2011 Aussie Millions

Event #9: Aussie Millions Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2011 Aussie Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k4
Prize
2,000,000 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
10,000 AUD
Prize Pool
7,210,000 AUD
Entries
721
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
0

Mizzi Goes Runner Runner to Double

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

Darko Balaban opened to 600 under the gun and found three callers; two of which were Sorel Mizzi and Bruno Portaro from the hi-jack and big blind.

The flop of {A-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{Q-Clubs} saw Mizzi fire out a bet of 1,600 only to have the unknown player bump it to 3,600. Mizzi moved all in for roughly his last 8,000 and his opponent made the call.

Mizzi: {A-Spades}{K-Clubs}
Opponent: {J-Clubs}{10-Clubs}

The turn landed the {A-Hearts} and the river the {7-Spades} to see Mizzi make a backdoor full house to double through to 18,000.

"Nice catch!" announced Portaro.

"That's how you get third in these things!" added Mizzi in reference to his visit to the final table last year.

Tags: Sorel MizziDarko BalabanBruno Portaro

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Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

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Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Martin Drewe au
Martin Drewe
69,000
31,000
31,000
Randy Lew us
Randy Lew
58,000
1,000
1,000
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Martin Rowe au
Martin Rowe
39,000
-6,000
-6,000
Eric Assadourian au
Eric Assadourian
36,000
5,000
5,000
Andrew Feldman gb
Andrew Feldman
35,000
12,500
12,500
Full Tilt
Darko Balaban
Darko Balaban
35,000
8,000
8,000
Ben Savage au
Ben Savage
29,000
-1,000
-1,000
Luke McLean
Luke McLean
27,000
-1,000
-1,000
Roland de Wolfe gb
Roland de Wolfe
26,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Full Tilt
Manny Stavropoulos au
Manny Stavropoulos
25,000
-1,000
-1,000
Adriano Cendron
Adriano Cendron
23,300
1,800
1,800
Chris Ferguson us
Chris Ferguson
23,100
125
125
WSOP 6X Winner
Full Tilt
Bruno Portaro au
Bruno Portaro
22,500
4,500
4,500
Maya Geller us
Maya Geller
22,000
-18,000
-18,000
Jackie Glazier au
Jackie Glazier
21,300
4,800
4,800
WSOP 1X Winner
Joe Hachem au
Joe Hachem
21,000
-4,000
-4,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Tony Bloom gb
Tony Bloom
19,000
-200
-200
Mel Judah au
Mel Judah
18,600
1,100
1,100
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Carlos Mortensen es
Carlos Mortensen
18,000
-1,100
-1,100
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 3X Winner
Full Tilt
Ralph Burd
Ralph Burd
18,000
-9,000
-9,000
Jack Powell
Jack Powell
17,500
-1,500
-1,500
Austin Owen
Austin Owen
17,000
-400
-400
Billy Jordanou
Billy Jordanou
17,000
1,900
1,900
Nobbi Tanaka
Nobbi Tanaka
15,500
2,100
2,100
Derek Cheung
Derek Cheung
14,500
-3,500
-3,500

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Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Maya Geller us
Maya Geller
40,000
16,600
16,600
Tim Marsters au
Tim Marsters
39,500
4,100
4,100
Full Tilt
Bodo Sbrzesny at
Bodo Sbrzesny
37,500
2,000
2,000
Gavin Griffin us
Gavin Griffin
36,500
-7,500
-7,500
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Haibo Chu au
Haibo Chu
36,000
-1,000
-1,000
Jay Kinkade
Jay Kinkade
35,500
19,700
19,700
Dennis Huntly au
Dennis Huntly
31,000
3,000
3,000
Michael Egan au
Michael Egan
31,000
1,000
1,000
Martin Comer au
Martin Comer
28,500
1,500
1,500
Andy Bloch us
Andy Bloch
27,500
-4,700
-4,700
WSOP 1X Winner
Full Tilt
Michael Pedley au
Michael Pedley
27,000
8,500
8,500
Jeffrey Lisandro au
Jeffrey Lisandro
25,000
6,000
6,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Grant Levy au
Grant Levy
22,500
500
500
Jamie Pickering au
Jamie Pickering
16,500
5,000
5,000
Tyron Krost au
Tyron Krost
16,000
-600
-600
Scott Montgomery ca
Scott Montgomery
15,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Full Tilt
Richard Ashby gb
Richard Ashby
15,000
-5,000
-5,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Gary Benson au
Gary Benson
11,000
-1,400
-1,400
WSOP 1X Winner
Graeme Putt nz
Graeme Putt
8,500
-11,500
-11,500
Jessica Dawley us
Jessica Dawley
8,500
-4,700
-4,700
WSOP 1X Winner
Casey Kastle si
Casey Kastle
8,000
-13,500
-13,500
David Steicke au
David Steicke
6,500
-16,300
-16,300

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Steve Yea kr
Steve Yea
43,000
23,000
23,000
Full Tilt
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[Removed:415]
40,000
20,000
20,000
Martin Drewe au
Martin Drewe
38,000
18,000
18,000
Haibo Chu au
Haibo Chu
37,000
17,000
17,000
Adam Johnson us
Adam Johnson
31,000
3,000
3,000
Michael Egan au
Michael Egan
30,000
10,000
10,000
Dennis Huntly au
Dennis Huntly
28,000
8,000
8,000
Andrew Scarf au
Andrew Scarf
28,000
8,000
8,000
Ralph Burd
Ralph Burd
27,000
7,000
7,000
Martin Comer au
Martin Comer
27,000
7,000
7,000
Fabian Quoss de
Fabian Quoss
25,000
5,000
5,000
Kent Hunter
Kent Hunter
23,000
3,000
3,000
David Ewing
David Ewing
22,000
2,000
2,000
Roland de Wolfe gb
Roland de Wolfe
21,000
1,000
1,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Full Tilt
Joel Feldman au
Joel Feldman
21,000
1,000
1,000
Jack Powell
Jack Powell
19,000
500
500
Jessica Dawley us
Jessica Dawley
13,200
-6,800
-6,800
WSOP 1X Winner
Martina Lardo
Martina Lardo
13,000
-7,000
-7,000
Full Tilt
Neil Channing gb
Neil Channing
7,500
-12,500
-12,500
Joey Baker
Joey Baker
7,500
-12,500
-12,500
Jim Ghobrial
Jim Ghobrial
Busted
Dimitris Kaltsas
Dimitris Kaltsas
Busted
Full Tilt
Barry Woods us
Barry Woods
Busted
Raj Ramakrishnan us
Raj Ramakrishnan
Busted

Sarwer Soars to Lead

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante
Jeff Sarwer - a happy man holding the lead
Jeff Sarwer - a happy man holding the lead

Evan Panesis opened the action to 525 with Jeff Sarwer making the call from the cutoff before Jann Suchanek three-bet to 1,900 from the small blind.

Panesis made the call, as did Sarwer, to see a {8-Clubs}{A-Clubs}{5-Hearts} flop fall and Suchanek continue for 4,200.

Panesis passed, but Sarwer made it 11,500 to go before Suchanek responded by moving all in for over 46,000. Sarwer instantly made the call for his 33,550 as the cards were tabled.

Suchanek: {A-Hearts}{K-Clubs}
Sarwer: {A-Spades}{8-Diamonds}

With Sarwer in tremendous shape to soar to the chip lead, the {8-Hearts} on the turn would render him only needing to fade one card in the deck to chop.

The {4-Spades} on the river wouldn't be it as Sarwer doubled through to 73,000 as Suchanek was left with just 13,000.

Tags: Jeff SarwerJann SuchanekEvan Panesis

Ghezelbash Gone

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante
Ali Ghezelbash
Ali Ghezelbash

Catching the action on the river with the board reading {10-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{7-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}, Ali Ghezelbash found himself all in against Jann Suchanek.

Suchanek had tabled his {K-Clubs}{J-Clubs} for a straight, and an angered Ghezelbash mucked his hand, and made his way to the rail as Suchanek climbed to 44,000 in chips.

Tags: Ali GhezelbashJann Suchanek