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

Montgomery Exits

Level 6 : 300/600, 50 ante
Scott Montgomery
Scott Montgomery

Full Tilt Poker Red Pro Scott Montgomery pushed from under the gun for roughly his last fifteen big blinds and Gabriel Xiourouppa made the call from the button.

Montgomery: {9-}{8-}
Xiourouppa: {K-}{J-}

Both players caught a pair on the flop, and although Montgomery turned a flush draw, he would brick the river and find himself on the rail.

Tags: Gabriel XiourouppaScott MontgomeryFull Tilt Poker

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 50

Laidlaw Wins Cooler Hand

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Daniel Laidlaw
Daniel Laidlaw

On one of the far tables, we were just informed of an amazing five-handed hand that took place.

Three players saw all their chips enter the pot preflop in an amazing {A-}{A-} versus {K-}{K-} versus {Q-}{Q-} cooler hand.

It would be the worst hand of the lot striking first when a queen spiked on the flop, but when a king landed on the turn, Daniel Laidlaw would be the one gleaming with joy.

No fairy-tale ace on the river would fall as one player exited, one was left crippled and Laidlaw happily soared to 23,000 in chips.

Tags: Daniel Laidlaw

Rubie Gets Aggressive

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

With roughly 1,900 in the pot and the flop reading {J-Hearts}{Q-Spades}{4-Diamonds}, Brendon Rubie fired out a continuation-bet of 1,400 from the button.

The lone player at the table that had him covered made the call from the big blind as the {8-Diamonds} landed on the turn.

Rubie continued for 2,400 with his opponent again taking the check-call line as the {9-Clubs} landed on the river.

Rubie's third barrel of 5,500 would on this occasion find a fold as he happily gathered the pot to move to over the 36,000-chip mark.

Tags: Brendon Rubie

See Ya Stewie

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Stewart Scott
Stewart Scott

With roughly 5,400 remaining in his stack, Stewart Scott moved all in from under the gun. His opponent in the big blind was the only player to give the 2009 Aussie Millions Champion some action.

Scott: {7-}{6-}
Opponent: {A-}{Q-}

With Scott's suited connectors needing to . . . connect . . . the {K-}{4-}{5-} flop gave him additional outs to completing a straight.

Unfortunately for Scott, the turn and river both saw paint drop with the {K-} and {J-}, to force him to the rail.

Tags: Stewart Scott

Pedley Falls

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Michael Pedley
Michael Pedley

After being decimated on the final hand before the break, Michael Pedley committed his last 325 from under the gun.

An opponent in late position made it 1,200 to go before a player in the small blind moved all in to force the preflop raiser to pass.

Pedley: {4-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}
Opponent: {K-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}

A {2-Spades} in the window gave Pedley some hope, but when the entire board filled out {2-Spades}{5-Spades}{5-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}, he was forced to wave goodbye to Event 4.

Tags: Michael Pedley

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Brendon Rubie au
Brendon Rubie
31,800
17,000
17,000
Ben Delaney
Ben Delaney
21,500
1,700
1,700
Vesko Zmukic au
Vesko Zmukic
21,000
11,000
11,000
Vladimir Geshkenbein ru
Vladimir Geshkenbein
19,400
-800
-800
EPT 1X Winner
Darren Kramer za
Darren Kramer
18,800
8,800
8,800
Charles Chua
Charles Chua
18,000
8,000
8,000
Dean Nyberg
Dean Nyberg
17,000
Jie Gao ca
Jie Gao
16,200
3,700
3,700
Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
14,000
-3,000
-3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
11,500
-7,200
-7,200
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Billy Jordanou
Billy Jordanou
3,900
-6,100
-6,100
Bruno Portaro au
Bruno Portaro
Busted
Tony Bloom gb
Tony Bloom
Busted
Michael Greco us
Michael Greco
Busted

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50