$1 Million Cash Game | 2009 Aussie Millions

01-25-2009 19:04 UTC+11

Updated Chip Counts

[user75032]

Patrik Antonius brought AU$1,500,000 to today's game; Tom Dwan brought AU$2,000,000 to the game but put only half of that on the table to start play. Currently, Antonius has AU$1,866,500 in his stack. Dwan is at AU$633,500.

That makes Dwan a AU$366,500 loser over the first 100 hands of this match. Of course, that's "only" $239,000 in American dollars.

01-25-2009 19:12 UTC+11

Play Resumes

[user75032]

Dwan and Antonius are back at the table and cards are in the air for Hand No. 101. The game has switched back to PLO.

01-25-2009 19:32 UTC+11

Deja Vu?

[user75032]

The table talk has once again evaporated. The reason why? Another monster PLO pot that went to Antonius. It started out innocently enough with a preflop raise and call. Dwan check-called a bet of $12,000 with the flop showing {5-Hearts}

. He checked again on the turn {8-Clubs}

and then called Antonius' bet of $32,000.

The river paired the board {6-Clubs}

. Dwan tanked for more than a minute, then bet $73,000. Finally we had some movement from Antonius. He put his hand on a stack of AU$25,000 flags and ever so slightly started tapping them with his pointer finger. After a minute he pushed them into the middle, a raise to $175,000.

For the second time in a big PLO pot, Dwan didn't want to go to showdown. He mucked his hand after thirty seconds, his stack $123,000 shorter.

01-25-2009 19:51 UTC+11

Chop, Chop

[user75032]

The biggest pots today have come in PLO. We finally had a significant pot develop in hold'em but it was a chop. Antonius led the betting the whole way, with Dwan check-calling bets of $12,000, $26,000 and $61,000 on a board of {4-Spades}

. Dwan tabled {6-Hearts}

, having flopped the straight; Antonius showed {5-Hearts}

, having turned it with a gutterball six.

Incredibly unlucky card for Dwan. He just can't seem to catch any breaks today.

01-25-2009 19:59 UTC+11

Shaking Things Up

[user75032]

They're back in PLO now. The first couple of hands have been folded, prompting the two players to start jabbering again. They're talking poker, of course. If you spend 80% of your life doing one thing, what else are you going to talk about?

We are most likely going to be adding players to the game soon (after a break for the television crew). The table talk will hopefully increase with the addition of new players. The rumor floating around the room is that Alec Torelli, Chino Rheem and Andrew Robl are all looking for a game. Masa Kagawa may also be in the mix.

01-25-2009 20:05 UTC+11

Break Time

[user75032]

The players are on a thirty-minute break so that the television crew can grab a bite to eat. I'm told that Andrew Robl strolled up to the door right at the break with $550,000 in a case. He put the case down by the door, then walked off with Dwan and Antonius.

01-25-2009 20:14 UTC+11

Updated Chip Counts

[user75032]

Tom Dwan: AU$477,000
Patrik Antonius: AU$2,023,000

Dwan's stuck AU$523,000.

01-25-2009 20:57 UTC+11

Play Resumes

[user75032]

Patrik has shifted one seat to his right. Interestingly, I don't think anyone is actually filming this. The two just sat down and started playing. The game is PLO right now.

01-25-2009 21:08 UTC+11

Dwan Wins a Showdown!

[user75032]

Tom Dwan finally took a pot at showdown. He got a total of $40,000 from Antonius on a board of {3-Diamonds}

; $6,000 preflop; $10,000 on the turn and $24,000 on the river. He showed {A-Hearts}

for two pair, aces and threes.

Gus Hansen is here. He just peeked into the set and asked how things were going. "I'm down 550," said Dwan. "Patrik's winning all the money, as usual." We're supposed to be getting some more players in a few minutes -- as soon as their chips arrive from the cage.

01-25-2009 21:13 UTC+11

Durrrr Trying to Get Hansen in the Game

[user75032]

Tom Dwan's doing his best to convince Gus Hansen to sit down, but Hansen is having none of it. He's standing off to the side, downing a drink. He said that he won't play because he's been drinking.

Dwan offered that they will all do a shot right away and then every thirty minutes after. "I'll do two to catch up," he added. "As long as it's not something nasty-tasting like tequila." Hansen didn't sit down, but he didn't leave the set either.

"I'll do two cranberry vodkas. Two shots. Three shots. Whatever you think is fair for me to catch up." Still no sale, and it was at that point that Hansen decided to leave. He wished each player good luck and then slipped out the door.

"So close, and yet so far," sighed Dwan after the door closed.