Event 7 - $1,650 Bounty Feature Event Day 1 | 2009 Aussie Millions

01-17-2009 04:06 UTC+11

Day 2 Redraw

Table 32
Seat 1: Liv Boeree - 57300 chips
Seat 2: Alexander Debus - 18200 chips
Seat 3: Jim Mastorakos - 54100 chips
Seat 4: Edison Nguyen - 123600 chips
Seat 5: Danny Joukhadar - 70200 chips
Seat 6: Neville Eber - 127800 chips
Seat 7: Matthew Lea - 73200 chips
Seat 8: Graham Woodbine - 27200 chips

Table 31
Seat 1: Tom Pongrass - 8500 chips
Seat 2: Ben Delaney - 86300 chips
Seat 3: Cort Kibler Melby - 61900 chips
Seat 4: Antonis Kambouroglou - 62500 chips
Seat 5: Eric Assadourian - 100300 chips
Seat 6: Josh Field - 39000 chips
Seat 7: John McNaughton - 181300 chips
Seat 8: Con Cotsomitis - 37900 chips

Table 30
Seat 1: Sean Keeton - 145400 chips
Seat 2: Chriss Barratt - 58800 chips
Seat 3: Michael Chrisanthopolous - 67200 chips
Seat 4: Stephen Boots - 120300 chips
Seat 5: Luke Santo - 16400 chips
Seat 6: Con Angelakis - 73200 chips
Seat 7: Oliver Gill - 54100 chips
Seat 8: Neil Channing - 31500 chips

Table 29
Seat 1: Jai Kemp - 105600 chips
Seat 2: Anthony Kellett - 16100 chips
Seat 3: Aaron Jacobs - 45000 chips
Seat 4: Steve Topakas - 82400 chips
Seat 5: Sherrie Gelberg - 60400 chips
Seat 6: Con Kamaras - 63800 chips
Seat 7: Bohden Schaaps - 32000 chips
Seat 8: Saidal Wardak - 146300 chips

Event 7 - $1,650 Bounty Feature Event

Day 1 Completed

01-17-2009 02:01 UTC+11

Day 1 Concludes, McNaughton Grabs Overnight Lead

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That brings an end to play here on Day 8 of the 2009 Aussie Millions Poker Championship, and what a day it was! It started with registration lines that extended all the way across the room, and ended with our final 32 players who will now return tomorrow at 4 p.m. local time for the shootout format as they play for the seventh Gold Championship Ring of the series.

The likes of Eric Assadourian, Ben Delaney, Michael Chrisanthopoulos, Liv Boeree and Josh Field are still in contention but they will be overnight chip leader John McNaughton who grabbed the chip lead late in the day.

We'll have the full list of chip counts and the redraw for you very shortly.

Thanks for your company and we look forward to you joining us tomorrow for the conclusion of this event as well as the start of the $100k Challenge which will feature the biggest and best names the poker industry has to offer! See you then!

01-17-2009 01:52 UTC+11

[Removed:415] Bubbles the Shootout Portion

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We have our secondary bubble boy. [Removed:415] moved all in from the small blind after a few limpers. Tom Pongrass called the raise out of turn before Steve Boots called. On a flop of {8-Hearts}

, Boots moved all in for 7,700. Pongrass made the call, creating a secondary pot.

Doria: {A-Spades}

Boots:

Pongrass:

It was two unimproved ace-king hands against the queens of Boots. His queens held on the turn {9-Clubs}

and the river {6-Hearts}

. Boots climbed all the way to 117,000 as a result of this triple-up. Pongrass is down to 13,475, and Doria is out.

Tags: Steve boots Tom Pongrass

01-17-2009 01:41 UTC+11

Another Bubble

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We're now at 33 players which means we are on another bubble. This time it's a money jump as well as advancement to the shootout stage of the tournament tomorrow afternoon.

The following players have already pocketed AU$2,520:

34th - Velipekka Penttinen
35th - Sherif Derias
36th - Chris Giannakelos
37th - Billy 'the Croc' Argyros
38th - Maryann Farrujia
39th - Aston Soon Shiong
40th - Brendan Woodman

Play is currently hand-for-hand on all tables.

01-17-2009 01:37 UTC+11

Penttinen Sent Packing

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Velipekka Penttinen is next to go after pushing with {A-Clubs}

into the

of Matthew Lea.

The board ran out {A-Diamonds}

and although Penttinen spiked a deuce on the river, Lea makes aces and nines with a king kicker to take the pot and eliminate Penttinen.

Tags: Matthew Lea Velipekka Penttinen

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 200

01-17-2009 01:32 UTC+11

Boeree On Fire As Derias Is Eliminated

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Sherif Derias was all in from middle position for roughly 15,000, before Liv Boeree moved all in over the top for 42,000. The table folded around and the cards were tabled.

Derias: {K-Diamonds}

Boeree:

The board landed {6-Diamonds}

and Derias is eliminated as Boeree claims another scalp as she climbs to a healthy 60,000.

Tags: Liv Boeree Sheriff Derias

01-17-2009 01:31 UTC+11

Giannakelos Eliminated

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The eliminations are rapid fire now. Chris Giannakelos open-shoved his small stack with an excellent starting hand, {J-Diamonds}

. He was called by Liv Boeree, who showed {K-Clubs}

. Bad news came on the flop for Giannakelos, as Boeree paired her king {3-Clubs}

. That left him looking for a one-outer or running cards. He got neither. The turn fell {7-Diamonds}

and the river bricked {Q-Hearts}

. He's out in 36th place, earning AU$2,520. Boeree is still in the hunt with 42,000.

Tags: Chris Giannakelos Liv Boeree

01-17-2009 01:20 UTC+11

Billy "the Croc" Argyros Eliminated

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Another casualty hits the rail. Billy "the Croc" Argyros moved in preflop with his {Q-Hearts}

and found himself up against Eric Assadourian's {A-Diamonds}

. The board ran out {K-Hearts}

, making trip kings for Assadourian. In addition to all of Argyros' remaining chips, Assadourian collected a bounty worth AU$1,000. For his part, Argyros collected prize money of AU$2,520.

Tags: Billy Argyros Eric Assadourian