, the city, the people; the value in some of the tournaments make it one of my favourite stops in the whole world."
Kornuth travelled to Melbourne with friends Sam Panzica and Ben Lamb, with Lamb subsequently winning the $25,000 Challenge.
"When you travel with poker players you chat to them a ton, about all sorts of things. Ben and I are going to Thailand afterwards with our girls, and that's one of the reasons he's down here.
"It's fun to see your friends win, but I have been needling him that my score was bigger than his $25,000 Challenge score!"
On a board, Ryan Hong was first to act and checked. Celeste Giunta bet 2,000, Ben Heath raised to 6,400, Hong three-bet to 14,000, Giunta cold-called and Heath called as well.
The river paired the board with the . Hong checked, Giunta shoved for 11,450 total, Heath called and Hong folded with a sigh. Giunta showed for queens full but was second best against Heath's .
With a shocked look on her face, Giunta made her way to the exit, while Heath sports one of the biggest stacks in the early stages.
In a battle of two American regs who happen to be seated next to each other, Josh Reichard defended big blind against an open from Chance Kornuth and check-called 700 on a flop. Reichard checked the turn and called 2,000. Both checked the and Kornuth turned over a hand that had the in it but quickly mucked when Reichard showed .
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After a raise to 500 by the hijack, Ari Engel called in the cutoff and Jake Daniels came along from the button. Bart Lybaert three-bet to 2,800 and all three initial players in the hand called to make it four-ways to the flop. Action checked to Engel, who bet 5,200, and forced a fold from Daniels. Lybaert called, while the hijack then moved all in for 30,500. Engel called all in for his last 20,400 and that forced out Lybaert as well.
Ari Engel:
Hijack:
The turn was no threat and Engel even improved to a full house thanks to the river. After falling to as low as 11,000 in the first level, the 2016 Aussie Millions champion now has a double stack instead.
on the felt. After one check, Chance Kornuth bet 1,100. One player mucked his 
, lamenting his missed draw, but the third player still had cards. He called after the snafu was cleaned up, and Kornuth showed 
for quads. 
flop and the 
turn. On the 
river, the small blind bet 500 and all folded to get shown the 
and the action checked to the Swiss. Huber bet 3,700 for around half the pot and his opponent reluctantly called.
was called before the 
turn and 
river brought no betting action. Huber showed 
, but couldn't beat the 
of the big blind.
and the first player checked. Stybaniewicz bet 3,800 and got called fairly quickly, but he had 
for the nuts.
board, Ryan Hong was first to act and checked. Celeste Giunta bet 2,000, Ben Heath raised to 6,400, Hong three-bet to 14,000, Giunta cold-called and Heath called as well.
. Hong checked, Giunta shoved for 11,450 total, Heath called and Hong folded with a sigh. Giunta showed 
for queens full but was second best against Heath's 
and Kornuth turned over a hand that had the 
.
