Event #19: No-Limit Hold'em - Bounties
Day 1 Started
2011 Aussie Millions
Event #19: No-Limit Hold'em - Bounties
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 Aussie Millions
Buy-in
1,500 AUD
Entries
235
Level
24
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
3,000
The Last Days; Bounties Event Set To Begin
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The last few days of the Aussie Millions are here and as such players will be more eagre than ever to try and secure one of the last gold rings on offer with the Event #19: $1,650 No-Limit Hold'em w/ Bounties. This is it, the home stretch!
With the Event #9: Aussie Millions Main Event down to the last eight there are hundreds of players still in town rearing to get on the felt and outwit their opponents to take down a title, and what better event than the Bounties event.
The last few years have seen this feature event played earlier in the series and has historically drawn some of the bigger fields with 450 players taking to this event in 2009. It will be the first time it has been played later in the schedule and it will be interesting to see what sort of numbers turn out.
The reigning champion of this event is one Jonathan Karamalikis who took down the six-figure first prize against a 381 player deep field. Some other final table alumni to this event in the past few years include David Steike, Grant Levy, Ben Delaney, Liv Boeree and Neil Channing.
With one bounty on each table featuring a $1,000 price tag on their head, the action will be flying fast, so sit back and try and relax as the PokerNews Live Reporting Team brings you all the excitement of one of the last events at the 2011 Aussie Millions!
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Let's Start It Up
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
The cards are in the air folks.
There are still many players yet to take seats and plenty in line to register!
How It Will Work
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Today will start with ten handed tables, playing down until there are 32 players remaining, wherby the event will become a four table shootout format.
The starting stack will be 10,000 while the blinds will kick off at 25/50.
What about the bounties? Well, the player with the target on their head will be in seat 10. Eliminating them will mean $1,000 in cold hard cash for the lucky player.
Who's At The Felt
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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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 | |
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10,000 | |
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10,000 | |
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10,000 |
Bounty Romanello
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Full Tilt Red Pro Roberto Romanello is the bounty over on his table and one player has already tangled with him to leave Romanello's stack a little less full.
A couple of early position players would limp before Romanello threw in a raise to 250. The cutoff would call, as would Andrew Hinrichsen in the small blind. What was once a five player pot would quickly be reduced as the first limper made it 1,200 to stay in. All players got out of the way except Romanello who made the call.
Flop: 
The player led into Romanello with another 1,200 chip bet. Romanello thought for a few moments before folding his hand.
Romanello now is at risk of being stacked and his bounty taken, as he sits with a few thousand less than most of the players at his table.
More Arrive
More notable players have arrived and taken their sets at the felt and those include:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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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 | |
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10,000 | |
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10,000 | |
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10,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
The Bounties
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
The bounties at the tables vary from big names to familiar names and unknowns but a quick look around the room will show you that Tyron Krost, Vesko Zmukic, Roberto Romanello and Mel Judah all have targets on their heads.
Graeme "KiwiG" Putt also features as a bounty, but it's the player on his direct right who is getting just as much attention and that is 2005 WSOP Main Event Champion, Joe Hachem.