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2010 Aussie Millions
Event 1: $1,100 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1c
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 Aussie Millions
Buy-in
1,000 AUD
Prize Pool
1,143,000 AUD
Entries
1,143
Level
27
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Who Else is in the Hizz-ouse?
The Kiwis are represented by Graeme Putt and Lee 'Final Table' Nelson, while other internationals include Josh 'jjprodigy' Field, Barny and Ross Boatman, Karl Mahrenholz and James Akenhead.
This field is so big today the Crown staff have been forced to use two different sets of T100 chips and whispers around the room have the total number of entries at 1,100 - which of course would be the largest major poker tournament field in Australian history.
No Barn-y Storming Start
on a 
flop but lost out to a short stack's 
after a turn 
and a river 
.Soon after he was pushing his last 3,000 in against a few limpers, one of whom called with
against Boatman's 
.A
board later and the Hendon Mobster was hitting the rail.
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Mann does the Marwan Mash
when we caught the action; Nassif led out for 100, Mann called and the dealer produced the turn of the 
.Nassif check-raised to 600 after Mann fired out 250, then opened for 1,250 on the river
. Mann raised to 3,400, Nassif shipped the rest of his stack into the middle and Mann snap-called.Mann:
Nassif:
Rivered quads for Nassif, but Mann had the uber-nuts with a runner-runner straight flush! Ergo, no more Nassif.
Portaro Aggressive Early
with the preflop aggressor following up with a continuation bet of 400 from middle position. There was one fold before Bruno Portaro popped it up to 1,200 to play, with only the middle position player making the call.Action checked to Portaro on the
turn card, and he fired 1,600 which was once again called.The river brought the
but the middle position player decided to lead out for 1,600. Portaro went into the tank and the clock was called, which triggered Portaro to announce a raise to 4,000. His opponent insta-mucked and Portaro chips up in the early goings.
Contrasting Starts
flop.Karl Mahrenholz hasn't started so well, paying off a bet and mucking when he was shown
on a 
board.
Dunst and Tahtouh Busto!
Emad Tahtouh has bitten the dust and he recalled to us his downfall. After raising to 250 from under the gun and finding a caller, Tahtouh fired another 750 on the
flop. His opponent called and Tahtouh released another 1,500 on the turn card. His opponent raised to 5,000 before Tahtouh moved all in. His opponent made the call and revealed pocket aces for a turned set as Tahtouh showed for a flopped two pair.The river was a
and Tahtouh was sent crashing to the rail.Meanwhile Tony Dunst has also made a very brief appearance here today, lasting a total of one hand. He picked up pocket kings but ran into Andrew Demetriou who flopped a set with his pocket eights.
Who's Here Today?
Amanda De Cesare is on table 24, while on table 17 2009 Aussie Millions fourth-place finisher Raj Ramakrishnan is sharing space with Martin Comer, Pete Mobbs and Warwick Mirzikinian.
Billy Seri is the big name on table 21; nearby, Paul Khoury is on table 20, seated next to poker industry apprentice Andrew Oataway - expect a few laughs and a few pots between them!
However we've already found one "table of death": Ali Ghezelbash, Peter Aristidou, Dean Nyberg and Clonie Gowen are all on table 21 - we could see some action there!
Who Is Here Whom You Might Have Heard Of?
Barny Boatman
Ross Boatman
James Akenhead
Joey Lovelady
George McDonald
Iwan Jones
Mikael Norinder
Karl Mahrenholz
Clonie Gowan
Michael Greco