Under the gun +1 raised up front to 5,500. When the action came to the button, all of that players chips went in the middle, all 24,500 of them. Ryan Mckay in the big blind then looked to his left at the initial raiser and after some thought pushed in his stack of orange and greys- enough to put his other opponent all-in. Thinning the field as the original aggressor fled, it would be one player tournament life on the line.
McKay:
Button:
"Yep, for the second time this tourney," said McKay as he saw his opponents jacks hit the table.
When the board ran out , the jack on the flop all but sealed victory for the button player and McKay took a hit to his stack.
Daniel Neilson is still hanging in there, but he is starting to make some moves. An early position player made it 4,000 to go, at which point Neilson, directly to his left moved all-in for a bit over 20,000. Folding back around to the aggressor, he tanked and folded. Neilson picks up some much needed chips as the blinds rise to 1,000/2,000.
Wth Barny Boatman in the big blind it was folded to a player in late position who moved all-in for 12,300. With everyone else out of the way Boatman made the call.
Boatman:
LP:
Board:
Boatman continues to grow his stack, now sitting with over 60,000.
Billy Jordanou could be seen walking away from his table well before the cards were out on the board.
Moving all-in for his remaing 14,000, Jordanou held , while his opponent tabled . As if knowing it was not his day Jordanou gathered his things and began to leave, barely getting a glimpse of the which rolled out on the board.
If you've had a chance to take a look at the prizepool on the payouts page, you will notice that every amount has some odd-change on the end of it.
$220, $120, $70 or $20, regardless of the exact amount, you may all be wondering why the staff here conducting the 2011 Aussie Millions have created the prizepool in this way, instead of the clean payouts tournaments have come to expect.
Well, Australia recently had a disastrous flood strike the north-eastern state of Queensland creating millions of dollars in damage, destroying thousands upon thousands of homes, and unfortunately seeing many lives lost.
Although the worst of the conditions may be behind us, the majority of Queenslanders and their communities have been completely devastated by this natural disaster.
With many people needing their whole lives rebuilt, people from around Australia and the world have been donating at will to help Queensland pick themselves up and get back on track once the water - that at points has risen over the two metre (close to ten feet) mark - decreases to a manageable level.
Consequently, Crown Casino is looking to do their part in the Queensland Flood Relief program and have placed collection tins at eighty locations throughout the complex - from the poker room, retail stores, restaurant and bars - with all funds being raised being directly donated to the Queensland Premier's Disaster Relief Appeal fund via the Salvation Army.
Here in the poker room, their hope is that when people cash out during the Aussie Millions, that they will donate the odd change of their payouts (and hopefully) more to the cause - and whatever is collected (from all the collection tins around the complex), Crown Casino will match dollar-for-dollar!
So even if the Queensland floods haven't directly affected you, please help by donating some change or a few big blinds to the cause, and if you can't get down to the Crown Casino during the Aussie Millions, information on how to donate to the Queensland Flood Relief can be found here.