Event #12: Pot-Limit Omaha
Day 1 Started
2011 Aussie Millions
Event #12: Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 Aussie Millions
Buy-in
5,000 AUD
Prize Pool
265,000 AUD
Entries
53
Level
17
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
0
Happy Australia Day!
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Though the weather here in Old Melbourne Town may be bleak, the atmosphere in the Crown Poker Room is as lively as ever and even the PokerNews Live Reporting Team are decked out in Aussie paraphenaelia and looking forward to chugging that first Foster's ... ahem! Sorry ... Victoria Bitter (nobody in Australia drinks Foster's).
For you see, today is January 26 and that means it's Australia Day! It's the day that commemorates the arrival of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove in 1788. It's also a day for barbeques, beer and celebration with family and friends. And in our case, some poker.
Speaking of which, what a great day we've got lined up for you down here in the Crown Poker Room - Day 2 of the Main Event, the start of the $10,000 Australian Heads-Up Championship and of course, this bad boy - the $5,300 Pot Limit Omaha.
We're sure to see a huge line-up of players take to the felt today and with the triple-chance format, the action is guaranteed to be the best PLO action you'll see this side of the black stump. Fair dinkum!
So put on your corked hats, your blue singlets, your footy shorts and your thongs (flip-flops), crack open a tinnie and relax as PokerNews brings you all the live updates. She'll be apples, mate!
Please Hold ...
This event was due to start at 12.45pm AEDT, but we've just heard that it's been pushed back to 1pm. In the meantime, please rise for the Australian national anthem ...
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
The players are now seated and the cards are in the air!
The blind levels are 60 minutes long and each player will begin with 5,000 in chips in this triple-chance format, which is one-third of their total chip stack.
During the first two levels, the players may take the additional two-thirds of their stack (5,000+5,000) at any time.
Who's Here?
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
We have five nine-handed tables in play right now, and a couple of them are still filling up. There is another pair of tables waiting for latecomers.
Table 17 has Andy Bloch and Benny Spindler seated in Seats 4 and 7, respectively.
Table 18? Tony Bloom (Seat 1), Leo Boxell (Seat 6), and Graeme "Kiwi G" Putt (Seat 7).
Table 20 holds Sam Khouiss in the 2 seat and Toby Lewis in the 8.
Table 23 has two Full Tilters, James Akenhead (Seat 1) and Carlos Mortensen (Seat 3), along with JP Kelly in Seat 8.
Table 50 rounds out the field with Erica Schoenberg (Seat 2) and Casey Kastle (Seat 7).
More names to come as they continue to file into their seats.
Kastle Takes One Early
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
The action folded to the player in the lowjack position, who limped in, as well as Jamie Pickering before Casey Kastle raised to 300 from the cutoff. The lowjack and Pickering both called before all three players checked the flop of 
.
The lowjack then checked his option on the turn of the 
; Pickering opened for 800, Kastle called and the lowjack folded, making it heads-up to the river of the 
, which Pickering and Kastle both checked.
Pickering showed 
, but Kastle's 
were enough to take the pot down.
Aces Betray Khouiss
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Sam Khouiss is down to about half of his original starting stack after doubling up an opponent to his direct left.
Khouiss held 
when the money went in, and his opponent was working the middle of the deck with 
. The board ran out 
, and the all-in player made a straight to double up.
Khouiss is left with 2,375 plus his two Second Chance cards, worth 5,000 chips apiece.
Boxell Trips Up & Chips Up
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
The action folded around to Sammy Youssef who raised to 175; George Moussa called from the hijack position, as did the players in the cutoff and the button before Leo Boxell and Graeme "Kiwi G" Putt both called from the small and big blinds respectively.
All six players then checked down the flop of 
and the turn of the . On the river of the , Boxell led out for 600 and the cutoff was the only caller, but he mucked after Boxell showed 
for trips.
Just Another PLO Pot
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
How about a big three-way pot to start the day?
We missed the action that got the chips into the middle, but Mike Fosco, Sam Youssef, and Leo Boxell got it all in there on a 
flop.
Showdown
Fosco: 
(middle set, straight draw)
Boxell: 
(straight, flush draw)
Youssef: 
(top set)
Boxell was well in front for the time being. Youssef needed the board to pair, but the 
turn was certainly not the repeater he was looking for. Just like that, the big underdog Fosco improved to quad tens to leave himself one out from a triple up.
The river was the blank , and Fosco's quads drag that big pot. He's about about 14,500 now, still hanging on to those two add-on cards as well.