Good afternoon and welcome back to our coverage of the 2010 Aussie Millions Main Event! On tap today is the third and final Day 1 flight; the last chance for those who've procrastinated this week to get in on the action. We've already seen 476 players pony up the $10,500 main event buy-in and a big day today entrants wise could mean more broken records for tournament organizers.
Registration will remain open through the first level of play. After that, the cage will close allowing the money people to calculate the prizepool, and once that happens, we'll pass along the information to you.
We expect a big field to bombard the Crown Poker Room this afternoon, and amongst them should be well known local pros Joe Hachem, Tony Hachem, Mark Vos, "The Big Show," Steve Topakas and PokerNews' #1 cycling enthusiast, Tony G.
The cards are scheduled to get in the air around 12:30 p.m. local time and we'll be here for the duration, serving as your eyes and ears on the floor, delivering all of the action as it happens.
We've already spotted one table that we're keen to keep an eye on. There should be plenty of highlights with Josh "JJ Prodigy" Field, Andrew "Adgee" Jeffreys, and Joel "Strong Play" Dodds all sitting together.
Just on a quick run around a part of the room we've seen Clonie Gowen, Josh "JJ Prodigy" Field, Andrew "Adgee" Jeffreys, Joel "Strong Play" Dodds, Jai Kemp, Jan Suchanek, Michael Pinzone, and Rayan Nathan.
We have another six tables in action up here in Studio 3 this afternoon, a decent walk from the main poker room. Spread across them are brothers Joe and Tony Hachem, sitting just a few feet away from each other on separate tables. On the other side of the room, their cousin Billy Sukkar is sharing a table with fellow Aussie James Obst.
We've also got Jonathan 'xMONSTERxDONGx' Karamalikis, David Bach, Tyler Netter and the 3rd place finisher from the $100,000 Challenge, Bill Jordanou.
Andrew "Adgee" Jeffreys is keen to turn around a rough Aussie Millions to this point, and he has made the perfect start today.
On a flop, Jeffreys fired out 350 from the cutoff, with the player on the button making the call.
The turn was the and Jeffreys made it 600 to go. The button raised to 2,000 in response and Jeffreys called.
On the river Jeffreys fired 6,000 and the opponent called. Jeffreys rolled over to ship the justice with a rivered straight. His opponent turned over for a set.
There's another fun table up in the high limit area of the Crown Poker Room featuring Ben "CNT_CRUSHER" Delaney, Shawn Buchanan, Robert Wang and Clonie Gowen.
A few more names in the main poker room area include Kelly Kim, Jan Suchanek, Brendan Edmonds, Sam Capra, Peter Ling, Andrew Hinrichsen, Mitch Carle, Andrew Demetriou and Matthew Pearson.
James Obst is down to 12,200 early after an unlucky turn card gave his opponent a better two pair.
Holding on a board, Obst called his opponent's 2,000 bet on the turn, and another 1,500 bet on the river (), only to see his nemesis turn over for top two.
Jonathan Karamalikis is down to 16,700 early after a minor bluff attempt was foiled by an unknown opponent.
On a board showing , action was checked to Karamalikis who fired an 800 bet. His opponent made the call, sending the action to the river -- .
Another check sent the action back to Karamalikis who fired a 1,700 river bet. His opponent looked him up holding for two pair, jacks and fours. Karamalikis showed just for a missed gutterball straight draw.