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Andrew Demetriou and Jason Chahine were in a pot together. Chahine had raised Demetriou to 2,525 on a flop of after Demetriou opened for 825. Demetriou made the call.
The two players checked the turn and the river. It was then that Chahine showed down for two pair.
"What are you doing, playing that?" Demetriou asked. "You're better than that." He then flipped over his own with a wide grin and the pot was chopped.
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Flushed out
Facing a 250-chip raise from Robert Salter in middle position, Jeff Lisandro made the call next to speak.
On a flop of Salter led out for 750 and Lisandro made the call. The turn landed the and Salter checked with Lisandro leading out for 2,800. Salter moved all in and with only 5,600 left Lisandro made the call.
Salter:
Lisandro:
With a dead gutshot straight draw and a live flush draw Lisandro would need to hit one of the seven remaining hearts to stay alive. However Lisandro would stand up to exit the tournament floor when the peeled on the river sending home early.
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With one table already breaking Alexander Kostritsyn has just been moved; he is now seated to the left of Michael Chrisanthopoulos in the main tournament area.
The last time these two met it was in this same event last year, when Kostritsyn's held against Chrisanthopoulos' with the board running out to see Chrisanthopoulos eliminated in third place and eventually see Kostritsyn crowned champion.
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Yesterday, players in the room were riveted by the cricket one-day between Australia and South Africa. Today the sports match of interest is the National Football League semi-final contested between Pittsburgh and Baltimore. The game is being shown on the large five-by-five bank of television screens on the wall of the poker room. Many of the players seem more interested in watching what's going on there than what's going on at their tables.
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Ivan Demidov seems to have had a rough night. He looks visibly tired and has been hunched over the rail at his table for most of the first level, occasionally setting his head down between hands. Things won't get any easier for the World Series of Poker Main Event runner-up; if he makes a deep run in the Aussie Millions Main Event he won't have much time to rest before heading to St. Petersburg, Russia for the inaugural event of the Russian Poker Tour next week.
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Out on Table 15 we have our own Australian State of Origin.
Max Veenhuyzen (Western Australia), Tony Dunst (Victoria), Grant Levy and Jason Gray (New South Wales) are all battling it out with a few tangles already.
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Portaro pondering
Facing a raise to 325, Bruno Portaro reraised to 925 and found two callers.
On a flop of Portaro called a 1,600 bet from the original aggressor, with the other player in the hand dropping out. The turn landed the and following a series of raises Portaro took down the pot holding with his opponent laying his down.
Following the hand Portaro moved up to 34,000 in chips.
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Kings running into aces - not a great way to start the day
In a situation where a lesser player might often overplay and go bust, as we've already seen numerous time this morning, Tony Dunst has managed to survive a cold deck situation.
Dunst was dealt and got tangled in a hand with Jason Gray with . In the end Dunst was able to take a minimal hit, dropping about 5,000 chips, while Gray moves up to 28,000.
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Generally, eliminations in the early levels of a super deep-stacked event like the 2009 Aussie Millions Main Event are the result of "cooler" hands being dealt. With so many tables in play, each dealing so many hands per hour, it's simply inevitable that "cooler" hands will happen.
Annette Obrestad was the beneficiary of such a hand already today. She was on the button and called a raise to 400 that was also called by one other player. The flop came down , bringing a check from one player and a bet of 500 from the preflop aggressor.
Everyone came along to the turn, which fell . Again the early-position player checked. This time the preflop aggressor made it 2,500 to go. Obrestad raised to 8,075, only to see the early-position player check-raise all in. That folded the preflop aggressor, but Obrestad snap-called with . Her opponent turned over and was drawing dead to a deuce. He didn't get it; the river was the .
Obrestad had her opponent covered and moved to over 40,000 in the counts.
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Emad Tahtouh opened to 300 from late position and found a caller in the big blind.
Tahtouh bet out 400 on a flop of and his opponent made the call. The on the turn and on the river went check, check, and Tahtouh tabled but was unable to scoop the pot as his opponent was holding .
Tahtouh is off to a very rough start sitting on 13,000 in chips.
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after Demetriou opened for 825. Demetriou made the call.
turn and the 
river. It was then that Chahine showed down 
for two pair.
with a wide grin and the pot was chopped.
Salter led out for 750 and Lisandro made the call. The turn landed the 
and Salter checked with Lisandro leading out for 2,800. Salter moved all in and with only 5,600 left Lisandro made the call.
peeled on the river sending home early.
with the board running out 
to see Chrisanthopoulos eliminated in third place and eventually see Kostritsyn crowned champion.
down.
. Again the early-position player checked. This time the preflop aggressor made it 2,500 to go. Obrestad raised to 8,075, only to see the early-position player check-raise all in. That folded the preflop aggressor, but Obrestad snap-called with 
and was drawing dead to a deuce. He didn't get it; the river was the 
.
on the turn and 
on the river went check, check, and Tahtouh tabled 
