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

01-14-2008 10:38 UTC+10

2008 Aussie Millions $10,500 Main Event Day 1, Flight 1

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Live coverage of the $10,500 buy-in Main Event is scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m. local time.

01-14-2008 11:45 UTC+10

Opening Ceremonies

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The main event of the 2008 Aussie Millions will beginning shortly. There was a short opening ceremony where a local singer performed "New Sensation" (which is a cover of an INXS song). Both Gus Hansen and Joe Hachem were introduced to the crowd and they both said a few words.

01-14-2008 11:46 UTC+10

"Shuffle Up and Deal!"

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Joe Hachem had the honor of starting off the tournament with the famous words, "Shuffle up and deal!"

01-14-2008 11:46 UTC+10

Cards Are in the Air

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The starting stacks are 20,000.

Level: 1

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

01-14-2008 11:52 UTC+10

Table Talk: Gavin Smith

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"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."

01-14-2008 11:53 UTC+10

Black's Beautiful Start

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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}

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

01-14-2008 12:00 UTC+10

Tables of Death

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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.

01-14-2008 12:00 UTC+10

Who's Here?

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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!

01-14-2008 12:05 UTC+10