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

01-19-2009 17:22 UTC+11

Portaro Cracks Aces

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Bruno Portaro is one of the high fliers in the Day 1b field. He opened from early position to 600, then called a reraise to 1,700 from Andre Minas, several seats to his left. Both men checked the {K-Spades}

flop. Portaro led out for 2,500 on the {10-Hearts}

turn, with Minas making the call in position. The river came {10-Spades}

and brought a bet of 5,000 chips from Portaro. Minas made the call with {A-Diamonds}

but had been out-flopped by Portaro's {K-Diamonds}

. The beat left Minas with just 2,275 chips in his stack and propelled Portaro up to roughly 54,000.

Tags: Andre Minas Bruno Portaro

01-19-2009 17:25 UTC+11

Casey Kastle Doubles Up

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Casey Kastle has jumped up back over the starting stack after his {A-Diamonds}

was able to beat out an opponent's {7-Clubs}

in a preflop confrontation.

The board ran out {2-Hearts}

to move Kastle over 20,000.

Tags: Casey Kastle

01-19-2009 17:31 UTC+11

The Bloom is Off

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Tony Bloom will not add a 2009 Aussie Millions Main Event title to his poker resume. He raised to 525 from early position, then called a reraise to 1,125 from button player Jason Chahine. On a flop of {J-Hearts}

, Bloom check-called Chahine's 1,600-chip bet. Both players checked the {4-Clubs}

turn.

When the river fell {8-Clubs}

, Bloom checked to Chahine a third time. Chahine bet 1,000, then moved all in after Bloom check-raised to 3,000. Bloom made the call and mucked his hand when Chahine showed {J-Clubs}

for a full house, jacks full of eights. Chahine moved up to about 28,000 in chips.

Tags: Jason Chahine Tony Bloom

01-19-2009 17:32 UTC+11

Saidal Wardak Loves Pocket Sixes

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Saidal Wardak loves pocket sixes. In his latest hand while holding {6-Spades}

Wardak flopped a set and was able to eliminate Jimmy Wong, who flopped top pair and turned two pair with {A-Diamonds}

.

All the money went in on the turn with the board reading {6-Diamonds}

and the river {9-Diamonds}

couldn't improve Wong's hand, so his 2009 Aussie Millions Main Event is over.

Wardak moves over 40,000 now.

Tags: Saidal Wardak

01-19-2009 17:34 UTC+11

Swing and a Miss for Ferguson's Ace-King

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Ace-king didn't get the job done for Chris "Jesus" Ferguson. He fired 2,500 on the {2-Clubs}

flop and another 6,000 when the {Q-Diamonds}

hit the turn, but couldn't shake an opponent who was playing {5-Clubs}

. Both players checked after the {3-Spades}

hit the river, with Ferguson's opponent then collecting the pot.

Ferguson retains 12,000 chips.

Tags: Chris Ferguson

01-19-2009 17:42 UTC+11

Chris Ferguson Eliminated

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After a middle position player opened preflop to 700, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson came over the top for 3,000 from the cutoff. The big blind then repopped Ferguson to 6,000, with the middle position player folding out of the way. Ferguson proceeded to move all in for about 12,000 and the big blind made the call.

Ferguson tabled {a-Spades}

and was set to go racing with his opponent's {j-Spades}

. The flop put an end to that race coming {2-Hearts}

leaving Ferguson very few outs, and the turn {4-Spades}