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Event 12 - $10,500 Aussie Millions Main EventDay 1a completed
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Tue Jan 15 2008 00:08 GMT+10 | Posted by Hektik
End of Day 1a Chip Counts
There were 91 players remaining at the end of play today. Click here for a complete list of the players who will return on Thursday for Day 2, along with their official chip counts.
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Mon Jan 14 2008 22:38 GMT+10 | Posted by DrPauly
Day 1a Complete
The first day is over. Stay tuned for official end of day chip counts.
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Mon Jan 14 2008 22:38 GMT+10 | Posted by gsqwared
See-saw Ride for Juanda
As the final seconds ticked off the play clock, John Juanda played two critical hands that saw him lose all but 8,375 worth of chips - then double back up to 17,000 to end the day.
The first hand saw Juanda lead out with a 3,500 bet on a
flop. He was then raised by Matt Sexton, who kicked it to 8,500. When the action returned to Juanda he re-raised all in on the strength of an open-ended straight draw (
) and Sexton, pot committed, made the call with 
. The turn and river came 
,
and Sexton took down the pot with a pair of jacks.
One hand later, Juanda open-shoved from the cutoff holding
and was called by Joe Reino in the big blind who tabled 
. Neither player hit the 
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Mon Jan 14 2008 22:26 GMT+10 | Posted by DrPauly
jeciimd likes pcoket aces....Eric "jeciimd" Chadwick Doubles Up
On the next to last hand of the night, Eric "jeciimd" Chadwick doubled up. He was all in preflop with pocket Aces against an opponent's pocket Kings. The board ran out
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Mon Jan 14 2008 22:12 GMT+10 | Posted by DrPauly
96 Players and Counting
215 runners began today and there are 96 left. The average stack is 44,791.
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Mon Jan 14 2008 22:07 GMT+10 | Posted by gsqwared
Boxell's on a Heater
After being dealt A-K and pocket kings in back-to-back hands, well-known Australian pro Leo Boxell has run his stack up to 98,000 three quarters of the way through the last level of play.
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Mon Jan 14 2008 22:06 GMT+10 | Posted by DrPauly
If you build it, Buddha will come....Black's Big Stack
This picture speaks for itself. Andy Black is the chipelader as he's approaching 170,000.
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Mon Jan 14 2008 21:57 GMT+10 | Posted by DrPauly
Oliver Gill Up to 58K
On a flop of
, Oliver Gill's opponent shoved all in for 36,900. Gill went into the tank for several minutes while feeling out his opponent. He tried to figure out if he had a set or not.
One of the floor supervisors called the clock on Gill.
"I'm either ending the day broke or with a big stack," he mentioned before finally calling off his last 21,000.
Opponent:
Gill:
The turn was the
and the river was a 
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Mon Jan 14 2008 21:52 GMT+10 | Posted by gsqwared
Liu Spikes a Two-Outer
All in for her tournament life with pocket eights against the pocket jacks of Raymond Rahme, Full Tilt Pro J.J. Liu brought the rail to their feet after she spiked a third eight on the turn to steal the pot from Rahme, doubling up to 12,000 in the process.
The complete board was:
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Started 14th Jan, 2008
