Lucas Greenwood led out for 900 on a board of , and his lone opponent made the call.
The completed the board, Greenwood fired out another 1,400, and his opponent raised to 4,400. Greenwood's eyes widened at the sight of the rather large raise, and he flicked his cards into the muck.
Jordan "JWPRODIGY" Westmorland, an American who relocated to Thailand to play online and grind live tournaments in the Asia-Pacific region, was recently eliminated from the tournament. It happened when action folded to Westmorland in the hijack and he shoved his last 3,750. Naoya Kihara of PokerStars Team Online made the call from the cutoff and the rest of the field folded.
Westmorland:
Kihara:
It was a bad spot for Westmorland, and according to the PokerNews Odds Calculator he had just an 11.68% chance of winning the hand while Kihara would score the knockout 85.57% of the time. The flop made things interesting as Westmorland's open-ended straight draw saw his chances of survival jump to 42.42%.
The turn was a blank, and that meant Kihara was a 3-1 favorite headed to the river. The dealer burned one last time and put out the . "Good luck," Westmorland said before making a hasty exit from the tournament floor.
Amir Minagar, who rocketed out of the gates and up the chip counts at the start of the day, is falling down towards the starting stack.
In a recent hand, he three-bet to 1,700 over an open to 650. The player on his direct left put in a very small four-bet - it looked like 3,000 - and the action folded back to Minagar, who called.
The flop fell , Minagar check-called a bet of 2,000, and the turn was the . Minagar checked, his opponent fired out another 5,000, and Minagar folded.
Another level is in the books, and that means it's time for another 15-minute break. When the players return, they'll play three more 90-minute levels before bagging and tagging for the night.
While you wait, check out the following video (which is our first from the 2014 Aussie Millions):
We happened upon the action with around 5,000 in the pot and a board reading . An unknown player had bet 2,000, leaving himself about 4,500 behind, and Paul "The Voice" Khoury spiked in a big raise. His opponent wasted little time in calling off and discovered the bad news.
Khoury:
Opponent:
"Straight flush," Khoury siad in his recognizable voice. His opponent was a bit surprised and could only smile in disbelief. As the meaningless was run out on the river, the eliminated player walked around the table, shook hands with Khoury, and then took his leave from the 2014 Aussie Millions Main Event.
Faced with a limp from a player under the gun, Michael Addamo raised to 800 in middle position. The action folded back to the limper, who called, and the flop came . The limper led out for 1,200, Addamo called, and the turn was the .
The preflop limper slowed down, checking to Addamo who tossed out two teal T1,000 chips. His opponent folded, and he raked in the pot.
Tablemate Casey Kastle is also doing quite well, chipping up to 70,000 here on Day 1a of the Aussie Millions Main Event.