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

01-24-2009 00:47 UTC+11

Break Time

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Players are on a fifteen-minute break.

01-24-2009 00:46 UTC+11

Annica Ivert Eliminated in 11th Place (AU$80,000)

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There are no women left in the field. Just as the players were heading into break. Annica Ivert got all of her chips in the middle against Barny Boatman. Boatman limped on the small blind before Ivert raised to 70,000. Boatman reraised all in for 458,000 and Ivert made the call. It turned out that she was the one at risk of elimination, but she was in the lead preflop with {A-Diamonds}

against Boatman's {K-Diamonds}

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The crowd let out a murmur of excitement when the flop missed both players but came down {7-Hearts}

to give Boatman an up-and-down straight draw to go along with his live card outs. The turn was the {6-Hearts}

, making a pair of sixes for Boatman. Ivert needed a five or a ten on the river to chop, or an ace or a queen for the win. She got none of them. The river fell {j-Diamonds}

to send the Swedish-born Japanese local out of the tournament in 11th place.

Ten remain.

Tags: Annica Ivert Barny Boatman

01-24-2009 00:43 UTC+11

...and Now a Showdown on Table 10!

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If flops have been scarce, showdowns have been non-existent on either of our final two tables. We just had one on Table 10 that didn't get checked all the way down.

Richard Ashby limped in from the small blind and Sam Capra declined his big-blind option. The flop was {Q-Spades}

, prompting the reticent Ashby to lead out for 20,000. Capra called.

The turn came {6-Diamonds}

. Ashby made it 35,000 to go but was raised to 135,000 by Capra. He elected to call that bet and check-call another 75,000 on the river {10-Hearts}

. Capra turned over {6-Spades}

for a small flopped flush; Ashby flashed {8-?}

for two pair before throwing his hand into the muck.

That was a 250,000-chip swing for each player. Capra now has approximately 1.4 million; Ashby is down to about 750,000.

Tags: Richard Ashby Sam Capra

01-24-2009 00:36 UTC+11

A Flop on Table 14!

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Peter Rho and Tino Lechich limped into the pot preflop. That put the action to Zach Gruneberg, who raised to 80,000. Rho and Lechich both called. Lechich had first action on a flop of {9-Diamonds}

and took a chance by moving all in. Both of his opponents folded.

Lechich is back up to 475,000.

Tags: Peter Rho Tino Lechich Zach Gruneberg

01-24-2009 00:29 UTC+11

In Case Anyone Was Confused...

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The format of the Aussie Millions starts with nine-handed tables and moves to eight-handed as soon as possible until we reach the final thirty-six players. At that point (yesterday afternoon) the players redrew into six-handed tables, and play continues six-handed for the remainder of the tournament.

However this evening we are playing down to a final table of seven players. Why seven? Well quite simply it is too great of a disadvantage to have one four-handed and one three-handed table at that point of the tournament. Therefore the final table will commence tomorrow seven-handed. Clear as mud?

The beauty of this format is that the Aussie Millions is a true test of one's poker abilities, both in full ring and short-handed play.

01-24-2009 00:19 UTC+11

Ashby Three for Three on Softplayed Big Pairs

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We've already commented today how Richard Ashby took somewhat unusual lines with pocket aces and pocket kings, playing them incredibly soft. He's done it again, with queens, but this time he was joined by Sam Capra's softplay of kings!

Capra opened the pot for 55,000 and Ashby called out of the big blind. Both players were a bit leery of a flop that came {A-Hearts}

and checked it through to the turn, which was the {Q-Diamonds}

. Ashby had first action and checked again. Capra checked behind. On the river {9-Spades}

, Ashby led out for 60,000. Capra just called. Ashby showed his queens for queens full of aces; Capra showed his pocket kings and mucked.

It was a very curious hand all around. If the players won't give action in a hand of queens versus kings five-handed, what will it take?

Tags: Richard Ashby Sam Capra

01-24-2009 00:14 UTC+11

Flops Endangered at Table 14

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In the last fifteen minutes, there has been exactly one flop at Table 14. Rajkumar Ramakrishnan took the pot down with a single bet. Two other times, there was a raise and a reraise preflop, but no call. Every other pot has been a raise-it-and-take-it affair.

01-24-2009 00:07 UTC+11

Anyone for Tennis?

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As we tick over into Saturday the focus for most railbirds has turned to the Australian Open tennis replay on the big screen as the action on the felt has ground to a screeching halt.

The speculation continues as to how late this day might finish. Our early guess was between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. which is still a few hours away. Grab a cup of coffee folks!

01-23-2009 23:53 UTC+11

Boatman Up to his Neck

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Stewart Scott continues to punish the short stacks at his table by making bets they can't call. He opened for 55,000 and was matched by small blind Barny Boatman. The flop came down ace-high, {A-Clubs}

. Boatman checked to Scott, who made it 100,000 to see the turn. Boatman called.

The turn was a seeming blank, the {2-Hearts}

. Again Boatman checked. This time, Scott bet 275,000. It was a small bet for him, but a huge bet for Boatman, who had only 506,000 left behind. He elected to fold so that he could look for a better spot.

Tags: Barny Boatman Stewart Scott