2012 Aussie Millions

$100,000 Challenge
Day: 1
Event Info

2012 Aussie Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
22
Prize
1,012,000 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
100,000 AUD
Prize Pool
2,200,000 AUD
Entries
22
Level Info
Level
14
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
0

Hachem Doubles Through Negreanu

Joe Hachem
Joe Hachem

Daniel Negreanu check-raised Joe Hachem's bet of 7,000 to put Hachem all in on the {9-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} board. Hachem snap-called holding the {9-Clubs}{9-Spades} for top full house to Negreanu's {J-Hearts}{J-Clubs}.

Hachem was all in on the flop for 37,000 and doubled up to over 100,000 after the river completed the board with the {K-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Joe Hachem au
Joe Hachem
102,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
90,000
-10,000
-10,000

Tags: Daniel NegreanuJoe Hachem

Alaei Finds a Double

Daniel Alaei
Daniel Alaei

When we walked up to the table, the turn was already out on a {7-Diamonds} {2-Spades} {Q-Diamonds} {A-Clubs} board, and Daniel Alaei had 12,000 out in front of him. He was heads up, and Tobias Reinkemeier called the 12,000 to see the {9-Hearts} on the river. When Reinkemeier checked, Alaei grabbed his last 42,000 chips and slung them across the line.

Reinkemeier tanked for a couple minutes, then made the call. We'd never get to see his cards. Alaei turned up {2-Diamonds} {2-Clubs}, and the worst set was the best hand.

Trip deuces double Alaei back around 125,000, knocking Reinkemeier back down to about 65,000 or so.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Alaei us
Daniel Alaei
125,000
39,000
39,000
WSOP 5X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Tobias Reinkemeier de
Tobias Reinkemeier
65,000
-4,000
-4,000

Tags: Tobias ReinkemeierDaniel Alaei

Table Talk

Level 1 : 500/500, 0 ante
Phil Ivey
Phil Ivey

"Jerome!" Daniel Negreanu noticed Phil Ivey sitting down at the table behind him and chose to address him formally.

"You quit that vegan stuff?" Ivey asked back. "You're lookin' a little plump."

"Been drinkin' a lot," Negreanu admitted, rubbing his belly.

"I've never seen you that big."

"I know. It's the biggest I've ever been."

Tags: Daniel NegreanuPhil Ivey

Ivey Sits Down

Level 1 : 500/500, 0 ante

Phil Ivey has just taken his seat and is on Dan Cates' direct left. Here's how that table now looks:

TableSeatPlayer
Outer 21Dan Shak
Outer 22Dan Smith
Outer 23Sorel Mizzi
Outer 24JC Tran
Outer 25Tom Dwan
Outer 26Daniel Cates
Outer 27Phil Ivey
Outer 28--empty--

When Ya Gotta Go...

Level 1 : 500/500, 0 ante

Sorel Mizzi has just stepped away from the table for a moment. Actually, he sprinted away in the direction of the restrooms, making a comment about taking a couple hands off as he bolted out of the room. When you've paid $100,000 for a seat, you want to make sure you spend as much time in it as possible.

"Yeah... it's only 100k," Dan Smith said with a big grin and a shake of the head.

Tags: Dan SmithSorel Mizzi

Aggression from Dwan

From the hijack seat, Sorel Mizzi raised to 1,500. JC Tran flat-called from the cutoff seat and then Tom Dwan put in a three-bet to 6,000 from the button. Action folded through the blinds and back to Mizzi. He called, then Tran folded.

The flop came down {5-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{2-Diamonds} and Mizzi passed the action over to Dwan. He fired 8,500 and Mizzi folded.

Player Chips Progress
Sorel Mizzi ca
Sorel Mizzi
102,000
2,000
2,000
Tom Dwan us
Tom Dwan
68,000
-5,000
-5,000

Tags: Sorel MizziJC TranTom Dwan

Enter Hansen and Karamalikis

Level 1 : 500/500, 0 ante

Gus Hansen has just taken his seat and is up on the televised feature table stage next to Masa Kagawa in Seat 7. JOnathan Karamalikis has also joined the mix and is seated to the left of Nam Le. Here's how those tables now look:

TableSeatPlayer
Feature1Sam Trickett
Feature2Jason Mercier
Feature3Tony Bloom
Feature4MIke Watson
Feature5Mikhail Smirnov
Feature6Masa Kagawa
Feature7Gus Hansen
Feature8--empty--
   
Outer 11Daniel Negreanu
Outer 12Daniel Alaei
Outer 13Erik Seidel
Outer 14Joe Hachem
Outer 15Tobias Reinkemeier
Outer 16Nam Le
Outer 17Jonathan Karamalikis
Outer 18--empty--

Tran Folds Aces to Shak's Flush

Level 1 : 500/500, 0 ante

With 20,500 chips in the middle, JC Tran bet 8,500 on the {K-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} board into Dan Shak. Shak put in a raise to 22,000 and Tran mucked his hand after a few seconds of thought. Shak flashed the {10-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} for a flopped flush and then Tran pulled his cards from the muck pile and showed the {A-Spades}{A-Hearts} that he laid down.

Tags: Dan ShakJC Tran