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

01-20-2009 19:17 UTC+11

Rayan Nathan Eliminated

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Rayan Nathan has been eliminated after he moved all in at a board of {J-Diamonds}

. His opponent insta-called with {K-Hearts}

for a full house as Nathan mucked and left the poker room.

Tags: Rayan Nathan

01-20-2009 19:20 UTC+11

Nam Le Interview

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Nam Le has been eliminated, but recently chatted with Gloria about his time at the Aussie Millions.

Tags: Nam Le

01-20-2009 19:20 UTC+11

Medic Off to Early Dinner

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With five minutes to go before the dinner break, Nenad Medic had only 3,475 chips left in his stack. 8,000 chips were up for grabs on a board of {6-Spades}

. Medic moved all in and was called by one of his two opponents. Timothy English then moved all in for 6,800. That raise was called also. English showed {2-Hearts}

-- he had flopped quad deuces! He took down the pot, increased his stack to 23,000, and sent Medic to the rail.

Tags: nenad medic timothy english

01-20-2009 19:20 UTC+11

Dinner time

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Players are now on a 75 minute dinner break.

01-20-2009 20:34 UTC+11

Play Resumes

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Cards are back in the air.

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

01-20-2009 20:40 UTC+11

There were a few notable late comers following the dinner break. Phil Laak and Jennifer Tilly rushed to their tables a few hands late, shortly followed by Gus Hansen.

Joe Hachem then spotted that his brother Tony had also failed to return after dinner. A quick phone call and Joe was overheard saying "Yeh, we started ten minutes ago!" A few minutes later Tony was spotted running to his table.

01-20-2009 20:46 UTC+11

Tilly on the Move

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Jennifer Tilly must have had a relaxing dinner. She's on the move up the counts after winning her second pot in a row by betting the river of a {9-Clubs}

and inducing a fold. Neither pot was very large, but chips are chips. Tilly now has 47,000 of them.

Tags: Jennifer Tilly

01-20-2009 20:47 UTC+11

"Christmas Come Around Too Early, Baby"

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With the board reading {2-Clubs}

, Scotty Nguyen has moved up to 70,000 after an opponent moved all in on him holding {j-Clubs}

. Nguyen was miles ahead holding {k-Hearts}

.

After the river bricked the {5-Clubs}

to safely double him through, Nguyen remarked "Christmas come around too early, baby".

A few hands later, Nguyen bet 2,500 on a flop of {5-Clubs}

and was called by Steve Topakas. Topakas folded the {J-Clubs}

turn to a bet of 6,000 from Nguyen.

Nguyen showed the railbirds {A-Clubs}

and announced, "This is the nuts, baby. Don't try this at home." To Topakas he added, "You got robbed baby."

Tags: Scotty Nguyen

01-20-2009 20:55 UTC+11

The Great Dane Heads Back Upstairs

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It seems likely that, before each player made his way to his seat, Tom Dwan and Gus Hansen were playing each other in heads-up PLO online earlier in the day. Hansen will have plenty of time for heads-up PLO the rest of the night. He moved all in from the small blind for 5,625 after one opponent opened for 1,200 in middle position and another called in late position. The middle position player folded to Hansen's reraise, but the late position player made the call after tanking for about a minute.

"I'm hoping you don't have two overcards," said Hansen. He showed {J-Hearts}

. His opponent had just that, turning over {K-Spades}

. It was a queen window card on the {5-Hearts}

flop. The rest of the board came {6-Diamonds}

to knock Hansen out.

Tags: Gus Hansen