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2010 Aussie Millions
Event 2: $550 PokerPro No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 Aussie Millions
Buy-in
500 AUD
Prize Pool
45,000 AUD
Entries
90
Level
18
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
0
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0
Heath Chick Eliminated; Scott Continues to Climb
Chick opened to 500 and was raised by Jie Gao to 1,500. Chick called and they took a
flop.On the flop Gao led 1,500 and Chick raised him to 4,500. Gao bet to 16,000 which would commit both of them to the pot. Chick moved all of his chips and Gao called turning over
for top set against Chick's 
.The board completed
and 
to eliminate Chick. Gao moves up to 48,000.Stewart Scott playing under the PokerPro screename "Reigning Champ" continues to look good in the tournament. He just eliminated his second victim of the tournament and moves up to 58,000.
With Chick's elimination we have 78 players left in the tournament.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Benton Bounds Upward; Khouiss Bounces Outward
With a limper in front in Benton looked down at
and raised to 500. He'd take three players to a flop of 
and with action checked around to him, he fired out 3,000. Two players folded, but the other opponent was unlucky enough to be sitting with Jacks. That guy shoved and Benton of course snap called.The board blanked, sending Benton up to 46,000 and the opponent out to the rail.
Joining that player on the list of early departures is Sam Khouiss. Khouiss found his
trailing the of an opponent on a 
flop. Unfortunately by the time Khouiss realised his hand was no good, all of his chips were in the middle.He got no help from the turn and river and is out.
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Some Big Name Late Arrivals; One Big Departure
We've also already had an elimination. On a flop
Sean Dunwoodie led out 3,675 over the top of a Stewart Scott raise. Scott came back over the top all in for about 18,000 total and after some thought Dunwoodie made the call with his 
.It was a bad call, Scott had
and when the board blanked 
turn and 
, the 2009 Aussie Millions champion became the tournament chip leader at 42,000, while Dunwoodie hits the exit.
What the Heck is a PokerPro Table?
The PokerPro system is a fully automated poker table that combines the speed and efficiency of online poker with the thrill and feel of playing a traditional live game.
Players only have a limited amount of time to act on their hands, so the PokerPro tables alleviate much of the unnecessary and irritating tanking that goes on in the live version of the game.
The tables fit up to ten player and instead of chips, each player sits in front of his or her own personal touch screen computer on which all of their betting actions are controlled. A larger monitor fills the middle of each table and displays the pot size, player actions, community cards and stack sizes of each player.
When set up for a cash game, the players can either purchase pre-paid cards to deposit money into the table, or set up their own PokerPro account.
Today, all 10 of the PokerPro tables in the Crown Poker Room are filled with tournament players who have each paid $550 to play in this unique event.
Sick Field
It's also one of the most loaded fields you'll encounter in a $550 buy-in event.
Some of the sharks include 2009 Aussie Millions Main Event champion Stewart Scott, 2009 APPT Sydney Champion Aaron Benton, Andrew Jeffreys, Jonathan "xMonsterxDongx" Karamalikis, Daniel Neilson, Michael Guzzardi, Sam Khouiss, and Josh Budin from the PokerStar.
Shuffle Up and Deal
Of course rather than the riffle of chips, we had the automated sound of electronic cards being "pitched" to the players.