Event 2 - $1,050 PokerPro No Limit Hold'em | 2009 Aussie Millions

01-11-2009 22:51 UTC+11

Chu Back In The Game

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Haibo Chu continued arguing his case until Mitchell Carle responded with, "You're back in a minute anyway man!"

Chu's penalty remained for the full 5-minutes, and now he is back sweating the virtual cards.

Tags: Haibo Chu

Level: 12

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 0

01-11-2009 22:47 UTC+11

Chu Slapped With A Penalty

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Haibo Chu has just been slapped with a 5-minute penalty for mobile phone usage.

As the cards were being dealt out he quickly ended his phone call as he sat down to sweat his cards. He folded his hand and then was approached by the Tournament Director who awarded him the penalty.

Chu is disputing the penalty after stating that a different Tournament Director told him that mobile phone usage was fine when not seated at the table.

Tags: Haibo Chu

01-11-2009 22:42 UTC+11

Noja Doubles In Pocket Pair Battle

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Daniel Noja has just doubled through Mitchell Carle when his {6-Hearts}

held up against Carle's {2-Spades}

with all the money going in before the flop.

The board ran out {A-Clubs}

and Noja moved up to 52,500 in chips as Carle took a small dent to be down to 272,500.

Tags: Daniel Noja Mitchell Carle

01-11-2009 22:40 UTC+11

James Potter Eliminated in 8th Place ($2,905)

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Nasr Elnasr opened from under-the-gun to 7,000 and with the action folding round to James Potter on the button he moved his last 16,000 into the middle. Elnasr made the call and the cards were tabled.

Elnasr: {A-Hearts}

Potter:

The flop fell down {4-Hearts}

and Elnasr took the lead. Needing one of the two remaining queens, Potter would find no luck with the turn and river falling the {4-Diamonds}

and

.

Potter collected $2,905 for his 8th place finish, while play continued to on the final table with Elnasr moving up to 118,000.

Tags: James Potter Nasr Elnasr

01-11-2009 22:33 UTC+11

Railbirds

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With the PokerPro final table being held on the journey in and out of the Crown Poker Room, there have been a bevy of onlookers to stop and access the final table.

Patrick Fletcher, Mick "the Hoon" Stanton and Billy "the Croc" Argyros have all stopped to watch the action for several minutes before moving on.

01-11-2009 22:28 UTC+11

Play Slow

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Several orbits of the final table have already passed without much action.

On occasional flop, but most hands have been contested without a card being seen.

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 0

01-11-2009 22:17 UTC+11

The Coveted Gold Ring

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The winner of today's PokerPro No Limit Hold'em will be awarded an official Aussie Millions gold ring; the second of the Championship series.

The rings are a new innovation at this year's Aussie Millions. They represent the prestige of winning a coveted Aussie Millions title, similar to that of a World Series of Poker bracelet.

Produced by Poker Allure, these solid gold rings are valued at AU$5,000 each and are added value to the prize pool of each of the preliminary Championship events. The winner of the 2009 Aussie Millions Main Event will receive a gold bracelet valued at AU$20,000.

The rings are quite an impressive sight. If you venture down to the Aussie Millions over the next few weeks you can view them on display in the cabinet at the entrance to the Crown Poker Room.

We may indeed be witnessing the start of a tradition here this evening.

01-11-2009 22:15 UTC+11

Final Table Set

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Seat 1: James Potter - 28,000
Seat 2: Mitchell Carle - 300,000
Seat 3: Michael Russell - 62,000
Seat 4: Nasr Elnasr - 97,000
Seat 5: Haibo Chu - 80,000
Seat 6: Daniel Neilson - 173,000
Seat 7: Daniel Noja - 31,500
Seat 8: Jozef Berec - 58,000