A$10,600 Main Event Dia 3 | 2020 Aussie Millions

2020-01-21 20:53 UTC+10

Updated Chip Counts

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Nível 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Fabian Quoss	860,000 -10,000	-10,000

Manig Loeser	605,000 145,000	145,000

Tom Rafferty	460,000 111,500	111,500
Michael Sideridis	410,000 -19,500	-19,500
Benedikt Eberle	380,000 -16,500	-16,500
Thibaut Klinghammer	305,000 55,000	55,000
Ngoc Tai Hoang	295,000 -75,000	-75,000
Paawan Bansal	290,000 -5,000	-5,000
Ben Lamb	250,000 14,000	14,000

Hussein Hassan	230,000 149,500	149,500
Dzmitry Urbanovich	230,000 -36,000	-36,000

Jarryd Godena	160,000 56,000	56,000
Adriano Cendron	155,000 -60,000	-60,000
Jeremy Pekarek	150,000 -115,000	-115,000

Bernie Stang	125,000 -41,000	-41,000
Max Young	110,000 -110,000	-110,000

2020-01-21 20:56 UTC+10

Yockey and Zhang Clash in Big Pot

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Nível 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Chi Zhang tangled with Bryce Yockey and the battle button (Yockey) versus big blind (Zhang) started with a raise to 18,000 and a three-bet to 72,000. Yockey ripped it in and Zhang called with both holding nearly half a million in chips.

Chi Zhang:
Bryce Yockey:

The board came and Zhang missed out on the two overcards and the flush draw. Both stacks were counted and Yockey had 493,000 at his disposal, Zhang was covered as he only had 478,000.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Bryce Yockey	980,000 828,000	828,000

Chi Zhang	Eliminado

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2020-01-21 21:00 UTC+10

Morris Eliminated

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Nível 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Steven Morris was all in for about 50,000 against two players, Simon Burns and Ali Ghezelbash. The board read and more than 100,000 was also in a side pot. Ghezelbash checked and Burns bet 90,000. Ghezelbash shoved all in for about 370,000. Burns tanked several minutes then folded.

Ghezelbash:
Morris:

Morris was dead to a chop and the didn't do it for him.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Ali Ghezelbash	720,000 214,500	214,500
Simon Burns	625,000 -70,000	-70,000
Steven Morris	Eliminado

Tags: Simon Burns Steven Morris Ali Ghezelbash

2020-01-21 21:01 UTC+10

Sitbon Chips Up Against Kang

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Nível 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

On a completed board of , Julien Sitbon checked from under the gun and faced a bet of 45,000 by Jinsoo Kang on the button.

Sitbon gave it short consideration and eventually made the call. Kang tabled and Sitbon had that beat with for the superior two pair.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Rishabh Vekaria	1,040,000 40,000	40,000
Gareth Pepper	820,000 -50,000	-50,000
Goran Mandic	600,000 -52,500	-52,500
Jinsoo Kang	350,000 -198,000	-198,000
Julien Sitbon	270,000 77,000	77,000

Russell Thomas	220,000 120,000	120,000
Sparrow Cheung	205,000 -27,000	-27,000
Liam Doyle	150,000 99,500	99,500

Tags: Jinsoo Kang Julien Sitbon

2020-01-21 21:03 UTC+10

Gavin Flynn, The Guy Who Left the Cold

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Nível 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

From 2010 to 2014, Gavin Flynn used to play small tournaments in Ireland. His subsequent results came anywhere but in Ireland. Looking at the portfolio of his Hendon Mob cashes, one doesn't have to be a detective to figure out that Flynn relocated from his home country.

"In Ireland, it's raining and cold a lot. I like nice weather."

For the last two years, Flynn has been living in Thailand, enjoying the warm climate. To his advantage, Flynn didn't need to worry about his occupation, or about looking for a new one. Being online poker pro widens the atlas for anybody who seeks to change the culture—or the weather—they live in.

"It's me and few of my English friends," Flynn said about his new home. They're mostly online grinders whose names haven't been circulating through poker media outlets. Sam Welbourne may be the only exception; the British pro travels around live poker circuit relatively frequently.

"We stay in separate houses, but we have our office. Just to keep the mood better," Flynn said.

With online tournaments being Flynn's bread and butter, the Irish pro had to adjust his daily routine to be able to continue to play the online slate.

"But I don't play on the major sites," Flynn revealed.

The move to Thailand hasn't brought the only change related to his profession. Along with it, Flynn decided that he would travel more and play at more live events.

"I haven't played much live in Europe, really," Flynn said.

It didn't take him too long to adapt to the live scene. Flynn has proved he is no stranger to closing things out. He won two tournaments during his trip to Ho Chi Minh City in July 2018 and, only a few months later, added another victory in a small event in the Philippines. He also took down a daily event in Las Vegas last summer.

But his largest cash came here in the land down under. Last year, Flynn made a solid deep run in the Aussie Millions Main Event, finishing 20th for A$44,200.

Flynn doesn't seem to miss Ireland much. Does he come back often? "Only if I'm going to Vegas and at Christmas, that's it. That's literally it," he laughed. His presence in Europe may increase in the coming months, however, as he plans to push more volume when it comes to live tournaments. He hinted that he might show up in Barcelona in August.

The Aussie Millions provide a good test for the Irishman, and he's been succeeding in it so far. "Barcelona will be even bigger, but it will be a massive crowd. I'm not going to get one beast at each table like here," Flynn forecasted.

Here in the Main Event, Flynn survived the bubble again, locking up a back-to-back in-the-money finish in the largest tournament in the Southern Hemisphere. He has the work cut out for him, though, should he aim to top his last year's result. Flynn was left with 13 big blinds on dinner break.

"I'm short. I'll just try to build my stack now, but it's hard because there are three massive stacks to my left and all the shorts are to my right," Flynn observed, noting that Tomas Ribeiro, Jordan Tentori, and Nino Ullmann were in the next three seats behind him.

Flynn said he feels the field getting tougher every year with more international players joining the action at Crown Melbourne. "You're looking at every table, and there is a big name," Flynn gave credit to the competition.

Having called the Asia-Pacific region his home for the last two years, Flynn and his companions have a reasonable action radius. He plans to get back to the online realm following his appearance here in Melbourne, but there are more trips already lined up in his itinerary.

"We're going for poker events to Taiwan and Manila. But Manila had a volcano erupt so it might not be the best option," Flynn concluded.

Tags: Aussie Millions Crown Melbourne Gavin Flynn Jordan Tentori Nino Ullmann

2020-01-21 21:05 UTC+10

Updated Chip Counts

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Nível 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Scott Margereson	1,160,000 50,500	50,500

Oliver Weis	735,000 24,000	24,000
Daniel O'Shea	705,000 85,000	85,000
Nino Ullmann	540,000 -10,000	-10,000

Ashish Gupta	525,000 252,000	252,000
Steve O'Dwyer	475,000 145,000	145,000

John Chu	270,000 -145,500	-145,500
Mai Ha	260,000 73,000	73,000
Gavin Flynn	215,000 134,500	134,500
Jean-Serge Baril	200,000 86,000	86,000
Thomas Wing	180,000 -38,500	-38,500
Shan Huang	170,000 -20,000	-20,000
Joel Cohen	145,000 100,500	100,500
Michael Gross (AU)	140,000 -39,000	-39,000
Sergio Aido	110,000 -200,000	-200,000

2020-01-21 21:08 UTC+10

Double Ups for Miscikowski and Tentori

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Nível 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

David Miscikowski was all-in for 155,000 with against the of Simon Burns and the board came to improve Miscikowski to a full house.

Quan Zhou on the button folded to the shove of Jordan Tentori and the call of Dingxiang Ong, and mentioned in table chat he had king-jack suited.

Jordan Tentori:
Dingxiang Ong:

The board kept Tentori in contention as well.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Simon Burns	410,000 -215,000	-215,000
Dingxiang Ong	340,000 79,000	79,000
David Miscikowski	320,000 -176,500	-176,500

Quan Zhou	280,000 30,000	30,000
Jordan Tentori	260,000 1,000	1,000

Tags: David Miscikowski Dingxiang Ong Jordan Tentori Quan Zhou Simon Burns

2020-01-21 21:12 UTC+10

Huang and Baril Next to Go

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Nível 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Shan Huang was all in for somewhere in the region of 175,000 holding and would need to hold against the big stack of Steve O'Dwyer with

The flop gave Huang very little to work with and the miracle of running quads was not to be with the runout sending him to the rail.

Meanwhile, Jean-Serge Baril has also been eliminated.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Steve O'Dwyer	650,000 175,000	175,000

Shan Huang	Eliminado
Jean-Serge Baril	Eliminado

Tags: Shan Huang Steve O'Dwyer

2020-01-21 21:13 UTC+10

Del Vecchio Shoves River

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Nível 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Mike Del Vecchio checked from the big blind on and Yin Liu bet 13,000 from the hijack. Del Vecchio raised to 36,000 and Liu called. Both players checked the , bringing a . Del Vecchio shoved for about 120,000 and Liu took several minutes then patted the table and folded.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Yin Liu	460,000 -110,000	-110,000
Mike Del Vecchio	240,000 -31,500	-31,500

Tags: Mike Del Vecchio Yin Liu

2020-01-21 21:16 UTC+10

Another Elimination for O'Dwyer

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Nível 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Steve O'Dwyer has been on a bit of a tear recently, this time having Thomas WIng all in for less than 200,000.

Steve O'Dwyer:
Thomas Wing:

There was an eight on the flop and another on the turn as the river completed the board and send Wing to the rail just before the break.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Steve O'Dwyer	805,000 155,000	155,000

Thomas Wing	Eliminado

Tags: Steve O'Dwyer Thomas Wing