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

01-21-2010 01:21 UTC+11

Chronis Busto

The money was all in the middle preflop between Chris Chronis and Brian Payne. We got there just in time to see the showdown:

Payne: {a-Spades}

Chronis:

The board ran out {10-Diamonds}

, sending Chronis packing and Payne's stack up to 228,000.

Tags: Brian Payne Chris Chronis

01-21-2010 01:31 UTC+11

After earlier being advised that we would be playing through to the final table, we've just been told that we will only play to the shooutout night.

The shooutout starts at 32 players. That means we will be done rather soon.

01-21-2010 01:35 UTC+11

Vogt Eliminated

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Rasmus Vogt has fell just short of the shootout stage heading out in 34th position.

Vogt had got extremely short in chips hoping to hold out for a pay jump. It didn't happen Tristan Bain made the call with {6-Diamonds}

, which looked to match up well for Vogt's {10-Clubs}

.

That was until Bain caught a runner-runner straight on the {k-Diamonds}

board.

Bain moves up to 80,000.

01-21-2010 01:39 UTC+11

Peter Saward Still Trucking

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Peter Saward has kept his hopes of playing in the shootout phase alive after doubling through Stefan Huber.

Huber opened to 8,000 and Saward moved in for 17,000. Huber made the call tabling {k-Spades}

to sit marginally in front of the {j-Hearts}

of the all in player.

Saward looked set to go out through the {a-Clubs}

flop and

turn, only to be bailed out by the {Q-Clubs}

river.

He has 37,000, Huber has 114,000.

01-21-2010 01:45 UTC+11

Maryanne Farrugia Falls On Shootout Bubble

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The money was all in the middle preflop and we caught the action just as the cards were tabled between Aidan Kelly and Maryanne Farrugia:

Farrugia: {8-Spades}

Kelly:

The flop of {k-Hearts}

improved neither hand, but Kelly caught the {q-Clubs}

on the turn to take the lead! Needing any eight, the river {6-Diamonds}

fell on the river, eliminating the last remaining female in the tournament.

And that means that's stumps! Time to wrap this puppy up.

Tags: Aidan Kelly Maryanne Farrugia

01-21-2010 02:07 UTC+11

That'll Do Donkey, That'll Do.

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It's been another action-packed day here at the Crown Casino in Melbourne and after a 13-hour slog, 381 players have been reduced to just 32.

Though numbers were down from last year, it didn't take away from the spirit of the competition, dominated by a local field providing plenty of entertainment and for a lucky few, they may have hit the rail with little or no loss by taking out a bounty or two!

Congratulations to our first eight players past the post; each receive AUD $2,668 for their efforts:

33rd place: Maryann Farrugia
34th place: Rosmus Vogt
35th place: Chris Chronis
36th place: Michael Tureniec
37th place: Rainer Pfauder
38th place: Jarred Graham
39th place: Jeff Duvall
40th place: James Keys

The remaining 32 players have bagged and tagged and will return tomorrow at 2:00pm AEDST, where they will play a shootout format until two players remain on each table to form the final table.

Be sure to tune in early tomorrow morning for all the action here at PokerNews - for now, we're heading off to the bar. See you there!

Event 5: $1,650 No Limit Hold'em w/ Bounties

Day 1 Completed