Cates Gets Moved
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Level 6
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Daniel Cates has been moved to the feature table. Bam!
2011 Aussie Millions
Event #21: $250,000 Super High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 Aussie Millions
Buy-in
250,000 AUD
Entries
20
Level
13
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
Juanda Makes His Exit
Level 6
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
John Juanda and Tony Bloom got it all in preflop with Juanda's tournament live on the line.
"Oops," Juanda said once the cards were turned over.
Juanda showed 
and Bloom tabled 
.
"Thought I had an ace. Queens are running hot," Juanda said.
The flop came down 
. "Oops," Juanda said again.
The turn, 
and river 
brought no help to Juanda and he was sent to the rail.
Benyamine Giveth and Taketh Away
Level 6
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
The first hand we saw at the secondary table during this latest trip saw about 40,000 in the pot preflop, and the board reading 
. David Benyamine tossed out a 25,000 chip from the small blind, and Sam Trickett decided it was worth considerably more to him making it 58,000 total. This sent Benyamine into the tank as he counted out his chips behind, a total of 161,000. With five seconds left to act he tossed in his time bank chip, to get himself an additional thirty seconds. It didn't help, and he mucked.
The next hand Benyamine decided to try to get that 25,000 back. Paul Phua limped, followed by Annette Obrestad, and then Wang Qiang bumped it up to 26,000 straight. No tank time was needed on this hand for Benyamine, and he fired in his 161,000 instantly into the pot. The folds that followed happened almost as quickly.
Break Time
Level 6
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Take a breather. We know we are. We'll be grabbing chip counts on this five minute break for you so sit tight.
Chip Counts at the Break
Shazam!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
589,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
|
571,500
-38,500
|
-38,500 |
|
549,000
133,000
|
133,000 |
|
544,000
31,500
|
31,500 |
|
||
|
481,500
-166,500
|
-166,500 |
|
|
||
|
373,000
104,000
|
104,000 |
|
|
||
|
355,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
296,000
121,000
|
121,000 |
|
291,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
|
||
|
267,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
|
||
|
202,000
71,500
|
71,500 |
|
||
|
185,500
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
|
|
||
|
145,000
-124,000
|
-124,000 |
|
134,000
-141,500
|
-141,500 |
|
|
||
Level: 7
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 2,000
When's Dinner?
Level 7
: 5,000/10,000, 2,000 ante
If you're wondering when you can feed your tummy, we're going to dinner at 8:00 p.m. here or eight players, whichever comes first.
Evdakov's Eights Best Ivey
Level 7
: 5,000/10,000, 2,000 ante
Nikolay Evdakov raised it up to 26,000 and Phil Ivey, in the cutoff, made the call.
The flop came down 
and Evdakov made a bet of 35,000 which Ivey called.
The 
fell on the turn and Evdakov checked to Ivey who fired out 90,000. Evdakov made the call and the 
hit the river.
Both players checked and Ivey showed 
to Evdakov's 
.
Eugene Katchalov Is Outtie
Level 7
: 5,000/10,000, 2,000 ante
With the blinds and antes escalating, Eugene Katchalov made his last stand and was unable to muster a double up. Paul Phua limped from early position, and Katchalov moved in for 110,000 total. When action got back to Phua, he slammed a stack of brown 25k chips into the pot with the quickness.
Katchalov was well behind holding 
, against Phua's 
. As a few at the table noted however, Katchalov doesn't lose these. The flop gave Katchalov some backdoor help, dropping down 
. The 
turn card got him Katchalov even closer, and he joked to Phua "it'll be this much," pointing to his 110,000 stack.
Surprise, surprise though it wasn't meant to be, with the 
hitting on the river, giving Phua's ace-high the win and Katchalov's remaining stack.
Paul Phua is now up 664,000.
Last (Only) Woman Standing Busts
Level 7
: 5,000/10,000, 2,000 ante
She may have been the only woman in the field, but Annette Obrestad is now officially out. Andrew Feldman raised it up to 20,000 preflop, and it folded around to Annette Obrestad in the small blind, who moved all in for about 330,000 total. Wang Qiang, in the big blind, thought for a few moments and decided he should whip his stack into the center as well. Feldman folded in a flash and the cards were revealed.
Annette Obrestad: 
Wang Qiang: 
Obrestad asked if was ok for her to use her "one time" on this flip, but quickly remembered she tossed that one away earlier in the tournament. Qiang didn't use his "one time" deciding instead to maybe save it, and luckily for him, he didn't need it as the board rolled out 
.
With both stacks about equal, the TD came over to count out 'em down. After about a minute, it was clear that Qiang had more than enough to bust Obrestad who didn't seem to upset to have busted.
Qiang is now our chip leader with over 700,000.