Ivan Sop has just been eliminated on the last hand before break when he check-raised all in on a flop of with . Johnny Solomons made the call tabling and was happy to see it brick out landing the and to see Sop head to the rail.
Holy Departure...
After a middle position player opened preflop to 700, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson came over the top for 3,000 from the cutoff. The big blind then repopped Ferguson to 6,000, with the middle position player folding out of the way. Ferguson proceeded to move all in for about 12,000 and the big blind made the call.
Ferguson tabled and was set to go racing with his opponent's . The flop put an end to that race coming leaving Ferguson very few outs, and the turn and river completed the hand, eliminating him from the tournament.
Ace-king didn't get the job done for Chris "Jesus" Ferguson. He fired 2,500 on the flop and another 6,000 when the hit the turn, but couldn't shake an opponent who was playing . Both players checked after the hit the river, with Ferguson's opponent then collecting the pot.
Saidal Wardak loves pocket sixes. In his latest hand while holding Wardak flopped a set and was able to eliminate Jimmy Wong, who flopped top pair and turned two pair with .
All the money went in on the turn with the board reading and the river couldn't improve Wong's hand, so his 2009 Aussie Millions Main Event is over.
Tony Bloom will not add a 2009 Aussie Millions Main Event title to his poker resume. He raised to 525 from early position, then called a reraise to 1,125 from button player Jason Chahine. On a flop of , Bloom check-called Chahine's 1,600-chip bet. Both players checked the turn.
When the river fell , Bloom checked to Chahine a third time. Chahine bet 1,000, then moved all in after Bloom check-raised to 3,000. Bloom made the call and mucked his hand when Chahine showed for a full house, jacks full of eights. Chahine moved up to about 28,000 in chips.
Kastle ready for battle in his swag hat
Casey Kastle has jumped up back over the starting stack after his was able to beat out an opponent's in a preflop confrontation.
Bruno Portaro
Bruno Portaro is one of the high fliers in the Day 1b field. He opened from early position to 600, then called a reraise to 1,700 from Andre Minas, several seats to his left. Both men checked the flop. Portaro led out for 2,500 on the turn, with Minas making the call in position. The river came and brought a bet of 5,000 chips from Portaro. Minas made the call with but had been out-flopped by Portaro's . The beat left Minas with just 2,275 chips in his stack and propelled Portaro up to roughly 54,000.
Wardak makes quads
Saidal Wardak called a preflop raise to 625 out of the small blind. On the flop both players checked, bringing a turn.
On the turn Wardak fired 1,000 and was reraised by the middle-position player to 3,000. He proceeded to move his stack into the middle. Wardak's opponent went into the tank for so long that time was eventually called. Finally as his time expired, the player made the call and Wardak tabled , well ahead of the that his opponent possessed.
The river was a little overkill, but nice nonetheless, dropping the to make Wardak four of a kind.
Zhi Hong Ma sets up to stay alive
Zhi Hong Ma is back from the brink of elimination.
An already short-stacked Ma, was only a few outs away from elimination after he moved his last 5,000 chips all in preflop holding and found a caller holding .
Fortunately for Ma the flop came putting him back in the driver's seat, and the turn and river gave him a full book and doubled him through.
Hong Ma has some chips to work with at 11,000, but still has a lot do to get back into this tournament.