Event 20: $550 No Limit Hold'em Turbo
Day 1 Completed
2010 Aussie Millions
Event 20: $550 No Limit Hold'em Turbo
Day: 1
Event Info
2010 Aussie Millions
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
500 AUD
Entries
250
Level
19
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 250
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Hawkins bested a field of 250 players to take down the title and the first place prize money of AUD $28,875, defeating Alan Nicholls after an hour-long heads-up battle.
Congratulations to Roland, enjoy your victory!
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, which both players checked.The dealer produced the
on the turn; Nicholls checked, Hawkins led out for 100,000 and Nicholls called before the river 
came down.Nicholls then snap-shoved, Hawkins snap-called.
Hawkins:
Nicholls:
Both players rivered a hand; Nicholls had two pair, but Hawkins had a straight! It's over ladies and gentlemen, we have crowned the 20th Aussie Millions champion of 2010!
Level: 19
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 0
Nicholls limped in preflop from the button and Hawkins checked to see a flop of
.Hawkins checked, Nicholls led out for 30,000 and Hawkins called before the
came down on the turn.Hawkins check-called Nicholls' bet of 50,000 before both players checked the river of the
.Nicholls showed
for two pair but Hawkins tabled for a rivered flush!Hawkins is now in cruise control, up to 1,010,000.
.Nicholls check-called Hawkins' bet of 50,000 before both players checked the turn of the
.On the river
, Nicholls checked, only to call after Hawkins open-shoved and the cards were tabled:Nicholls:
Hawkins:
Nicholls took the pot down and took the chip lead, but then lost it two hands later.
Nicholls called Hawkins' all-in bet before the flop with
, only to find himself behind Hawkins' 
.The board ran out
, and Nicholls is down to 509,000 while Hawkins is on 741,000.
Level: 18
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 0
The cards were revealed; Chaptini showed
but was well behind Nicholls' 
.Chaptini found some hope when the flop came down
, but the 
on the turn was the wrong kind of black.Just one club would do it for Chaptini, but the river ran red in the form of the
, eliminating him in 3rd place and we are now heads-up between Nicholls and Rowland Hawkins!
Alan Nicholls - 315,000
Fred Chaptini - 70,000
