Event 9 - $10,500 Aussie Millions Main Event | 2009 Aussie Millions

01-24-2009 14:45 UTC+11

Hand #35 - Elliot Smith

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Peter Rho has the button in Seat 6. Elliot Smith raises to 75,000 from middle position and wins the blinds and antes.

Level: 23

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 5,000

01-24-2009 14:43 UTC+11

Play Resumes

[user75032]

Cards are back in the air.

01-24-2009 14:27 UTC+11

Break Time

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Players are on a fifteen-minute break.

01-24-2009 14:27 UTC+11

Hand #34 - Elliot Smith and Rajkumar Ramakrishnan

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Stewart Scott has the button in Seat 5. Action folds to Elliot Smith, who raises to 65,000. Rajkumar Ramakrishnan, sitting in the big blind, is the only caller to a flop of {6-Clubs}

. He checks to Smith, who checks behind. The turn is the {5-Diamonds}

. Again both players check. The river {9-Diamonds}

is not likely to produce much action either. Both players again check. Smith shows {k-Clubs}

; it's a chopped pot when Ramakrishnan turns over {k-Spades}

.

01-24-2009 14:23 UTC+11

Hand #33 - Elliot Smith

[user22113]

Richard Ashby has the button in Seat 4. Zach Gruneberg raises to 60,000 from middle position and Elliot Smith is the lone caller from the cutoff. The flop runs out {8-Hearts}

and Gruneberg bets 80,000. Smith makes the call and the {Q-Hearts}

lands on the turn. This time Gruneberg checks it over to Smith, who checks behind. The river is the {9-Clubs}

and again Gruneberg checks. Smith shuffles his chips before betting 145,000, enough to get Gruneberg to lay down his hand.

01-24-2009 14:19 UTC+11

Hand #32 - Rajkumar Ramakrishnan

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Elliot Smith has the button in Seat 3. Rajkumar Ramakrishnan raises to 85,000. Stewart Scott, sitting in the big blind, is the only caller to a flop of {6-Spades}

. Scott checks to Ramakrishnan, who bets 150,000. Stewart calls.

The turn is the {5-Spades}

, putting three to a flush and three to a straight on the board. Scott again checks. This time Ramakrishnan makes it 300,000. Scott quickly raises to 750,000 and Ramakrishnan calls just as quickly. This is a huge pot, and it's not likely to be a chop.

The river is the {10-Spades}

. Scott slows down with a check, as does Ramakrishnan. Incredibly, neither player has a spade. Scott shows {8-Clubs}

for a pair of eights; Ramakrishnan shows {A-Hearts}

for top pair of queens. He takes a bite of almost one million chips out of Scott and has considerably closed the gap between their stacks.

Tags: Rajkumar Ramakrishnan Stewart Scott

01-24-2009 14:13 UTC+11

From Pennies to a Fortune

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Several players at this final table are into the tournament for less than the full $10,500 price tag. Sam Capra won a AU$330 super satellite at StarCity in Sydney. Zach Gruneberg did him one better; he won a freeroll satellilte on Cake Poker to gain entry. Each of them is now guaranteed at least AU$100,000; an excellent return on their investments.

01-24-2009 14:13 UTC+11