Event 8 - $100,000 No Limit Hold'em Challenge Day 1 | 2009 Aussie Millions

01-17-2009 18:13 UTC+11

Michael Sampoerna Eliminated

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Michael Sampoerna limped in from middle position and Jason Gray raised to 12,000. After the blinds mucked their hands, Sampoerna moved all in for his last 34,000. Gray made the call after some deliberation.

Gray: {9-Hearts}

Sampoerna: {10-Diamonds}

The flop fell a miraculous {9-Spades}

to flop a full house for Gray. The {2-Diamonds}

and

on the turn and river sent Sampoerna to the rail. Gray climbed to over 130,000 in chips.

Tags: Jason Gray Michael Sampoerna

01-17-2009 18:06 UTC+11

Le Doubles Through Antonius

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Nam Le raised to 9,500 from middle position and Patrik Antonius reraised to 23,000 from the cutoff. Le moved all in and Antonius called.

Le: {J-Diamonds}

Antonius:

The board ran out {8-Clubs}

and Le doubled up again with a flush. He's back to 88,000 chips while Antonius is down to 148,000.

Tags: Nam Le Patrik Antonius

01-17-2009 18:01 UTC+11

Juanda Plays Position

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Bill Jordanou limped from under the gun and Erik Seidel popped it to 11,000. John Juanda flat-called on the button, as did Jordanou.

The flop came down {4-Clubs}

and Jordanou checked to Seidel, who fired 20,000. Juanda called, but the heat had become too much for Jordanou.

The turn was the {J-Clubs}

and Seidel checked to Juanda, who slid 23,000 into the middle. Seidel gave it up and Juanda won a nice sized pot. He's up to 170,000 chips.

Tags: Bill Jordanou Erik Seidel John Juanda

01-17-2009 18:01 UTC+11

Tony G Doubles

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Tony G was the first to act and he opened to 10,000. It slowly folded around to Nam Le on the button, who raised to 30,000 which effectively put Guoga all in.

Guoga: {A-Spades}

Le:

The board ran out {7-Spades}

and Guoga doubled to 45,000 as Le slipped back to 42,000 in chips.

Tags: Nam Le Tony G

01-17-2009 17:55 UTC+11

Le's Dominant Double

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Nam Le raised to 6,500 and David Steicke reraised to 31,500 from the big blind. Le only had a few thousand more than that amount, and decided to commit them into the middle as Steicke made the call.

Steicke: {A-Hearts}

Le:

Steicke was dominated and didn't improve as the board fell {7-Spades}

. Le doubled to 74,000 and Steicke slips to 135,000.

Tags: David Steicke Nam Le

01-17-2009 17:51 UTC+11

Sampoerna and Bloom Chop

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John Hennigan raised to 5,500 from the cutoff and Tony Bloom reraised to 20,000 from the small blind. Michael Sampoerna then came over the top for an additional 30,000 in the big blind. Hennigan folded and Bloom made the call.

Bloom: {A-Spades}

Sampoerna: {A-Clubs}

The first four cards arrived {8-Spades}

, with Bloom freerolling to a spade to win the hand. However, the river was the {10-Diamonds}

and both players made a broadway straight. Chop it up!

Tags: Michael Sampoerna Tony Bloom

01-17-2009 17:47 UTC+11

Antonius Gets Value from Kagawa

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Patrik Antonius opened with a preflop raise to 6,500 from middle position. Masa Kagawa was the lone caller from the cutoff position.

The flop landed {10-Diamonds}

and both players checked. The turn was the {6-Spades}

and Antonius led out for 11,000. Kagawa made the call. The river brought the {7-Clubs}

, and Antonius casually splashed 24,000 into the middle. Kagawa once again made the call.

Antonius flipped {A-Clubs}

for top pair, top kicker for the best hand and Kagawa mucked. Antonius is now looking dangerous with over 200,000 chips.

Tags: Masa Kagawa Patrik Antonius

Level: 4

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 0

01-17-2009 17:43 UTC+11

Prize Pool and Payouts

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With twenty-three entrants in today's event, a prize pool of AU$2.3million will be distributed to the top four place finishers as follows:

1st - AU$1,200,000
2nd - AU$600,000
3rd - AU$300,000
4th - AU$200,000

01-17-2009 17:35 UTC+11

Ivey Out

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Phil Ivey moved his short stack into the middle preflop with {K-Clubs}

and John Juanda made the call with {A-Clubs}

.

The board ran out {10-Spades}

and just like that, Ivey's stay in the Crown Poker Room is over. He's now headed back to the Bacarrat tables, much to the disappointment of the fans on the rail.

Juanda is now up to 150,000 chips.

Tags: John Juanda Phil Ivey