Event 9 - $10,500 Aussie Millions Main Event Day 1b | 2009 Aussie Millions

01-19-2009 19:29 UTC+11

Dinner Break

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The remaining 143 players are going on their 75-minute dinner break.

See you all soon!

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

01-19-2009 20:45 UTC+11

Play Underway

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Everyone has had some 'grub' and they are back in their seats with those magic green and brown Crown cards, flying through the air.

01-19-2009 20:55 UTC+11

Quel Finally Calls it Quits

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Rainer Quel has been eliminated by Andrew Demetriou's {A-Hearts}

on a final board reading {A-Spades}

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After starting well, Quel experienced a roller coaster of a day, eventually falling after losing several pots during the last level.

Tags: Rainer Quel

01-19-2009 20:55 UTC+11

Charles Ciresi Eliminated

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An extremely short stacked Charles Ciresi has been eliminated shortly after the dinner break. Ciresi moved all in with {a-Diamonds}

and was called by {2-Hearts}

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Ciresi was unable to win the race and has been eliminated from the Main Event.

Tags: Charles Ciresi

01-19-2009 20:58 UTC+11

Ken Can Do

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Local regular Ken Eastwood has managed a double with {5-Clubs}

against Josh Onas' {Q-Spades}

on a final board reading {3-Clubs}

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Eastwood now sits on his starting stack of 20,000 as Onas slips to 55,000 in chips.

Tags: Josh Onas Ken Eastwood

01-19-2009 21:08 UTC+11

Broadway Busts Bond18

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Tony 'Bond18' Dunst moved all in preflop holding {8-Diamonds}

and Josh Onas made the call holding {K-Diamonds}

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The board ran out {A-Hearts}

and Dunst headed to the rail as Onas moves back up to 64,000 in chips.

Tags: Josh Onas Tony Dunst

01-19-2009 21:13 UTC+11

The post-dinner action hasn't lived up to the action we've seen on some of the other days of the 2009 Aussie Millions. The players seem to be stuck in first gear. As an example of what passes for action right now, Daren Yoon's table took a four-way limped flop of {8-Clubs}

. Everyone checked on that street, and then checked again on the {7-Hearts}

turn. When Yoon bet 1,500 on the {5-Hearts}

river, the other three players couldn't muck fast enough.

01-19-2009 21:16 UTC+11

Marcus Motors to Chip Lead

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Seeing a flop of {J-Diamonds}

in a limped pot Michael Marcos led out from the small blind with an 800-chip bet. The big blind then bumped it to a further 1,600, and once the limper was out of the way, Marcos made it another 4,800 to go.

The big blind then put in yet another raise making it 8,000, which was immediatley followed with Marcos moving all in with the big blind putting his remaining 15,000 chips into the pot.

Marcos: {J-Spades}

Big Blind: {J-Clubs}

With the big blind drawing dead to a chop he would see the {8-Spades}

and

land on the turn and river to see Marcos skyrocket up to 80,000 in chips.

Tags: Michael Marcos

01-19-2009 21:17 UTC+11

The Real Feature Table

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There are two red-felted tables in the center of the Crown Poker Room that serve as the feature tables. Both are within easy access of the rail along the walkway that splits the room in half. But right now, all of the railbirds are crowded around a table in the front corner of the tournament area, right under the television bank. The draw? The following four players are all sitting in a row: Maya Geller-Antonius, Max Veenhuyzen, Marty Smyth, and WSOP Main Event runner-up Ivan Demidov.