We're not sure how he got them, but we can confirm that Rahul Rastogi is the first player to hit the 100,000-chip mark, which makes him our current chip leader.
Meanwhile, one table over, 2011 Aussie Millions champ and Australian Poker Hall of Famer David Gorr has taken his seat in the tournament. If you recall, Gorr topped a field of 721 players to win AU$2,000,000 four years back. We'll be keeping a close eye on both him and Rastogi heading into Level 4.
With around 8,500 in the pot and a board reading , a player in middle position checked and online star Ola "Odd_Oddsen" Amundsgard bet 5,100 from the hijack. His opponent thought for a few moments before tossing in a call, but mucked just as soon as Amundsgard rolled over the for tens and eights.
Day 1a of the Aussie Millions will play eight-handed for the rest of the day. Actually, today's players will play eight-handed all the way down until 36 players remain. That's if they make it that far, of course!
Chip leader Rahul Rastogi picked up in the new level right where he left off — winning!
We're not sure of the specifics, but we do know Rastogi and an opponent got the chips in on a flop.
Rastogi:
Opponent:
Rastogi was ahead with his nines, but his opponent was drawing live to an over and open-ended straight draw.
"No aces, nine or four," Rastogi told the dealer, who obliged by putting out the on the turn followed by the on the river. With that, Rastogi notched yet another elimination and saw his stack grow to approximately 120,000.
We noticed Jason Wheeler was no longer in his seat, and 2012 Aussie Millions champ Oliver Speidler was kind enough to confirm his elimination. Furthermore, Jonathan Karamalikis shared some details.
According to him, Wheeler had raised from early position and another player put out some chips, which ended up constituting a min-raise. Karamalikis believed Wheeler thought it was a "misclick," and he promptly moved all in. Unfortunately for him, his ran smack dab into his opponent's . No eight would appear, and that was all she wrote for Wheeler.
Heinz Kamutzki's stack has risen back up to around 63,000 after an opponent called his river bet thinking he was bluffing.
Around 6,500 was in the middle and the board rested as . Kamutzki bet 4,500 and his opponent said, after a minute's thought, "I don't think I can beat a value bet."
Kamutzki looked at him confused and responded in the most logical German accent you can imagine, "You should fold then."
Hid advice was ignored and the call came. "It's a value bet," said Kamutzki as he tabled for top full house.
"I was right then!" said his opponent as he paid the bet.
The pace of play has picked up here in Level 4, and it's resulted in a few notable eliminations including those of Matthew Ashton, Brian Roberts, and [Removed:17]. We're not sure how the former two fell, but Oliver Gill was kind enough to fill us in on Yan's demise.
According to Gill it was the result of two hands. In the first, which happened last level, Yan opened for 500 from the cutoff and Gill three-bet to 1,200 from the button. The player in the big blind called, as did Yan, and three players saw a flop of , which they all checked. The turn saw Gill bet 2,000 after both his opponents had checked, the big blind folded, and Yan check-raised to 6,300. Gill took his time before making the call and then called a bet of 7,200 on the river. Yan had been bluffing with while Gill had flopped a set with .
A little while later, Yan lost his last 13,000 or so. We're not sure when the chips went in, but we do know Yan held on an board. It was no good though as his opponent held a set with . Yan, who finished sixth in the 2013 Aussie Millions Main Event, won't be making another deep run here in the Crown Poker Room... at least not today.
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flop.
on the river. With that, Rastogi notched yet another elimination and saw his stack grow to approximately 120,000.
for top full house.
, which they all checked. The 
turn saw Gill bet 2,000 after both his opponents had checked, the big blind folded, and Yan check-raised to 6,300. Gill took his time before making the call and then called a bet of 7,200 on the 
river. Yan had been bluffing with 
while Gill had flopped a set with 
on an 
board. It was no good though as his opponent held a set with 
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