Maria Ho found herself all in against Alfred Grech.
Ho: 
Grech: 
With an expected chop the 
gave Ho a sweat for the last of her chips, but she happily saw her 7,300 pushed back to her to remain alive in today's tournament.
Michael Pedley found his last 6,625 in the middle holding 
against an opponent's 
.
The flop of 
gave Pedley's opponent an additional nine outs, but when the turn and river landed the 
and 
, Pedley comfortably doubled to over 13,500.
For Pedley, the Aussie Millions is a tournament that has a great place in his career as he collected his major tournament victory here in 2008 when he captured the $1,100 No Limit Holdem Rebuy title for AUD$168,320.
On a board of 
and under 1,800 in the pot, Michael Greco tossed out a bet of 1,200 from the big blind.
A player in middle position folded as Billy Seri made the call from the button before the small blind's cards also hit the muck.
The river landed the 
, and both players tapped the table to see Greco table his 
for a straight.
Seri mucked, and Greco happily collected the pot to move to over 13,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
22,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
18,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
16,100
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
12,100
2,100
|
2,100 |
|
11,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
11,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
9,500
500
|
500 |
|
8,500
1,500
|
1,500 |
|
8,300
1,700
|
1,700 |
|
6,800
3,200
|
3,200 |
|
6,525
3,475
|
3,475 |
|
||
|
|
6,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
5,100
4,900
|
4,900 |
|
|
2,900
7,100
|
7,100 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Rob Campbell has just received the first penalty of not only today's tournament, but also of the 2011 Aussie Millions!
Campbell approached our PokerNews reporter and explained that he assumed the tournament was ten-handed and counted two around believe he was in seat eight. Unfortunately for Campbell, the tournament is currently being contested eleven-handed, and consequently sat in seat nine.
With the Tournament Director being notified when the actual seven-seat player was confused, Campbell was forced to hit the rail for an orbit penalty.
For Campbell however, he isn't the only player to have experienced this fate as Tony "Bond18" Dunst approached the PokerNews blogging desk asking if we need a field reporter for a few minutes as he too sat in the wrong seat and was awarded a penalty.
When will poker players learn to count?
With three players committing 300 preflop to see a 
flop fall, we found one player push out a bet of 575 before Full Tilt Poker Red Pro James Akenhead made it 1,500 to go.
The third player in the hand - Ismail Ismail - paused for a moment before check-raising to 3,700 to force folds from firstly the flop aggressor before Akenhead kicked his cards to the muck.
As Ismail scooped a small but stack-building pot, Akenhead slipped to just over his starting stack of 10,000.
On a flop of 
we found Peter Aristidou checking the action from the lo-jack to his opponent in the cutoff who opted to fire out a bet of 1,100 into a 1,800-chip pot.
Aristidou contemplated for a few moments before bumping it to 2,500 to force a fold from his opponent as he scooped the pot to move to roughly 13,000.
"So what happened preflop?" asked tablemate and fellow local player Nobbi Tanaka.
"Well I three-bet pre and . . ." responded Aristidou's opponent before the victor of the hand - Aristidou himself - butted in saying, "just click the replay button!"
Currently the field is chopped up into four sections around the Crown Poker Room.
So far the following players have been spotted - but with the line for registration many players deep - plenty more notables are expected to take their seat over the next few levels.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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10,000 | |
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10,000 | |
|
10,000 | |
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10,000 | |
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10,000 | |
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10,000 | |
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10,000 | |
|
10,000 | |
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10,000 | |
|
10,000 | |
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10,000 | |
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10,000 | |
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10,000 | |
|
10,000 | |
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10,000 | |
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10,000 | |
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10,000 | |
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10,000 | |
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10,000 | |
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10,000 | |
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10,000 | |
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10,000 | |
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10,000 | |
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10,000 | |
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10,000 | |
Every player will begin with a 10,000-chip starting stack and will have to battle through twelve forty-minute levels if they are survive for a day two berth.
However, since this is a repechage tournament, if any player busts, they have the option of re-entering either tomorrow, the next day or even both to continue their ambitions of being crowned the Opening Event Champion.
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