Event #1: $1,150 No-Limit Hold'em | 2016 Aussie Millions

01-18-2016 14:41 UTC+11

Table	Seat	Player	Nationality	Chip Count
8	1	Michael Seymour	Australia	400,000
8	2	Jacob Elmore Dahl	USA	890,000
8	3
8	4	Ferenc Riech	Germany	2,320,000
8	5	Alexandre Thomas	Australia	870,000
8	6	Kevin Blackwood	Australia	1,265,000
8	7	Louis Salter	United Kingdom	1,185,000
8	8

10	1	Sean Giesbrecht	Canada	1,610,000
10	2	Phachara Wongwichit	Australia	1,270,000
10	3
10	4
10	5	Stephen Koutsouvelis	Australia	770,000
10	6
10	7	Tatjana Zizic	Serbia	790,000
10	8	Sinan Aydogan	Australia	1,120,000
10	9	Patrick Fletcher	Australia	790,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Ferenc Riech	2,320,000 345,000	345,000
Sean Giesbrecht	1,610,000 -40,000	-40,000
Phachara Wongwichit	1,270,000 320,000	320,000

Kevin Blackwood	1,265,000 330,000	330,000
Louis Salter	1,185,000 -265,000	-265,000
Sinan Aydogan	1,120,000 -80,000	-80,000
Jacob Elmore Dahl	890,000 -310,000	-310,000
Alexandre Thomas	870,000 -80,000	-80,000
Tatjana Zizic	790,000 90,000	90,000
Patrick Fletcher	790,000 -60,000	-60,000
Stephen Koutsouvelis	770,000 -330,000	-330,000
Michael Seymour	400,000 -85,000	-85,000

Break!

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Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

The 12 players remaining are off on a 15-minute break with the day's first two levels behind them.

01-18-2016 14:28 UTC+11

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Giesbrecht	1,650,000 -350,000	-350,000
Phachara Wongwichit	950,000 430,000	430,000

Blckwood Gets Creative

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Kevin Blackwood raised to 85,000 and Jacob Elmore Dahl defended his big blind to see a flop of . Both players checked and then Dahl fired the turn for 95,000. Blackwood called and both players once again checked the river. Dahl announced king-high and Blackwood flashed as winning hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Blackwood	1,400,000 465,000	465,000
Jacob Elmore Dahl	900,000 -300,000	-300,000

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01-18-2016 14:17 UTC+11

Four-Bet Shove from Dahl

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Ferenc Riech opened to 85,000 from under the gun and Louis Salter responded with a three-bet to 195,000. The action folded around to Jacob Elmore Dahl and the "cactus" announced all in.

Riech folded after brief consideration and Salter then asked the dealer for an exact count. It was 880,000 in total and that let the Brit shake his head and send the cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacob Elmore Dahl	1,200,000 -50,000	-50,000

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01-18-2016 14:11 UTC+11

Thomas Slowed Down

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Alexandre Thomas from Perth has the support of his rail and the initial momentum saw his stack boost to above one million. As of lately, the Aussie wasn't involved in as many hands and just picked up the blinds and antes again with a raise to 850,000. Shortest stack on table eight remains Michael Seymour with just under half a million in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandre Thomas	950,000 -150,000	-150,000
Michael Seymour	485,000 5,000	5,000

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01-18-2016 14:04 UTC+11

Koutsouvelis Recieves Double Up, Beverage

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Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Phachara Wongwichit shoved the small blind and Stephen Koutsouvelis waited for his latest drink order to be delivered before making the call from the big blind with the .

Wongwichit was on the and whiffed the board, allowing Koutsouvelis to double and swap spots with him on the leader board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Koutsouvelis	1,100,000 690,000	690,000
Phachara Wongwichit	520,000 55,000	55,000

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01-18-2016 13:57 UTC+11

Wakeman Felted by Salter

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

It had been a slippery slope thus far for Louis Salter with barely any pot going towards the Brit. The stack had taken a big hit as well and Salter was down to 710,000 chips, then opened to 85,000. In the big blind, Matthew Wakeman moved all in and Salter called:

Wakeman:
Salter:

Similar to the previous showdowns over on table eight, the flop was disastrous for the player at risk. Wakeman was already drawing dead to outright win the pot, only running aces could still ensure a split pot. It was all over after the turn and the river didn't matter anymore.

Player	Chips	Progress
Louis Salter	1,450,000 600,000	600,000
Matthew Wakeman	Busted

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01-18-2016 13:54 UTC+11

Set for "cactus"

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Hot off the press, or more likely the rail, we have been informed that the nickname of Jacob Elmore Dahl is "cactus". The American just picked up a small pot against table neighbor Matthew Wakeman in a battle of the blinds with a set of deuces. A fourth spade on the river however slowed down the action and both players checked it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacob Elmore Dahl	1,250,000 -199,000	-199,000

Tags: Jacob Elmore Dahl Matthew Wakeman

01-18-2016 13:43 UTC+11

Thiessen Runs out of Chips

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

From early position, Eric Thiessen moved all in for just under 300,000 chips. Tatjana Zizic reshoved for slightly more, after just having doubled up, and all other players folded.

Thiessen:
Zizic:

The flop paired the queen of Thiessen, but the Belgian needed further help. Neither the turn nor the river provided such and Thiessen headed to the rail in 14th place for a payday of $A12,855.