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

01-20-2009 17:25 UTC+11

Pinzone Outflopped and Sent Packing

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Local Michael Pinzone flopped top pair, top kicker with {A-Diamonds}

on a board of {Q-Spades}

. Given that he had only 6,400 chips left in his stack, he decided to go to war. Pinzone wound up all in with two callers. They continued the side action by checking the {10-Hearts}

turn. On the {Q-Hearts}

river, one of them bet 7,000, folding the other. That player tabled what had been the second-best hand preflop, {A-Clubs}

. Unfortunately for Pinzone, that hand made a full house to eliminate him from the tournament.

Tags: Michael Pinzone

01-20-2009 17:21 UTC+11

Scotty Baby!

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Gloria catches up with the Prince of Poker, Scotty Nguyen and Dennis Huntly gate-crashes the party.

01-20-2009 17:12 UTC+11

Jamie Pickering Bites the Dust

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Jamie Pickering rifled through 35,000 chips this afternoon on his way to the rail.

The last of Pickering's chips found themselves in the middle preflop with Pickering holding {k-Hearts}

and he was going to need some help with Danny Mountt making the call with {a-Clubs}

.

The flop put paid to Pickering's 2009 Aussie Millions Main Event coming {a-Diamonds}

, with the {7-Diamonds}

turn sealing things and sending Pickering to the rail.

It would be a moment of sweet vengeance for Mountt who took an early hit at the hands of Pickering, but now sits at over 54,000.

Tags: Danny Mountt Jamie Pickering

01-20-2009 17:12 UTC+11

Philippoussis Joins Warne on the Rail

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Aussie tennis great Mark Philippoussis flopped a great hand. His {K-Spades}

made top pair and the second-nut flush draw on a board of {K-Hearts}

. He therefore bet 1,200 after the big blind checked to him. The big blind then moved all in, with Philippoussis calling all in for 6,350 total. He found himself up against probably the one hand he didn't want to see -- the flopped flush, made with {J-Hearts}

. "Poo," as he is affectionately known in Australia, didn't get there with his draw. The turn {A-Spades}

and river

gave him two pair, but that wasn't enough. He's out.

Tags: Mark Philippoussis

01-20-2009 17:07 UTC+11

Gowen's Set Goes Down in Flames

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It's been a tough couple of months for Clonie Gowen. Things aren't getting any easier in the Crown Poker Room.

On a board of {A-Hearts}

, Gowen was last to act and put in the second raise to 15,000 after the small blind opened for 1,000 and was raised by a second player to 5,000. The small blind called all in with {A-Clubs}

and found himself up against Gowen's {5-Hearts}

. Gowen was in great shape to eliminate the small blind, but the board went runner-runner clubs {9-Clubs}

and

to give him the nut flush.

Gowen is still in the tournament but she's down to 7,000 chips.

Tags: Clonie Gowen

01-20-2009 17:01 UTC+11

Tran Clips Tasmaniac

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We caught the action on the turn with the board reading {K-Clubs}

. George "Tasmaniac" Mamacas, who finished third at the Aussie Millions in 2005, was leading out with a 2,000 bet into an already substantial pot.

JC Tran was his opponent in position who put in the raise to 5,500. Mamacas deliberated before making the call.

The river was the {7-Spades}

and Mamacas checked to Tran who quickly checked behind. "Queen high," said Mamacas as Tran revealed {K-Diamonds}

for top pair.

Mamacas is down to 12,000 with Tran now sitting with over 45,000 chips.

Tags: George Mamacas JC Tran

01-20-2009 17:01 UTC+11

Where's Dwan?

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Tom Dwan's stack in the process of being blinded off

Some very observant shout box fans pointed to the fact that Tom Dwan is currently playing online. We swung into action and went and found Dwan's empty seat, with his chip stack blinding off.

Obviously tournaments are not Dwan's thing, but he is believed to be looking forward to the AU$1,000,000 buy-in cash game, to be played on Sunday here at Crown.

Tags: Durrrr Tom Dwan

01-20-2009 16:55 UTC+11

"Down Under" Producer at It Again

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Dennis Huntly is quick with a turn of phrase. A few nights ago, after David Steicke won the AU$100K tournament, Huntly remarked with a wink that, "Poker is a hard living. But I'm used to making a 'hard' living."

If that's true, it's no wonder that Huntly has ordered himself a table massage while working his way through the Day 1c field. His chair is turned around to give the massage therapist full access to his upper back and shoulders. It also gives the rest of the field a full view of several inches of Huntly's rear end.

"Dennis! Surely that's a five-minute penalty for exposing yourself!" shouted Dan Shak from one table over. Clonie Gowen, seated at the same table as Shak and directly in line of the protruding tuchus, could hardly contain her laughter even as she desperately looked for some other point in the room on which to focus. Van Marcus also got in on the action, running around behind Huntly and sticking a Coke bottle down his pants.

Given Huntly's past, we figure a Coke bottle is probably the least offensive thing that's been that close to his ass.

Tags: Dennis Huntly

01-20-2009 16:44 UTC+11

Vartan Gets Sold Down the River

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Michael Vartan has been eliminated from the Main Event. After flopping a flush holding {2-Diamonds}

on a

flop, Vartan moved his short stack into the middle and found a caller who tabled {a-Diamonds}

.

As long as a diamond didn't hit the board Vartan would be safe. The {8-Hearts}

was a fine turn card, but the river card was a nasty {3-Diamonds}

eliminating the Hollywood actor from the 2009 Aussie Millions Poker Championship Main Event.

Tags: Michael Vartan

01-20-2009 16:40 UTC+11

The Ladies Love Nenad

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You probably think this post is going to be about Nenad Medic catching queens and winning a big pot with them. You are incorrect. We're just stating a fact -- the ladies love Nenad.

Nenad loves chips. He's got 32,000 after taking down a nice pot with a turned nut flush against a flopped set on a board of {6-Diamonds}