Karamalikis Starts Good and Aims High

We just spotted one of Australia's most successful poker players, Jonathan Karamalikis seated on the upper deck of the room with about 41,000 chips after winning an early pot.

A player raised to 500 from the hijack and Karamalikis three-bet from the button to 1,200 after which the small blind and initial raiser called.

The flop brought out and the action was checked to Karamalikis who bet 1,400 and only the player on his right called.

On the turn the hit and now both players checked, putting the on the river. The player in the hijack now lead out for 2,600 and the man from Adelaide gave it some thought before putting in a raise to 6,400. Karamalikis' opponent folded rather quickly, and the Aussie pro is already up to 41,000 chips.

Karamalikis clearly feels confident on home turf, judging by a Tweet he sent out involving a guessing competition regarding the underwear brand he launched in 2015. The number six on the Australian all-time money list has quite a bit of work to do before bagging up 232,000 chips, but at least he's off to a good start.