Luke McLean opened to 400 from early position, and three players called. The dealer fanned , both blinds checked, and McLean continued for 925. Only a player on the button called.
The turn was the , both players checked, and the completed the board. McLean led out for 1,425, his opponent called, and McLean showed for effectively ace-high.
It was no good against his opponent showed for a flush.
After losing about half of his stack, Minh Nguyen just doubled with on a board of . His opponent was drawing dead with , and the bricked of off on the river.
Nguyen is now back to the starting stack of 30,000.
Antonis Kambouroglou, better known as "Tony Toothpick," was faced with a raise to 550 from an opponent in the cutoff. Kambouroglou defended his big blind, then check-called a bet of 1,050 on a flop of .
The pair checked after the turn produced the , and the completed the board. Kambouroglou led out for 1,750, and his opponent folded.
Matt Rynkiewicz is off to a fast start on Day 1b of the 2014 Aussie Millions Main Event, tripling his stack in less than two levels.
In one hand, he and an opponent flopped trip fours on a board of . Rynkiewicz received three streets of value with , which crushed his opponent's . The Aussie also won an all-in pot with against an opponent's , and currently sits with a whopping 90,000-chip stack.
Sassine Ghazale and Christoph Vogelsang have been tangling here in the first two levels of Day 1b, and it appeared to be a matter of time before one fell. That man was Vogelsang.
We happened upon the action with three players in the hand and 6,550 in the pot on a flop. Vogelsang was first to act in the big blind and promptly bet 2,800. The under-the-gun player folded, and Ghazale proceeded to move all in from the hijack. Vogelsang leaned back in his chair, stretched his arms over his head, and then quietly whispered, "Call."
Vogelsang:
Ghazale:
Vogelsang got his last 10,000 or so all in good holding top pair, but he needed to avoid a spade as Ghazale held the nut flush draw. He managed to do so on the turn, but not when the spiked on the river. "Yes," Ghazale celebrated. Vogelsang simply shook his head, pushed his chips forward, and then took his leave from the 2014 Aussie Millions Main Event in Level 2 of Day 1b.
According to Tim Slater, he recently played a hand in which he dodged pocket rockets. It happened when Slater called under the gun and then called a three-bet to 800 from another player. When the flop came down , Slate check-called a bet and then both players checked the turn. When a completed the board on the river, Slater checked for a third time and then simply called when his opponent bet 4,300.
Slater tabled for a flopped set, but it was no good as his opponent had turned a bigger set with . "Lost the minimum," Slater said with a hint of pride.
Annette Obrestad was faced with a bet of 1,200 on a board of , and contemplated it for a bit before making the call.
The completed the board, Obrestad's opponent checked, and the Norwegian pro tossed out three aqua T1,000 chips. The player tanked for a bit before calling, and Obrestad showed for jacks-full.
A player in the cutoff opened to 450, Daniel Neilson three-bet to 1,125 on the button, and Luke McLean cold four-bet to 2,825 out of the big blind. Both the player in the cutoff and Neilson folded, and McLean raked in the pot.
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, both blinds checked, and McLean continued for 925. Only a player on the button called.
, both players checked, and the 
completed the board. McLean led out for 1,425, his opponent called, and McLean showed 
for effectively ace-high.
for a flush.
on a board of 
. His opponent was drawing dead with 
bricked of off on the river.
.
, and the 
completed the board. Kambouroglou led out for 1,750, and his opponent folded.
. Rynkiewicz received three streets of value with 
. The Aussie also won an all-in pot with 
flop. Vogelsang was first to act in the big blind and promptly bet 2,800. The under-the-gun player folded, and Ghazale proceeded to move all in from the hijack. Vogelsang leaned back in his chair, stretched his arms over his head, and then quietly whispered, "Call."
spiked on the river. "Yes," Ghazale celebrated. Vogelsang simply shook his head, pushed his chips forward, and then took his leave from the 2014 Aussie Millions Main Event in Level 2 of Day 1b.
completed the board on the river, Slater checked for a third time and then simply called when his opponent bet 4,300.
, and contemplated it for a bit before making the call.
, and the player hit the rail. O'Rourke now has 56,000 chips.