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Event 1: $1,100 No Limit Hold'em
Day 1a Completed
2010 Aussie Millions
Event 1: $1,100 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Event Info
2010 Aussie Millions
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
1,000 AUD
Prize Pool
1,143,000 AUD
Total Entries
1,143
Level
27
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 1,143
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With the schedule clash between the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure and the Aussie Millions rectified, many of the bigger names have been able to participate in the opening event.
The field included Eric Assadourian, Emad Tahtouh, Tony Hachem, Jonathan Karamalikis, Matthew Pearson, "Toothpick Tony", James Broom, Dave Lee, Mitch Carle, Ben Delaney and Dean Nyberg.
The DeucesCracked crew led by Jay Rosenkrantz and Vanessa Selbst were out in force, along with Amanda De Cesare and Josh Budin of "The Poker Star" fame.
In the end a man, nicknamed Mr X for ease of communication, seized the day. His real name - Xen Xenofontos - sits with a mammoth 186,300. His closest rivals are experienced players Chris Chronis (147,600) and Tony Hachem (136,600).
In all 51 players made it through day 1A leaving 276 players available to return for the repecharge flight, along with the players eliminated tomorrow and any direct buy-ins. It leaves Crown well on target for their aim of a million dollar prize pool.
Join the PokerNews crew for all the action of Day 1B of the opening event from 12:30pm tomorrow.
Preflop an early position player opened to 6,500 and got calls from middle position, Xenofontos in the cutoff and the big blind.
Four handed to the
flop all the players checked to the 
turn.On the flop the big blind fired 12,500 with only Xenofontos calling. The river
saw the big blind lead out 25,000 with Xenofontos again flat calling.Xenofontos tabled his
for a pair of fives, unable to beat out the big blind's 
. He still has a comfortable lead at the top of the day 1a counts.
After a short-stacked opponent moved all in holding
, Rawiller announced call before flipping over his 
.The dealer thought he had open folded, so tossed his cards into the muck. Fry protested and called for the floor.
After confirming from multiple players that he had indeed called the tournament director allowed the hand proceed.
Fry held up, and managed to drag a pot without cards in front of him.
With three-way action on a
flop an early position player checked to Sachinidis who fired out 12,000. Frank Pezzaniti made the call from late position, with the other player folding.The turn was the
and Sachinidis bet out 40,000 with Pezzaniti moving all in for another 8,000 on top. Sachindis made the committed call, glumly tabling for just a gutshot straight draw.Pezzaniti had
for top pair and a gutshot draw of his own.The hand dropped Sachinidis to 23,000 and he just past the media desk making a hasty exit, so we'll assume those chips no longer belong to him either.
The chips went into the pot preflop, with Moussa's
needing to fade the outs of Danielsson's 
.Unfortunately for Moussa, he would prove unsuccessful at this task with a
flop giving Danielsson the advantage.The
turn and 
river would make both players a flush, with Danielsson's giving him the pot and leaving Moussa with one foot out the door.
against Karib Karib's 
.The
flop would virtually have Tahtouh out the door, and once the board completed 
turn and 
river he would be out.Karib moves over 36,000.
Graham:
Elfenbein:
Graham proved he can't miss right now, with the
flop, hitting a straight off the bat. He'd have to sweat the final two streets though. The turn
and river 
completed the board, missing Elfenbein's flush outs and moving Graham over 110,000 in chips.
but Hachem had him dominated with .The board was spread
and Kolk was cut out.Pete Mobbs was not so lucky - he was at the wrong end of your standard "ran kings into aces all-in-pre" situation - neither hand improved and Mobbs is gone.
