AU$10,600 Main Event
Jour 2 terminé
2019 Aussie Millions
AU$10,600 Main Event
Jours 2
Event Info
Résultats
Event Info
Info Niveau
2019 Aussie Millions
Buy-in
10,600 AUD
Prize Pool
8,220,000 AUD
Entrants
822
Niveau
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Niveau 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Before the cards for Day 2 of the 2019 Aussie Millions Main Event went in the air, a new record attendance was in sight as 797 players had entered the A$ 10,600 flagship event at the Crown Casino in Melbourne throughout the three starting days At least 405 hopefuls returned to the poker room of the biggest casino complex in the Southern Hemisphere and the registration for the flagship event of the record-setting festival remained open for the first 90-minute level.
Thanks to 25 new entries on Day 2, the field size increased to 822 entries in total and a new record was set once more with a total prize pool of A$ 8,220,000 up for grabs. Only the top 88 spots will get paid at least A$ 15,600 while the winner of the record-setting 2019 Aussie Millions Main Event can look forward to a payday of A$ 1,850,000.
More than half of the remaining field will leave empty-handed when the race to the money will get underway on Day 3 and best-positioned after the 12th level of play is Dutchman Pim De Goede. He may not be well-known yet on the live circuit yet, but has recently scored one of the biggest paydays in the history of online poker. De Goede won a tight race for the overnight chip lead and bagged up 413,000. He is closely followed by Bjorn Ostby (386,300) and Ben Lai (378,000). Further big names in the top 10 include David Yan (363.300), Michael Soyza (317,100), Minh Nguyen (315,700) and Maxi Lehmanski (314,000).
Some of Australia's finest also remains in the hunt for the title on home soil such as Michael Egan (292,800), Michael Addamo (279,300), Corey Kempson (238,800), Matthew Wakeman (217,700), Rory Young (210,000) and Jackie Glazier (149,900). The sole remaining former Aussie Millions Main Event champion is Tyron Krost with 122,700, whereas defending champion Toby Lewis and David Gorr were eliminated on Day 2.
Before the action of the day got underway, Joe Hachem awarded the Australian Poker Young Achiever award to Alex Lynskey followed by the induction of Jonathan Karamalikis into the Australian Poker Hall of Fame. Karamalikis is the youngest player to achieve this. While Karamalikis had already been eliminated on Day 1c, Lynskey remained in contention and bowed out just before bagging and tagging after losing almost all of his chips with queens to kings in the final level of the night.
Throughout the five 90-minute levels on the moving day of the tournament, plenty of notables fell short in their bid to claim a stack for the expected money bubble on Day 3 and that also included Toby Lewis. After running hot in the High Roller events of the current year with a victory and runner-up finish, the Brit was unable to defend his Main Event title. Australian Poker Hall of Fame members Jason Gray and Mel Judah were also among the plentiful casualties, as were big names such as Scott Davies, Benny Glaser, Maria Ho, Rainer Kempe, Tom Alner, Dzmitry Urbanovich, and Maria Lampropulos.
Fewer than 170 players bagged up chips and they will return to the poker room at Crown Casino on Thursday, January 31, as of 12:30 p.m. (AEDT) for Day 3. The action recommences in level 13 with blinds of 1,200/2,400 and a running ante of 400. Another seven 90-minute levels are scheduled and the money bubble is expected to burst.
You can follow all the action right here on PokerNews, the one-stop-shop for all updates from the 2019 Aussie Millions.
Niveau 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
413,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
||
|
386,300
8,700
|
8,700 |
|
378,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
363,300
51,700
|
51,700 |
|
346,900
282,800
|
282,800 |
|
317,100
7,100
|
7,100 |
|
316,300
36,300
|
36,300 |
|
315,700
95,700
|
95,700 |
|
314,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
308,700
84,300
|
84,300 |
|
299,100
271,800
|
271,800 |
|
298,800
102,800
|
102,800 |
|
292,800
247,700
|
247,700 |
|
292,800
62,800
|
62,800 |
|
||
|
289,900
229,900
|
229,900 |
|
286,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
280,300
180,300
|
180,300 |
|
||
|
279,300
204,300
|
204,300 |
|
||
|
272,500
129,300
|
129,300 |
|
|
||
|
267,100
47,100
|
47,100 |
|
256,700
3,300
|
3,300 |
|
|
251,100
8,900
|
8,900 |
|
247,900
87,900
|
87,900 |
|
246,700
86,700
|
86,700 |
|
243,200
199,300
|
199,300 |
Niveau 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Fewer than 170 players have bagged up for the night and almost half of the remaining field will leave empty-handed on Day 3, as just the top 88 spots get paid. The full chip counts and a recap of today's action are to follow.
Niveau 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
The remaining 169 players have been advised that they will play three more hands before bagging up for the night.
Niveau 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
In a battle cutoff versus button, the turn showed 
and Chao Duan bet 20,000. Ana Marquez moved all in for 65,700 and Duan asked for a count before reluctantly calling it off.
As soon as Marquez turned over her 
, Duan revealed 
for the better pair, gutshot and nutflush draw. He also let out a "what?" as he was surprised to see what Marquez had gone all in with.
The river was the 
and Marquez was sent to the rail.
"Yeah, that was pretty bad," she added with a smile on the face while gathering her belongings.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
220,000
90,700
|
90,700 |
|
Eliminé |
Niveau 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
On a 
board David Yan bet 6,000 and opponent Cole Swannack called.
The river was the and Yan bet 30,000. Swannack thought before raising to 145,000 which elicited a quick fold from Yan.
Swannack turned over 
for quads and moved over 250,000 in chips.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
415,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
255,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
||
Niveau 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
The tower of chips in front of Ben Lai just received a decent boost when his 
made a back door full house to beat the ace-queen of an opponent, who had flopped top pair and top kicker. Other notables to rise in the counts include Mihai Barbu, Aditya Sushant, Maxi Lehmanski and Michael Soyza.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
390,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
310,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
270,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
|
260,000
133,000
|
133,000 |
|
|
230,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
|
||
|
140,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Niveau 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
There was already 40,000 in the pot and the flop showed 
.
Spiros Maroulis was seated under the gun and had yet to act.
John van Heuvel then moved all in for around 67,000 from middle position not realising he was out of turn.
"I need some coffee," stated a tired Van Heuvel, after noticing his mistake.
Maroulis then moved all in over the top which had Van Heuvel well covered.
The thought then was that Van Heuvel would have his option back but the ruling on the floor was that because he had announced all in he was bound to the action. The cards were then tabled.
Spiros Maroulis: 
John van Heuvel: 
Van Heuvel had the lead with top pair until the 
dropped on the turn giving Maroulis two pair.
The 
completed the board and Van Heuvel thought he had won with a higher two-pair not noticing that Maroulis had indeed improved to a flush.
Van Heuvel was sent to the rail and Maroulis raced to just short of 400,000 nearing the end of Day 2's play.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
393,000
312,000
|
312,000 |
|
|
Eliminé |
Niveau 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Zizheng Huang opened to 5,000 and got two callers before Alex Lynskey min three-bet to 8,000. Huang then four-bet all in, getting two folds, before Lynskey put the rest of his chips in.
"Flipping?" asked Huang.
"I hope so," replied Lynskey, showing 
Lynskey was not flipping, with Huang turning over 
.
There was no help on the 
for the 2018 Australian Poker Hall of Fame Young Achiever Award-winner, and he was dead on the turn. The river was the and Lynskey was eliminated.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
110,000
94,700
|
94,700 |
|
Eliminé |
