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

01-11-2009 15:11 UTC+11

Players Reporting to the Cage

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The tournament staff haven't slowed in breaking down tables. The following players have all been eliminated and visited the payout cage to collect their AU$3,290:

46th - Ioannis Hristakopoulos
47th - Jeff Putt
48th - Marcel Jaggi
49th - Jozef Berec
50th - James Potter
51st - Abel Cabrera
52nd - Hugo Sommer
53rd - Johnny Torchia
54th - Henry Hannigan

01-11-2009 15:12 UTC+11

Patrick Fletcher Eliminated

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Patrick Fletcher was short-stacked and decided to commit himself for the rest of his chips from early position holding {5-Hearts}

. He found a caller in David Griffiths but Fletcher held live cards as Griffiths tabled {A-Diamonds}

.

The board fell {3-Clubs}

and and Griffiths paired up his ace to take the pot and eliminate Fletcher.

Tags: David Griffiths Patrick Fletcher

01-11-2009 15:18 UTC+11

Judah's River Beat

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A devastated Mel Judah is sent to the rail

Mel Judah opened with a raise to 15,000 from early position before Clint Jordanou moved all in from the cutoff. Judah went into the tank and eventually decided to make the call with {A-Clubs}

. He was in great shape as Jordanou tabled a dominated {A-Hearts}

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When the first four was were spread {6-Spades}

Judah only had to avoid a jack to capture a monstrous pot, however the {J-Clubs}

landed like a dagger through the heart of a devastated Judah.

Judah was crippled and eliminated a few moments later.

Tags: Clint Jordanou Mel Judah

01-11-2009 15:21 UTC+11

Rockets Hold for Khouiss

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Sam Khouiss isn't done yet. His 48,100 chips wound up in the middle after a series of raises that led James Broom to move all in from early position for 88,000. Broom's pocket tens were far behind Khouiss' pocket aces, even more so when Ben Delaney announced that he had folded a ten. The {Q-Clubs}

flop left Broom looking for the case ten or running hearts. He found neither on the {4-Diamonds}

turn or the {8-Diamonds}

river.

Broom was left with 39,800 in chips. Khouiss is up to about 100,000.

01-11-2009 15:21 UTC+11

Rochford Surges to Chip Lead

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On a flop of {6-Spades}

and with around 35,000 already in the pot, Rob Price checked the action to Paul Rochford, who fired out a bet of 20,000. Price then check-raised all in for 53,000 and Rochford made the call.

Rochford held {Q-Clubs}

for top pair as Price would need to improve with his {K-Diamonds}

.

The turn was the {A-Hearts}

and river the {7-Clubs}

and Price missed his outs and was sent to the rail as Rochford now assumes the tournament chip lead with over 250,000 chips.

Tags: Paul Rochford Rob Price

Level: 16

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 500

01-11-2009 15:35 UTC+11

The Pot of the Tournament

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Clint Jordanou was just on the receiving end of the biggest pot we've yet seen in Event #1. Michael Chrisanthopoulos was the first player to act preflop and moved all in for 29,000 chips. Action passed to Ben Delaney, who moved all in over the top of Chrisanthopoulos' raise for a total of about 200,000 chips. Nobody else even considered calling that bet until Clint Jordanou's action came. Sitting with the button, he tanked for about 30 seconds before calling all in for a total of 123,000 chips. That put almost 300,000 up for grabs!

Chrisanthopoulos: {A-Hearts}

Delaney:

Jordanou:

Chrisanthopoulos was looking great for the main pot; Jordanou had Delaney dominated for the side pot. The flop came down {Q-Hearts}

, improving Delaney and Jordanou both. Jordanou made the nuts on the turn when it fell {J-Spades}

. Delaney had only one out for a chop (the case ace) and Chrisanthopoulos was left drawing to two outs (the two remaining kings) for a chop. The river {5-Clubs}

meant that both pots went to Jordanou.

After all of the chips were sorted, Chrisanthopoulos was eliminated; Delaney was left with 61,000; and Jordanou is the new chip leader with 274,000.

Tags: Ben Delaney Clint Jordanau Michael Chrisanthopoulous

01-11-2009 15:43 UTC+11

Broom Swept Aside

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James Broom is the latest casualty from today's event after running his {K-Spades}

into Jason White's {K-Clubs}

and Ben Delaney's {A-Spades}

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Broom was short-stacked and couldn't survive when the board fell {5-Hearts}

. White tripled up to 40,000 while Delaney won the side pot with ace high to move to 100,000.

Tags: Ben Delaney James Broom Jason White

01-11-2009 15:44 UTC+11

The Next Table to Fall

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Each of the following players has been eliminated. Their reward is AU$3,290:

37th - James Broom
38th - Michael Chrisanthopoulos
39th - James Spiteri
40th - Darren King
41st - Rob Price
42nd - Mel Judah
43rd - Patrick Fletcher
44th - James Owens
45th - Kris Nedanovski

With four tables remaining, we've reached the next pay jump. The next nine players will each get AU$4,386.

01-11-2009 15:45 UTC+11