2009 Aussie Millions

Event 2 - $1,050 PokerPro No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2009 Aussie Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♦5♠
Prize
25,000 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
1,000 AUD
Entries
83
Level Info
Level
14
Blinds
4,000 / 8,000
Ante
0
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Event 2: $1,050 Poker Pro No-Limit Hold'em

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In just over two hours time Event 2: $1,050 PokerPro No-Limit Hold'em will begin.

Capped at 90 runners; Emad Tahtouh, David Saab, Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad, Jonathan "xMONSTERxDONGx" Karamalikis, Tony "Bond18" Dunst, Vincent Wan and Peter Aristidou have already registered.

Make sure to catch all the action from 4:30pm local time to see a world-class field tackle the virtual felt on Crown's computerized PokerPro tables.

Level: 1

Blinds: 25/50

Ante: 0

Play Underway

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The virtual cards are now flying!

Some of the notables who are taking their part in today's event include Marty Smyth, Jamie Pickering, Josh Field, Jim Sachinidis, Martin Comer and John Tabatabai.

What is PokerPro?

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For those of you that are unsure exactly what PokerPro, and in turn a PokerPro tournament is, here is an explanation.

PokerPro is a fully automated poker table that combines the speed and efficiency of online poker with the thrill and feel of playing a traditional live game.

Each table holds up to ten players and instead of real chips, each player has their own personal touch screen which controls all their betting actions. There is a larger monitor in the middle of each table that displays the pot size, player actions, community cards and stack sizes of each player.

When not in use for this tournament the tables can be set up for cash game use where the players can either purchase prepaid cards or deposit money into their own PokerPro account.

Today, all ten PokerPro tables in the Crown Poker Room are filled with tournament players who have each paid $1,050 to play in Event 2 of the Aussie Millions.

Tags: PokerPro

Early Table Talk

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Annette Obrestad on the PokerPro machine
Annette Obrestad on the PokerPro machine
Local Jim Sachinidis has just asked the Tournament Director, "If I say I'm all in, is it binding?" This statement generated a laugh from his table, which includes Ben Delaney, Reza Vakili and Ashish Gupta.

On another table Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad has just commented that this is the first time she has ever played on a PokerPro table. Seated next to her is Jarred "FlopNutsOnYou" Graham, who is showing her the ropes

Tags: Annette "Annette_15" ObrestadJim Sachinidis

Bergeron Flushes Harvey

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Craig Bergeron opened to 150 and was met with a reraise to 400 by Martin Harvey. Bergeron made the call and both players checked the flop of {10-Spades}{K-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}.

When the {A-Clubs} landed on the turn Bergeron led out for 475 and Harvey made the call. With the {J-Diamonds} peeling on the river, both players checked with Bergeron's {A-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds} good for the nut flush and the pot.

Tags: Craig BergeronMartin Harvey

Saab Silenced

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The normally very vocal David Saab has been very silent since the beginning of this tournament, slowly seeing his stack dwindle.

However he recently took down a small pot sending him close to 9,000 as he announced, "Yes, I've finally won my first pot!"

Saab has Marty Smyth and Michael Vartan his table.

Tags: David Saab

Level: 2

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

Kings Versus Kings . . . Twice

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We have seen pocket kings run into pocket kings not once but twice so far in this tournament.

Both times, all the money was in preflop with the pot being chopped.

It seems as though players are more willing to move chips round following the ease of the touchscreen; however only one player has been knocked out of the tournament so far.
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