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The satellite has long finished and another table has just popped up in the tournament area. As we walked by and glanced toward the table we noticed a few of Australia's more recognizable poker faces.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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10,000 | |
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10,000 | |
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10,000 | |
It seems a few notables have made the trek across the Pacific for this year's event as we've spotted Sorel Mizzi and Maria Ho in the tournament field.
If you recall, Mizzi has had quite a bit of success here at the Aussie Millions. He has final tabled the Main Event the past two years and just missed out in 2009 when he finished 16th. No wonder he's back!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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10,000 | |
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10,000 |
Four players saw a flop of 
and action checked to Sorel Mizzi, who put out a bet of 725. The player on the button called, while both the small and big blind folded. The dealer proceeded to burn and turn the 
, which inspired Mizzi to check. His opponent took the opportunity to bet 725, which prompted Mizzi to give it up.
Meanwhile, Dave Lee has been eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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7,000
-3,000
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-3,000 |
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Busted |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
With about 2,500 in the pot and a board reading 
, an unknown player checked to Trung Tran, who checked behind. Both players repeated the action on the 
river, and the unknown player revealed 
for a rivered pair of nines, which was defeated by the 
of Trung.
While he won that hand, Trung is still below the starting stack and sitting with 8,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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8,000
-2,000
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-2,000 |
When we had a wander to the far side of the tournament room we noticed that there are several tables set up to accommodate for the growing field. One of the players we noticed was Daniel Neilson and we also caught a hand that saw him adding to his stack.
A raised pot saw Neilson take to a 
flop against one opponent. Neilson was first to act and he led for 1,400 before his opponent made a quick call.
The turn came with a and this time Neilson check-called a bet of 1,800 and watched as that 
landed on the river. Both players slowed down on this last card, opting to check.
Neilson took down the nice little pot holding 
, which was too strong for the 
of his opponent.
Neilson will be looking to continue his impressive form from 2011 which saw a huge score when he finished in 3rd place in the EPT San Remo event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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15,500
5,500
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5,500 |
It wasn't the most exciting hand, but we watched action folded to Maria Ho on the button and she raised to 450. The big blind defended and both player checked the 
flop as well as the 
turn. When the 
appeared on the river, the big blind bet 800 and Ho, who seemed suspicious the entire hand, tossed her cards to the much, dropping to around 7,000 in the process.
Meanwhile, Andrew Hinrichsen took down a pot without so much as a flop after three-betting to 1,050 after an unknown player had opened to 450 from the hijack. Hinrichsen is holding steady and is sitting with just over the starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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10,500
500
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500 |
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7,000
-3,000
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-3,000 |
We mentioned before that Sorel Mizzi, who is in today's field, has had a lot of success here at the Aussie Millions. In 2009, he finished 16th in the Main Event and then followed that up with a third-place finish the following year. Then, in 2011, he made his second consecutive final table, ultimately finishing in ninth place.
Here is a look at that final table:
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $10,500 | 721 | $7,210,000 |
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | David Gorr | $2,000,000 |
| 2nd | James Keys | $1,035,000 |
| 3rd | Jeff Rossiter | $700,000 |
| 4th | Michael Ryan | $450,000 |
| 5th | Randy Dorfman | $325,000 |
| 6th | Samad Razavi | $225,000 |
| 7th | Chris Moorman | $175,000 |
| 8th | Patrik Antonius | $130,000 |
| 9th | Sorel Mizzi | $130,000 |
As you can see, it was quite the field. We also happen to know that Randy Dorfman, who actually began that final table as the chip leader, will be returning to the Aussie Millions this year, though he probably won't arrive in time for the Opening Event.
Our PokerNews reporter was only at Simon Watt's table for a couple of hands and Watt managed to take down a few chips while we were there.
The first hand saw Watt three-bet to 1,025 after Daniel Neilson opened the pot. The rest of the table got out of the way along with Neilson and Watt took it down.
The next hand saw Watt open the pot from late position and no players wanted to rumble, sending another few chips to New Zealand's WSOP Bracelet winner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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12,500
2,500
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2,500 |
We're not sure how it happened, but on our most recent pass, we noticed Sorel Mizzi had a healthy 26,000 sitting front of him. That is more than double the starting stack in the third level.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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26,000
19,000
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19,000 |