To progress through you must win two out of your three matches. The winner will then take a 5,000 starting bank into Round Two, and play will continue in the same format.
2009 Aussie Millions
Event 10 - $5,300 Heads Up Championship
Day: 1a
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To progress through you must win two out of your three matches. The winner will then take a 5,000 starting bank into Round Two, and play will continue in the same format.
Event #5: $1,100 H.O.R.S.E champion Jarred Solomon has just taken out his first match against Per Gunnarsson, and 2007 Heads-Up Champion David Saab has just lost his first match.
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After losing the first match to Putt, Rheem made amends when he eliminated Putt with

on a board of 



all in on the flop with Putt holding 
.With it level at one apiece, Rheem would fall in the second match when after raising to 300, Putt reraised to 1,800. Rheem announced, "I'll gamble with you," and pushed the last of his 2,600 stack into the pot with Putt making the call.
Putt:


Rheem:


The board fell




to see Rheem head to the rail for the second time with Putt progressing through to face Lee Nelson or Sam Higgs.
Tony Bloom vs. Sorel Mizzi
Chino Rheem vs. Graeme Putt
Lee Nelson vs. Sam Higgs
Sergey Rybachenko vs. Craig Bergeron
Wesley Whybrew vs. Harry Demetriou
Other notables are Bill Jordanou, Alexander Kostritsyn, Ralph Burd, Alec Torelli, Neil Channing, James Obst and David Saab.
Moving all in on the river with the board reading




he was called by Davidson and Kostritsyn tabled 
.
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Level: 1
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
With Day 1a filling 32 spots it will be interesting to see who takes their seats with Day 1c of the Main Event kicking off on the other side of the Crown Poker Room.
Check back at 2:30pm local time where PokerNews will be bringing all the live updates, match-ups and egotistic outburts to you live as they happen from the tournament floor of the 2009 Aussie Millions!