John Juanda
John Juanda is in the land of the short stacks. He raised to 2,100 preflop after a late-position raise to 625 was called by one player. Only that player called.
On the flop, Juanda bet 2,800. His opponent thought things through for about 15 seconds and then pushed all in. Juanda was the one who would be at risk of elimination if he called. Instead he folded and lived to see another hand. He's on 6,100 chips now.
Iraqi Nick looking to add the Aussie Millions, alongside his PokerNews Cup victory
2008 PokerNews Cup champion Nali "Iraqi Nick" Kaselias has just eliminated an opponent to move up over 40,000. Kaselias got the perfect flop for his when it came . An unknowing opponent holding for top and bottom pair, got into a raising war with Kaselias and all the money went in on the flop.
The turn and river were no help for Kaselias' opponent, who was eliminated.
The danger of two pair that isn't the top two pair, is that someone can make a better two pair with a board pair. That's what happened to John Dalessandri. He flopped two pair with on a flop of . An opponent with called bets all the way to the river, where the board paired nines. As a result, Dalessandri was out-kicked. He's down to 23,500.
Guzzardi on the move up the counts
Team PokerNews player Karl-Heinz Metz has just been eliminated by Michael "TheBigSiCkO" Guzzardi.
Guzzardi, ever the tight passive player, raised with and was flat called by both Michael Guttman and Karl-Heinz Metz. His reward for raising light was a flop, that saw him bet out and Metz call to go the turn.
The on the turn saw both players put all the chips in and Metz found he would need a miracle when he tabled his . The river didn't bring a queen and he was eliminated from the tournament.
Luke Abolins is carrying the hopes of many, thanks to a ChipMeUp promotion
A number of players in today's field are freerolling simply because they signed up to an affiliated online poker site through PokerNews and won an exclusive freeroll qaulifier to the Aussie Millions.
Team PokerNews players in today's field include Karl-Heinz Metz, and Gianni Vulcano (Germany), Peter Bäckman (Sweden), William Zemljaric (Canada), Rene Riomar (Estonia), and Jacob Rasmussen (Denmark).
Also in the field today is Luke Abolins (England) who won an exclusive promotion between PokerNews and ChipMeUp.com. Abolins has 50 percent of himself in the tournament, with the other 50 percent divided between the players who also "cashed" in that tournament.
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The perfect flop for Jonathan Karamalikis turned into a shallow grave on the turn. Karamalikis took a flop of . It fit perfectly with his , giving him trip jacks. He made a bet of 2,000 chips that one opponent called.
The turn was the . Karamalikis fired off another 3,500, then moved all in after his opponent raised to 11,000. His opponent snap-called, turning over for a turned diamond flush. Karamalikis missed his full house draw when the river blanked. He's out.
Jai Kemp had pocket aces in the small blind, , and reraised an early raiser to 1,700. He got a whopping three callers, creating an out-of-control pot of 6,800 chips. Kemp led out for 3,600 on a flop. Two of his opponent folded, but one stuck around to the turn. Kemp fired again, for 6,000 chips, then called when his opponent raised all in for 16,400. Kemp's opponent showed for a flopped set of fives. Kemp was already walking away from the table when the dealer peeled off the for the river, making a straight for Kemp. As a result he's up to 53,000 in chips.