Event 12 - $10,500 Aussie Millions Main Event Day 3 | 2008 Aussie Millions

01-18-2008 21:47 UTC+10

John Dalessandri Eliminated in 30th Place ($40,000)

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Dane Lomas called from the small blind. John Dalessandri checked his blig blind. The flop was {K-Hearts}

. Lomas checked. John Dalessandri bet 16,000. Lomas check-raised 45,000. John Dalessandri called. The turn was the {10-Clubs}

. Lomas bet 100,000. John Dalessandri moved all in for 180,000. Lomas called.

John Dalessandri: {J-Hearts}

Lomas:

The river was the {8-Spades}

. Lomas won the hand and John Dalessandri was eliminated in 30th place. He won $40,000 for 30th place.

Lomas increased his stack to 856,000.

Tags: John Dalessandri

01-18-2008 21:41 UTC+10

Jason Potter Eliminated in 31st Place ($30,000)

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Ona board of {A-Diamonds}

, Jason Potter moved all in on the river. Max Pescatori called with {K-Hearts}

. It was good enough to win. Potter mucked his hand and was eliminated in 31st place. He won $30,000.

Tags: Max Pescatori

01-18-2008 21:35 UTC+10

Dusan Stoevski Eliminated in 32nd Place ($30,000)

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Stoevski put his remaining 88,000 in chips into the pot from UTG and was called reluctantly by the big blind of Holster.

Holster had the best hand with {A-Clubs}

as Stoevski had {Q-Spades}

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The

came on the river but unfortunately for Stoevski it gave Holster the nut flush. Holster now has 740,000 in chips and accumulating nicely. Stoveski won $30,000 for 32nd place.

01-18-2008 21:34 UTC+10

Jean Gianotti Doubles Through Matt Stout

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Jean Gianotti's {J-Clubs}

held up against Matt Stout's {A-Spades}

and he doubled up to 465,000.

Tags: Jean Gianotti Matt Stout

01-18-2008 21:32 UTC+10

Shimamura Doubles Through Pescatori

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Hiroshi Shimamura has just doubled through Max "The Italian Pirate" Pescatori, though it wasn't without a heap of drama.

The players got it all in pre-flop and Shimamura's {K-Hearts}

appeared well ahead of Pescatori's {10-Clubs}

, until the flop delivered {2-Clubs}

. Amazingly, Shimamura dodged all of Pescatori's outs as the board filled out {2-Hearts}

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and he doubled up to approximately 200,000 in chips.

Tags: Hiroshi Shimamura

01-18-2008 21:26 UTC+10

Carter Swidler Eliminated in 33rd Place ($30,000)

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Carter Swidler moved all in from the big blind. Steve Miller called from the small blind.

Swidler: {K-Clubs}

Miller:

The flop was {9-Spades}

. The turn was the {4-Clubs}

and the river was the {4-Spades}

. Miller won the pot and Carter Swidler was eliminted in 33rd place. He won $30,000.

Tags: Carter Swidler

01-18-2008 21:26 UTC+10

Jelassi Doubles Up; Gets Penalty for Exposing Cards

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Jelassi makes a mistake but still doubles up

An interesting hand devloped between Ramzi Jelassi and Michael Chrisanthopoulos. Here is what happened...

Michael Chrisanthopoulos raised to 26,000. Ramzi Jelassi had 190,000 stacked up and held a 5,000 chip in his hand as he pushed his stack into the pot in an "all in" motion. Except, he did not annouce "all in" and had 5,000 left. Michael Chrisanthopoulos just called. Jelassi forgot about the chip and thought he was all in so he exposed his cards... {A-Hearts}

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Michael Chrisanthopoulos bet 5,000 in the dark. The flop came down A-9-5. Jelassi tossed in his last 5,000. The river was a 6 and the river a 3. Michael Chrisanthopoulos mucked his hand and Jelassi doubled up. He increased his stack to almost 390,000.

After the hand, Jelassi was given a five hand penalty for exposing his hand. He had to sit out five hands over the next orbit.

01-18-2008 21:22 UTC+10

Andy Black Eliminated in 34th Place ($30,000)

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Erik Seidel raised to 24,000 and Andy Black shoved all-in for 190,000. The action folded back around to Seidel who made the call. Black was in trouble with his {A-Spades}

as Seidel tabled {10-Diamonds}

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The tens held up and Andy Black's run at the 2008 Aussie Millions has come to and end.

Seidel now has over 700,000.

Tags: Andy Black Erik Seidel

01-18-2008 21:17 UTC+10

Down to 34

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It appears that the six-handed format is forcing a quicker pace. No less than five minutes into the new six-handed format, there were two rapid bustouts.

01-18-2008 21:15 UTC+10

Black Doubles Through Seidel

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Upstairs on the feature table, Andy Black moved all in for 87,000 and Erik Seidel made the call with pocket deuces; Black had J-9. Seidel held the lead in the hand all the way through the turn, but Black rivered the nut straight to stay alive, doubling through to about 180,000 in chips.

Tags: Andy Black