Event 11 - $1,100 Pot Limit Omaha Day 1 | 2009 Aussie Millions

01-21-2009 22:08 UTC+11

Quel Triples as Tran Slides

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Rainer Quel was all in preflop, with Trung Tran calling the all in bet of a third opponent on the flop of {Q-Spades}

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Quel: {A-Clubs}

Tran:

Opponent:

Quel held the flush draw, Tran had top pair with a wrap, while the third player had flopped two pair.

The turn was the {3-Spades}

and river the {7-Hearts}

. Quel made the flush to triple up to 11,000, while Tran loses the side pot after failing to improve. He's down to 9,000.

Tags: Rainer Quel Trung Tran

01-21-2009 21:59 UTC+11

Marcus' Mystery Cards

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With four players in the pot, the action was checked to the river on a {6-Hearts}

board. Play was checked to Van Marcus, who threw out a small bet of 800 chips. The table folded around to award Marcus the pot.

He then called our field reporter over and requested that we blog his cards while keeping the rest of his table guessing - he revealed {9-Hearts}

for complete air. The table requested the "show one, show all" policy be enforced, but it appears that policy doesn't apply to field reporters, as the table continued to speculate that he held pocket aces! Your secret is safe Van!

Tags: Van Marcus

01-21-2009 21:50 UTC+11

Bhasin Buried

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Preflop, Roy Bhasin opened with a pot-sized raise from middle position before Luke Lichtenstein re-potted from the small blind. The big blind folded and Bhasin quickly tossed the rest of his chips into the middle. It was 6,600 in total and Lichtenstein made the call.

Lichtenstein: {K-Hearts}

Bhasin:

Bhasin held the lead with his aces, but the flop was {2-Diamonds}

, giving Lichtenstein a set as Bhasin stood from his chair and prepared for his demise. The turn was the {4-Spades}

and river the {10-Spades}

, as Lichtenstein's set of jacks hold to send the 2008 Victorian Championships PLO Champion in Bhasin to the exit.

Tags: Luke Lichtenstein Roy Bhasin

01-21-2009 21:34 UTC+11

Play Resumes

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The players are back and the cards are once again in the air.

Level: 7

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 0

01-21-2009 20:50 UTC+11

Dinner Break

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The players are now taking a 40 minute dinner break.

01-21-2009 20:50 UTC+11

Set Over Set No Good for Van

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Van Marcus has just doubled up a short stack. Marcus reraised preflop, and isolated the short stack who was all in with {A-Hearts}

as Marcus revealed {Q-Diamonds}

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Marcus enjoyed seeing a third eight on the flop, but didn't quite like the ace that followed it, giving his opponent a larger set. The turn and river bricked and Marcus takes a small hit.

Tags: Van Marcus

01-21-2009 20:49 UTC+11

What's Up, Baby?

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The prince of poker having some fun at the Aussie Millions

Scotty Nguyen is still battling his way through the Aussie Millions Main Event, and is seated on a nearby table to the Pot Limit Omaha action. He stopped by Van Marcus' table to say hi and jumped into an empty seat belonging to Jim Sachinidis.

"What's up baby? Let's gamble!" laughed Scotty as he pretended to play Sachinidis' chips to the amusement of the rest of the table.

Tags: Scotty Nguyen

01-21-2009 20:48 UTC+11

Collina Collects

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Robert Collina has stormed up the chip counts after recently eliminating another opponent. We didn't catch the action, but the board read {7-Clubs}

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Collina tabled {A-Diamonds}

for aces and kings to get the pot ahead of his opponent's {5-Clubs}

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Collina is up to 28,000.

Tags: Robert Collina

01-21-2009 20:35 UTC+11

Six Tables Remain

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Another table has broken and we are down to our final six tables, leaving 54 players still alive in today's event.

Our top five chip counts are:

Timothy Depater - 42,500
Craig Bergeron - 37,500
Sean Dunwoodie - 35,000
Dave Callaghan - 27,000
Roy Bhasin - 19,000