Paul: 2016, Aussie Millions, well we're well underway. I'm sitting with Jason Somerville. Yesterday was the 100K event, and you covered pretty much every single hand massive names in the field as we walked through the floor, so you've got everyone here. Jason: Absolutely stacked field yesterday https://casinoslots-sa.co.za/casino-cruise.
What an amazing feature table. We have Phil Ivey, Timex, Ben Tollerene, Steve O'Dwyer came through, Eric Seidel, John Juanda. You name it, there was not a marshmallow in the field. It was absolutely amazing. We saw such incredible hands. It was really an honor. Paul: What stood out? Where there a handful of moments that stood out? Jason: There was one hand that might be the hand of the entire Aussie Millions, and it was in the first hour of play yesterday. There was a hand where Phil Ivey raised on the button. Dario Sammartino defended his big blind. Flop came 10, 8, 3, 3 hearts. Dario checked, Phil bet. Dario check-raised with jack 9 with the straight draw Phil just called. And this was an amazing moment because we couldn't see Phil's hands live on the stream. Paul: Right. Jason: So Dario check-raises. Turn is a seven. So Dario completes his straight on the turn, but the flush is possible on the flop. Then Dario bets, Phil calls, river is a 7 pairing the board, and Dario checks and Phil moves all in for two times the size of the pot. And because there's the shot clock in play in the 100k, it's one of those moments where you have 30 seconds to act. He puts in his time bank chip trying to buy more time. He has a minute and a half to make his full decision, and it's just like what do you do? Phil Ivey, the best in the world, betting two times the pot. All you have is a straight in that spot, and it was an absolutely sick spot. Twitch chat is freaking out. Everything is going crazy. Dario does call. Phil turns up with a full house, pocket 10s, rivered the full house. Paul: Wow. Jason: What a hand that was. Paul: Wow. Jason: Talk about a sick spot, right? So you want to play 100k, huh buddy? Here you go. Paul: So what you're saying is the way you're explaining the hand is that Phil Ivey knew what he had. Jason: Phil played it perfectly. Phil had the best hand on the flop, got check-raised, and then Dario took the lead on the turn with a straight. Dario bet, of course, with the best hand. And then on the river, Dario has to decide does Phil have a missed flush draw because there are three hearts on the flop. Does Phil have just a single pair that he's bluffing on the river with, or does Phil have a full house and have him beat or have a slow played flush and play this way. But it's like so sick, absolutely sick spot. You have 90 seconds to decide, too. Paul: I know, right? Like the time doesn't help at all. So where there any other big moments from yesterday? Jason: Yeah, we saw a lot of big conflicts. We had Ben Tollerene at the feature table who is known as Ben86 online, one of the most successful online players of all time. So we was battling back and forth. We saw Mike McDonald who is prolific in these 100k events over the last few years. He made so many cool plays as well. Great to see Steve O'Dwyer. Steve O'Dwyer has $2 million in cashes in the last month, $3 million in cashes in the last 2 months. Cashes in Prague, Philippines, here in Australia, just got fourth in the 25K, and in the Bahamas, just won a super high roller. So all around the world, Steve O'Dwyer, he's just collecting $500,000 every place he goes, like "There you go." Amazing to see these guys play, especially because we had as dynamic where we had Eric Seidel and John Juanda, more of the veteran players playing, and six of the younger, guys like Fedor Holz who's obviously won $5 million in the last two months. It's amazing to see literally the cream of the crop of the poker world battle it out. Paul: Do you see that very often? One of the things about the Aussie Millions is it does bring generations together, guys like Eric Seidel and John Juanda who've been around for a very long time and have been able to make the transition once the game has evolved. They've made the jump, right? Jason: Right. Paul: So now we're seeing generations clash. Does anything stand out when that happens? Jason: Yeah, it's always interesting to watch these guys try to outplay each other because we have the privilege of watching with hole card. So on a 30 minute delay, we can see, "Okay, this player is raising bigger in this spot. This player is limping his blinds. This player is raising larger. This player is playing tight." We watch Fabian Quoss raise four out of five hands yesterday and I was like, "How are you doing this at this crazy table?" But we get an insight into each of these players' styles and tactics. And like you said, not only is it generations coming together here, but it's the world. We have all different sorts of players, all different experience levels, all different ages coming together and battling it out, and man, what an arena it was yesterday. Paul: And puts a lot of pressure on you because you're a bracelet winner. You can only call what you know. Right? Jason: Sure, sure. Paul: So you have to have a good idea of what you're seeing. Does it ever confuse you? Jason: For sure. When I watch these guys, obviously I am here to learn just like everybody else is. These guys are doing things that are certainly on a level higher than me. I've played in 500 or 600K's myself in my life and I've played with these guys very often. And it's still amazing to watch these guys play and see the levels they're thinking on and try to say, "Okay, why are they doing that?" And I feel it's my job to kind of play tour guide for the viewers and say, "Okay, this is what I think they're doing." Paul: I'm with Jason Somerville doing a wonderful job covering the 2016 Aussie Millions. You'll keep us posted day-to-day.
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