Event 9 - $10,500 Main Event Day 1a | 2007 Aussie Millions Crown Casino Poker Championship

01-14-2007 04:52 UTC

Inconsistency

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Nick Assiotis is given a 5 minute penalty for handling his phone during a hand. He complains to the TD that another player was given a warning earlier for the same thing, but not given a penalty.

Tags: Penalty

01-14-2007 04:51 UTC

Matt Hilger Doubled Up

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Matt Hilger made two final tables earlier in the week, but he's having a rough day. Although, he doubled up to 9K and is still fighting for his life.

Tags: Matt Hilger

01-14-2007 04:47 UTC

Daniel started the tournament playing nearly every pot and that was not working too well. Then he slowed down and that didn't work either. Now he is back to playing most hands and finally having some success.

Daniel called a raise from Lothar Landauer from the SB. Flop comes {6-Hearts}

and Daniel bets 800 and is called. The Turn comes {4-Hearts}

and it is checked around. The river comes {9-Diamonds}

and Daniel, thinking he is good, bets $1500. He is called by Landauer and Daniel shows {J-Clubs}

to take down the pot. Back up to 15k.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu

01-14-2007 04:45 UTC

The Case Ten

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On a board reading {10-Hearts}

the UTG player checks, the cutoff bets $650 and is raised to $1500 by the button. UTG reraises all in for $5600. The cutoff thinks for a while and folds and the Button insta calls with Pocket Jacks. UTG show Ace Ten. The cutoff says he folded Ace Ten also, and of course - the case Ten hits the River.

01-14-2007 04:41 UTC

Kristy Gazes Cracks Aces; Sprinting Away Early.

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With the average chip count somewhere in the 23,000 range, Kristy Gazes has shot up to 85,000 after getting her money in with {K-Clubs}

. The only problem was that Steven Murphy had {A-Spades}

. The flop was {2-Clubs}

, nearly sealing Kristy's fate. But, the turn {J-Clubs}

and river

gave Kristy the pot. She probably has close to double the chips of anyone else in the field.

Tags: Full Tilt Kristy Gazes

01-14-2007 04:38 UTC

Roland de Wolfe Eliminated

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Roland de Wolfe was shortstacked and involved in a three-way pot. The flop was {5-Hearts}

. De Wolfe bet out 700 and was raised to 3200 by Player A. Player B called and so did de Wolfe. The turn was {4-Hearts}

, and de Wolfe checked Player A moved all in for 4.5K. Player B called and de Wolfe moved all in for the rest of his chips. Player A showed {2-Hearts}

. Player B showed {3-Diamonds}

for a full house while de Wolfe flipped over {6-Diamonds}

for a straight. The river was the {K-Spades}

and both Player A and de Wolfe headed to the rail.

Tags: Full Tilt Roland de Wolfe

01-14-2007 04:35 UTC

Aces busted by Aces....Almost

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Mansion Poker's Richard Redmand got all his money in with the AcAd against his opponent's AsAh. All was well until a flop of {K-Spades}

put him in big jeopardy. The turn and river blanked off, and Richard sat back down in his seat... {A-Diamonds}

Tags: Mansion Poker Richard Redmand

01-14-2007 04:27 UTC

Fricke takes it to the Pros

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Online qualifier Jimmy Fricke is taking no prisoners, taking it to Full Tilt Pro and 7 time WSOP bracelet winner Erik Seidel.

On a flop of {J-Diamonds}

Jimmy bets out $1100 and Seidel calls.

The Turn is the {9-Hearts}

Fricke bets $2500 and Seidel calls.

The River is the {4-Spades}

Fricke takes a look at Seidels chips and bets $5500, half of Seidels stack. Seidel considers this for a long time and eventually folds.

Tags: Erik Seidel Full Tilt

01-14-2007 04:19 UTC

Missing Notables

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We are missing Phil Ivey and Kathy Leibert who have not taken their seats. Phil is always a notable absentee during the opening rounds and we are expecting him sometime soon. Kathy is the Where's Wally of the poker room right now. (that's "Where's Waldo" for you Yanks).

01-14-2007 04:12 UTC

Sam Khouiss doubles through

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Popular Australian players Sam Khouiss doubles up with set over set vs Mladen Ivin. Sam is up to 40k