2009 Aussie Millions

Event 7 - $1,650 Bounty Feature Event
Day: 1
Event Info

2009 Aussie Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
151,200 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
1,500 AUD
Entries
449
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
2,000

A Bounty for Bergeron

James Obst is another recent bounty elimination. He was all in preflop with {8-Clubs} {8-Spades} and was called in two places: by Craig Bergeron with {A-Diamonds} {A-Spades} and by a player with {Q-Spades} {7-Diamonds} who wanted to take a shot at the bounty. The board ran out {6-Spades} {6-Clubs} {3-Clubs} {k-Spades} {10-Diamonds}, allowing Bergeron to eliminate Obst, collect the bounty, and climb in the counts to 11,000.

Tags: Craig BergeronJames Obst

Shak Crippled

Dan Shak has been reduced to his last 700 chips after they all went in on a flop of {3-Spades}{7-Spades}{6-Clubs} against Michael Russell.

Shak tabled {3-Hearts}{3-Clubs} for a set of threes however Russell showed {4-Spades}{5-Diamonds} for the straight!

The turn was the {A-Diamonds} and river {J-Diamonds} to leave Shak on life support as Russell is up to 8,000 chips.

Tags: Dan ShakMichael Russell

Two Quick Hands Send Schwartz to the Rail

Bounties keep crashing out of today's tournament. Noah Schwartz is the latest casualty. He was moved back to roughly the starting stack when he flopped {K-Clubs} {5-Clubs} {2-Spades} holding {A-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}. An early position player bet 1,500 and Schwartz raised to 3,000. A player behind Schwartz called all in for slightly less, folding the initial aggressor. Schwartz's top pair, top kicker was no match for his opponent's flopped set of fives. The turn {A-Diamonds} gave Schwartz some hope. When paint hit the river everyone sucked in their breath, but it wasn't a king. It was the {Q-Spades}.

A few hands later, Schwartz reraised out of the small blind to 975 after a player in middle position opened for 300. That player called, taking a flop of {8-Spades} {6-Spades} {4-Spades}. Schwartz led out for 1,300, then called all in after his opponent raised to 4,000. Schwartz's overpair of {Q-Clubs} {Q-Diamonds} had been outflopped by his opponent's {4-Clubs} {6-Clubs}. He picked up a few outs when the turn came {5-Clubs}, but the river brought the king he needed in the previous hand, {k-Spades}. Schwartz was eliminated, passing his bounty to his opponent before he left the table.

Tags: Noah Schwartz

Chu Accumulates

Haibo Chu is now up to 18,700 chips after calling his opponent's all in bet on a flop of {6-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}. Chu showed {8-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} for the best hand, as well as a draw. His opponent would need help with his {A-Clubs}{K-Hearts}.

It was all over when the {9-Diamonds} hit the turn to complete Chu's straight, with a meaningless {A-Diamonds} on the river.

Chu final tabled the APPT Grand Final in Sydney in December and will be looking for another big Aussie Millions campaign.

Tags: Haibo Chu

Stott Sent to the Rail

Michelle Stott, the country manager for the recently-launched Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT), was a bounty in today's tournament. She has passed that bounty on to Event #1 winner and the first-ever Aussie Millions gold ring owner Christian Heich. Heich, who has amassed a sizable chip stack early today, called Stott's all-in bet of 4,375 chips on a flop of {J-Spades} {A-Hearts} {8-Hearts}. Stott showed top pair, {A-Clubs} {Q-Hearts}, and found herself up against Heich's {10-Spades} {9-Spades} up-and-down straight draw. The turn {3-Clubs} was a blank, but the {Q-Spades} that hit the river and improved Stott to two pair filled Heich's straight.

Heich is now up to 27,000 in chips and is effectively freerolling the rest of the tournament.

Tags: Christian HeichMichelle Stott

Recent Eliminations

Just before the break, Dan Shak moved his short stack into the middle and watched as two opponents raised all in over the top of him. Shak was in the lead with {10-Spades} {10-Clubs} and found himself in a great spot to triple up, needing to fade the {8-Diamonds} {8-Spades} of Manny Rodrigues and the third player's {8-Hearts} {9-Hearts}. He wasn't able to do it. The flop came {A-Hearts} {9-Spades} {9-Clubs}, giving his opponent trip nines. The turn and river came {4-Clubs} and {A-Diamonds}, eliminating Shak.

Kasey Castle was also eliminated at a nearby table at about the same time.

Level: 3

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0