Event 1 - $1,100 No Limit Hold'em | 2009 Aussie Millions

01-11-2009 14:18 UTC+11

Harrison-Ford Eliminates Two

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A three-way all-in has seen the two players hit the rail as Michael Harrison-Ford continues to accumulate chips.

Harrison-Ford held {K-Spades}

to be in great shape against Brett Ogle's {6-Diamonds}

and Julian Kannis' {A-Clubs}

with all the chips in preflop.

The board fell {J-Spades}

and Harrison-Ford collects the pot to climb up to over 150,000 chips.

Tags: Brett Ogle Julian Kannis Michael Harrison-Ford

01-11-2009 14:29 UTC+11

Broom Sweeps Lavercombe Out the Door

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Sometimes poker can be a vicious game. In a battle of the James, James Lavercombe moved all in from late position for 13,000 chips. James Broom was in the 4,000-chip big blind and found himself in the position of having to call 9,000 chips to win roughly 22,000. He made the call with {10-Diamonds}

and found himself against Lavercombe's {6-Spades}

. Broom promptly hit a ten on the {A-Spades}

flop. The turn was the {K-Diamonds}

and the river was the {8-Clubs}

, sending Lavercombe to the payout table.

Tags: James Broom James Lavercombe

01-11-2009 14:33 UTC+11

Those Damn Aces

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Ismail Ismail hit an ace, and as a result he's still in the tournament. He moved all in for 24,000 with {A-Hearts}

and was called by Abel Cabrera, who showed {K-Diamonds}

. Ismail paired his ace right away, {9-Clubs}

, then held on through the turn {10-Clubs}

and river

. He's up to 53,000. Cabrera is down to 49,000.

Tags: Abel Cabrera Ismail Ismail

01-11-2009 14:33 UTC+11

Break Time

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The last level was much less action-packed than the two before it. Perhaps the speed of play will pick up when players come back from the first ten-minute break of the day.

01-11-2009 14:41 UTC+11

Play Resumes

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Cards are back in the air. 53 players remain in the hunt for the AU$150,000 first-place prize.

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 400

01-11-2009 14:43 UTC+11

Another Table Down

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The following players have been eliminated, earning AU$2,193 in the process:

55th - James Lavercombe
56th - Eugene Juczenko
57th - Nolan Hole
58th - Samuel Gerber
59th - Kim Fjastad
60th - Julian Kannis
61st - Brett Ogle
62nd - Peter Fien
63rd - Zhi Hong Ma

With those eliminations, we've reached a pay jump. The next nine players to be eliminated will each earn AU$3,290.

01-11-2009 14:51 UTC+11

Chip Count Update

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We've updated the chip counts for the entire field at the break, with the top five chip stacks as follows:

Paul Rochford - 162,000
Steve Bouya - 155,000
Dean Blatt - 154,000
Michael Harrison-Ford - 144,000
Naz Sibaei - 114,000

01-11-2009 14:56 UTC+11

Cabrera Steams Out the Door

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Abel Cabrera opened with a raise to 10,000 before Nir Peer moved all in over the top. Cabrera was committed and still fuming over his previous beat and decided to make a gambling call.

Cabrera: {K-Diamonds}

Peer:

The

board missed Cabrera and he was sent to the rail. Peer is now amongst the chip leaders with 167,000 chips.

Tags: Abel Cabrera Nir Peer

01-11-2009 15:04 UTC+11

Delaney Takes Over the Chip Lead

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Ben Delaney was pegged yesterday by some in the Crown Poker Room as the player who would win this tournament. He's on his way after a three-way pot with James Broom and Clint Jordanou. Delaney opened for 12,000 from middle position and was called by Jordanou and Broom out of the blinds. Action checked to Delaney on a flop of {K-Spades}

. He made it 14,000 to go, folding Jordanou. Broom then check-raised all in and was snap-called by Delaney.

Broom: {9-Diamonds}

Delaney:

The turn fell {A-Diamonds}

, making Delaney's set of fives a lock to win the hand. He's up to 174,000.

The next hand, Broom, left with approximately 25,000 chips, doubled up in a battle of the blinds. He open-raised all in with {A-Spades}

and was called by Jason White, who showed {A-Clubs}

. Neither player improved.

Tags: Ben Delaney Clint Jordanau James Broom Jason White