2010 Aussie Millions
Event 9: $10,500 Aussie Millions Main Event
Day: 1c
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Game On
With registration now officially closed, we should have the final numbers and prizepool information posted within an hour or so; pending, of course, the timely delivery of said information via the tournament staff.
Chop Suey
On a board showing , action was checked to McCreedy who fired a 3,000 bet. Gruissem was the lone caller and the two went heads-up to the turn -- .
McCreedy continued to put on the pressure, firing a 4,000 bet on 4th Street and Gruissem stuck around to see the river -- -- which put a seven-high straight on the board.
Here, McCreedy checked and Gruissem moved all in for a total of 6,800 -- a bet that sent McCreedy deep into the tank. He stared Gruissem up and down for a solid two minutes before eventually picking the required chips out of his stack and dropping them into the middle, signifying a call.
"Board," announced Gruissem, tabling . McCreedy, too, played the board, revealing and the two chopped the pot and headed off for the break.
Counts from the Upper Deck
Tyler Netter - 20,300
Jonathan Karamalikis - 21,100
James Obst - 6,025
Tony Hachem - 20,300
David Bach - 20,500
Billy Sukkar - 7,200
Bill Jordanou - 9,400
Joe Hachem - 21,700
John Juanda - 27,200
The G Arrives On His Bike!
With Party Poker promo girl up front, Tony G has just entered the Crown Poker Room on his bike, ringing his bell like crazy to navigate through the crowd of startled fans on the rail.
The "G" has taken his seat in the Main Event on table 14.
"I'll give you the big.... blind... special.... all through the night."
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
A little Tender Loving Care reference for you... Man, Chilli was hot. Anyway, back to the pokers.
Tyler Netter and Joe Hachem were back at it moments ago, with Hachem winning another significant pot.
Action folded around the table to Netter on the button who opened with a raise to 600. Hachem made the call from the big blind and the flop came .
Hachem then fired bets on the flop (600), turn (1,600) and river (2,800), all of which were called by Netter, who tossed his cards into the muck pile after Hachem tabled for trips at the showdown.
After the hand, Hachem stacked up 25,700 in chips while Netter fell back down to 13,900.
Buchanan Break Even
Preflop, Buchanan opened to 450 and was raised by the cutoff to 1,050. Buchanan made the call and they took a flop. Buchanan check-called a 1,200 chip bet from his opponent.
The turn saw Buchanan check-call a 2,000 chip bet from the cutoff. They moved to the river where they both checked.
The river was a kind card to Buchanan's who back-doored the flush to stay in the game. He's back to 20,000.
Pinzone Can't Quite Get a Fold
The turn was the and the small blind checked to Pinzone who fired 3,800. The small blind made the call and the river fell the . Again the play checked to Pinzone who released 6,500. His opponent thought for a long time before making the call. It was a good call as Pinzone tabled which wasn't enough to better his opponent's .
Pinzone slips to 29,000.
Woods Axed
The flop fell .
Woods checked to Topakas who made a bet of 1,600. Woods made the call and the two were off to the turn.
The turn brought the and Woods again check-raised Topakas' bet of 3,000 to 17,100, or, his whole stack.
Topakas insta-called and tabled for a bigger flopped set than Woods' .
The fell on the river and ironically three eights couldn't hold up for Woods, a Team 888poker player, and he hit the rail.