Event 1: $1,100 No Limit Hold'em | 2010 Aussie Millions

01-18-2010 03:53 UTC+11

Edmonds Pushes Back Ephraums

[user76023]

Brendan Edmonds fired out a bet of 180,000 on a {K-Hearts}

flop, Matthew Ephraums then check/raised to 400,000.

Without more than 30 seconds thought, Edmonds moved all-in, Ephraums rechecked his cards...and folded.

01-18-2010 03:55 UTC+11

Chip Counts (Approximate)

[user135779]

Matthew Ephraums - 4,080,000
Trung Tran - 3,770,000
Brendan Edmonds - 2,350,000
Brent Thomas - 1,025,000

01-18-2010 04:00 UTC+11

Ephraums Takes Another

[user76023]

Edmonds raised to 160,000 with Ephraums and Tran both calling from the blinds.

{Q-Clubs}

It was checked to the original raiser Edmonds, who bet 250,000. Ephraums called and Tran folded.

The turn was the {10-Diamonds}

and Ephraums led out for 350,000. Edmonds gave it up and Ephraums regains the chip lead.

Level: 26

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 10,000

01-18-2010 04:04 UTC+11

Thomas Doubles Up

[user76023]

Brent Thomas made it 175,000 preflop, Ephraums and Tran both called.

The flop was {10-Hearts}

and Thomas fired another 230,000. Ephraums folded but Tran check-raised all-in. Thomas made the call.

Thomas: {J-Hearts}

Tran:

The

turn gave Tran extra outs but the {5-Diamonds}

river wasn't one of them and Thomas wins a 2 million chip pot.

01-18-2010 04:10 UTC+11

The blinds are now 40,000/80,000 with a 1,000 ante - this is also the last level that was listed in the blind structure.

The average stack is about 2.85 million, so taking that into account, it works out to be around 35 big blinds per player.

We're in for a long one, folks.

01-18-2010 04:11 UTC+11

Tran Takes One Down

[user135779]

On a flop that read {q-Clubs}

, Trung Tran check-called a bet of 160,000 from Brendan Edmonds, before he did the same after a bet of 210,000 on the turn of the {q-Hearts}

.

On there river {k-Clubs}

, Tran led out for 350,000. Edmonds called, but mucked when Tran showed {k-Diamonds}

for a full house.

Tags: Brendan Edmonds Trung Tran

01-18-2010 04:19 UTC+11

Thomas Is Not Brent Out Of Shape

[user76023]

Brent Thomas raised to 250,000 from the button and Trung Tran called in the big blind.

The flop was {9-Hearts}

and Tran checked to the raiser who bet 300,000. Tran then made it 750,000 to which Thomas instantly moved all-in.

Tran looked in agony but eventually called.

Tran: {4-Hearts}