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and paired his jack on the turn of a board that came 
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2009 Aussie Millions
Event 9 - $10,500 Aussie Millions Main Event
Day: 2
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
and paired his jack on the turn of a board that came .
Demidov on an Early Flight to St. Petersburg
Docherty, you may remember, started the day with twelve big blinds in his stack. For him to even still be around at this stage of the tournament is quite a feat. Add to his list of feats "dispatched Ivan the Terrible, 2008 WSOP Main Event Runner-Up". There were 36,000 chips in the pot preflop when Team PokerNews member Will Zemljaric tapped our reporter and said, "This is going to be a big hand." He was right.
Docherty checked a
flop over to Demidov, who opened for 43,000. That bet left Demidov only 9,000 chips behind. Docherty responded by raising enough to put Demidov all in. He called.Docherty:
Demidov:
Demidov whiffed on the flop completely and seemed to just hope that he could buy the pot. Docherty was in the lead but had to sweat the turn and the river. His sweat was longer than normal, as the dealer had to wait so that a floor supervisor could be summoned to the table with a microphone to announce the action for the rail. The turn was a small card, the
. The river was the 
. With that river, a weary-looking Demidov got up from the table.Docherty is now in the top fifteen in the counts. He has 220,000.
Home Malone
On a flop of
, Ivert bet 10,000 and was raised by Malone to 30,000. Ivert didn't flinch and carefully moved in enough to put Malone all in. He thought for a moment before making the call for his tournament life.Ivert:
Malone:
Malone would need a diamond or some runner runner combination to keep him alive. The turn
and river were not the tonic Malone needed and he hit the rail.Ivert has moved to over 500,000 in chips.
Break Time
Play Resumes
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Charlton Busto
. A player with 
made the call, leaving Charlton and his 
in rough shape. The 
that hit the turn didn't help either player. The that came on the river made two pair for Charlton's opponent.Better luck next year for Ben Charlton.
Heich Eliminates Opponent
With 19,000 chips in the pot and the flop reading
, Heich bet out 7,500 and had his opponent moved all in over the top for 23,000 total. Heich made the call and tabled 
, his opponent tabling .The board couldn't provide his opponent with one of his many outs, running out turn
and river 
.Heich sits at 290,000.
Kibler-Melby and Kochan Busto
. Team PokerNews player Will Zemljaric woke up with 
and made the call. Zemljaric promptly flopped Broadway, , leaving Kibler-Melby dead to a queen for a chop. The board completed 
and to finally end Kibler-Melby's protracted short-stack battle. On the other side of the room, Daniel Kochan suffered a similar elimination. He moved his own short stack in with
and was called by a player with . The dealer spread out a final board of 
, giving both players a pair of aces. Kochan's opponent's nine kicker just barely played to give him the pot and send Kochan to the rail.
Dueling Big Pairs... Again
against Harris Pavlou's 
. The board ran out nine-high to preseve McIver's domination. He moved to 90,000 in chips, while Pavlou fell back to 185,000.