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Bye bye Steve
Steve Topakas opened to 225 from under the gun and found a reraise from the button of 700. Aleks Lackovic made the call from the big blind and with the action back on Topakas, he made it a further 3,725.
The button folded his hand and Lackovic made it 5,000 total. Topakas moved all in against Lackovic, who called.
Topakas:
Lackovic:
The board ran out to see Lackovic send Topakas home while chipping up to 27,000 in the process. As Topakas headed to the rail he steamed off saying, "It's f**king five-handed and he still manages to deal Kings versus Aces."
With the table chuckling at Topakas' misfortune, Emad Tahtouh returned to see the result of Lackovic's double up and shook his head stating, "You are one sick man . . . never in my life have I had aces versus kings!"
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Dan Shak has just been eliminated after he made trip sevens with . Unfortunately for Dan, he ran into his opponent's for a turned full house.
With that bust out, the first alternate table has just opened and people are still in the registration line. Seated at the new table are Noah Schwartz and Ross Boatman.
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Our PokerNews reporter just headed over to table 33 to find good mates Kristian Lunardi, Steve 'stevoL' Leonard and Jarred 'FlopNutsOnYou' Graham all seated on the same table.
"This is bulls**t," said Lunardi. "Yeah, we all signed up together last night."
Our reporter interjected, "But it's random."
"Yeah . . . real random," Graham responded in a sarcastic tone.
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We found the Mixed Hold'em runner-up Marlon Goonawardana seated with Julias Colman, Emad Tahtouh and local high-stakes player Kaz Jomeen sitting at the outer tables.
On the table next to them, Joe Humunicki, Jeff Fenech, Ralph Burd, Bill Jordanou are all tackling the enjoyable antics of Phil Laak.
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Bluffy bluffy for Siu
Catching the action on a flop of , Jimmy Siu led out for 1,100 and was met with a check-raise to 4,100 from Sean Dunwoodie.
Siu sat there for a while before starting some banter with Dunwoodie, "Do you want to call or fold? questioned Siu. Dunwoodie answered, "Either one of those two are fine."
Siu went back into the tank before he was interrupted by Dunwoodie, "To be honest Jimmy . . . I want you to put your whole stack in." Wwith that, Siu open-mucked his .
Dunwoodie raked in the pot and tabled his for a gutshot-straight draw. Siu shaked his head after missing out on a potential double-up.
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Even with the action winding down in the Main Event, the buzz in the Crown Poker Room is still at it's peak! Today will play host to Event #14: $2,200 No Limit Holdem 6-handed event.
The format is tailor-made for aggressive play as we'll have slow blinds and a deep starting stack. Some of the best short-handed players are starting to fill the room in anticipation for another great event on the 2009 Aussie Millions schedule.
With the tournament kicking off in under an hour's time, we are expecting a field of more than 200 as 160 have already registered. With a list of notables too long too mention, you can imagine the caliber of the players taking their seats.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for every three-bet, four-bet, limp-shove and bad beat live from the Crown Poker Room.
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to see Lackovic send Topakas home while chipping up to 27,000 in the process. As Topakas headed to the rail he steamed off saying, "It's f**king five-handed and he still manages to deal Kings versus Aces."
. Unfortunately for Dan, he ran into his opponent's 
, Jimmy Siu led out for 1,100 and was met with a check-raise to 4,100 from Sean Dunwoodie.
