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

01-22-2009 04:05 UTC+11

Day 3 Redraw

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Table 7
Seat 1: Cycalona Gowen - 214500
Seat 2: Joel R Dodds - 52100
Seat 3: Nali Y Kaselias - 82700
Seat 4: Hoc-Le Lam - 22100
Seat 5: Harris Pavlou - 167400
Seat 6: Stewart D Scott - 327100
Seat 7: Stuart J [Removed:293] - 40600
Seat 8: Sam Capra - 160300

Table 8
Seat 1: Bodo Sbrzesny - 110000
Seat 2: Velipekka T Penttinen - 79800
Seat 3: Brett D Murtagh - 164400
Seat 4: Christian Heich - 168500
Seat 5: Zachary A Gruneberg - 188500
Seat 6: William J Zemljaric - 323000
Seat 7: Hoi W Cheung - 85900
Seat 8: Natan Meylakh - 191500

Table 10
Seat 1: Luke J Abolins - 93900
Seat 2: Scotty Nguyen - 72000
Seat 3: Patrik Antonius - 335900
Seat 4: Omid Azadpeyma - 78300
Seat 5: Michael Tureniec - 354000
Seat 6: Sam Khouiss - 80200
Seat 7: Andrew M Church - 45700
Seat 8: Damon T Lum - 247800

Table 11
Seat 1: Ali Ghezelbash - 169300
Seat 2: Peter H Rho - 188200
Seat 3: Barny Boatman - 57600
Seat 4: John M Overbeek - 114200
Seat 5: Dean C McIver - 87600
Seat 6: Michael J King - 48600
Seat 7: Brett A Daphne - 261800
Seat 8: Joseph A Cabret - 19300

Table 12
Seat 1: Leonid V Cai - 183800
Seat 2: Joseph P Hachem - 45000
Seat 3: Christopher Fullwood - 154300
Seat 4: Ti K Tran - 77300
Seat 5: Ashifamin S Walji - 45000
Seat 6: Rajkumar Ramakrishnan - 388200
Seat 7: Richard Ashby - 181200
Seat 8: Karl D Bullock - 347900

Table 13
Seat 1: Sam Vakili - 66900
Seat 2: Annette J Obrestad - 454800
Seat 3: Sourideth Inthavong - 72300
Seat 4: Nhan T Le - 300000
Seat 5: John Dalessandri - 168600
Seat 6: Grant M Levy - 172600
Seat 7: Noah J Schwartz - 219100
Seat 8: Michael Frandsen - 111800

Table 14
Seat 1: Joseph D Cassidy - 78200
Seat 2: Martin Comer - 190400
Seat 3: Naohiko Yamazaki - 261300
Seat 4: David N Sanis - 50200
Seat 5: Corey P Robinson - 76400
Seat 6: David Kruger - 101500
Seat 7: Francis G Ellis - 118600
Seat 8: Kenneth H Eastwood - 79200

Table 15
Seat 1: David Docherty - 362000
Seat 2: Sorel Mizzi - 248700
Seat 3: Michael I McDonald - 195900
Seat 4: Ralph N Bamblett - 87700
Seat 5: Annica M Ivert - 555900
Seat 6: Michelangelo Calandrella - 131400
Seat 7: Tino J Lechich - 193300
Seat 8: Luis Pampliega - 65100

Table 16
Seat 1: Daren T Yoon - 60300
Seat 2: Antonis Kambouris - 250400
Seat 3: Jonathan Plens - 138500
Seat 4: Antonio Casale - 200200
Seat 5: Tom Pongrass - 150000
Seat 6: Kelly Kim - 150500
Seat 7: John Paul Kelly - 321600

Table 18
Seat 1: Zachary Fellows - 129400
Seat 2: Jarred I Solomon - 254600
Seat 3: Matthew S Vengrin - 30100
Seat 4: Christopher Chronis - 293500
Seat 5: Aristomenis Stavropoulos - 81700
Seat 6: Stefan Mattsson - 190300
Seat 7: Paul T O'Brien - 42900

Table 19
Seat 1: David S Paewai - 94200
Seat 2: Tom N Rafferty - 125400
Seat 3: Elliot K Smith - 158700
Seat 4: Andrew A Chen - 48300
Seat 5: Dixon C Ruecker - 156600
Seat 6: Suk-Min Sung - 156200
Seat 7: Raymond R Rahme - 210000

01-22-2009 11:58 UTC+11

The Beginning of the End

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Two very long days of poker (which were really four very long days of poker) have thinned the herd here at the 2009 Aussie Millions Poker Championship Main Event. From a starting field of 681 runners, we are down to the final 85. 64 of these players will walk away with a minimum of AU$15,000. One of them will amass all of the chips and earn AU$2,000,000.

A champion won't be crowned today though. First we have to pop the money bubble. That should happen before dinner. From there the pace of play will pick up slightly. The ever-increasing blinds should apply enough pressure to thin the field to a much more manageable 35 by day's end.

The story of Day 2 was the play of two young women: Annica Ivert and Annette Obrestad. They start the day at the very top of the leaderboard. Absent catastrophe, both should easily make the money.

Our feature table today is a doozy. Seat at Table 10 are Team PokerNews player Luke Abolins, "Prince of Poker" Scotty Nguyen, Patrik Antonius, Omid Azadpeyma, Swedish player Michael Tureniec, local favorite Sam Khouiss, Andy Church and Damon Lum.

The bare-knuckle brawl kicks off in 30 minutes.

01-22-2009 12:32 UTC+11

Shuffle Up and Deal (Baby)

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Scotty Nguyen said the magic words today. Cards are in the air. The button is starting in Seat 5 at each table.

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

01-22-2009 12:38 UTC+11

Lam First Elimination of the Day

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Hoc-Le Lam is out first casualty of the day after moving his short stack with {A-Diamonds}

against the {7-Hearts}

of Stuart [Removed:293].

All the chips were in preflop with the board running out {9-Spades}

to send Lam to an early exit. [Removed:293] is up to 41,000.

Tags: Hoc-Le Lam Stuart Barclay

01-22-2009 12:43 UTC+11

Double Up, Baby!

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Luke Abolins raised to 5,200 from early position and Scotty Nguyen made the call.

They saw a flop of {6-Spades}

and Abolins led for 7,000 with Nguyen making the call.

The turn was the {9-Clubs}

and Abolins checked to Nguyen who bet out 11,000. Abolins then asked for a count of Nguyen's stack before check-raising all in. Nguyen made a quick call for his tournament life.

Abolins tabled {K-Spades}

for an overpair, however Nguyen had flopped a set with his {7-Diamonds}

. The river landed the {8-Spades}

and Nguyen doubles up to 149,000 much to the delight of his fans on the rail.

Meanwhile ChipMeUp.com users will be disappointed to now see Abolins on the short stack.

Tags: Luke Abolins Scotty Nguyen

01-22-2009 12:51 UTC+11

Luke Abolins Eliminated

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Two Team PokerNews players started Day 3. Only one of them remains after the recent elimination of Luke Abolins. Abolins moved all in from the big blind for 20,600 after Sam Khouiss opened to 7,000. Khouiss made the call with {K-Diamonds}

, to the

of Abolins. The hand went to Khouiss on a board of {4-Spades}

. His kings and sevens were the best hand, moving him to 104,000.

Tags: Luke Abolins Sam Khouiss

01-22-2009 12:54 UTC+11

Kruger Eliminates Sanis

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David Sanis has been eliminated after running his {A-Clubs}

into David Kruger's {A-Hearts}

.

The board bricked out {5-Spades}

and Sanis is sent to the rail as Kruger stacks up 154,000 chips.

Tags: David Kruger David Sanis

01-22-2009 12:55 UTC+11

Dodds Finds a Hand in His Range

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Joel "Strong Play" Dodds is one of the locals still alive in today's field. His mates often tease him for seeming to only play aces. Thus no one was surprised when Dodds raised to 5,400 from the button, then called all in after the Nali "Iraqi Nick" Kaselias raised from the small blind to 35,200. Dodds showed {A-Clubs}

(of course!) against Kaselias' {K-Diamonds}

. The board came a harmless {J-Clubs}