2008 Aussie Millions

Event 12 - $10,500 Aussie Millions Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2008 Aussie Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j9
Prize
1,650,000 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
10,000 AUD
Prize Pool
7,800,000 AUD
Entries
780
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Liz Lieu Takes Early Hit

Liz Lieu
Liz Lieu
Liz Lieu called a 7,250 chip bet on the river with the board showing T-9-6-T-4. Her opponent flipped over T-9 for a full house which was too strong for Lieu as she raised her eyebrows, tapped the table and tossed her cards into the muck.

Interestingly her table is currently playing only five-handed, with several late starters failing to arrive as yet. However they still have more chips than Lieu at present as she slips to less than 10,000 chips.

Tags: Liz Lieu

First Man Down

After leading the flop and turn and getting a call each time, Nikola Grgic moved all in on the river on a jack-high board and was called by Shane Moran. Grgic showed pocket kings, but Moran's J-J had flopped a set. Grgic was the day's first elimination, only 20 minutes into the first level of play.

Who's Here?

Flight 1 has plenty of top names such as... Allen Cunningham, Amnon Filippi, Andy Black, Andy Bloch, Beth Shak, Brandon Schaefer, Carl Olson, Dag Martin Mikkelsen, Dan Shak, David Grey, David Levi, David Saab, David Singer, Doug Lee, Eli Elezra, Erik Seidel, Gary Benson, Graeme "Kiwi G" Putt, Grant Levy, J.J. Liu, Jamie Pickering, Jennifer Harman, Jimmy "gobboboy" Fricke, John Juanda, Jozef Berec, Karib Karib, Karina Jett, Kenna James, Lee Watkinson, Liz Lieu, Marc Goodwin, Marc Karam, Mark Teltscher, Mel Judah, Mike Sexton, Niki Jedlicka, Sarah Bilney, Sergey Rybachenko, Shaun Deeb, Steve Brecher, Steve Zolotow, Thomas Bihl, Tom "durrrr" Dwan, and Tony G.

Wow... quite a field, and it's only Day 1a!

Tables of Death

In addition to the aforementioned Smith/Juanda table of death, the two tables next to it look equally as unfriendly. Table 16 boasts Andy Bloch, Amnon Filippi, Keith Sexton and Carl Olson, while Table 17 (today's first "featured" table) features Matt Sexton, Allen Cunningham, David Saab, Jimmy "Gobboboy" Fricke, Lee Watkinson, and Gary Benson.

Black's Beautiful Start

2007 Aussie Millions 3rd Place finisher Andy Black has carried forward his form of last year by winning the very first hand of the day.

With the board reading {6-Hearts}{6-Spades}{5-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}{3-Diamonds} Black fired out a bet of 6,500 on the river and his opponent went into the tank before folding. In a great start to the day, Black rakes in an early pot worth over 18,000 chips!

Tags: Andy Black

Table Talk: Gavin Smith

"I'm at a sick table," metioned Gavin Smith. "It has John Juanda, David Grey, Dag Martin Mikkelsen, and Brandon Schaefer. Brandon busted me last year. I want payback. I'm gonna bust that f----- today!"

Gavin Smith is already talking smack. If you didn't know, Smith took down the celebrity/media event the other night. He won $10,000 which went to charity. As he joked, "I came to Australia and I won the only event where you don't win pirze money."

Level: 1

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0