James Akenhead just had his tournament life on the line three times in just a few hands. But a stack which was once down to 375, is now up to a healthy 5,000.
The first time Akenhead found himself all-in preflop, it was for only a few blinds and he had to watch on as Eric Assadourian and two opponents battled out the hand. Akenhead holding and turning a , it would be enough to take down his share of the pot and increase his stack to 1,725.
The next hand Akenhead moved allin and picked up the blinds and antes.
"One double-up and you're back in it!", exclaimed Assadourian.
As if taking heed from these words, Akenhead was allin just a couple of hands later, picking up and doubling up through an opponent holding .
Full Tilt Poker Red Pro Scott Montgomery may be best known for being part of the 2008 World Series of Poker, the inaugural "November Nine." But Montgomery has since proved that his appearance at that final table was not all luck, with a WSOP bracelet coming Montgomery's way at last years series in the $1,000 NLHE event.
The win added $481,760 to Montgomery's bankroll and increased his lifetime earnings to over $4,000,000. He will be looking to take that form into this years Aussie Millions in Melbourne, Australia.
Andrew Hinrichsen has had a massive change of luck this morning. The young player was down to 3,000 early but as we came back to break our PokerNews reporter noticed he was sitting behind a stack of almost 37,000.
According to players at the table, Hinrichsen was allin preflop with and had two callers, holding and . His Aces held and the Hinrichsen heater continues.
After falling to 3,000 early, Andrew Hinrichsen is building back up as we close in on the first break of the day.
With two early callers preflop, a late postion player raised to 750. Andrew Hinrichsen then made it 1,950 to play from the button. The limpers got out of the way and the raiser made the call.
Flop:
Hinrichsen's opponent took this opportunity to lead out for a respectable 200 chip bet. Hinrichsen made the call, obviously doing the math and working out he had the right odds.
The rolled out on the turn and Hinrichsen's opponent led out for 1,200, a call would bring a river.
The on the river and another bet from the aggressor, this time 2,500.
Hinrichsen made the call and turned over , picking off the bluff of his opponents .
Hinrichsen now has 16,000 a farcry from earlier in the day
Faced with a raise to 525 and with one caller behind, Billy Jordanou re-raised to 1,500. Both players called.
With all that aggression pre-flop you wouldn't have been amiss to think this pot would see alot of action but as the board ran out , with it came checks from every player on all streets.
Joradnou turned over , while one of his opponents showed . Jordanou taking down the moderate pot to add to his growing stack.
Tony "Bond18" Dunst is no more after getting his short stack in against one player. Dunst held against his opponents . With a spiked on the turn the opening event was over for Dunst. Dunst invested multiple days and multiple buy-ins for this event but found himself falling short.
Also finding himself behind the rail after getting all his chips in on the flop was Peter Aristidou. The of Aristidou was no good for his opponents on a board. The Melbourne local will be looking to find better luck throughout the Aussie Millions!
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and turning a 
, it would be enough to take down his share of the pot and increase his stack to 1,725.
and doubling up through an opponent holding 
, with around 8,000 in the pot. At this stage Rubie pushed a stack of chips in, enough to put his opponents last 5,600 at risk.
for a rivered two pair. Rubie tabled 
, or as it's better known in this situation- Air!
on the river and another bet from the aggressor, this time 2,500.
, picking off the bluff of his opponents 
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board. The Melbourne local will be looking to find better luck throughout the Aussie Millions!
