2009 Aussie Millions
Event 9 - $10,500 Aussie Millions Main Event
Day: 1b
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The flop fell down


and both players checked to see the turn of the
land with Chahine leading out with a 5,050 bet. Vakili then reraised to 15,000 and was immediately followed by a 24,000 all in reraise and Vakili made the call.Vakili:


Chahine:


Needing the board to pair Vakili would find a beloved
slamming down on the river to give him quad ladies!Chahine exited, as Vakili raked in the pot sending him to equal chip leader status with over 81,000 in chips.
Holding

against 
he saw the board run out 



to eliminate a player and virtually double to 41,000. As the pot was pushed, a player commented that he had folded an eight to mean that Marotta had hit the one-outer
.
flop, as did Demidov. The third player bet 2,875 and was called only by Veenhuyzen. On the turn
Veenhuyzen checked again, then called a bet of 5,225.To the
river they went, with Veenhuyzen checking a third time. His opponent bet 12,725. Veenhuyzen tanked for a while but made the call with
. It was good; his opponent showed
.
, Colman opened for the rest of his stack, 14,600 in total. His opponent called.Colman:

Opponent:

The turn
and river
didn't bring Colman the king that he needed to avoid elimination.
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.
. We're not sure how much the all-in bet was for, but it couldn't have been very much because Madsen decided to call with
-- bottom pair, bottom kicker. Eastwood turned over
. The turn
gave Madsen heart outs to go along with his two-pair draw and gave Eastwood a sweat. He ducked the river, as it fell
to give him the much-needed double-up. He's back up to 21,000 while Madsen has slipped to 22,500.
With over 20,000 in the pot, the flop was always going to be interesting, especially when it came


. Both of the blinds checked, and the middle position player fired 9,675. With action on the cutoff, he went into the tank for a fair while before folding.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

and dragged a 30,000 pot pushing his stack to around 90,000.
. The small blind led into Vakili for 3,100, a bet that Vakili raised to 8,600. The small blind then pushed all in for 26,275 and was instantly called.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
. His opponent was drawing dead and beat a hasty exit from the table."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.


Pam MacNaughton moved her last 12,000 into the middle and Neil Channing made the call holding 
to be well in front of MacNaughton's 
.The turn fell the
and river the
to see MacNaughton head to the rail as Channing chipped up to 70,000 in chips.