Event 15: $10,500 Pot Limit Omaha Day 1 | 2010 Aussie Millions

01-28-2010 23:32 UTC+11

Faure Gone

donpeters

Action folded to Jamie Pickering on the button and he raised to 4,600. Nicholas Faure was in the small blind and reraised all in for 10,300 total. Erik Seidel was in the big blind and raised the pot, making it 35,500. Pickering folded and left the other two players heads up.

Seidel: {A-Hearts}

Faure:

The board ran out {A-Diamonds}

and Faure was eliminated in eighth place. Seidel moved up to 92,000.

Tags: Erik Seidel Jamie Pickering Nicholas Faure

Level: 9

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 0

01-28-2010 23:13 UTC+11

Three Flushes

donpeters

There were four players in the hand on a board of {3-Spades}

. Graeme "Kiwi G" Putt checked, Michael Guttman checked, Jamie Pickering checked and then Nicholas Faure fired 4,600. Putt called and Guttman folded. Pickering also over-called.

All three players held some sort of spade flush in their hand. Faure had the {10-Spades}

-X-X, Putt the {Q-Spades}

-X-X and PIckering the winning hand with {K-Spades}

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Putt was left with just 5,000 chips while Pickering moved up to 85,000. Faure's on 52,000.

Tags: "Kiwi G"Graeme Putt Jamie Pickering Michael Guttman Nicholas Faure

01-28-2010 23:05 UTC+11

Big One for Rafi

donpeters

The board read {K-Diamonds}

between Rafi Amit and Michael Guttman. There was exactly 37,000 chips in the pot and a bet of 15,500 laid out in front of Amit. Guttman tanked for a minute or two and then made the call.

Amit tabled {Q-Clubs}

and Guttman mucked. Amit is now up to 160,000 while Guttman dropped to 50,000.

"Make sure you tell them how lucky I am," said Amit to our reporter.

Tags: Michael Guttman Rafi Amit

01-28-2010 23:03 UTC+11

Langmann Takes a Chunk from Watson

donpeters

From the cutoff seat, Mike "SirWatts" Watson raised to 3,000 and Florian Langmann called from the button.

The two players took a flop of {5-Hearts}

and Watson fired 4,800. Langmann called.

The turn was the {A-Spades}

and Watson checked. Langmann checked behind.

The river was the {9-Diamonds}

and Watson fired 9,600. Langmann put in a raise to 32,000 and this sent Watson into the tank. After a few minutes of painful thought, Watson mucked his hand and gave the Team PokerStars Pro the pot.

Watson slipped to 36,000 while Langmann moved up to 80,000.

Tags: "SirWatts"Florian Langmann Mike Watson

01-28-2010 22:50 UTC+11

Pickering MIxing It Up

donpeters

Jamie Pickering has been the most active player at the final table. He's picked up about five or six pots and added about 15,000-20,000 chips to his stack.

Tags: Jamie PIckering

01-28-2010 22:37 UTC+11

Lechich First Out at Final Table

donpeters

Action folded to Tino Lechich in middle position and he raised the pot to 4,200. Mike "SirWatts" Watson was in the next seat and reraised to 14,400. Everyone folded and then Lechich called all in.

Lechich: {K-Spades}

Watson:

The board ran out {7-Hearts}

and Lechich was sent to the rail as the first player out at the final table.

Tags: "SirWatts"Mike Watson Tino Lechich

Level: 8

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 0

01-28-2010 22:15 UTC+11

Pickering Picks Up First Pot

donpeters

Nicholas Faure raised from under the gun to 1,800 and MIchael Guttman called from middle position. Jamie Pickering called from the big blind.

The three players took a flop of {Q-Hearts}

and action checked to Guttman. He fired 5,000 and Pickering called. Faure folded.

The turn card was the {8-Hearts}

and both players checked.

The river was the {10-Clubs}

and Pickering led out with a bet of 7,000. Guttman folded and Pickering picked up the first pot at the final table.

Tags: Jamie Pickering Michael Guttman Nicholas Faure

01-28-2010 22:11 UTC+11

The Final Table

donpeters

Here's the final table.

Seat 1: Nicholas Faure - 52,000
Seat 2: Erik Seidel - 95,000
Seat 3: Graeme "Kiwi G" Putt - 16,000
Seat 4: Michael Guttmann - 80,000
Seat 5: Tino Lechich - 11,000
Seat 6: Mike "SirWatts" Watson - 50,000
Seat 7: Florian Langmann - 50,000
Seat 8: Rafi Amit - 120,000
Seat 9: Jamie Pickering - 43,000