Event 4: $1,100 Pot Limit Omaha | 2010 Aussie Millions

01-20-2010 16:05 UTC+11

Line 'em Up; Event 4 $1,100 PLO - The Final Table

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Good afternoon, and welcome back to our continued coverage of Aussie Millions Event #4 - $1,100 PLO. We closed up shop late last night with nine players remaining, all of them in the money.

Headlining today's final table are Betfair's Annette Obrestad and PokerStars' Team Pro Emad Tahtouh, both with enough chips to do some damage. Oliver Gill is your chip leader with just over 240,000 in chips.

Here's a look at the starting seat assignments and chip stacks:

Seat 1: Paul Taylor - 17,500
Seat 2: Emad Tahtouh - 133,000
Seat 3: Con Angelakis - 165,000
Seat 4: Tony Bloom - 93,000
Seat 5: Billy Seri - 44,000
Seat 6: Michael Sampieri - 26,500
Seat 7: Ryan Gutch - 83,000
Seat 8: Annette Obrestad - 157,000
Seat 9: Oliver Gill - 241,000

Play is scheduled to begin at 4:00 p.m. local time, so we should be underway momentarily. Tournament staff members are in the process of breaking a table from today's hold'em tournament to make room for our nine finalists on the feature table. Once that happens, the cards will be in the air, but in the meantime check out Lynn Gilmartin's recap:

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 0

01-20-2010 16:06 UTC+11

Shuffle Up and Deal!

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Tournament Director Christian Vaughn has just given the green light for the dealer to get the cards in the air, and we're officially underway.

There are just over 16 minutes remaining in level 15, with the blinds at 1,500 and 3,000.

01-20-2010 16:10 UTC+11

Gut Wrenching Run Good

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Oliver Gill has just taken down the first 'significant' pot of the day, in a hand against Ryan Gutch.

Gutch opened the pot with a raise to 7,500 from the cutoff and Gill made the call in the small blind.

The flop came down {Q-Hearts}

and both players checked, sending the action to the turn -- {A-Hearts}

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Here, Gill fired a 9,500 bet prompting Gutch to surrender. Gill then showed {A-Diamonds}

, invoking a "How good do you run!" remark from Gutch.

Tags: Ryan Gutch

01-20-2010 16:19 UTC+11

Tahtouh Gaining Ground

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Team PokerStars Pro Emad Tahtouh just took a pot away from chip leader Oliver Gill, climing to 170,000 in chips and in the process, creeping up the leaderboard.

Ryan Gutch opened the pot with a raise to 7,500 and action folded around to Gill in the hijack who called, as did Tahtouh from the button.

The flop came down {8-Diamonds}

and Gutch checked to Gill who fired a 12,500 bet. Tahtouh made the call, but Gutch surrendered, sending the action heads-up to the turn -- {2-Diamonds}

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Both players checked and we moved to 5th Street -- {K-Hearts}

. Here, Gill checked to Tahtouh who sent a 33,000 bet into the middle. Gill tanked but eventually folded, leaving himself with around 230,000 in chips.

Tags: Emad Tahtouh Oliver Gill

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 0

01-20-2010 16:28 UTC+11

Nuts, But No Action

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Ryan Gutch and Annette Obrestad checked a {6-Diamonds}

board down to the river, where Gutch fired a smallish 4,000 wager on the end.

Obrestad folded and Gutch flashed the {A-Diamonds}

, showing everyone the nut flush.

01-20-2010 16:31 UTC+11

Gill Drops to 200k

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Chip leader Oliver Gill has dropped down to 200,000 in chips since play started, and final table opponents Con Angelakis and Emad Tahtouh are hot on his heels.

In a recent hand, Angelakis opened with a raise from middle position that was called by Gill from the big blind. The flop came down {8-Diamonds}

and Gill opened with a 15,000 bet that was called by Angelakis.

The turn brought the {a-Diamonds}

and this time Gill checked to his opponent who bet the pot. Gill folded, surrendering the hand to Angelakis who stacked up 190,000 in chips after the hand.

Tags: Con Angelakis

01-20-2010 16:37 UTC+11

Taylor Made

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Short stack Paul Taylor has just doubled through to 27,500 in chips courtesy of Tony Bloom.

Bloom opened the pot with a raise to 11,000 from middle position and when the action reached Taylor in the big blind, he moved all in for 13,000. Bloom made the call and a showdown ensued:

Bloom: {K-Spades}

Taylor:

The board then filled out {7-Spades}

and Taylor took down the pot with trip aces.

Bloom was left with 73,000 in chips after the hand while Taylor improved to 27,500.

01-20-2010 16:45 UTC+11

Double-Double

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Just one hand after doubling through Tony Bloom, Paul Taylor has managed to double up again -- this time through Oliver Gill.

From the button, Gill made it 10,000 to play and when the action reached Taylor in the small blind, he moved all in over the top for about 27,000. Emad Tahtouh folded his big blind and Gill made the call:

Gill: {K-Diamonds}