Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
2020 Aussie Millions
A$10,600 Main Event
Day: 1a
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Players are on their second 15-minute break.
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
On a completed board of 
, the big blind checked with 13,000 in the pot and Max Lehmanski shoved for 26,000 effective. The big blind seemed to be in a tough spot as he rubbed his face, lost in thought. Finally, he folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
92,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Mitch Caton opened to 500 under the gun and Oliver Weiss flatted in the cutoff. Both players in the blinds joined them to the flop of 
where Caton continued for 1,000. Weiss raised to 3,300, getting rid of the blinds, and Caton called.
The turn came 
and Caton led out again, making it 2,500. Weiss, however, kept his foot on the gas pedal, raising to 6,700. Caton called.
The river was the 
and Caton checked to Weiss who moved all in with a covering stack. Caton had about 18,000 in front of him and he tanked for several minutes before someone at the table called the clock on him. Caton was given a minute to act and he let the clock run all the way down before he released his hand. Weiss claimed the pot without showing his hole cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
43,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
18,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Thibaut Klinghammer was in the big blind on a board of 
and he raised to 12,650 after Ari Engel bet 4,200 in middle position. Engel thought awhile and decided to call, but he couldn't beat 
for a full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
44,600 | |
|
22,225
-19,500
|
-19,500 |
|
||
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Justin Young was in a middle position, firing 2,000 into about 5,500 on a 
board. He was up against Richard Sheils, who paused in the cutoff and then threw in a raise to 5,200. Young figured out it was time for him to give up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
29,500 | |
|
||
|
26,000 | |
|
||
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
With 2,500 in the middle and the flop reading 
, Benny Spindler checked under the gun and Roland Rokita bet 1,800 from the hijack. Spindler called.
Both players checked the 
turn and the 
appeared on the river. Spindler led out 5,000 and Rokita didn't spend much time before sending his hand into the muck, leaving the pot to Spindler.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
34,900
3,400
|
3,400 |
|
32,500 | |
|
||
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
A player in middle position bet 1,000 on a 
flop. Carlos Youssef called in the cutoff and a player on the button made it 2,700. Both the middle player and Youssef stuck around, and everyone checked the 
. On the river, the middle player bet 6,500. Youssef snap-called and the player on the button chuckled before tanking 30 seconds and verbalizing a fold.
"Tell me you don't have ace-king," Youssef said.
"No, but that's what I'm repping," his opponent responded with a smile, showing for a missed flush and a pair.
Youssef missed his own flush but his 
was good for a winning straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
27,000 |
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Max Lehmanski bet 700 on a 
flop from middle position and the small blind check-raised to 3,000. Lehmanski called and both players checked the 
. On the river, the small blind bet 2,000 and Lehmanski quickly called, with his 
prevailing against 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
83,000 |
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Ari Engel and Benny Spindler are both known as players who aren't scared to put the chips into the middle, but their latest clash was rather safe than aggressive.
Engel was in the small blind, checking the 
flop where Spindler bet 800 from the button. Engel called before they both checked the turn.
Engel opted for a blocking bet of 300 when the hit the river, and Spindler called to prompt a showdown. Engel exposed but Spindler had him beat with .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
41,725
-1,625
|
-1,625 |
|
|
||
|
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31,500
1,900
|
1,900 |