Michael Pedley's 2009 Aussie Millions Main Event is over after he was eliminated. Failing to get any momentum all day, Pedley pushed the last of his 3,100 chip stack preflop and found two callers.
The players checked down the board. Marcello Colosimo showed down and Pedley stood up, mucked and headed for the rail.
Andreas Glannbro drew a tough starting table for his 2009 Aussie Millions Main Event. He sat down to the likes of Raymond Rahme, Ali Khalil, Martin Comer and Tony G. He wasn't able to get much traction in the early going. Perhaps getting frustrated, he finally decided to make a stand on a board of . He checked to Comer, who led out for 3,000, then he check-raised all in for a total of 9,850. Comer made the call with a drawing hand, , that turned out to be ahead of Glannbro's . The on the turn gave Comer top pair and left Glannbro drawing at the three remaining sixes in the deck. He didn't hit any of them; the river blanked to send Glannbro to the rail.
Catching the action a board reading , Jim Sachinidis led out for 1,500. With action on Yvo Molin he bumped it to 4,500 total, which was quickly followed with Sachinidis raising to 9,500.
Molin tanked for a little before eventually moving all in, putting Sachinidis to a decision for his tournament life. Sachinidis angrily mucked as he was left to rue his short stack of 6,150.
Two pair too good for Con
Con Angelakis led out for 18,000 on a board reading and Karib Karib made the call. The river fell the and with both players checking Angelakis tabled for two pair while Karib mucked.
After the hand Angelakis moved up to 53,000 as Karib slipped down to his original starting stack with a little over 20,000 chips.
David Saab
The board showed . David Saab and one opponent were heads up. Saab's opponent announced a bet of 3,500. Saab, among the chattier of the players on the international poker circuit, engaged in a rare moment of silence as he threw 9,700 chips out onto the felt. His opponent didn't realize it was a raise. Thinking instead that Saab called, he opened his hand and showed for a Broadway straight.
A floor supervisor was called to the table to determine whether a not a penalty should be assessed for an exposed hand. The supervisor ruled that, because Saab's opponent had the nuts, he could not have been trying to get a read off of Saab and that therefore no penalty was warranted. He was allowed to put the chips into the middle for a call only -- no raise was permitted.
It turned out not to matter. Saab also had a ten in his hand resulting in a chopped pot.
On the heels of his non-showdown win against Derek Cheung, James Obst was at it again. He called one opponent's all-in on a flop of . Obst was in commanding lead, showing down against his opponent's . However the board did not cooperate. It came running straight cards for Obst's opponent, .
The loss was only a small hit for Obst, knocking him back to about 27,000.
With a pot of 7,500 and a board reading Noah Schwartz led out for 4,650 and was met with a reraise to 10,000 from John Overbeek. Schwartz went into the tank for several minutes before making the call.
Overbeek tabled but it would be Schwartz's that would reward him with the pot and a stack rebuild to over 40,000 in chips.
Three people, including big stack Derek Cheung, limped into the pot. Action was on big blind James Obst, who raised to 1400. Cheung and one other player called.
Obst fired out for 1,800 on a flop of and Cheung called without hesitation. When the turn paired the board , Obst checked it over to Cheung, who decided that 4,550 was the right number of chips to bet. Obst casually threw a yellow (5,000) chip into the pot and then collected his change after the dealer burned and turned the river. Obst checked again, with Cheung checking behind.
The rules at the Crown Poker Room require the last aggressor to open first. In this case, the last aggressor was Cheung. Rather than open, he tossed his cards into the muck! As a result Obst was able to collect a pot worth 17,000 chips without revealing his cards. His count is up to 33,500.
Aye aye Captain!
Chris Chronis is oblivious to the fact that Patrik Antonius is on his table and has taken the title of "table captain" upon himself.
Chronis has been destroying his table, grinding away taking pot after pot. Most recently he pushed the turn over his opponent's 3,000-chip bet which forced a fold. Chronis moved to a healthy stack of around 52,000 chips, but wasn't happy to stop there.
On a board reading Chronis called a check-raise on the turn before calling an all-in reraise on the river. His opponent tabled while Chronis slammed down the nuts with . A little healthier, and a little happier, Chronis now sits on 73,000 in chips.