Event 1 - $1,100 No Limit Holdem (2-Day Event) | 2008 Aussie Millions

01-06-2008 14:14 UTC+10

Damien Oborne Eliminated in 15th Place ($5,907)

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Damien Oborne moved all in for his last 32,500. Jovan Scekic went into the tank from the big blind and eventually called.

Scekic: {7-Diamonds}

Oborne:

The flop was {J-Hearts}

and Jovan Scekic took the lead. The turn was the {9-Hearts}

and the river was the {2-Spades}

. Damien Oborne was eliminated in 15th place.

Tags: Damien Oborne Jovan Scekic

01-06-2008 14:10 UTC+10

Vince Wan Triples Up

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On a flop of {A-Hearts}

, Vince Wan moved all in from the big blind, Dale Townsend called, and Michael McDonald called from the button. Both Townsend and McDonald checked down the {10-Diamonds}

turn and the {8-Diamonds}

river.

Wan turned up {J-Spades}

for two pair, while Townsend showed {K-Hearts}

for the busted nut flush draw. McDonald also held a flush draw with {8-Hearts}

.

After the hand, Wan was up to a much healthier 140,000 in chips.

Tags: Dale Townsend Michael McDonald Vince Wan

Level: 17

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 1,000

01-06-2008 14:03 UTC+10

Chris Wood Eliminated in 16th Place ($4,028)

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Chris Wood was all in for his big blind. Alex Luck limped. Damon Oborne moved all in for 82,000. Kalan Shuttlewood moved all in for his last 38,000. Luck folded.

Wood: {A-Diamonds}

Oborne:

Shuttlewood: {A-Spades}

The flop was {J-Hearts}

. The turn was the {8-Hearts}

and the river was the {9-Diamonds}

. Kalan Shuttlewood doubled up. Oborne slipped to 45,000. And Wood busted out in 16th place.

Tags: Kalan Shuttlewood

01-06-2008 13:53 UTC+10

Paul Schembri Doubles Through Brett Hartley

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Paul Schembri moved all in for 60,500 from UTG+1 and Brett Hartley made the call from the big blind.

Schembri {5-Hearts}

Hartley

The flop was {J-Spades}

, the turn was the {2-Diamonds}

, the river was the {J-Clubs}

and Schembri doubled his stack to 135,000. Hartley slipped to 43,500.

Tags: Brett Hartley Paul Schembri

01-06-2008 13:43 UTC+10

Barry Long Eliminated in 17th Place ($4,028)

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Barry Long moved all in with K-8 and a short stack. He lost to Kalan Shuttlewood's K-6 when a six fell on the turn.

Tags: Kalan Shuttlewood

01-06-2008 13:41 UTC+10

Roy Vandersluis Eliminated in 18th Place ($4,028)

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Roy Vandersluis raised 24,000 and Alex Luck called. The flop was {J-Spades}

. Alex Luck moved all in and Vandersluis called.

Vandersluis: {7-Diamonds}

Luck:

The turn was the {9-Spades}

and the river was the {8-Hearts}

. Roy Vandersluis finished in 18th place. Luck increased his stack to over 300,000.

Tags: Roy Vandersluis

01-06-2008 13:38 UTC+10

Michael "Timex" McDonald Doubles Through Mark Saber

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Mark Saber raised to 22,000, Michael "Timex" McDonald moved all in and Saber made the call.

Saber {A-Clubs}

McDonald

The flop was {K-Hearts}

, giving the lead to McDonald with a pair of kings. The turn was the {4-Hearts}

, the river was the {K-Spades}

and McDonald took it down with trips. Saber's stack was decimated on the hand, leaving him with only 72,000 while McDonald seized the chiplead with over 300,000.

"Run good, monkey!" teased McDonald's friend Jimmy "Gobboboy" Fricke who watched the hand play out from an adjacent table.

Tags: Mark Saber Michael McDonald