Alex Livingston was all in for 10,800 with 
but was staring down the barrel of elimination against the 
of Jiachen Gong.
The 
flop and 
turn opened the door to a chop, but the 
river saw Livingston double up.
"I'd have taken a chop," he said as he rakes in the pot.
Joe Hachem was unable to spin up his short stack and departed early on, and Dan Smith followed him to the rail soon after. Down to 9,000, Smith pushed from under the gun and was called by Spiros Maroulis on the button.
Dan Smith: 
Spiros Maroulis: 
The board came 
and Smith failed to catch one of his overcards to join the rail.
Patrick Laoyont defended his big blind against David Yan and check-called a bet on the 
flop. Laoyont then checked the 
turn and Yan bet 100,000, which effectively gave his opponent the choice to fold with around 26,000 behind or call all-in. Laoyont opted for the former and surrendered the pot.
At the same time, Joseph Hayek was seen on his way out of satellite central as he became one of the early Day 2 casualties.
Joe Cabret raised to 1,600 from early position, Graeme Siow flatted in the cutoff, and Kahle Burns and Hiroshi Nishiyama came along from the blinds.
Cabret continued for 2,500 when the 
hit the felt and only Siow called. The 
turn saw Cabret check to his opponent who fired 5,000. Cabret called.
The 
river was checked by Cabret again and Siow thought for a little bit about firing one more shell, but he eventually tapped back. He opened 
but it wasn't strong enough to beat Cabret's 
.
There were already more than 35,000 in the middle and John Iskra jammed the 
flop for 39,700. Kazuhiko Yotsushika was in the think tank and he eventually made the call.
John Iskra:
Kazuhiko Yotsushika:
The 
turn and river were blanks and Iskra doubled.
Grant Levy check-called a bet of 11,500 by Niko Koop in the cutoff with the 
turn showing and the fell on the river. Both players invested 23,500 each as Levy called Koop's bet, who showed 
for a flush. Levy had the superior flush on 
and Koop flung his cards with force and plenty of frustration into the muck.
With action on the 
turn, Egor Bulychev bet 2,500 out of the small blind. Dingxiang Ong called on his left and Masato Yokosawa raised to 7,500 from the button. Bulychev quickly escaped but Ong called to see the river.
It fell and Ong checked to Yokosawa who shoved his last 21,800. Ong took nearly three minutes to figure out his decision and then he called. Yokosawa flipped 
and Ong mucked.
Oliver Gill raised to 1,700 and picked up two callers including Andrew Miller to see a flop of 
on which Gill continued for 3,000. Miller quickly raised to 10,000 and the big blind folded, Gill called. The on the turn brought a check-call for 15,000 by Gill, who then also checked the 
on the river.
Miller moved all in with the covering stack and Gill eventually called it off to see his set of deuces second best, as Miller had for a set of treys.
Aussie Millions Tournament Director Joel Williams introduced arguably the biggest name on the planet when it comes to live poker, as 2019 champion Bryn Kenney was on hand for a few words before cards got in the air.
Kenney bagged over 100,000 yesterday, and said he didn't have any chips until late in the day.
"I just had to play patiently," said Kenney. "Don't try to push anything too much. I had a nice trip before this, but I made sure I landed in time to play the Main Event.
"It's my favourite place to play poker, so I had to come and show my face and go for back-to-back!"
Kenney praised the entire Aussie Millions team for what they're bringing to the poker community.
"For me, the most important thing is for players to have a good time when they're playing and for it to be a special event, and you do a great job of doing that. It's a great atmosphere, and that's the most important thing for poker and for poker to grow."
The all-time money list leader then wished players good luck and announced the ceremonial shuffle up and deal.
Niveau: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
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