2009 Aussie Millions
Event 7 - $1,650 Bounty Feature Event
Day: 1
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Level: 7
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Wan got the last of his chips all in preflop against Guttman. One small problem though. Guttman held

which was dominating his own 
.Guttman increased his stranglehold on the hand when the flop came


giving Guttman a flush draw, and further reducing Wan's outs. The
gave Wan a pair, except it also gave Guttman his heart flush and sent Wan off to the rail.The river was an insignificant
. Guttman moves up to 18,000.
flop and had been called by Mirzikinian. Both players called.On the turn
, Zmukic moved all in and was snap-called by Mirzikinian. Mirzikinian turned over a flush with
but Zmukic had a bigger flush with
. Khouiss, who tabled
, was drawing dead. Mirzikinian had one shot at a straight flush, but he missed. The river came
.Zmukic now has 24,000 chips and two bounties. Mirzikinian is down to 17,000.


and play checked to Benson who fired a continuation bet of 1,700. The small blind folded before the big blind check-raised up to 4,500.Benson then moved the remainder of his chips into the middle, adding an additional 14,750 to the bet amount. His opponent was pained with the decision and with only twenty seconds to act, he let it go, flashing the
.Australian Poker Hall of Fame inductee Benson collects a nice pot on his way to a stack of 26,000 chips.
A few hands later, Mountt was crippled on an
board. He moved in with
and his opponent called with
. The board bricked out, allowing the aces of Mountt's opponent to hold up.The very next hand after that, Mountt was left with only 1,875 chips and open-shoved from under the gun for 1,875. One opponent re-raised to 4,500 before Martin Comer reraised all in. That cleared out all other players except the all-in Mountt.
Mount:

Comer:

The flop came down
, prompting Comer to ask the dealer, "Put a three down to really make me sweat!" He got his wish when the turn fell
. Mountt wasn't able to pull off the runner-runner miracle, however. The river
sent him to the rail.
"Here's my bounty, and here's my aces!" he shouted as he slammed

down on the table.Parsons held

and couldn't spike his set as the board fell 



. Crocky doubled to over 8,000 with a wry smile.
. Beattie showed
, but he had Karib's
covered for the side pot. Nobody improved on a board of all babies,
. Marcus therefore tripled up to 13,000; Beattie moved to 9,000; and Karib moved to the rail.
The flop came


and it was checked around. The turn brought the
and when Grunberg checked, Derias sprung into action, betting 1,700. Grunberg deliberated a moment before announcing he was all in, and at this point Derias almost beat him into the pot with much excitement behind his call.Grunberg tabled

and was dissapointed to see Derias flip 
for a bigger set. The river
offered no help to either player, and Derias doubled through to 17,000. Grunberg now has only 4,500 in front of him.