Event 7 - $1,650 Bounty Feature Event | 2009 Aussie Millions

01-17-2009 19:10 UTC+11

One Table Remains

[user75032]

Table 26 is the only shootout table remaining in action. The players still seated at the table are Stephen Boots, Sean Keeton and Neil Channing. Two of them will go through to the final table; one will go home with ninth place prize money of AU$9,450.

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 400

01-17-2009 19:20 UTC+11

Plan of Attack?

[user75032]

Tournament staff have informed us that the final table is scheduled to commence at 8pm local time. That assumes that we'll have an elimination on Table 26 some time in the next forty minutes. None of the three remaining players on that table seems in any particular rush to leave.

01-17-2009 19:27 UTC+11

Updated Chip Counts

[user75032]

Table 26:

Sean Keeton: 185,700
Stephen Boots: 269,500
Neil Channing: 92,000

They players are playing very cautiously. Channing recently moved in preflop on back-to-back hands but neither Keeton nor Boots was willing to take him on.

01-17-2009 19:32 UTC+11

Channing Doubles

[user75032]

Table 26:

A silent groan went up from everyone situated on and around Table 26 -- everyone, that is, except Neil Channing. Channing moved all in preflop for about 92,000 chips and was snap-called by Stephen Boots. Boots showed {Q-Hearts}

against Channing's {K-Clubs}

. The curtain was coming down on Channing after the flop came {7-Hearts}

and the turn was the {5-Diamonds}

, but Channing found new life when he spiked the {K-Hearts}

on the river to win the hand. He doubled up to about 190,000. Boots is down to 175,000.

01-17-2009 19:45 UTC+11

Runner-Runner for Keeton

[user75032]

Table 26:

Small pots and no flops is the rule now at Table 26. Thus we were surprised to see a hand between Sean Keeton and Neil Channing go all the way to the river. Keeton tabled the best hand, showing down ace-king on a board of {4-?}

for a running two pair. Channing mucked his hand in disgust, dropping to about 154,000 in the counts.

Tags: Neil Channing Sean keeton

01-17-2009 19:58 UTC+11

Another Small Pot to Keeton

[user75032]

Table 26:

It was a three-way limped pot among Sean Keeton, Stephen Boots and Neil Channing. As the dealer prepared to burn and turn, Channing chanted, "Jack, jack, deuce!" He was close; the flop was {J-Hearts}

. Boots was first to act and checked to Channing, who bet 16,000. Keeton raised that bet to 32,000, drawing quick folds from Boots and Channing.

Ben Delaney wandered by the table at about the same time to chat with Channing about what was taking so long. He then wished each of the players good luck and retreated from the rail. We're told that, because this table has gone on so long, the final table will most likely be moved back to 9pm local time.

Tags: Neil Channing Sean keeton Stephen boots

01-17-2009 20:02 UTC+11

Timer Counts Down on Boots

[user75032]

Table 26:

We've seen a few instances now where Stephen Boots has taken all of his allotted twenty seconds to act and let them expire without making a decision. It happened in a hand against Neil Channing, with Channing raising to 17,000 preflop and Boots calling. The {J-Clubs}