Event 5: $1,650 No Limit Hold'em w/ Bounties Day 1 | 2010 Aussie Millions

Level: 2

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

01-20-2010 13:03 UTC+11

Do I Know You From Somewhere?

As late entrants continue to pile in, we've noticed quite a few recognizable faces.

Some notables in the field today are Tony Hachem, Shane Warne, Eric Assadourian, Lee Nelson, Vanessa Selbst, Michael Guzzardi, James "Jabba" Broom, Chuck Danielsson, Brendon Rubie, Peter Aristidou, and Con Tsapkounis.

01-20-2010 13:02 UTC+11

Brkvoic Busts One Early

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'Banana Thief' commits grand larceny early on

As we continued our trek around the tables noting down the eleventy billion players that are in today's field, a tournament director nodded in our direction and pointed at table 42.

We rushed over to see a board that read {6-Spades}

and found Alex 'Banana Thief' Brkovic and an opponent with all their money in the middle.

The cards were revealed - the opponent showed {5-Hearts}

for a flopped set but Brkovic tabled {9-Spades}

for a flopped straight!

The opponent is busto; Brkovic is on 19,500 in chips.

01-20-2010 12:52 UTC+11

It's a Stacked Field Today!

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The queue is not getting any shorter as there are still 50 or so people waiting to buy in to this event!

Some of those who were clever enough to get here on time and are already in their seats in the cash game area of the Crown Poker Room include Jonathan Karamalikis, Hai Bo Chu, Brendan Edmonds, Jackie Glazier, Aaron Benton, Marsha Waggoner, Jai Kemp, John Tabatabai, Todor Kondevski, Sam Khouiss, Billy "The Croc" Argyros, Daniel Neilson, Ben Delaney, Andrew Jeffreys, Jay Rosenkrantz, Dan Morris, Jan Suchanek, Damien Elsing, Gary Benson and Stewart Scott.

Many of those guys have been given the honor of being a "bounty" in today's event, however interestingly defending Aussie Millions champ Stewart Scott is actually not a bounty today.

"They didn't ask me?" sighed Scott when we asked him why he wasn't a bounty today.

"He didn't have enough credentials to be a bounty," laughed Daniel Neilson from a nearby table.

01-20-2010 12:33 UTC+11

Shuffle Up and Deal!

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A huge field is here this afternoon and the queue to enter still stretches as far as our media desk which is a good 30 metres away from the tournament booth!

However the cards shall wait for no late entrant as this one is underway!

Level: 1

Blinds: 25/50

Ante: 0

01-20-2010 11:27 UTC+11

Welcome to the Crown Aussie Millions $1,650 Feature Bounty Event!

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Crown Aussie Millions Feature Bounty Event: Boba Fett's dream tournament!

Another day in Melbourne Town, and PokerNews is back in Crown to bring you all that's going down in Event #5 of the Aussie Millions: the $1,650 Feature Bounty Event!

This highly-popular tournament format is certain to generate a juicy prize pool and bring in poker's finest up against plenty of hopefuls who are looking to score some cash and perhaps a tall tale or two to tell their mates down at the pub.

The tournament starts as a multi-table freeze-out, moving to a shootout format when 32 players remain. One player on each table is allocated as a "bounty": the player who eliminates the bounty will receive a healthy AUD $1,000 from the prize pool!

So be sure to stick with us, as we bring you all the suck-outs, sweats and superstars live from the Crown Poker Room in 30 minutes' time!