Event 12 - $10,500 Aussie Millions Main Event Day 1a | 2008 Aussie Millions

01-14-2008 14:58 UTC+10

Sam Youssef Finds Back-To-Back Aces

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Sam Youssef has just informed us that he picked up pocket aces in consecutive hands. Both times Youssef raised the action up to 600 chips but received no action either time. However Youssef is still progressing well and has around 26,000 chips.

Tags: Sam Youssef

01-14-2008 14:52 UTC+10

Filippi Doubles Through Bloch

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Amnon Filippi clashed with Andy Bloch on a flop of {Q-Clubs}

. All the money went into the middle and the cards were flipped:

Filippi: {2-Diamonds}

Bloch:

The turn and river arrive {4-Hearts}

and Bloch slips to 18,500 while Filippi's full house gets him back to 23,000 chips.

Tags: Amnon Filippi

01-14-2008 14:51 UTC+10

Liz Lieu Eliminated

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On a board of {Q-Clubs}

, Liz Lieu and Benjamin Vinson got it all in.

Lieu: {A-Clubs}

Vinson:

Vinson was ahead with a straight, but Lieu had outs for a boat. She missed when the {3-Spades}

fell on the river. Vinson won the pot and Liz Lieu was eliminated.

Tags: Liz Lieu

01-14-2008 14:39 UTC+10

Bloch Insta-Calls With Jacks

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Six players limped into the pot and Andy Bloch bumped it up from the big blind, making it 1,600 to go. Amnon Filippi called from under-the-gun before the player in seat 9 decided to go all in for his last 8,650. The action passes back to Bloch who insta-calls while Filippi steps aside.

Bloch flipped over {J-Clubs}

and seemed to be very confident that his hand was good as his opponent sheepishly revealed {5-Spades}

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The flop was virtually enough for Bloch as it arrived {8-Hearts}

giving Bloch a set. The turn and river came {K-Diamonds}

and Bloch adds the nice pot to his growing stack.

Tags: Andy Bloch

01-14-2008 14:27 UTC+10

Allen Cunningham Doubles Through Raymond Rahme

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On a board reading {J-Hearts}

, Raymond Rahme bet 2,000, Allen Cunningham raised to 10,000, Rahme moved all in and Cunningham called for his remaining 11,000. Rahme showed {K-Diamonds}

for top pair, but Cunningham held {A-Spades}

for the nut flush and doubled up to 22,000.

Tags: Allen Cunningham Raymond Rahme

01-14-2008 14:26 UTC+10

Official Numbers: 215 Runners in Day 1a

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There are 215 players in the first flight. There are 201 players remaining.

01-14-2008 14:20 UTC+10

Harry Demetriou Eliminated

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Harry Demetriou moved all in for his last 4,500. Andrew Connell called.

Connell: {J-Diamonds}

Demetriou: {A-Diamonds}

The flop was {K-Hearts}

. The turn was the {3-Spades}

. The river was the {6-Hearts}

. Connell won the pot and Harry Demetriou headed to the rail.

Tags: Harry Demetriou

01-14-2008 14:17 UTC+10

A Walk Among the Giants

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Full Tilt Poker qualifier Andrew Laetchford had possibly one of the worst table draws today, landing at the TV feature table. Surrounded by Allen Cunningham, Matt Sexton, Jimmy "Gobboboy" Fricke, Raymond Rahme, Lee Watkinson, and Gary Benson, the Englishman admitted to us that his table is "a little scary." So far, he's holding his own and is up to 23,000 in chips.

01-14-2008 14:11 UTC+10