Local player [Removed:3] was heads up with an opponent on a flop of earlier. According to Gogia, he bet 1,100, the player raised to 15,000, and Gogia moved all in. The player called with , and was drawing to only one out as Gogia had .
The turn and river were both bricks, and Gogia shipped the double up.
When we arrived at the table, the board was . Martin Finger was faced with a bet of 10,000, and the German moved all in for 20,400. His opponent asked for a count, tanked for a bit, then finally called.
Finger ripped over for kings and deuces, and his opponent sheepishly showed for nines and deuces.
The bricked off on the river, and the Season 8 PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague Main Event winner doubled to roughly 64,000 chips.
Ryan Riess is the reigning World Series of Poker champ, and he's doing what all good ambassadors do — he's hit the road. Riess has made his first trip to the Aussie Millions to take his shot at the southern hemisphere's most prestigious title, and only time will tell if he'll add some sweet cash to the $8.3 million he banked back in November.
In a recent hand, four players were in with a board reading when Riess bet a single red T500 chip. The player to his left called, the other two folded, and it was heads-up action to the river, which both players checked.
"You win," Riess admitted. His opponent then tabled the for a winning pair of queens. It was a small setback for Riess, who is slightly below the starting stack.
Back in 2005 Joe Hachem took down the World Series of Poker Main Event to spark a poker boom in Australia. Nearly a decade later, his son, Anthony, looks to continue the family's poker legacy.
We caught up with Anthony in a recent hand with around 3,000 in the pot and a board reading . Hachem checked and then called a bet of 1,100 from his opponent in the cutoff. When the river put three fours on board, Hachem checked and the cutoff gave up and did the same. The cutoff sheepishly showed the , which was no good against Hachem's full house.
The Crown Poker staff has confirmed that the field for this year's Aussie Millions Main Event has eclipsed that of last year's 621 players. Numbers are still being tallied for Day 1c while registration remains open, but once closed and verified, we'll have the final field size for you.
The action folded to a player in the cutoff, who opened to 450. [Removed:17], who reached the final table of this event last year, three-bet to 1,125 on his direct left, and both blinds released. The original raiser four-bet to 2,600, Yan quickly called, and the flop fell . The player led out for 2,300, and Yan called.
The turn was the , both players checked, and the completed the board. The original raiser knuckled once more, and Yan plopped 7,000 in front of him. The player tanked for roughly 90 seconds before calling, then mucked when Yan showed for a pair of kings.