2011 Aussie Millions

Event #4: No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 Aussie Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kk
Prize
37,920 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
1,000 AUD
Entries
158
Level Info
Level
19
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
2,000

Five-Bet Win for Lewis

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 300 ante
Toby Lewis
Toby Lewis

Sam Vakili opened to 4,000 from early position with Justin Walch making the call from the hi-jack before Toby Lewis three-bet the cutoff to 12,700.

With the action on Charlie Combes in the small blind, he cut out a four-bet amounting to 23,500.

Vakili passed, as did Walch, before Lewis instantly moved all in for 79,700.

Nearly four minutes went by before Combes kicked his cards to the muck to see Lewis snag the healthy pot.

Tags: Charlie CombesJustin WalchSam VakiliToby Lewis

Small One for Keys

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 300 ante

James Keys opened the button to 3,300 and Neil Channing made the call from the big blind.

Both players checked down the {Q-Clubs}{8-Spades}{4-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{6-Spades} flop to see Keys table his {K-Clubs}{J-Hearts}.

Channing flashed his {K-Spades} and mucked his hand to see his fellow countryman collect the small pot.

Tags: Neil ChanningJames Keys

Level: 9

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 100

Ben Delaney Eliminated in 18th Place (AUD$2,015)

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 300 ante

Jack Powell entered the pot with a raise to 2,800 from the lo-jack and managed to find three callers from his direct left with Ben Delaney, David Morton and James Keys all making the call as the blinds folded.

Powell checked the {5-Clubs}{8-Spades}{7-Hearts} flop as Delaney tossed in a bet of 7,500. Morton made the call, but it would be Keys who displayed some aggression by bumping it to 19,500.

Powell's cards quickly hit the muck before Delaney started breaking down what remained of his stack before pushing it all in - which roughly amounted to 81,000. Morton passed, but Keys instantly made the call.

Delaney: {5-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}
Keys: {8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}

With a sick cooler of set-over-set potentially putting Delaney on the rail, the {3-Hearts} on the turn changed little and left him needing to spike the last five in the deck.

Unfortunately for one of Australia's most talented poker players - both on the felt and from behind the screen - the river landed the {K-Diamonds} to see Delaney bow out in 18th place for an AUD$2,015 payday as Keys soars to 205,000 in chips.

Tags: Ben DelaneyDavid MortonJack PowellJames Keys

Combes Four-Bets

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 300 ante

Charlie Combes opened to 2,700 from early position only to have Andrew Teng three-bet to 8,000 from the button.

Once the blinds passed, Combes mulled over a decision for near on two minutes before making it 18,600 total.

Ten deliberated, and then mucked to slip to 93,000 as Combes collected the pot to move to 115,000 in chips.

Tags: Andrew TengCharlie Combes

Check-Raise Victory for Vakili

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 300 ante

Toby Lewis entered the pot with a raise to 3,000 and was met with calls from John Eames and Sam Vakili from the cutoff and small blind respectively.

Lewis continued with a bet of 5,700 on the {K-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{5-Spades} flop with Eames making the call from the button before Vakili upped it to 16,400.

Lewis quickly kicked his cards to the muck, but Eames spent a little longer deliberating before eventually finding a fold as Vakili collected the pot to move to 88,000 in chips.

Tags: Sam VakiliJohn EamesToby Lewis

Georges Up, Georges Down

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 300 ante

After taking a considerable chunk of chips from Jack Powell, Sam Georges has just seen his new-found chips head in the direction of Daniel Neilson.

Catching the action on the river with the board reading {A-Spades}{3-Clubs}{5-Spades}{8-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} and the pot sitting at roughly 40,000, Georges fired out a bet of 15,000 from the big blind.

From the button, Daniel Neilson deliberated for some time before making the call.

Georges tabled his {K-Spades}{3-Hearts} for bottom pair as Neilson's {A-Clubs}{6-Hearts} would see the Australian tournament regular collect the pot to move to 122,000 as Georges slips to 103,000 in chips.

Tags: Daniel NeilsonSam Georges

Queensland Flood Relief . . . Do Your Part To Help The Cause!

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 300 ante

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.

$80, $60, $20 or $15, 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.

Final Eighteen Re-Draw

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 300 ante

Table 29

SeatPlayerChip Count
1Soren Blanner91,700
2Charlie Combes91,600
3John Eames91,500
4David Lacchia91,600
5Sam Vakili85,100
6Dean Nyberg85,000
7Andrew Teng91,700
8Justin Walch91,600
9Toby Lewis91,600

Table 32

SeatPlayerChip Count
1James Keys91,600
2Barry Drysdale92,100
3Neil Channing91,500
4Daniel Neilson86,600
5Chris Yea91,900
6Sam Georges92,800
7Jack Powell91,900
8Ben Delaney92,000
9David Morton85,600