2010 Aussie Millions

Event 13: $5,300 Australian Heads Up Championship
Day: 1b
Event Info

2010 Aussie Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j7
Prize
75,000 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
5,000 AUD
Entries
50
Level Info
Level
0
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

McMurphy Advances

Kyle McMurphy has moved through to the quarter finals and earned himself a cash.

On the final hand against Florian Langmann, McMurphy opened to 250, with the reasonably short Langmann moving all in over the top. McMurphy made the call.

Langmann: {Q-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}
McMurphy: {K-Spades}{10-Hearts}

The board ran out {j-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{a-Hearts} hitting neither player. This mean McMurphy held up, eliminating Langmann in the process.

Woods Back In the Game

Darren Woods is back in business after doubling through David Saab.

Woods got as low as 6,500 in chips before finding {4-Diamonds}{4-Spades}. David Saab opened the button to 450, and Woods came over the top virtually all in. Saab bet enough to put the rest of Woods' chips in the pot and when Woods called, Saab rolled over {A-Spades}{7-Diamonds}.

"Glad you're the one the shortstack, lets race!", said Saab.

The flop was {7-Spades}{6-Clubs}{3-Spades}. "Yeah baby! Now no redraws," said Saab, preempting what was to come next.

The {5-Hearts} hit the turn making Woods a straight. "Ok re-draw it again dealer," said Saab.

This time he didn't have the magic touch. The {j-Spades} blanked the river.

Saab is now behind in the chip counts and they are at 0-0 in the match.

In the other game it's 1-1, with Kyle McMurphy looking the more likely to go through.

Quarter Finals

Two quarter final match ups have been announced.

Barry Woods will play Vanessa Selbst, while Andrew "Lucky Chewy" Lichtenberger goes up against Martin Gudvangen.

Brian Roberts and Andrew Seidman will take on the respective winners of the games currently in progress.

Woods On the Back Foot

Darren Woods is looking clearly uncomfortable adjusting to the aggressive style of David Saab, compared to the rock tight style of Gary Retallick.

Saab is raising every pot and has the chip advantage at the moment.

Even Stevens

Kyle McMurphy and Florian Langmann are all tied at one after Langmann won the second rubber.

The chips went in preflop with a short-stacked McMurphy holding {j-?}{q-?} against Langmann's {10-Spades}{10-Hearts}.

The board ran out {9-Hearts}{2-Spades}{7-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{8-Spades} to level things up.

They are taking a quick break and will return soon to play the third and deciding rubber.

Saab vs Woods Has Started

The final game to get underway for day 1b has started. David Saab will take on Team 888 Poker member Darren Woods.

Saab has had to wait a long time for this game to start and he's finally in action. He has to play an extra game than Woods as well, with a mentally draining challenge against Jay Rosenkrantz.

That said with Saab going through in straight sets from the second round, and Woods playing a marathon in his only game, they have probably played a similar amount of poker today.

Break Throughs!

The two stalemates have been broken.

Darren Woods got the win over a short-stacked Gary Retallick.

On the other table Kyle McMurphy has the 1-0 advantage over Florian Langmann.

McMurphy limped in. They took a {k-?}{5-?}{2-?} flop. Langmann check-raised to 1,400 over a 500 chip bet from McMurphy. McMurphy responded by moving all in and Langmann made the call for his stack.

Langmann: {5-?}{6-?}
McMurphy: {k-?}{2-?}

It was going to take a lot of help to stop Langmann going behind 1-0. It didn't arrive McMurphy has the lead.

Woods vs Saab due to start soon.

Retallick Looking to Rally

Gary Retallick is looking to get back into the match against Darren Woods.

Retallick doubled through after limping in and taking a {4-Spades}{A-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} flop. Woods fired out 1,000, enough to set Retallick all in.

With a "Let's see how we go here," Retallick made the call with {6-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}. He was acutlly ahead with Woods tabling {7-Hearts}{6-Spades} for an open ender.

The {5-Clubs} hit the turn, and the river was the {k-Diamonds} making a flush for Retallick.

He's back to around 2,000 chips at the moment. That means that Woods has about 8,000.

Not A Lot Happening

Not a lot to report here.

Kyle McMurphy is close to taking the lead against Florian Langmann.

Darren Woods is very close to taking the match against Gary Retallick.