Event 8: $100,000 Challenge Day 1 | 2010 Aussie Millions

01-23-2010 16:08 UTC+11

Graham Back Over Starting Stack

donpeters

Sandor Demjan just had two pair against Jarred "FlopNutsOnYou" Graham's straight. Graham was able to get value on the turn and river from his hand and increase back over the starting stack to 105,000.

Tags: "FlopNutsOnYou"Jarred Graham Sandor Demjan

01-23-2010 16:11 UTC+11

Dong and Ansky Battle Again

donpeters

On the flop of {J-Hearts}

, Dani "Ansky" Stern and Jonathan "xMONSTERxDONGx" Karamalikis clashed again. Stern fired 4,500 and Karamalikis made the cll.

The turn was the {K-Hearts}

and Stern fired 11,000. Karamalikis raised to 26,000 and Stern mucked his hand, giving this battle to Karamalikis. These two young guns have been duking it out over in the far corner of the room quite often.

Tags: "Ansky""xMONSTERxDONGx"Dani Stern Jonathan Karamalikis

01-23-2010 16:19 UTC+11

Ferguson Calling Down Sampoerna

donpeters

Michael Sampoerna raised to 3,000 from the cutoff before Chris "Jesus" Ferguson reraised to 8,000 from the big blind. Sampoerna made the call and the two players went to the flop with the pot already over 16,000.

The flop came down {9-Spades}

. Ferguson checked and Sampoerna fired about a half pot-sized bet. Ferguson tossed in the chips for a call.

The turn card added the {2-Spades}

to the board, almost matching the board of {10-Hearts}

that the two battled on earlier. Ferguson checked and Sampoerna fired 22,000. Ferguson made the call.

The final card to peel off the deck was the {A-Diamonds}

. Ferguson checked and then Sampoerna checked behind. Ferguson tabled {8-Clubs}

and Sampoerna mucked his hand.

Tags: "Jesus"Chris Ferguson Michael Sampoerna

01-23-2010 16:20 UTC+11

Steicke Wins One

donpeters

John Juanda raised to 2,500 from the button and David Steicke called in the big blind. Both players checked all the way to the river on a board of {A-Hearts}

. After the final card was in the middle of the table, Steicke fired 3,000. Juanda made the call.

Steicke showed {A-Clubs}

for a pair of aces and scooped the pot. He's back on 88,000 now.

Tags: David Steicke John Juanda

01-23-2010 16:22 UTC+11

Lindgren Times Out

donpeters

Gus Hansen was acting from the position of the small blind and Erick Lindgren on the button in this hand. We picked up the action on the flop, where the board read {7-Hearts}

. Hansen fired 10,500 and Lindgren called.

The turn added a lady to the board with the {Q-Spades}

. Hansen fired 30,000 and Lindgren tanked. Each player is only allotted 30 seconds for each decision and Lindgren let his time run out, making his hand dead. Hansen was pushed the pot, and he's at 130,000.

Tags: Erick Lindgren Gus Hansen

01-23-2010 16:25 UTC+11

G-ed Up

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A three-way pot between Tony G, Sandor Demjan and Howard Lederer.

The flop was {9-Spades}

, Tony G checked, Lederer bet 5,500 and Demjan folded.

The remaining two players checked the {6-Clubs}

turn before the 'G' bet 7,000 on the {J-Diamonds}

river. Lederer quickly mucked and is on 135,000. Tony G is up to 158,000.

01-23-2010 16:26 UTC+11

Eldar Betting Second Pair on River

donpeters

David Eldar raised to 3,000 from early position and Erick Lindgren called in late position. The flop came down {K-Clubs}

and Eldar continuation bet 4,500. Lindgren made the call.

The turn card put the {A-Hearts}

on the board and both players checked their actions. With the {5-Clubs}

falling on the river, Eldar fired 7,500. Lindgren called and Eldar showed {K-Clubs}

to improve to 86,000.

Tags: David Eldar Erick Lindgren

Level: 3

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 0

01-23-2010 16:37 UTC+11

Graham Takes One from Lederer

donpeters

Jarred "FlopNutsOnYou" Graham raised preflop and got a call from Howard Lederer. Graham was on the button and Lederer in the small blind.

The flop came down {9-Spades}