Event 9 - $10,500 Aussie Millions Main Event Day 1c | 2009 Aussie Millions

01-20-2009 21:53 UTC+11

Khoueis Busto

Team PokerNews player William Zemjaric has had an excellent day so far, chipping up to about 60,000. He recently sent home Suzy Khoueis. Khoueis was all in for 2,500 and was called in two spots, including by Zemjaric. Each live player checked the {A-Diamonds}

flop. Zemjaric extracted 5,000 when the turn came {8-Spades}

. He went for another 10,000 on the river, but his opponent folded. That left Zemjaric heads up with Khoueis for the main pot. He showed down {A-Clubs}

for trip aces and the winner.

Tags: Suzy Khoueis William Zemjaric

01-20-2009 22:05 UTC+11

Break Time

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Players are on the last fifteen-minute break of the night.

01-20-2009 22:08 UTC+11

Shak Crashes and Burns

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We lost Dan Shak just before the break. He opened for 1,500, then called a raise to 4,000 by small blind Ben Charlton. Shak was clearly hoping to induce a fold on the {2-Diamonds}

flop when he bet 6,000, then moved all in over the top of Charlton's check-raise to 20,000. Charlton, it turned out, called faster than you can say, "Flopped the nuts". He tabled {A-Diamonds}

against Shak's {9-Hearts}

. Shak didn't even wait to see if the board came running nines before getting out of his chair and leaving (it didn't).

Charlton is among the chip leaders now with 90,000.

Tags: Ben Charlton Dan Shak

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

01-20-2009 22:20 UTC+11

Play Resumes

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Cards are back in the air. This is the last level of the night.

01-20-2009 22:38 UTC+11

Tony Hachem KO'ed by the Champ

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Tony Hachem is out of today's tournament. He moved all in for 2,600 after Tim Balaban opened for 1,800. Talaban and Jeff Fenech both made the call. The flop was all diamonds, {8-Diamonds}

. Balaban checked to Fenech, then folded after Fenech bet 7,000.

That left Fenech alone with Hachem for the main pot. Hachem had a diamond and a pair, {2-Diamonds}

; so did Fenech, {7-Hearts}

. The board ran out {9-Hearts}

to make flushes for both men. Since Fenech's was higher, he won the pot and eliminated Hachem.

Tags: Jeff Fenech Tim Balaban Tony Hachem

01-20-2009 22:44 UTC+11

Short Day for Dwan

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Dwan's seat was empty for most of the day.

Tom Dwan showed up briefly early, but didn't really make his presence known until Level 4. He leaves the tournament in Level 6, having run his ace-ten into an opponent's ace-king. Dwan did not win the hand. He'll probably drown his sorrows by heading upstairs to play some more heads-up PLO online.

Tags: Tom Dwan

01-20-2009 22:45 UTC+11

Tran Straightened Out by Hachem

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On a flop of {10-Diamonds}

, Joe Hachem moved all in from the small blind, covering the short-stack of his opponent JC Tran.

Tran was committed and made the call, with {9-Spades}

for a pair and straight draw for the lead as Hachem flipped {Q-Hearts}

. However, the turn was the {J-Hearts}

giving Tran a jack-high straight, but he was now trailing the queen-high straight of Hachem.

Needing a queen to chop the pot, the river was the {10-Spades}

and Tran was sent to the rail as Hachem collects another pot.

Tags: JC Tran Joe Hachem

01-20-2009 22:52 UTC+11

He's Back!

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Andrew Jeffreys just stopped our field reporter to let us know that he's just doubled up through Kelly Kim. He wanted us to let everyone know, "He's back!!!" Well, we're not sure if he's all the way back quite yet, but he's certainly now heading in the right direction with about 23,000 chips.

Tags: Andrew Jeffreys

01-20-2009 22:56 UTC+11

Argyros Plays the Fools; Opponent Plays the Queen of Hearts

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Billy "the Croc" Argyros is a colorful character who is well-known around the Crown Poker Room. The local rooting interests are often with Argyros; he'll need more than good thoughts and warm wishes to make a comeback in this tournament. Argyros called a pre-flop raise to 4,000. On the {7-Spades}