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Posted 01-19-2008 10:28 GMT+10
Event 13 - $5,300 Heads Up Championship
Day 1b completed
Day 1b completed
2008 Aussie Millions
Event 13 - $5,300 Heads Up Championship
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Quarter Finals Draw
Here is the draw for the Heads Up Championship quarter finals:
Lee Nelson vs Roy Winston
Masaaki Kagawa vs Mike "Timex" McDonald
Jeff Garza vs David Sonelin
Alexey Popov vs Xuan Nguyen
Play will recommence at 2:30 p.m local time with each of the remaining eight players guaranteed at least AU$20,000 in prize money!
Round 3 Results
Alexey Popov def Justin Schwartz 2-1Xuan Nguyen def Joe Le 2-1
Jeff Garza def Sorel Mizzi 2-0
David Sonelin def Aleks Lackovic 2-0
Joe Le Eliminated
Xuan Nguyen Advances
On the final hand Nguyen held
against Le's 
. The board ran out 
and Xuan Nguyen is through to the quarter finals!
Tags: Xuan Nguyen.
Nguyen vs Le - The Battle Continues
Xuan Nguyen had Joe Le down to a short stack after Nguyen's set of fives were good against Le's middle pair.However Le was able to turn things around winning a race a few hands later with
. Once again Nguyen held pocket fives, but the board ran out 
to give Le a double up to reclaim the lead once again!These two are playing some high quality, intense heads-up poker and are not willing to give an inch to their opponent!
Xuan Nguyen Levels At 1-1
Xuan Nguyen has tied the series with Joe Le at 1-1 as we head towards a decider!Joe Le Goes 1-0
In an epic heads-up contest, Joe Le finally found a decent hand to call the shove of Xuan Nguyen. Le had
and Nguyen was in trouble with his 
.The board arrived
and Le was ecstatic to finally win the match and take a 1-0 lead!
Alexey Popov Advances to Quarter Finals!
Alexey Popov Advances
and made an easy call. Schwartz flipped over 
and would need some help.However the board arrived
and Popov wins the match 2-1 to advance to tomorrow's quarter finals!
Tags: Alexey Popov.
Joe Le Doubles Twice
Joe Le was short-stacked against Xuan Nguyen but has just doubled up twice to get back to nearly even once again!Le doubled with
vs Nguyen's when he spiked two pair, and Le then had his pocket tens hold against Nguyen's pocket threes!
Nguyen v Le Still At 0-0
Xuan Nguyen and Joe Le are enjoying the deeper stacks that round three has given them and are playing plenty of small ball poker. At the moment they are still tied at 0-0.
Jeff Garza
Photos
- Heads Up Championship
- Jeff Garza
- Masaaki Kagawa
- Masaaki Kagawa
- Jeff Garza
- Roy Winston
- Mike "Timex" McDonald
- Xuan Nguyen
- David Sonelin
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