2011 Aussie Millions

Event #19: No-Limit Hold'em - Bounties
Day: 2
Event Info

2011 Aussie Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
10k
Prize
80,500 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
1,500 AUD
Entries
235
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
3,000

Event #19: No-Limit Hold'em - Bounties

Day 2 Started

Final Table Here; Another Gold Ring To Give Away

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Welcome to the final table of the Event #19: $1,650 No-Limit Hold'em w/ Bounties!

It’s the penultimate gold ring, the last chance for these players at the final table to be able to call themselves a 2011 Aussie Millions champion. A Main Event champion has been crowned with Australia’s David Gorr walking away with the AUD$2,000,000 first prize and while a smaller prize, todays final table will be hotly contested.

Final Table

RankPlayerChip Count
1Martin Kozlov445,000
2Lindy Thornton370,000
3Jai Kemp364,000
4Jarred Solomon310,000
5Milan Gurung274,500
6Gerasimos Deres244,000
7Shao Liu208,000
8Mel Judah157,000

There is no dominating chip lead at this final table and there will be plenty of play time for any of these eight contenders to out maneuver and outwit their opponents. Jarred Solomon will be looking to take down his second gold ring of this years Aussie Millions after winning the Event #2: PokerPro No-Limit Hold'em Shootout just a few weeks ago.

Who will walk away champion? You will have to stay tuned with PokerNews Live Reporting Team as we bring you the final table coverage and crown a victor!

Level: 18

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 500

Final Table Draw

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 500 ante

Seat 1: Milan Gurung
Seat 2: Jarred Soloman
Seat 3: Martin Kozlov
Seat 4: Jai Kemp
Seat 5: Shao Liu
Seat 6: Gerasimos Deres
Seat 7: Mel Judah
Seat 8: Lindy Thornton

Kozlov Taking Charge

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 500 ante

Folded to Martin Kozlov in middle position he made the min-raise and got both Gerasimos Deres and Mel Judah to call in the blinds.

Flop: {5-Spades}{4-Spades}{9-Hearts}

The action would be chacked to Kozlov who would again fire out a bet, this time only 9,000. Deves would call while Judah would get out of the way.

The turn fell the {2-Hearts} and with it both players would check.

When the river came the {j-Clubs} it would again be checked by Deres. Kozlov would slowly push out two small stacks of 5,000 denomination stacks with a single 500 denomination chip on top. The best was 50,500.

Deres would fold and Kozlov would rake in the third pot he has taken down at the final table so far. Kozlov moes his stack to around 425,000.

Tags: Gerasimos DeresMartin KozlovMel Judah

Don't Bully the Gurung

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 500 ante

Milan Gurung raised under-the-gun to 17,000. Then Martin Kozlov three-bet to 31,500. He tried to stick another 5,000 chip on top, but the dealer stopped him. "Oops, misclick," he said. Mel Judah tanked a minute in the small blind before folding. Lindy Thornton thought about it as well before giving up her big blind. As soon as action was back on him, Gurung moved all in. Kozlov mucked instantly.

Tags: Milan GurungMartin Kozlov

Check or Allin?

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 500 ante

Our first "All-in" announcement of the final table has just taken place and it all started when Shao Liu riased to 18,000 from the hijack and managed one call from Milan Gurung in the big blind.

With a flop showing {9-Spades}{8-Hearts}{10-Spades}, Milan Gurung said check and thinking that Liu had also said check, the dealer announced his check and went to burn a card. The TD was luckily paying attention pointing out that Liu had in fact said allin.

Gurung mucked his hand, the confusion not altering his decision as he didnt want to rumble with Liu.

Tags: Milan GurungShao Liu

Deres Clubs Solomon

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 500 ante

Gerasimos Deres opened the hijack to 18,000, and Jarred Solomon defended his big blind.

Flop: {a-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{2-Clubs} - Solomon checked. Deres bet 24,500. Solomon asked for a count of his opponent's stack. After learning it was 147,000, Solomon opted to flat.

Turn: {7-Clubs} - The third club on the board had Solomon on the offensive, betting 28,000. Deres tanked for three or four minutes before calling.

River: {k-Clubs} - Solomon quickly bet 68,000, and Deres called. Solomon's {a-Spades}{10-Diamonds} was clubless, and Deres showed {a-Hearts}{j-Clubs} to take the pot. "I was going to shove the turn," he said, and Solomon indicated that he'd have folded to a shove.

Solomon is down to around 160,000, and Deres climbed to 330,000.

Tags: Gerasimos DeresJarred Solomon

Deres Dominating

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 500 ante
Gerasimos Deres
Gerasimos Deres

Gerasimos Deres has been the most active so far at this table taking down several pots including the last couple in a row.

Folded to Deres in middle position he would raise to 16,000 before getting calls from Lindy Thornton in the cutoff, Milan Gurung on the button and Jarred Solomon in the small blind.

The four players would see the flop fall {8-Clubs}{8-Spades}{a-Hearts} and none of the players would bet, just as when the {3-Hearts} on the turn was checked. The river would roll off the {3-Spades} and this time Deres would bet and all would get out of the way fearfully.

The very next hand Deres would raise to 19,500 from early position and get one call from Jai Kemp in the big blind.

The board would roll out {7-Clubs}{10-Spades}{a-Spades}{7-Spades}{5-Clubs} with Kemp firing out 22,000 on the turn and 39,000 on the river, getting the smooth call from Deres each time.

Deres would table {j-Clubs}{j-Spades} to best the {6-Diamonds}{6-Spades} of Kemp.

Deres' stack is now sitting at around 475,000.

Tags: Gerasimos DeresJai KempLindy ThorntonMartin KozlovMilan Gurung

Updated Chip Counts

With Martin Kozlov and Gerasimos Deres the most active early in this final table it is no suprise to see them at the top of the chip counts. It is Shao Liu who has dwindled his stack early and Mel Judah who still needs to do some work after coming into the table as the short stack.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Martin Kozlov au
Martin Kozlov
640,000
195,000
195,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Gerasimos Deres se
Gerasimos Deres
470,000
-5,000
-5,000
Profile photo of Jai Kemp
Jai Kemp
310,000
-54,000
-54,000
Profile photo of Milan Gurung au
Milan Gurung
245,000
-29,500
-29,500
Profile photo of Lindy Thornton
Lindy Thornton
215,000
-155,000
-155,000
Profile photo of Jarred Solomon za
Jarred Solomon
185,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Mel Judah au
Mel Judah
130,000
-27,000
-27,000
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Shao Liu cn
Shao Liu
90,000
-118,000
-118,000