Event 9: $10,500 Aussie Millions Main Event Day 1a | 2010 Aussie Millions

01-25-2010 01:24 UTC+11

"The Double Check-Raise All In"

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Preflop, Gus Hansen made a bet of 2,900 and was called from the big blind.

The flop came down {k-Spades}

and the two checked.

The turn brought the {2-Spades}

. Hansen's opponent check-raised all in when he fired off a bet of 2,600.

Hansen went into the tank for a few minutes, racking his brain saying, "I got the head shake all in, that's so strong." Hansen finally made the call.

Hansen: {j-Clubs}

Opponent:

The river bricked for Hansen and his opponent doubled up.

Tags: Gus Hansen

01-25-2010 01:43 UTC+11

Aristidou - Reader of Souls

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Peter Aristidou raised to 2,500 preflop and the action folded around to the player in the hijack position who called to go heads-up to a flop of {2-Clubs}

.

Aristidou opened for 3,500 and the opponent smooth-called, before firing out 5,500 after Aristidou checked the turn of the {9-Clubs}

.

Aristidou turned to his opponent and stated, "You have pocket jacks with the {J-Clubs}

," before mucking his hand.

His opponent flashed that very card and took down the pot. Aristidou is down to 32,000.

Tags: Peter Aristidou

01-25-2010 01:46 UTC+11

Four More Hands

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Tournament director Christian Vaughan has instructed the dealers to deal four more hands, after which the remaining players will bag 'em and tag 'em.

01-25-2010 01:48 UTC+11

Day 1a is in the Books

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The event that all of Melbourne, Australia, and the world has been waiting for finally got underway Sunday morning when 233 players took to the felt all in hopes of winning the 2010 Aussie Millions Main Event Championship.

The main attraction was a table draw that consisted of Tom "durrrr" Dwan, Phil Ivey, Billy "The Croc" Argyros, and Leo Boxell. It was Dwan who got the best of the group throughout the early part of the day, with Ivey busting just after dinner break. However, Dwan could not maintain his momentum and slid slowly down the counts as the night progressed.

One of the chipleaders is another young online superstar, Sorel Mizzi. Mizzi got himself rolling when he got it all in with two pair versus a set and was able to river himself a higher full house. He ends the day with about 112,300 and is followed closely by Zach Gruneburg, Karl Marenholz, Andrew Feldman and David Steicke.

Tomorrow, a new set of Aussie Millions Main Event hopefuls will fill the seats in the Crown Poker Room and PokerNews will be there to bring you all the action at 12:30 p.m. GMT +11.

Event 9: $10,500 Aussie Millions Main Event

Day 1a Completed