We arrived just in time to catch the tail end of a heads-up hand between Jonas Gjelstad and Roger Fluckiger on the turn with the community cards reading .
Gjelstad checked the action over to Fluckiger who bet out 5,500, which Gjelstad called without much hesitation.
The river brought another check from Gjelstad and another bet from Fluckiger, this time for 9,000.
“How much more are you playing?” Gjelstad asked Fluckiger, who spread out his remaining five 5k yellow chips.
Gjelstad slid out a bet of 50,000 to put Fluckiger all in and after some deliberation he let it go.
From the cutoff, Jonathon Collihole raised to 1,900. His neighbor on the button, Aussie Jeff Rossiter, three-bet to 5,400 and both blinds folded. Collihole called and checked blind before the flop hit. Rossiter bet 3,300 and Collihole called.
Collihole checked blind again and the hit the turn. This time around, Rossiter checked behind and Collihole instantly tapped the table again to blind check for the third consecutive time. The completed the board and Rossiter slid forward 20,000 in chips, easily covering Collihole's stack.
Collihole had thought about it for four minutes or so before someone called the clock. He had it run down to twenty seconds and folded.
Daniel Laidlaw put Charlie Carrel to the test on the very first hand, sending the British player deep into the think tank.
We caught the action on a flop of just as Carrel – sitting on the button –
led out for 2,300 with Laidlaw check-calling from the hijack.
Laidlaw checked the turn and Carrel fired again, this time for 2,900. Laidlaw looked down at his chips and announced a raise, sliding his whole stack into the middle for an all-in of 18,700 in total.
“You have nines or something?” queried Carrel. “I hope you haven’t got king-jack plus, that would be an issue…”
Carrel agonized over his decision for a good few minutes before apologizing to the table for taking his time.
“What are you doing to me?” Carrel asked.
The Brit does eventually let it go however, dropping to 25,000 while Laidlaw climbed to 35,000.
Tim English was one of the first to fall here on Day 2 after running into the pocket queens of
Shurane Vijayaram.
English and Vijayaram in the small blind and big blind respectively got all the money in preflop before English saw he needed some help to keep his Aussie Millions Main Event alive.
English:
Vijayaram:
The flop changed nothing but the turn brought a potential flush and a little hope for English. The river meant it wasn’t to be and English departed as one of the first eliminations of the day.
Sam Higgs, local hero of the Poker Room at Crown Casino Melbourne, raised under the gun to 1,900 total. Action folded to Irish pro Marc Macdonnell in the cutoff and he three-bet to 6,600. The button and both blinds folded, Higgs wasted no time calling.
The flop had both players check and the hit the turn. Higgs checked again and called the 5,500 bet by Macdonnell that followed.
Higgs checked a third time as the hit the river to complete the board. Macdonnell bet 14,000 and Higgs thought about it for a minute or so before he slid his cards into the muck.
So far, four new players have signed up, bringing the total to 722 and the remaining players to 376. Registration is open till the start of the second level today, so a bit over 90 more minutes.
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river brought another check from Gjelstad and another bet from Fluckiger, this time for 9,000.
to see Chevalier improve to a set of kings as he doubled up to almost starting stack.
and both players checked. 
for two pair.
flop hit. Rossiter bet 3,300 and Collihole called.
hit the turn. This time around, Rossiter checked behind and Collihole instantly tapped the table again to blind check for the third consecutive time. The 
turn and Carrel fired again, this time for 2,900. Laidlaw looked down at his chips and announced a raise, sliding his whole stack into the middle for an all-in of 18,700 in total.
turn brought a potential flush and a little hope for English. The 
river meant it wasn’t to be and English departed as one of the first eliminations of the day.
hit the river to complete the board. Macdonnell bet 14,000 and Higgs thought about it for a minute or so before he slid his cards into the muck.
