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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was too good for Peter Wong's 
on a board reading 
.Hunter now sits on 16,800 in chips while Wong is down to 17,400.
on a board reading 
and mucked his hand.The second loss was at the hands of Sorel Mizzi when he bluffed the river and mucked when Mizzi eventually made the call.
, Neilson checked and then raised to 3,000 after his opponent, Manuel Hansimikali, opened for 1,500. Hansimikali then moved in for 13,000 and Neilson made the call, showing 
. He was up against the nut flush draw, 
, which missed on the turn 
but filled on the river 
. As a result, Neilson moved backwards in the counts to 30,000.
On a flop of
Arsenis led for 1,400 and Beattie called. The turn fell the and Arsenis led for 3,400, putting Beattie into the tank before he moved all in for around 20,000. Arsenis mucked, and Beattie tabled for a bluff.While Beattie raked in the pot sending him to 29,000, great mate James Broom took a seat on his immediate left. Traveling and playing the tournament circuit now has new meaning as both will be squaring off for the remainder of the day.
, which had out-flopped Benson's 
on a board of 
. The turn and river were safe cards for Tony, coming 
and . He doubled up to 60,000 while Benson came back to the pack at 30,000.
Each player checked a flop that came down
. With all the preflop money, it felt like someone was being a bit "dishonest." The on the turn shook things out. Youssef and Saab both checked to the third player, who fired out for 5,000. Youssef called, then watched as Saab check-raised to 17,000. That was enough to put Youssef all in; he called after the other player folded.Saab:
Youssef:
Saab's showed the nuts, a set of kings. He had to dodge only two cards in the deck, the other two aces, and did so successfully when the river bricked out a
. He's up to 57,000 chips now, while Youssef is on the rail. The third player from the hand, who remains in the tournament, said he folded pocket queens.
In the hand that crippled him, Pesek opened on a flop of
from middle position for 1,600 and was raised to 4,000 by the big blind. Pesek responded by sliding his entire circa 18,000-chips stack into the middle, which his opponent snap-called for 700 less.Pesek's top set
was in front of his opponent's 
, until the river brought the 
which left Pesek on only 700 chips.He then got into a battle of the blinds with his tiny stack, pushing all in with
and having the big blind call with . The board was no help to Pesek and he'll have to wait till 2010 to chase the Aussie Millions Main Event bracelet.
, Tino Lechich led out for 2,000 from the small blind and Tony Polzella reraised to 7,000. Lechich moved all in for a further 20,000 and his opponent made the call.Lechich:
Polzella:
The river fell the
, boosting Lechich up to 57,000 in chips as Polzella hit the rail.
Even worse, we imagine, would be a table draw with some very chatty native-language speakers. Such was the case for two representatives of Casino Paf today. Casino Paf, it seems, is a small Scandinavian casino chain that is based out of Finland and also has operations in Sweden and Estonia. Two Finnish players who were representatives of Casino Paf were in today's starting field. They drew starting seat assignments next to Brian McFadden and David Saab, probably two of the chattiest players in the room.
Nothing like adding an English lesson on top of your poker vacation!
