Event 8: $100,000 Challenge Day 1 | 2010 Aussie Millions

01-23-2010 16:42 UTC+11

Boom for Bloom

donpeters

Tony Bloom was in the small blind and Jarred "FlopNutsOnYou" Graham in the big blind. The two got into a raising battle preflop and before anyone knew what happened, all of the money went in and the cards were face up in the middle of the table.

Graham: {Q-Diamonds}

Bloom:

The board ran out {K-Hearts}

and Bloom doubled up. He was all in for 55,000 and doubled to 110,000 while Graham was left with just 48,000 chips.

Tags: "FlopNutsOnYou"Jarred Graham Tony Bloom

01-23-2010 16:45 UTC+11

Sandor Demjan is the First Player Out

donpeters

Sandor Demjan raised to 6,000 and Tony Bloom reraised to 15,000. Demjan then moved all in for 28,000 total and Bloom quickly called.

Bloom: {A-Clubs}

Demjan:

The board ran out {8-Diamonds}

and Demjan was the first player sent to the rail. Bloom boosted his stack to 145,000.

Tags: Sandor Demjan Tony Bloom

01-23-2010 16:48 UTC+11

No Seventh Heaven For Greenstein

[user76023]

Howard Lederer raised to 6,000 and Jarred Graham accidentally exposes the {7-Spades}

it folds across Barry Greenstein who folds {7-Diamonds}

face up, saying, "I'm not sure if it's the right thing to do."

01-23-2010 16:54 UTC+11

Dwan Dwindles, Dwops Chips

[user76023]

Blind on blind battle between Dan Shak and Tom Dwan sees the former getting his stack in for around 30,000 on a {7-Hearts}

board against Dwan's {6-Clubs}

. The

gives Shak two pair but Dwan gains a gutshot and the river is the {J-Diamonds}

.

Shak is back up to around 60,000 while Dwan dwops to about 90,000

01-23-2010 16:59 UTC+11

Eldar Four-bets Steicke

donpeters

David Eldar raised to 4,000 from the cutoff seat before David Steicke reraised to 14,000 from the button. The two blinds folded and then Eldar four-bet to 44,000. Steicke folded and dropped to 72,000. Eldar is on 97,000 now.

Tags: David Eldar David Steicke

01-23-2010 17:03 UTC+11

Ferguson Is Set Up By Lindgren

[user76023]

Chris Ferguson raised to 5,000 from late position and Eric Lindgren called on the button.

The {2-Diamonds}

flop saw a 9,000 continuation bet from Ferguson being called by Lindgren.

On the {8-Spades}

turn Ferguson bet 20,000 and Lindgren moved all-in for 45,000 more. A fairly speedy call.

Ferguson: {2-Clubs}

Lindgren:

A nasty case of set-over-set for 'Jesus' but he had a spade draw to go with his set, but the river was the {9-Diamonds}

and Lindgren doubled through.

01-23-2010 17:03 UTC+11

Karamalikis Takes One from Bloom

donpeters

Tony Bloom raised to 5,500 from middle position and Jonathan "xMONSTERxDONGx" Karmalikis reraised from the button to 12,500. Bloom made the call.

The flop came down {K-Diamonds}