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.
2009 Aussie Millions
Event 9 - $10,500 Aussie Millions Main Event
Day: 1a
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.
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.

Believe or not -- no Australian has managed to lift the Aussie Millions bracelet in it's current form. Previous winners have hailed from England (twice), Russia, Denmark, and even New Zealand (twice).
Will this be the year that an Australian finally captures their national title?

Khouiss firstly took a sizable pot down holding














Khouiss looked his opponent up and down before raising to 15,000. His opponent laid his hand down and Khouiss tabled





The turn was a scary looking


Incredibly the turn card potentially saved Whybrew his stack as he showed








The river fell the









"Of course I hit," said Saab after the hand. "I'm a pro!"
The very next hand, Saab had the button and tangled with the player in the big blind. Saab bet 400 on a flop of





"Why do you want to tangle with me?" Saab asked after the player hadn't acted for over a minute. "Didn't you see what just happened?"
The big blind tanked another minute, then finally made an adventurous call with





Obst was the beneficiary of a clash with Michael Pedley recently. Pedley raised to 325 from early position, with Obst and the player on the button making the call.
Pedley fired 725 at the





Obst is up to 25,000. Pedley down to 13,500.
"Seven-deuce again?" asked one player after an opponent raised.
Someone else quipped, "That's a natural nine. We're playing baccarat, not hold'em."
In addition to all of those is Warwick Mirzikinian who notched a second in last year's Australian Two Card Manila Championship, along with a deep run in the limit hold'em event already during the 2009 Aussie Millions.