Fabian Quoss is no stranger to making Super High Roller/Challenge final tables but it wasn't to be for him in this year's $100,000 challenge. He's jumped into the Main Event and has already started on an upward trajectory with his stack at 36,000.
He and three other players took to a flop. The action checked around to Quoss on the button who bet 1,000. Only the small called to the turn where he check-called a 2,500 bet from the German. The board completed with the and Quoss fired for 4,500 and the small blind tank-folded.
Back in October, Scott Calcagno topped a field of 250 to win the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific Event $4 AU$1,650 No-Limit Hold'em Terminator for AU$61,250 and a gold bracelet. It was a career achievement, but he's no doubt hoping to add an Aussie Millions Main Event title to his résumé.
In a recent hand, there was 6,000 or so in the pot and a board reading when a player in middle position checked to Calcagno, who thought for a few moments before doing the same. After the dealer burned and turned the , the middle-position player bet 2,400 and Calcagno just called. When the completed the board on the river, both players returned to checking.
The middle-position player showed the for a missed flush that turned into top pair, but it was no good as Calcagno rolled over the for an overpair.
"I'm sure you were check-raising the flop?" Calcagno asked. He received an affirmative answer, and had that happened, this pot could have been much bigger than it turned out to be.
"I did that the other day," a player at Table 28 said as the dealer was busy sorting chips.
We missed the specifics, but from what we could piece together the player was referencing the prior hand between Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang and his opponent. Apparently preflop action saw Huang's opponent misclick and accidentally toss in yellow T5,000 chips as opposed to green T1,000 chips. Whatever the case, it resulted in Huang getting his stack of 22,000 or so all in preflop.
Huang:
Opponent:
Huang got it in good courtesy of the mistake, but he was still vulnerable. The flop missed both players, but the turn hit Huang. His paired king secured him the double, and he was paid after the was put out on the river for good measure.
Winfred Yu must think he's still in Macau as his table is offering up a lot of action. Yu has dropped back to 44,000 but is still in a good position.
A hand was just finishing up where a player doubled with aces versus the of an opponent. Wu informed PokerNews that the player with four-seven had three-bet, five-bet pre flop and jammed on a seven high flop.
Wu played a couple of small hands in a row and lost one, won one.
He raised to 550 from early position and was called by the small blind en route to a flop. Wu's 850 c-bet was good to force a fold from his opponent.
The next hand Wu limped from under the gun and took a flop with both blinds. The big blind bet 200 and Wu was the only caller. The turn and river were checked down and the big blind opened and scooped the pot as Wu mucked.
We picked up the action on a flop after the player in the small blind checked and Aaron Lim bet 1,300. Roy Agresta, who won the AU$500 + 50 Australian Poker Hall of Fame Event at the 2012 Aussie Millions for AU$16,000, flatted from the button, and then the small blind tossed in 2,500 intending to call. The mistake cost him though as the amount constituted a raised to 2,600.
That opened the door for Lim to make three-bet to 4,100, and then surprisingly Agresta four-bet to 10,500. The small blind quickly got out of the way, Lim called, and the paired the board on the turn. Lim checked, Agresta bet 13,000, and Lim thought for nearly 90 seconds before moving all in for roughly 5,000 more. Agresta called and Lim discovered the bad news.
Lim:
Agresta:
Lim had flopped a flush, but Agresta boated up to leave him drawing dead. The meaningless was put out on the river, and Lim made a beeline for the door while Agresta was pushed the robust pot.
One has to be careful getting too tricky with pocket aces as it can cost you. Shyam Srinivasan took advantage of such a situation and saw his stack rise to 45,000.
A player limped from under the gun and picked up four players before the dealer produced a flop. The limper bet 700 before Srinivasan raised to 1,700. The other three players folded but the original limper called. Both players checked the turn before Srinivasan snapped off a 2,500 bet on the river.
Srinivasan's for a set was good enough to beat his opponent's aces.
Mustapha Kanit has joined the Main Event shenanigans and found himself an incredibly difficult spot but found a great call to double to 85,000.
Around 37,000 had made it into the middle by the time the river had been dealt to leave a board. Kanit was heads up and led for 13,500 out of a 23,675 stack. His opponent shoved on him and that sent the Italian pro into an epic tank.
After five minutes, his opponent said, "I wouldn't want to be you!"
Kanit smiled and thought for two more minutes, checking his holding on two occasions before he flicked in the call. Then he heard one of the most beautiful lines a player can hear in poker, "Good call."
flop. The action checked around to Quoss on the button who bet 1,000. Only the small called to the 
turn where he check-called a 2,500 bet from the German. The board completed with the 
and Quoss fired for 4,500 and the small blind tank-folded.
when a player in middle position checked to Calcagno, who thought for a few moments before doing the same. After the dealer burned and turned the 
, the middle-position player bet 2,400 and Calcagno just called. When the 
completed the board on the river, both players returned to checking.
for a missed flush that turned into top pair, but it was no good as Calcagno rolled over the 
flop missed both players, but the 
was put out on the river for good measure.
of an opponent. Wu informed PokerNews that the player with four-seven had three-bet, five-bet pre flop and jammed on a seven high flop.
flop with both blinds. The big blind bet 200 and Wu was the only caller. The 
flop after the player in the small blind checked and Aaron Lim bet 1,300. Roy Agresta, who won the AU$500 + 50 Australian Poker Hall of Fame Event at the 2012 Aussie Millions for AU$16,000, flatted from the button, and then the small blind tossed in 2,500 intending to call. The mistake cost him though as the amount constituted a raised to 2,600.
paired the board on the turn. Lim checked, Agresta bet 13,000, and Lim thought for nearly 90 seconds before moving all in for roughly 5,000 more. Agresta called and Lim discovered the bad news.
was put out on the river, and Lim made a beeline for the door while Agresta was pushed the robust pot.
flop. The limper bet 700 before Srinivasan raised to 1,700. The other three players folded but the original limper called. Both players checked the 
for a set was good enough to beat his opponent's aces.
board. Kanit was heads up and led for 13,500 out of a 23,675 stack. His opponent shoved on him and that sent the Italian pro into an epic tank.
