Ami Barer, who won this event in 2014, got off to a good start when action folded to the small blind, who jammed about 15,000 in. Barer woke up with and called, finding himself racing against . The was favorable to Barer but he had to sweat hearts after the hit. The river was a brick: .
"All in and a call!" sounded on tables 8 and 10, respectively. On table 8, Amanda De Cesare lost an all in with against to head for the rail, while Yucheng Rong got it in with against Federico Butteroni's . The former November Niner sealed it easily on an to end Rong's attempt.
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Joel Williams has just announced to the remaining players in the Aussie Millions Main Event that the total number of entries has reached 800:
"In this current poker landscape," said Williams on the microphone. "In a country that has just had online poker banned. to reach 800 entries in a $10,000 freezeout is absolutely phenomenal"
Tony Hachem suffered a large setback when he paid off a barrage of barrels from Peter Aristidou. On an board, Hachem called bets of 4,500, 9,000 and 8,000. Aristidou showed and Hachem's was second best.
Gianluca Speranza opened for 1,800 first to act and got one caller before Andreas Klatt made it 6,200 on the button. Speranza jammed for about 25,000 and won the pot uncontested with two quick folds.
Speranza has nearly triple what he started the day with, a dream beginning for a man who came in with one of the shortest stacks.
Max Young checked from the big blind on and check-raised to 6,000 after a player in the hijack bet 2,500. That player called and they saw a pair the board. Young downbet 3,800 and his opponent peeled to the river. This time, Young checked and quickly called a bet of 5,000 but couldn't win showdown against .
Since almost all tables in the poker room are in use, the upcoming feature table for the Twitch Live Stream is in use already without any of the action being recorded yet. There were two early casualties on there as Tanner Millen's two pair with ace-seven went down to the flush of Louis Salter, who had the .
Soon after, Christopher Costanzo sent his chips over to Tobias Hausen.
Jason Gray, member of Australia's Poker Hall of Fame, has been spotted on the rail as well. "I got it in with the nuts on the flop and couldn't hold," he said before heading out of the poker room.
Down to his last 10,000, Victor Chong moved all in from middle position and was called by Gillian Epp in the big blind.
Victor Chong:
Gillian Epp:
On the flop, Chong picked up an open-ended straight straw while Epp had top set. "That's a fair flop," Russell Thomas said in the one seat. Neither the turn nor the river improved Chong and he headed to the rail.
and called, finding himself racing against 
. The 
was favorable to Barer but he had to sweat hearts after the 
hit. The river was a brick: 
.
against 
to head for the rail, while Yucheng Rong got it in with 
to end Rong's attempt.
flop Martin Kozlov checked to another player who bet 2,500. A third player in the hand called, as did Kozlov.
turn and the river was the 
. Kozlov bet 9,000, forcing both players out of the hand.
pair the board. Young downbet 3,800 and his opponent peeled to the 
river. This time, Young checked and quickly called a bet of 5,000 but couldn't win showdown against 
.
.
flop, Chong picked up an open-ended straight straw while Epp had top set. "That's a fair flop," Russell Thomas said in the one seat. Neither the 
turn nor the 
river improved Chong and he headed to the rail.
