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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On a flop of
Schwartz led the betting with a 4,500-chip bet and both Overbeek and Khouiss made the call. The turn brought the 
and Schwartz's 10,000 bet was enough to take the pot down as he climbed to the chip lead with 116,000 in chips.
. Both players checked through the 
turn, bringing the action to the 
river. Aristidou's opponent led out at the point for 4,200, a bet which Aristidou called. The small blind had missed the board entirely, tabling 
. Aristidou also missed, but his 
was the best hand.Aristidou is up to 58,000 in chips.
while his opponent had on a final board that read 
.With that pot Seet jumped to 89,000 to launch above Derek Cheung in the chip counts.
Kruger raised preflop to 1,100 and the super short-stacked Field shoved for 1,300 total.
Field's
would be in a race for his tournament life, with Kruger's 
. Unfortunately for him it would be a losing race with the board completing 
to eliminate him.
.Hennigan turned over
and was unable to improve against his opponent's 
when the 
landed on the river.
. David Saab, who previously threatend to own McFadden's soul, made the call with . McFadden turned a pair of kings to double up to about 8,000 and stay alive. Saab was apparently so distraught about losing the hand that he forgot to put his chips in the pot until the dealer gently reminded him.Right after the hand ended, McFadden's phone rang. As he reached down to take the call, he realized he was in violation of the rules. Unfortunately for McFadden, a supervisor was summoned and McFadden was given a five-minute penalty.
On a flop of
Khalil fired 8,000 which Rahme smooth- called. On the turn 
Khalil thought he was setting the trap checking to Rahme who fired 11,000. Khalil then proceeded to move all in and Rahme confidently snap-called for less.Rahme flipped over
for a set of kings, leaving Khalil's drawing fairly thin. The river sealed the hand for the South African.Khalil takes a large hit to 25,000. Rahme moves up to 70,000.
After chatting for a while, Medic ventured over to Jovan Scekic and exchanged a few words before exiting the tournament floor to rest up for a possible day 1b visit to the Main Event felt.
. He bet 5,000 on the river of a 
and drew a call from Aristidou, who mucked when he saw Toothpick Tony's full house. Tony now has 60,000 chips. Aristidou is still healthy with 50,000.
