Tony Mladenovski’s stack has dwindled a bit since finishing with the chip lead on Day 1c yesterday. He just threw his cards away in a three-handed pot.
The board read and after a bet of 1,300 from the under the gun player, Mladenovski made the call next to act. The man on the button then reached deep into his stack and came over the top for 9,200.
The initial bettor folded but Mladenovski called to see the arrive on the turn.
Mladenovski checked it over to the button who continued for 13,700. After over a minute of deliberation, Mladenovski flashed the and relinquished his hand.
We caught Bryan Huang just as he was headed for the exit and he gave us a recap of how it all went wrong. Huang got all the chips in preflop with ace-king against the pocket queens of Fabian Geisel and with no ace or king making an appearance Huang’s 2017 Aussie Millions run is over.
Tony Hachem has been eliminated from the main event but was more than happy to recap how he busted.
The hand started with John Dalessandri raising to 2,100 from under the gun before Hachem moved all in for 15,000 from middle position. The action folded back around to Dalessandri who snap-called.
Hachem was in trouble holding ace-king versus Dalessadnri's pocket kings and no help would come from the board resulting in Hachem hitting the rail early on Day 2.
Hachem had been seated with good friend Shane Warne from the start of the day and wished him all the best for the remainder of the tournament.
To start proceedings here on Day 2 all eyes were on 2005 WSOP Main Event champion and Australian Poker Hall of Fame chairman Joe Hachem who had taken to the microphone with some announcements.
Surrounded by fellow Hall of Famers Billy ‘The Croc’ Argyros, Leo Boxell, Graeme Putt, Jason Gray and Mel Juda, Hachem called up New Zealand’s [Removed:17] to the podium to be presented with the Young Achiever Award.
The award was to acknowledge Yan’s hard work and success on the circuit in the last few years. Yan has amassed over $3.5 million in live cashes since 2012 and scored himself $796,459 for a runner-up finish in the EPT €25,000 8-handed event last year.
After a few words from Yan, Hachem revealed that it was time to induct a new member into the Australian Poker Hall of Fame. That honour was bestowed upon none other than 2015 Aussie Millions Main Event champion Manny Stavropoulos.
The Melbourne local reflected on how poker has changed since he won his first tournament years ago and how it was an honor to receive such prestigious recognition.
After a round of applause from the seated players and the railbirds alike it was then time to shuffle up and deal, with cards in the air for Day 2 of this 2017 Aussie Millions Main Event.
The action folded around to Koray Aldemir in the small blind who limped into the pot. Craig McCorkell was seated in the big blind and raised it up to 3,500. Aldemir then came over the top with a raise to 12,000. McCorkell called.
The flop came down and Aldemir checked. McCorkell reached for his chips and fired out 13,500. Aldemir contemplated for a moment before releasing his hand to the muck.
Roger Fluckiger moved all-in for his last 15,000 with pocket sixes and was called by a tablemate holding king-jack. Unfortunately for Fluckiger the flop came down king-high and with no six forthcoming on the turn and river his Aussie Millions Main Event is over.
Andrew Bassat opened from under the gun with a raise to 2,000 and action folded around to Karl Myburgh in the big blind, who threw in the call. The flop fell and after Myburgh checked Bassat bet out for 2,600 only to see Myburgh fold. Bassat pitched his into the middle of the table and pulled in the small pot.
With the start of the second level of the day, registration has now been closed. It looks like the 2017 Aussie Millions attracted a field of 725. We bring you an update as soon as we have confirmation on that number as well as the prize pool.
and was crushing Boustani's 
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to see Grafton hold with his over pair resulting in Boustani being sent to the rail.
and after a bet of 1,300 from the under the gun player, Mladenovski made the call next to act. The man on the button then reached deep into his stack and came over the top for 9,200. 
arrive on the turn. 
and relinquished his hand.
. Carrel tabled first showing 
for just king high which couldn’t beat the big blind’s 
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and Aldemir checked. McCorkell reached for his chips and fired out 13,500. Aldemir contemplated for a moment before releasing his hand to the muck.
