Level: 5
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
2010 Aussie Millions
Event 5: $1,650 No Limit Hold'em w/ Bounties
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 Aussie Millions
Buy-in
1,500 AUD
Prize Pool
533,500 AUD
Entries
381
Level
24
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
3,000
Seven From Heaven Saves Nelson
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. Nelson held 
but was in trouble against his opponent's 
. The news got worse for Nelson when another player at the table said he had folded 
to leave Nelson drawing very slim.The turn was the
but unbelievably the river was the 
to give Nelson a one-outer to stay alive! He's up to 10,000.
To Each Their Own ...
, Barny Boatman checked to Paul Ravesi who fired out 800. Boatman called and then check-called Ravesi's bet of 1,700 on the river 
.Ravesi turned up a raggy-looking
and Boatman mucked."Why do you play that muck?" another player asked Ravesi.
"Just playing with my mate here," Ravesi replied.
"Oh, so you set me up, eh?" Boatman quipped. "The plan was to RIVER THE NINE?" The rest of the table burst out laughing.
Rough Day For McCarthy
McCarthy moved his short stack in with pocket nines but Thorton held pocket kings. The board bricked out and McCarthy was eliminated as Thorton moves up to 16,000.
Sawyer Turns Confusion Into More Chips
Sawyer:
Opponent:
The board ran out
and Sawyer spiked a ten on the river to win the pot and jump to 15,000 chips.
Recent Eliminations
Guzzardi got it all in a flop of
holding 
, but McDonald called him down with pocket nines for bottom set.The turn and river blanked out
,
and McDonald pockets himself $1,000!
A Couple of Young Guns Fall
. A queen on the river was not what Pearson wanted to see as the curse of the bounty strikes.Meanwhile Brendon Rubie has also been eliminated when his pocket queens ran into an opponent's pocket kings.
Hachem Makes Big Laydown
when Tony Hachem led out for 825 and was faced with a raise to 2,600. Hachem re-raised to 4,500 but his opponent moved all in for 6,825 more, sending Hachem deep into the tank."Tens? Jacks? Ace-king?" posed Hachem to his opponent without a reaction. "Smile at me..." he pleaded, as he thought long and hard.
"Ok, pay the man!" said Hachem and open mucked pocket queens.
Hachem slips to 4,500.
Portaro Busto
"What happened?" asked yours truly.
"I got 'Steicked'," Portaro joked, much to the amusement of all the bloggers. "That is all!"
As he recalled to us, he got it in with pocket aces against David Steicke's
on a flop of 
-(brick)."What do reckon came on the turn - any guesses?" Portaro asked.
"Jack?" said a crew member. "Got it in one," he replied.
Grunter Takes a Hit
The flop landed
and the small blind led out for 1,250. Levy made the call and the fell on the turn. Both players checked before the hit the river.The small blind fired out 2,500 and Levy made the call with
but his opponent held 
for the nut flush to take it down. Levy slips to 22,000.