A moment later, he started on Paul Rochford by telling him he had a bad table draw with Julian Powell and Saab himself filling the two seats to his left.
Meanwhile he claims to have won five of the first seven pots and is up to 27,000 chips.
2009 Aussie Millions
Event 9 - $10,500 Aussie Millions Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2009 Aussie Millions
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
10,000 AUD
Prize Pool
6,810,000 AUD
Entries
681
Level
27
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 681
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A moment later, he started on Paul Rochford by telling him he had a bad table draw with Julian Powell and Saab himself filling the two seats to his left.
Meanwhile he claims to have won five of the first seven pots and is up to 27,000 chips.
As a result of the early warnings, the tournament staff are taking a zero-tolerance approach to infractions. They reiterated that policy over the P.A. a few minutes ago, suggesting that there may have been more than two penalties handed out so far.
Catching the action on a board of
a player in the big blind led for 500 which was immediately followed by a re-raise to 4,000. With one player out of the way, Derek Cheung in the small blind moved all in and was called by both players.Cheung:
Player A:
Player B:
The turn and river fell the
and 
and we lost our first two players of the tournament.
board."Pretending to know how to play poker," deadpanned McFadden.
"He's an actor you know," the first player told the table as they contemplated calling. One player at the other end of the table finally took the bait and made the call. McFadden showed him
for ace high and lost the pot when his opponent tabled ."Well, it was worth a go," McFadden shrugged. He then noticed a reporter standing over the table taking a few notes. "Are you the health inspector?" he asked, with a twinkle in his eyes.
Early predictions were that somewhere in the vicinity of 650 would be expected, but anything near 700 would be a great result.
We can tell you that there are currently twenty five tables in play today with most of them playing eight-handed. There were around five additional tables that had chips out ready for last-minute registrations but they have now been removed. Day 1a will traditionally produce the least number of entries, with numbers expected to increase tomorrow before the largest turnout arrives on Day 1c to get us close to that magical 700 figure.
Khalil stated, "I don't want to hear any talking from you today, keep quiet."
Even if Comer does manage the feat of silence, the table won't exactly be peaceful with Tony G, Raymond Rahme, Zach Gruneberg, and John Maron all seated at the same table to pick up any slack that Comer might let out.
With two showgirls sauntering through the room, the players were then treated to a song-and-dance version of Lady GaGa's "Poker Face," complete with six harlequin-costumed back up dancers. Crown staff mounted the stage after the performance was complete to bring the players a quick Q-and-A with Brian McFadden, whose goal for today is, "To last until at least Level 4."
The Main Event couldn't be complete without a few words from last year's champion, Alexander "The Great" Kostritsyn. "Hello, Australia," said Kostritsyn. "Thank you for remembering me." As if Australia could forget him.
Then local hero and recent "Australian Poker Legend" Joe Hachem took over the microphone. After saying a few words on the amazing growth of the Aussie Millions, he issued a challenge to his countrymen. "I think it's about time an Aussie took home the title," said Hachem. "Get your acts together!"
Hachem uttered the famous words "Shuffle up and deal," and we're underway here at the 2009 Aussie Millions Poker Championship Main Event.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
