All smiles for now.
After climbing up to over 140,000, then dipping down to below 80,000 Shak is now up to the 150,000.
Retold to us by the floor staff here at Crown, on a flop of Shak bet, and Todd Brandis moved all in, which had Shak covered. Shak made the call with , and Brandis was drawing with .
The completed Brandis' straight, but left Shak outs with a heart draw.
The hit on the river, and Dan Shak made his flush allowing him to continue his great showing at this years Aussie Millions
Annette Obrestad opened from under the gun for 2,700 and found a caller in Simon Kidson.
The flop fell . Kidson checked and Obrestad tossed in a bet of 3,300. Kidson raised to 10,000. Obrestad thought for a minute before firing out a stack of yellow chips (5,000 denomination), putting Kidson to the test for the rest of his stack.
Kidson made the call and tabled to Annette's .
The turn brought the and the river the to send Kidson to the rail.
The "I've got chips, back off" look
Chad Wiedenhoeft started the day with a sizable stack, but with the sizable number of notable pros upstairs in the studio he has gone somewhat unnoticed by our crew. We're full on top of things now, as he has a massive stack of close to 400,000.
Ben Delaney on Day 1b of the Main Event
A player in middle position opened a recent heads-up pot against Ben Delaney with a raise to 3,600. Delaney made the call from the hijack position and the two saw the flop come .
Delaney's opponent then fired a 4,500 continuation bet, and Delaney responded with a raise to 14,500. His opponent stuck around to see the turn -- .
On the turn, action was checked to Delaney who fired a 15,000 bet, prompting his opponent to surrender.
Delaney stacked up just over 80,000 in chips with the win.
Poker is a sport.
We reported on Sunday that Sorel Mizzi was rocking a sweat band on his wrist. Well, apparently its more of a lucky charm than a catch all for his perspiration.
At a recent dinner break with some of the PokerNews crew, Mizzi told us that last year while at an Australian Open tennis match featuring Roger Federer, that he caught Federer's sweat band when he threw it into the crowd after a win.
Later during that trip to Melbourne, Mizzi told us Roger Federer and he shared an elevator ride at Crown, where Mizzi told him he caught his sweat band earlier in the week. Federer smiled and said "congratulations!"
It has not been worn by Mizzi in a tournament to date, but if he keeps up his performance at this event, we'll surely see him rocking it in the future.
The feature table is now in full effect filming mode, meaning it's more difficult than before to actually see the action. We'll do our best to find out the bust out hands, but both James Akenhead and John Juanda have been eliminated from the 2010 Aussie Millions Main Event.
On a board showing , Izzy Kranz checked to Andy Lichtenberger who fired a 5,500 bet holding . Kranz then kicked it up to 11,000 and Lichtenberger moved all in over the top, hoping to push Kranz off his hand. The move failed, however, and Kranz made the call holding for top, top.
The turn and river then blanked , and Kranz took down the hand, improving to 126,000 in chips.
Possibly not an accurate depiction, but it looks kind of like this.
The feature table is full again. Gus Hansen, John Juanda, James Akenhead and Jackie Glazier are under the lights.
At one point down to his last 1,500, John Juanda just wont quit. He has now doubled up to 28,000 courtesy of a double up through James Akenhead. The two were all in preflop, Juanda holding and Akenhead holding two black fives.
The board hit Juanda hard coming out .
Akenhead is the player on life support now, barely hanging on.
Shak bet, and Todd Brandis moved all in, which had Shak covered. Shak made the call with 
, and Brandis was drawing with 
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completed Brandis' straight, but left Shak outs with a heart draw. 
hit on the river, and Dan Shak made his flush allowing him to continue his great showing at this years Aussie Millions
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was no match for Kerper's aces and with that Korman's Day 2 was over.
. Kidson checked and Obrestad tossed in a bet of 3,300. Kidson raised to 10,000. Obrestad thought for a minute before firing out a stack of yellow chips (5,000 denomination), putting Kidson to the test for the rest of his stack.
to Annette's 
and the river the 
to send Kidson to the rail.
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