Melbourne resident Anh Nguyen has vaulted into a spot among the leaders.
According to Nguyen, he's picked up a ton of small pots along the way to building a big stack, and hasn't had much in the way of big hands or huge all-in confrontations.
In the biggest hand he could remember, he did make trip kings, but other than that one, it has been a long slow grind to the top.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
64,500 |
Scott White put the remainder of his chips in with 
and had a massive kicker issue versus 
. There was no help on the board 
and White headed to the rail.
One hand later, a short stack was all in with the 
and Arunas Sapitavicius called with . Again the better hand held up the the chips were sent to the Lithuanian, who remains below average.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
14,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
Eliminado |
"Oh, I just keep on getting lucky," Kevin Blackwood said with a smile before then stating that it was rather a matter of run good instead. The biggest most recent pot came off an opponent's shove with 
and Blackwood looked him up with 
to scoop the pot.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
Nível: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
A huge set up hand nearly cost Joseph Cristallo his tournament life. Instead, he's the new chip leader.
There was an early position raise to 2,100. The player behind bumped it to 5,500 and when it folded to Cristallo in the small blind, he looked down at two kings and shoved in.
Both players called, the first with two aces and the second with two queens. A king in the window gave Cristallo a set and with bricks on the rest of the board, he collected a more than 60,000 chip pot and moved up to the top of the counts.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
63,700
63,700
|
63,700 |
Arunas Sapitavicius open-shoved for 8,800 from early position and Manig Loeser called all in for around 2,000 chips from the small blind.
Loeser: 
Sapitavicius: 
The board ran out 
and that was it for the German.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
11,000
-4,500
|
-4,500 |
|
Eliminado | |
|
||
With the overwhelming success of this Opening Event, and the unprecedented number of international players already in town for this year's Aussie Millions, it looks like a big number may be very likely for the Main Event starting next weekend. This looks like the year to try for the Aussie Millions bracelet!
Manig Loeser more than doubled up his tiny stack and Geoffrey Mooney one table nearby also has reason to smile. After a flop of , he went heads-up against an opponent that then shoved the 
turn with 
. Mooney called with 
for top pair and held up with the 
river as final community card.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
31,000
22,800
|
22,800 |
|
|
2,500
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
The seat of Kitty Kuo is empty. Off to a flying start, the stack of the Taiwanese had slowly but surely dwindled to only 12,000 and Kuo just three-bet pretty large to 4,100. Scott Peters had raised to 1,500 and then shoved and won the flip 
versus .
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
35,000 | |
|
Eliminado |
Craig Duffy has moved into the top spot on the counts, busting a local legend on the way there.
Duffy got it in with the versus a short stacked Gary Benson's preflop.
The Australian Poker Hall of Fame member flopped a set of sixes, but Duffy drew out a straight to felt him and move over 60,000.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
62,000
13,500
|
13,500 |
|
Eliminado | |
|
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