2009 Aussie Millions
Event 9 - $10,500 Aussie Millions Main Event
Day: 1a
Schwartz Pushing Hard
On a flop of Schwartz led the betting with a 4,500-chip bet and both Overbeek and Khouiss made the call. The turn brought the and Schwartz's 10,000 bet was enough to take the pot down as he climbed to the chip lead with 116,000 in chips.
Aristidou in Control of His Table
Aristidou is up to 58,000 in chips.
Seet Takes Chip Lead
With that pot Seet jumped to 89,000 to launch above Derek Cheung in the chip counts.
JJ Prodigy Eliminated
Kruger raised preflop to 1,100 and the super short-stacked Field shoved for 1,300 total.
Field's would be in a race for his tournament life, with Kruger's . Unfortunately for him it would be a losing race with the board completing to eliminate him.
'The World' Walks
Hennigan turned over and was unable to improve against his opponent's when the landed on the river.
McFadden Doubles and Takes a Break
Right after the hand ended, McFadden's phone rang. As he reached down to take the call, he realized he was in violation of the rules. Unfortunately for McFadden, a supervisor was summoned and McFadden was given a five-minute penalty.
Bullets Aren't Good for Hippos
On a flop of Khalil fired 8,000 which Rahme smooth- called. On the turn Khalil thought he was setting the trap checking to Rahme who fired 11,000. Khalil then proceeded to move all in and Rahme confidently snap-called for less.
Rahme flipped over for a set of kings, leaving Khalil's drawing fairly thin. The river sealed the hand for the South African.
Khalil takes a large hit to 25,000. Rahme moves up to 70,000.
Nenad Medic In The House
After chatting for a while, Medic ventured over to Jovan Scekic and exchanged a few words before exiting the tournament floor to rest up for a possible day 1b visit to the Main Event felt.