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

01-26-2010 18:34 UTC+11

Ruecker Rides The Bike

Tony G is moving up the chip count leaderboard after making quads to eliminate an unlucky Dixon Ruecker.

Ruecker held pocket kings and got his last chips in preflop against Guoga's pocket sixes.

However the board of {7-Clubs}

gave Guoga quads to send Ruecker on his bike as the G moves up to 55,000.

Tags: Dixon Ruecker Tony G

01-26-2010 18:32 UTC+11

Robert Wang Doubles

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We caught the action on an interesting double up hand for Robert Wang on the turn. Wang hand just moved the rest of his chips in (about 6,000) on a board of {4-Clubs}

. The opponent went into the tank for a good while before opting to make the call with {A-Spades}

.

Wang was very happy to receive the donation turning over {A-Hearts}

. The river was a brick {10-Spades}

shipping 26,000 in chips to Wang.

Tags: Robert Wang

01-26-2010 18:27 UTC+11

Calling Works Best For Cabrera

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Abel Cabrera has played a slow and steady game so far today. An example of it occured recently where he opted for a call down on an opponent.

The opponent opened to 900 chips preflop, with Cabrera calling in position. They took a {5-Hearts}

flop and the opponent bet 900, Cabrera went with the flat call. The opponent would lead 900 again on both the turn {4-Clubs}

and river

with Cabrera making the call on both occasions.

The opponent rolled over {a-Diamonds}

to be beaten by Cabrera's {A-Hearts}

.

Cabrera's conservative strategy has him sitting on 24,000.

Tags: Abel Cabrera

01-26-2010 18:25 UTC+11

Time for a Massage!

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Quite often at the WSOP you may see four, five or maybe sometimes even more players getting massages at the one table. The long days of the World Series grind take their toll and players need to receive a little work to keep themselves feeling nice and relaxed at the tables.

Massages aren't quite as common here in Australia but the Best Hands Shiatsu Massage team are being kept rather busy today especially at table 27 where there are three players including Matthew Pearson all enjoying a nice massage. That may just be a record for the Crown Poker Room.

Tags: Matthew Pearson

01-26-2010 18:19 UTC+11

Marcos Doubles Up

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Michael Marcos has just doubled through to 18,000 after getting it all in with a monster draw against an opponent's top set.

On a flop showing {Q-Clubs}

, Marcos moved all in for a total of 8,025 and an opponent looked him up with {Q-Clubs}

. Marcos tabled {8-Diamonds}

for a straight flush draw.

The turn brought the {J-Clubs}

, completing Marcos' straight and on the river -- {2-Diamonds}

-- he improved even further, finishing up with a diamond flush to secure the double up.

Tags: Michael Marcos

01-26-2010 18:12 UTC+11

Sampieri Eliminated

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Short-stack Michael Sampieri has just been eliminated from the main event by Dean Nyberg.

Sampieri moved all in before the flop for his last 2,700 holding {A-Hearts}

and was called by Nyberg who looked him up with pocket eights.

A {10-Clubs}

board later, Sampieri joined the rail.

Tags: Michael Sampieri

01-26-2010 18:01 UTC+11

Update from the Upper Deck

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Here are a few chip counts from the players seated up in Studio 3:

Jonathan Karamalikis - 27,000
Tony Hachem - 15,300
David Bach - 22,400
Billy Sukkar - 22,700
John Juanda - 10,500
Denis Murphy - 19,200
George Mamacas - 20,000
Peter Roh - 8,000
Joe Hachem - 16,400

01-26-2010 17:58 UTC+11