Event 9 - $10,500 Aussie Millions Main Event Day 2 | 2009 Aussie Millions

01-22-2009 00:42 UTC+11

Late Day Fun as Hachem Blows off Some Steam

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Today has been a tough grind for 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Joe Hachem. He saw his stack dwindle to a dire amount, and then triple with Aces. Earning his chips today has not come easily.

In the final two hands, Hachem decided to blow off a little steam. With a scotch in one hand, Hachem proceeded to open shove from under the gun on the second to last hand of the night. It folded back to the big blind, Martin Comer, who open mucked {a-?}

. Hachem flipped over {a-?}

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On the final hand of the night and with Hachem in the big blind, he rallied his table for a walk. "Come on walk me, one time!" shouted Hachem after the table folded around to the cut off. The cut off then fired out a raise, with action folding around to Hachem in the big blind. Hachem began poking his tounge out and making faces at the cut off in an attempt to make the stoney faced player smile. Finally Hachem folded his hand, and the cut off shot a quick grin at Hachem before flicking up {A-Spades}

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Hachem finished the day with 45,100 as he continues to chase his elusive home title.

Tags: Joe Hachem

01-22-2009 00:45 UTC+11

End-of-the-Day Action

[user75032]

Marwan Nassif busted. He moved in for less than 30,000 chips with {A-Clubs}

and was called by {A-Spades}

. A flop of {K-Hearts}

gave him chop outs, but the board blanked out.

John Paul Kelly made a late charge on the feature table, netting himself 40,000 chips in a three-way pot with Patrik Antonius and one other player by taking the pot down on the turn of a {Q-Diamonds}

board with a bet of 31,000.

01-22-2009 00:59 UTC+11

Whew! Day 2 Ends

[user75032]

We expected a day of furious action when we set up our laptops earlier this morning, but we had no idea just how furious it would be. The field started with 320 runners spread over forty eight-handed tables. It ended with just more than a quarter of those players still in the running for the AUD 2,000,000 first prize.

We bid adieu to several local favorites today. Steve Topakas, Mark Vos, Eric Assadourian, PokerNews chairman Tony G, and Billy "the Croc" Argyros were all among the early departures. They were soon joined by young guns like Michael Guzzardi, James Obst and WSOP Main Event runner-up Ivan Demidov.

In mid-afternoon, we started to realize that the key to poker success is to be a teenage girl with Scandinavian origins. A formidable one-two punch emerged, with Swedish-born Japanese local Annica Ivert and Norwegian phenom Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad battling for the chip lead. We were also inspired by the play of young David Docherty, who started the day with fewer than 10,000 chips and ended the day in the top five of the counts.

Never count out the old-school professionals, however. One dangerous tiger is still in the mix, prowling the tables in search of chips. Patrik Antonius would love to pad his bankroll by AUD 2,000,000 before sitting down to play the AUD 1,000,000 cash game next week. He is in the top ten in the counts, within striking distance of the top. Official counts for all of the remaining players will be made available once they have been confirmed by tournament staff.

Tomorrow we play another five levels. The money bubble will come well before dinner. By the end of the day we expect to have between thirty-five and forty players left in the hunt. Action kicks off at 12:30pm local time.

See you then!

Event 9 - $10,500 Aussie Millions Main Event

Day 2 Completed