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

The flop fell down




Vakili:


Chahine:


Needing the board to pair Vakili would find a beloved

Chahine exited, as Vakili raked in the pot sending him to equal chip leader status with over 81,000 in chips.
Holding














To the








Colman:


Opponent:


The turn



Bruno Portaro opens from UTG +1 for 1900. Yoon calls as does Channing. Both blinds get out of the way and we see a three-handed flop.
FLOP:



Bruno decides to fire out from first position for 4,000. Yoon folds but Channing is having nothing of it and decides to take it uptown. With a raise to 13,000, Bruno decides to let him take it and folds.
Channing is up to 43,000. Bruno is down to 46,125.










With over 20,000 in the pot, the flop was always going to be interesting, especially when it came



Action now passed to Demidov who also went into the tank before blasting out a bet of 57,500 all in. The big blind folded, and action passed back to the middle position player who had raised on the flop originally.
He went into the tank for the best part of four minutes before finally laying his hand down.
Demidov went to muck his cards, but before he had the opportunity, his table eagerly begged him to show the hand. Demidov obliged rolling over the





Small blind:


Vakili:


The small blind made top pair, but Vakili had a monster draw: any ace, any jack, and any club. He caught the best of all possible outs, a club, when the turn fell

"For how slow this table started, it's sure picked up!" said another player at the table. He pointed at Vakili. "Ever since HE got here."
Vakili is closing in on 100,000 in chips.








The turn fell the

