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

01-10-2009 18:10 UTC+11

Helena Wong Runs into Major Trouble

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looked like a good-enough hand for Helena Wong. She pushed in her stack of 5,575 chips from early position. The first piece of bad news for Wong was that a player a few seats behind her jumped at the chance to put his whole stack of 8.700 into the pot. The second piece of bad news was that a second player then moved all in over the top of that raise. The third piece of bad news came when the hands were opened:

Wong: {A-Clubs}

Player A:

Player B:

Wong actually improved on the flop as it came {9-Hearts}

to give her a gutshot straight draw. It never hit. The turn fell {2-Spades}

and the river came {j-Spades}

. Player B's queens held up. As a result, Wong has exited the tournament area.

Tags: Helena Wong

01-10-2009 18:04 UTC+11

Steicke is the Best

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David Steicke limped for 600 in early position and was met with an all-in raise from an opponent in late position. Steicke thought for some time before making the call. Steicke tabled {7-Hearts}

while his opponent turned over {9-Clubs}

(9s}.

The {5-Clubs}

flop gave a sweat to both players. Steicke hit the nuts on the turn {4-Spades}

, leaving his opponent drawing dead to a meaningless {K-Diamonds}

river.

As Steicke raked in the pot, he moved up to 33,000, and tablemate Gary Benson stated, "You're the best, David!"

Tags: David Steick Gary Benson

01-10-2009 17:57 UTC+11

Skeletons in Stanton's Closet?

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James "Welcome Back" Potter is developing quite a rail. He was recently overheard chatting with Mick "the Hoon" Stanton when the recently-eliminated David Bach wandered by. Bach, noticing Stanton and Potter, struck up a conversation by mentioning that he remembered playing with Stanton at the Aussie Millions last year.

Stanton confessed that he didn't remember Bach at first, but then the light bulb seemed to go off in his head. "Oh right!" he said. "Good. I thought for a second you were an undercover policeman."

Tags: David Bach James Potter Mick Stanton

01-10-2009 17:57 UTC+11

Lackovic Has No Luck with the Ladies

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Nik Lackovic was crippled after his pocket nines ran into an opponent's pocket queens and a few moments later found his last 1,800 in the middle with {A-Hearts}

.

Unfortunately for Lackovic, he'd run into {Q-Hearts}

once again, this time with the board running out {6-Clubs}

to send Lackovic to the rail.

Tags: Nik Lackovic

01-10-2009 17:52 UTC+11

Forman-Todd Loves Broadway

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Steve Forman-Todd opened to 2,400 from middle position and found one caller in Eugene Portlen out of the big blind.

Both players checked the flop of {K-Clubs}

, and when the {J-Clubs}

landed on the turn Portlen led for 5,000. With the action on Forman-Todd, he moved all-in, putting Portlen to a decision for his tournament life. Tanking for some time, Portlen eventually made the call, tabling {A-Diamonds}

only to find he was behind Forman-Todd's turned Broadway straight with {A-Clubs}

.

The river brought the {J-Spades}

, and Portlen headed to the rail as Forman-Todd became the new tournament chip leader with 55,000.

Tags: Eugene Portlen Steve Forman-Todd

01-10-2009 17:48 UTC+11

High Rollers Beware!

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David Steicke was just overheard making a comment to Gary Benson that he intended to play the $100,000 No Limit Hold'em Challenge later on in the Aussie Millions. Watch out high rollers!

Tags: David Steicke Gary Benson

01-10-2009 17:46 UTC+11

Bach Busts

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After a wild ride of ups and downs, David Bach has just been eliminated in a three-way pot, with all the chips going in the middle preflop.

Bach: {A-Clubs}

Player A:

Player B:

The board ran out {4-Diamonds}

and Bach headed to the rail as Player B tripled up.

Tags: David Bach

01-10-2009 17:45 UTC+11

Steve Leonard Crippled, Then Eliminated

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Steve Leonard tried to make a move up the counts with {A-Clubs}

, calling the all-in raise of a player behind him. Unfortunately for Leonard, that player turned over {K-Diamonds}

. As has happened several other times today, kings held up against Big Slick. An ace was nowhere to be found on a board of {8-Diamonds}

.

The next hand, Leonard called all in from the big blind after action folded to the small blind, who raised. The small blind didn't have much of a hand -- just {4-Hearts}