Event 1: $1,100 No Limit Hold'em Day 1b | 2010 Aussie Millions

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 200

01-15-2010 20:15 UTC+11

Goodbye Mr. Gates

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The dream is over and it's back behind the laptop for PokerNews general Garry Gates after he was busted at the hands of Sarvesh Pershad.

Pershad raised preflop to 5,000 and Gates called to go heads-up to a flop of {7-Spades}

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Pershad opened for 6,500, Gates raised all in and Pershad called tabling {K-Spades}

ahead of Gates' {A-Diamonds}

The turn of the {7-Hearts}

filled up Pershad, but Gates could still win with any ace on the river or the case seven - but the {6-Clubs}

didn't exactly fit the description.

Gates is busto; Pershad has cracked the 100,000 mark.

Tags: Garry Gates Sarvesh Pershad

01-15-2010 20:06 UTC+11

Wan Chips Up

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The money was all in preflop; Vincent 'Wonky' Wan held {a-Diamonds}

but found himself dominated by the {a-Spades}

of his short-stacked opponent.

The player count would shrink after the board was spread {q-Diamonds}

- Wan's trip fives cracked the opponent's aces and moved his stack upwards to around 80,000.

Tags: Vincent Wan

01-15-2010 20:01 UTC+11

Master-akos!

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Jim Mastorakos had been relatively quiet throughout the day but found himself in a massive pot on feature table 31.

The player on the button raised to 3,500, Mastorakos called from the small blind, as did the big blind, to go three-ways into a flop of {a-Hearts}

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Mastorakos checked, the big blind opened for 5,000 and the button got out of the way before Mastorakos called, so it was heads-up to the turn of the {2-Spades}

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Mastorakos check-called the big blind's bet of 15,000, then on the river {4-Spades}

, Mastorakos checked, the big blind player shoved for around 100,000 and Mastorakos snap-called all-in for 73,400.

Mastorakos: {a-Spades}

Big Blind: {q-?}

The dealer quickly mucked the opponent's hand - despite the scary-looking board Mastorakos' top two pair was good to take down the pot and the overall chip lead with a stack of 196,000.

Tags: Jim Mastorakos

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 200

01-15-2010 19:35 UTC+11

Chips Soothe the Savage Beast

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The action folded around to Ben Savage who raised to 3,500 preflop, only to see an opponent call from the big blind to go heads-up to a flop that read {7-Spades}