Event 9 - $10,500 Aussie Millions Main Event Day 3 | 2009 Aussie Millions

01-22-2009 16:57 UTC+11

Karl Bullock Eliminated in 57th Place (AU$15,000)

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A massive pot on the far side of the room has resulted in the stunning elimination of Karl Bullock. Rajkumar Ramakrishnan was the player who went to a flop of {8-Diamonds}

with Bullock. Ramakrishnan checked it over to Bullock, then called a bet of 40,000.

On the turn {2-Clubs}

Ramakrishnan checked again. Bullock mulled things over for about 30 seconds, then moved all in for 190,000. Ramakrishnan called in a shot, turning over the nut flush, {A-Clubs}

. Bullock was drawing dead with {J-Hearts}

and beat a hasty exit out of the tournament area. His exit was so swift that tournament staff are looking for him to sign the necessary paperwork so he can collect his winnings.

Ramakrishnan chipped up to approximately 695,000.

Tags: Karl Bullock Rajkumar Ramakrishnan

01-22-2009 17:03 UTC+11

Manny Stavropoulos Eliminated in 56th Place (AU$15,000)

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Manny Stavropoulos has been eliminated in 56th place after tangling with Brett Daphne.

On a flop of {7-Diamonds}

Stavropoulos moved the last of his chips in on a bluff with {q-Hearts}

and got a call from Brett Daphne with {K-Hearts}

. Daphne would stay in front and eliminate Stavropoulos with the board running out {5-Hearts}

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Daphne moves up to 125,000. Manny Stavropoulos earns AU$15,000.

Tags: Brett Daphne Manny Stavropoulos

01-22-2009 17:03 UTC+11

Ralph Bamblett Eliminated in 55th Place (AU$15,000)

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It's not going that well for the short stacks. Most of the hands that are taking place are bust-outs. The few short stacks who did manage to double up were so short that they soon busted anyway. Add Ralph Bamblett's name to the list. He moved in for 26,000 preflop with {A-Hearts}

. David Docherty squeezed out {A-Spades}

and made the call.

Bamblett was in the clear after the flop came down {K-Diamonds}

. Disaster came on the turn, however, when the dealer pulled the {9-Spades}

out of the deck to make a pair for Docherty. That left Bamblett looking for a river ten that he didn't get. The river came {Q-Spades}

to send him to the rail.

Tags: Ralph Bamblett

01-22-2009 17:08 UTC+11

Sourideth Inthavong Eliminated in 54th Place (AU$15,000)

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Sourideth Inthavong has been eliminated after flopping top pair with {q-Diamonds}

on a

flop, only to run into a player on the button with {10-Clubs}

. The turn {8-Hearts}

was no help to Inthavong and the river {10-Hearts}

gave his opponent an unnecessary improvement to a set and sent Inthavong out in 54th place.

Tags: Sourideth Inthavong

01-22-2009 17:09 UTC+11

Brett Daphne Eliminated in 52nd Place (AU$15,000)

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The pace of bust-outs hasn't slackened one bit. Brett Daphne is the next to go, running his {K-Hearts}

into Barny Boatman's {A-Hearts}

. Daphne took the lead on the flop by pairing his queen, {Q-Clubs}

. The turn fell {J-Spades}

to give Boatman outs to an ace and to a ten. The river was the {A-Spades}

, because, well, the river is always the ace of spades. It was a cruel blow for Daphne, sending him to the rail in 52nd place.

Tags: Barny Boatman Brett Daphne

01-22-2009 17:09 UTC+11

Sam Khouiss Eliminated in 53rd Place (AU$15,000)

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Sam Khouiss has been eliminated after the cruelest of river cards.

Zach Gruneberg opened preflop to 9,000 with Sam Capra and Sam Khouiss both making the call. The flop came {5-Hearts}

and Khouiss checked to Gruneberg, who bet 16,000. Capra flat-called, and Khouiss proceeded to check-raise all in for 110,000. Gruneberg made the call and Capra went into the tank before folding.

Khouiss would be in good shape tabling {6-Diamonds}

for middle set, again Gruneberg's {9-Diamonds}

overpair, with a gutshot straight draw. The {q-Diamonds}

was fine for Khouiss on the turn, but the river had him heading for the rail when it brought the {9-Spades}

to make Gruneberg a set. Capra commented that he had folded {8-?}

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Gruneberg moves up to 445,000.

Tags: Sam Khouiss Zach Gruneberg

01-22-2009 17:09 UTC+11

Break Time

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Players are on their second break of the day.

01-22-2009 17:21 UTC+11

Play Resumes

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Cards are back in the air.

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

01-22-2009 17:33 UTC+11

Shout Box Contest!

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Since so many readers are following along in the Shout Box, we thought we would run a small contest as a token of appreciation. First, we'll tell you what's up for grabs: a seat in a $32+5 satellite tournament on PokerStars to be held at 6am local Melbourne time tomorrow morning. It has a guarantee to a final satellite tournament on Sunday ($500+30), with Sunday's final guaranteeing two prize packages worth approximately $7,800 each.

All you have to do is answer a simple trivia question. Since we've just passed the bubble, we thought the following question would be appropriate:

Who was eliminated on the bubble of the 2008 Aussie Millions Poker Championship Main Event?

The first person to post the correct answer in the Shout Box will win the seat into the $32+5 satellite. We'll post the answer and the winner's PokerNews screen name in the blog later in the day. The winner will be emailed via the email account he or she used to sign up their PokerNews account in order to be enrolled in the satellite.

Good luck!