Carle Cut
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. Carle held an overpair with his 
, but he'd run into an opponent holding 
for top set!The turn was the
and river the 
and Carle couldn't catch up and he was sent to the rail.
2009 Aussie Millions
Event 9 - $10,500 Aussie Millions Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 Aussie Millions
Buy-in
10,000 AUD
Prize Pool
6,810,000 AUD
Entries
681
Level
27
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
. Carle held an overpair with his , but he'd run into an opponent holding for top set!The turn was the
and river the and Carle couldn't catch up and he was sent to the rail.
Two Short Stacks Double
was all in preflop against Joe Cassidy's 
. Things were clear for Cassidy through the turn, 
, but Gowen hit the river 
to double up to 12,000.One table over, Argyros was all in preflop with
and was called by a player with 
. Both players paired their ace when the flop came 
. Argyros spiked a card to match his kicker on the turn, 
. He stood up and turned away from the table before the river came down, unwilling to watch. When it hit, Scotty Nguyen let out an "Awwwwwwww," as if Argyros had been rivered, but it was just a gag. The river fell 
, leaving Argyros in the clear. He has 7,100 now.
Bodo Bluffs Laak
, Phil Laak tossed out 600 only for Bodo Sbrezesny to raise to a healthy 7,500.Laak was confused by the bet amount, and with 6,900 to call, he flashed an
and folded before saying, "you might have missed a flush draw."He was right, as Sbrezesny revealed
for the bluff. Laak slips down to 23,000.
Waggoner Eliminated
. Andrew Jeffreys called with 
, a hand that had Waggoner's 
crushed. The turn and river blanked out to send Waggoner home.
Diamonds are Mike Manttan's Best Friend
. Both players were holding flushes that weren't the nuts, so the hand was going to come down to whether either player could make a big laydown. In this case, both players thought their hands were good. Ewan Morgan showed down his 
which was trumped by the 
of Mike Manttan. Manttan scooped a pot worth approximately 65,000, to move his stack up to 93,000. Morgan drops to 44,000.
Another Disappointed Player Heads Home
. A second player moved all in for 6,500; a third player called. The turn came . The first player moved all in for 12,000; the third player called again. When the river fell a non-spade queen, the first player proudly turned over his pocket queens; the second player angrily threw down pocket aces, and the third player turned over 
. It was the player with pocket aces (of course), the one who had been eliminated, that caused a scene.Rational, disinterested observers like ourselves noted that, although the beat seemed really horrible (it looked like a two-outer), the player with aces actually had to dodge a significant number of cards: any king, any queen, any ten, and any spade. We understand his disappointment though.
On a nearby table, Joe Hachem can't wait for the end of the day. He's been thirsty for a scotch for about a half hour now and finally decided to buy a round for his whole table.
Ben Charlton Claims Tournament Lead
, Ben Charlton was faced with a huge decision as his opponent moved all in at the pot for all of his 51,250 chips.In the biggest pot of the tournament, Charlton tanked for a long time before making the call. He tabled
for the straight and the lead as his opponent was trying to protect his set holding 
.The river bricked the
and Charlton's straight holds to eliminate his opponent and climb to a tournament-leading 170,000 chips.
Balaban Snatches Salvation from the Jaws of Elimination
preflop and Jeff Fenech made the call with .The
flop gave Balaban an inkling of hope, the improving his chances, but still left him on the brink of elimination without a five, eight, jack, queen, king or ace river. The on the river was just what the doctor ordered, saving Balaban from the grips of the rail. For a little while at least.
Three... Two... One...
"It's Simple...Run Good"
Tom "durrrr" Dwan didn't set the world on fire here in today's Main Event after only arriving in the country this morning. Somehow we think he had his mind focussed on the high stakes games online, as well as the $1 million cash game here at Crown later on in the week.
Earlier this evening, PokerNews own Gloria Balding caught up with the online poker phenom.