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

01-21-2009 19:04 UTC+11

Dinner Time

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Players are on a 75-minute dinner break. We note with some trepidation that Scotty Nguyen has started sucking down beers and leading the rail in chants of "Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Oi! Oi! Oi!"

01-21-2009 19:04 UTC+11

Tureniec Sends Boxell to an Early Dinner

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Leo Boxell made a play for the pot, and it cost him his tournament. Sitting in the small blind, he called a raise to 3,600 from Michael Tureniec. Both players checked the {K-Clubs}

flop. The board paired when the turn came {Q-Hearts}

. Boxell bet 8,000 and Tureniec made the call.

On the river {9-Clubs}

, Boxell moved all in for 40,000. Tureniec quickly made the call and showed {A-Spades}

for a runner runner full house. Boxell never showed his hand, choosing instead to muck and make his way to the rail. Tureniec is up to 310,000.

Tags: Michael Tureniec

01-21-2009 19:00 UTC+11

Although we haven't called his name much today, Matthew Vengrin is still alive in the tournament. He opened the pot preflop and then called after his opponent moved all in for 28,000. It was a race that Vengrin's {A-Diamonds}

won against his opponent's pocket eights when an ace fell on the turn. Vengrin is up to 110,000.

Tags: Matthew Vengrin

01-21-2009 18:58 UTC+11

Here Comes Annette_15!

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Annette Obrestad raised from under the gun to 2,500 and found three callers. They saw a flop of {9-Spades}

and the action checked around.

The turn brought the {J-Clubs}

and the small blind player led out for 6,000, forcing a fold from the big blind, before Obrestad reraised to 19,000. A player in late position folded before the small blind popped it up once again to 50,000. With the pot now heads-up, Obrestad moved all in and her opponent made the call.

Obrestad: {J-Spades}

Opponent:

The small blind had flopped trips but Obrestad had spiked the two-outer on the turn to make a full house! The river was the {K-Clubs}

and Obrestad doubles up to 300,000 to leave her opponent crippled.

Tags: Annette Obrestad Annette_15

01-21-2009 18:43 UTC+11

Ivert Knocks Out Another Player

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Annica Ivert is having a fantastic day. Even when she gets her chips in bad, she manages to come through the other side clean as a whistle. We caught up with her on a flop of {3-Hearts}

. With a sizable number of chips already in the middle, Ivert faced an all-in bet of roughly 50,000 chips. She counted out a call and seemed reluctant to put it in, but did so with a smirk that said, "I'm pretty sure I'm behind."

She was indeed behind. Her {j-Clubs}

had been badly out-flopped by her opponent's {8-Spades}

. Of course, you know how the story ends. The board came running clubs without a repeater, giving Ivert a flush and knocking her opponent out.

We estimate Ivert's stack at about 280,000 right now.

Tags: Annica Ivert

01-21-2009 18:33 UTC+11

Comer Out-Flops Hachem

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Joe Hachem was under the gun to start a recent hand. He peeked at his cards and announced a raise to 3,200. Action folded around to Martin Comer in the big blind. He made the call.

The flop came down {J-Clubs}

. Comer quickly led out for 7,000 chips, prompting Hachem to pick up his cards and show them to Comer -- pocket sevens.

"Fold your blind one time!" joked Hachem. Comer offered to show him one card. The card Hachem chose was the {A-Hearts}

. Comer also showed him the {10-Spades}

.

Tags: Joe hachem Martin Comer

01-21-2009 18:26 UTC+11

Gowen Wins Race at Saab's Expense

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"Come on, six outs!" pleaded David Saab. He was at the turn of a board that showed {2-Hearts}

. Saab was racing Clonie Gowen, who had moved all in preflop with 59,800. Saab's {5-Hearts}

was best on the flop, but Gowen's {A-Hearts}

overtook him on the turn.

None of Saab's outs came in. The river was the {Q-Clubs}

, allowing Gowen to double to 122,000. She turned to the rail after the hand and said, "Thanks whoever was rooting for a king out there."

Tags: Clonie Gowen David Saab

01-21-2009 18:15 UTC+11

What a River!

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The action hasn't been lacking in the Crown Poker Room today. Another big pot developed at John Dalessandri's table. He called the 15,200-chip all-in bet of an early-position player before big blind Larry Karambis moved all in for 65,000. Dalessandri gave the second raise a fair amount of thought before calling that one as well. The players revealed the following hands:

EP: {A-Spades}

Dalessandri: {K-Clubs}

Karambis:

Dalessandri was in the lead for the main pot (roughly 50,000 chips) and the side pot (another 100,000). The {7-Diamonds}

flop brought an ace to severely curb Dalessandri's chances for the main pot. The turn blanked {8-Spades}

, but a roar erupted from the room when the case king fell on the river to give Dalessandri the best hand in both pots. He knocked both players out and climbed to 215,000.

"Yes!" cried Joe Hachem, jumping up from his chair and pumping his fist. "I have nothing on him," he quickly explained. "I'm just happy for him."

Tags: Joe Hachem John Dalessandri Larry Karambis