Event 9 - $10,500 Aussie Millions Main Event Day 2 | 2009 Aussie Millions

01-21-2009 23:34 UTC+11

One-Two for Betfair

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Ivert is leading the European assualt on the Aussie Millions

Team Betfair has certainly brought out a strong contingent of European players for the 2009 Aussie Millions. Highlighting this fact is that the current first and second in the chip counts are both representing Betfair Poker.

In second place is well known online player Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad, who is currently sitting at around 400,000 in chips. Amongst Obrestad's accomplishments are the 2007 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event, as well as formerly being the number one ranked online poker player in the world. It is hard to believe, but Annette_15 is currently only twenty years old and has yet to make her U.S. tournament debut.

On the other hand, the player currently leading the tournament is a little known online player named Annica Ivert. Ivert hails from Sweden, but currently lives in Japan. Known as a fearless cash game player, Ivert regularly plays in some of the bigger cash games on Betfair. She made her live debut last year at the EPT Warsaw, and qualified through a satellite tournament on Betfair to make it here to the Aussie Millions.

Ivert has drawn the esteemed praise of fellow Team Betfair members John Tabatabi and Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad, who both shared their opening day one table with Ivert. Ivert has been mixing it well with Patrik Antonius today and if she gets some luck, she could be a lot more well known after the Aussie Millions.

Tags: Annette Obrestad Annette_15 Annica Ivert

01-21-2009 23:27 UTC+11

Fenech KO'ed

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We wish we could tell you what happened to Jeff Fenech's stack. The last time we checked in on the champion boxer, less than an hour ago, he had a very healthy 180,000 chips. The next thing we saw was Fenech's last 26,000 chips going in preflop with {A-Diamonds}

. He was called by a player with pocket tens. There was paint on the {Q-Diamonds}

board, but none of it matched Fenech's hand. He has been knocked out of the tournament.

Tags: Jeff Fenech

01-21-2009 23:23 UTC+11

Under 100!

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The number of players remaining in the field has dropped below 100. There's still a bit more than an hour to go before Day 2 ends. Set your over/under lines now for how many players will remain by the time we wrap things up. It looks like the money bubble will come mid-afternoon tomorrow.

01-21-2009 23:19 UTC+11

...And Again

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The big pairs moved over to Steve Sung's table. With 18,000 chips already in the middle on a flop of {8-Diamonds}

, Sung's opponent bet 20,000. Sung took his time considering his action before opting to move all in for 74,200. His opponent also pondered the decision, but made the call with {Q-Spades}

. It was second best to Sung's {A-Diamonds}

. The turn and river bricked {7-Hearts}

and

. As a result Sung is up to 180,000.

Tags: Steve Sung

01-21-2009 23:13 UTC+11

Dueling Big Pairs... Again

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The combatants this time were Dean McIver and Harris Pavlou. The chips were in preflop, with McIver the one at risk of elimination. He had the better hand, {K-Hearts}

against Harris Pavlou's {Q-Hearts}

. 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.

Tags: Dean McIver Harris Pavlou

01-21-2009 22:55 UTC+11

Kibler-Melby and Kochan Busto

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Cort Kibler-Melby made one final table earlier in the 2009 Aussie Million, earning AU$25,000 for a sixth-place finish. There will be no repeat performance in the Main Event. He was short most of the day and finally pushed his stack into the middle with {A-Hearts}

. Team PokerNews player Will Zemljaric woke up with {A-Clubs}

and made the call. Zemljaric promptly flopped Broadway, {10-Diamonds}

, leaving Kibler-Melby dead to a queen for a chop. The board completed {K-Hearts}

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 {A-Hearts}

and was called by a player with {A-Diamonds}

. The dealer spread out a final board of {K-Hearts}

, 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.

Tags: Cort Kibler-Melby Daniel Kochan

01-21-2009 22:55 UTC+11

Heich Eliminates Opponent

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Christian Heich has eliminated yet another opponent as he continues a golden run at the 2009 Aussie Millions.

With 19,000 chips in the pot and the flop reading {3-Diamonds}

, 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 {A-Clubs}

, his opponent tabling {A-Diamonds}

.

The board couldn't provide his opponent with one of his many outs, running out turn {7-Clubs}

and river

.

Heich sits at 290,000.

Tags: Christian Heich

01-21-2009 22:43 UTC+11

Charlton Busto

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Ben Charlton was one of the overnight chip leaders from Day 1. He started out the day by chipping up slightly, but ever since the start of the third level of play today it's been downhill for Charlton. He moved all in for his last 18,000 on a board of {3-Hearts}