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In just under an hour's time Event #10: $5,300 Heads Up Championships will begin. In a game where the notion of mano a mano reigns true, we will see some of the best players from around the world battling one-on-one against each other.
With Day 1a filling 32 spots it will be interesting to see who takes their seats with Day 1c of the Main Event kicking off on the other side of the Crown Poker Room.
Check back at 2:30pm local time where PokerNews will be bringing all the live updates, match-ups and egotistic outburts to you live as they happen from the tournament floor of the 2009 Aussie Millions!
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The Australian Heads Up Championship is underway with the first 32 players hitting the felt in one-on-one action.
We're just experiencing some internet connectivity issues from that side of the floor but hopefully Crown can resolve those ASAP so we can bring you regular updates of the action.
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Alexander Kostritsyn was off to a bad start in his heads-up match against Stewart Davidson but found a needed double-up to again be square in his first match.
Moving all in on the river with the board reading he was called by Davidson and Kostritsyn tabled .
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Some of the more intriguing Round 1 duels in the Heads Up Championship from flight 1a include:
Tony Bloom vs. Sorel Mizzi
Chino Rheem vs. Graeme Putt
Lee Nelson vs. Sam Higgs
Sergey Rybachenko vs. Craig Bergeron
Wesley Whybrew vs. Harry Demetriou
Other notables are Bill Jordanou, Alexander Kostritsyn, Ralph Burd, Alec Torelli, Neil Channing, James Obst and David Saab.
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After busting from the Main Event in the first level David "Chino" Rheem has been on absolute roller-coaster against his opponent Graeme "KiwiG" Putt.
After losing the first match to Putt, Rheem made amends when he eliminated Putt with on a board of all in on the flop with Putt holding .
With it level at one apiece, Rheem would fall in the second match when after raising to 300, Putt reraised to 1,800. Rheem announced, "I'll gamble with you," and pushed the last of his 2,600 stack into the pot with Putt making the call.
Putt:
Rheem:
The board fell to see Rheem head to the rail for the second time with Putt progressing through to face Lee Nelson or Sam Higgs.
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Niki Jedlicka is strolling round the eight tables assessing some of the competition.
Will Jedlicka be playing tomorrow? Make sure to check out all of the PokerNews coverage at the same time tomorrow . . . internet connection permitting!
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Jarred Solomon
Apart from the Putt vs. Rheem match, everyone else is playing a little slow.
Event #5: $1,100 H.O.R.S.E champion Jarred Solomon has just taken out his first match against Per Gunnarsson, and 2007 Heads-Up Champion David Saab has just lost his first match.
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Each player starts with 3,000 in chips and plays 20-minute levels beginning at 25-50 and progressing through.
To progress through you must win two out of your three matches. The winner will then take a 5,000 starting bank into Round Two, and play will continue in the same format.
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he was called by Davidson and Kostritsyn tabled 
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on a board of 
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to see Rheem head to the rail for the second time with Putt progressing through to face Lee Nelson or Sam Higgs.
