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

01-20-2009 18:00 UTC+11

Gus Hansen Arrives!

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Gus Hansen has won the award for latest arrival. He's just taken his seat as we enter the fourth level of play for the day! Remarkably, he's going to start the day with a stack of just 12,875 of his original 20,000 start bank.

Tags: Gus Hansen

01-20-2009 18:00 UTC+11

Gowen Rises Again

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Clonie Gowen decided it was a good spot to get her chips in after the small blind bet 1,300 on a board of {K-Diamonds}

. She moved in for 4,275. The small blind called and tabled a combination flush-and-straight draw, {4-Spades}

against Gowen's top pair {K-Hearts}

. The river was a safe card for Gowen, {10-Diamonds}

. She doubled up to 12,500.

Tags: Clonie Gowen

01-20-2009 18:15 UTC+11

Hansen in No Hurry

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After being the last player to arrive this afternoon, Gus Hansen seems fairly content with his stack. He's now headlong into reading a book at the table, waiting for some spots to advance up the chip counts.

Tags: Gus Hansen

01-20-2009 18:18 UTC+11

Still No Dwan

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We caught a glimpse of Tom "durrrr" Dwan a few levels ago, when he graced the Crown Poker Room with his presence long enough to play a couple of hands. He hasn't been back since. His lonely stack sits at Table 26, continuing to be blinded off.

01-20-2009 18:31 UTC+11

Nam Le Starts Over

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All of the action was preflop for Nam Le and his opponent. Le raised to 2,800 after his opponent opened for 900. The other player then made it 8,000 to go. That raise sent Le into the tank, where he stayed for a minute before raising again, this time to 20,000. His opponent was all in for 25,000 after that, with Le making the call. Their hands were somewhat predictable:

Le: {K-Clubs}

Opponent:

There was no king to be found anywhere on the board. It ran out {4-Clubs}

, knocking Le all the way back to the starting stack of 20,000 chips.

Tags: Nam Le

01-20-2009 18:39 UTC+11

Juanda Eliminated

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John Juanda was crippled after calling an all in bet on a flop of {8-Hearts}

against a short-stacked opponent.

Juanda held top pair with {8-Diamonds}

but his opponent showed {8-Spades}

for a better kicker. The turn was a repeat {7-Diamonds}

but the river bricked the {3-Spades}

and Juanda was left with only a few thousand in chips which were taken from him a few hands later.

Tags: John Juanda

01-20-2009 18:39 UTC+11

Good Game, Van Marcus

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Van Marcus is out of the 2009 Aussie Millions Main Event. He ran {A-?}

into

and couldn't pull off the underdog upset.

Tags: Van Marcus

01-20-2009 18:47 UTC+11

Nam Le Departs

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Nam Le was hit the rail after the chips started flying on a board of {3-Hearts}

. Le thought he held the goods with his pocket threes for a full house, however Greg Byard revealed {8-Clubs}

for a bigger full house on the turn.

Le is eliminated and Byard now sits with over 50,000 chips.

Tags: Greg Byard Nam Le

01-20-2009 19:00 UTC+11

Shane Dye Rides Off

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It's been hard luck all around for the Aussie sports greats today. Shane Dye flopped a big hand with {Q-Spades}

, making a pair and a flush draw on a flop of {K-Spades}

. He got all of his chips in the middle, but he didn't have enough chips left to pressure his opponent into a fold. He called with {5-Spades}

. Dye's monster draw never filled as the board came running threes, {3-Hearts}

. The champion jockey is out of this tournament.

Tags: Shane Dye

01-20-2009 19:05 UTC+11

Tom "Durrrr" Dwan Appears

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The PokerNews team has made a rare sighting of the elusive Tom Dwan, who arrived at table 26. Dwan has returned to the table with 11,050 chips and it will be interesting to see if he has the time/inclination to do anything with that stack.

Tags: Durrrr Tom Dwan