Event 9 - $10,500 Aussie Millions Main Event Day 4 | 2009 Aussie Millions

01-24-2009 01:17 UTC+11

Smith Doubles Through Boatman

The action folded around to Barny Boatman who raised to 75,000. Elliot Smith moved all in for 530,000 from the big blind and Boatman made the call.

Boatman: {A-Hearts}

Smith:

Two big hands in the blinds and the board was kind to Smith when it safely arrived {8-Spades}

. Smith doubles to over 1 million chips with Boatman now under pressure again with 350,000.

Tags: Barny Boatman Elliot Smith

01-24-2009 01:20 UTC+11

Zach Fellows Eliminated in 9th Place (AU$100,000)

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Did somebody put a pep pill in the players' drinks during the last break? We've had another elimination. Peter Rho limped in from the small blind, then quickly called after Zach Fellows moved all in for 332,000 from the big blind. Fellows was in bad shape with {2-Clubs}

after Rho turned over {J-Spades}

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It was another sweat hand after came down {9-Clubs}

to give Fellows the smallest flush draw possible to go along with his set outs. He missed the turn {10-Spades}

and departed the table after the river fell {4-Spades}

. He walks away with AU$100,000.

Tags: Peter Rho Zach Fellows

01-24-2009 01:23 UTC+11

Play Suspended For The Evening

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Following the elimination of Zach Fellows and with eight players remaining the Crown tournament staff have surprised us all by calling it a night.

This appears to be a wise move as players are reknowned for tightening up on the final table bubble, which could potentially cause play to drag out until the wee hours of this morning. By suspending play at this point, everyone can get a solid sleep and returned at the originally scheduled start time of 12 noon tomorrow, with a final table of eight players.

We'll have the updated chip counts of all remaining players and the final table redraw for you shortly.

01-24-2009 01:31 UTC+11

Your 2009 Aussie Millions Main Event Final Table

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Seat 1: Zach Gruneberg - 1,355,000
Seat 2: Barny Boatman - 349,000
Seat 3: Elliot Smith - 1,120,000
Seat 4: Richard Ashby - 658,000
Seat 5: Stewart Scott - 4,520,000
Seat 6: Peter Rho - 2,420,000
Seat 7: Rajkumar Ramakrishnan - 2,050,000
Seat 8: Sam Capra - 1,161,000

01-24-2009 01:46 UTC+11

Call the Kids -- the Table is Set

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Everything that the 2009 Aussie Millions Main Event was building towards crystallized on Day 4 of this five-day event. We saw big names sent to the rail, expert play, some gamble and lots and lots of flops. We also finished two hours earlier than anticipated, which brought a sigh of relief from the beleaguered media row.

Sweden's hopes for multiple representation at the Main Event final table were dashed early when Day 3 chip leader Michael Tureniec started freefalling through the counts. He ended up on the rail in 19th place, most certainly a disappointing finish. The other Swede in the field, Annica Ivert, fared better, but ultimately was busted in 11th place after getting her chips in with the best preflop hand.

That left room for others to make a charge. Aussie Stewart Scott picked up the baton and started sprinting with it, moving up, up, up through the counts. He is the far and away chip leader heading into the final table after using his big stack to hammer away at all of the smaller stacks on his table as play tightened. Scott finished the day with 4.52 million chips, almost double his nearest competitor and roughly a third of the total chips in play. He has given Australia its best shot ever of crowning its own Aussie Millions Main Event champion.

Tomorrow we move upstairs out of the poker room, to the television studio for the televised final table. Fortune and glory, Dr. Jones, await the winner of the 2009 Aussie Millions Main Event. Who will it be?

We'll be bringing you hand-by-hand coverage of the final table. Play kicks off at 12:30pm tomorrow. Get some sleep!

Event 9 - $10,500 Aussie Millions Main Event

Day 4 Completed