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

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

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

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

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

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 50

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

Sarwer Pawn'd

Level 6 : 300/600, 50 ante
Jeffrey Sarwer
Jeffrey Sarwer

Chess prodigy Jeffrey Sarwer is the next player to find himself heading to the rail.

After losing a race holding {A-}{K-} against {5-}{5-}, a now short-stacked Sarwer committed what remained of his stack with {6-}{2-} against the very opponent who crippled him and his {A-}{K-}.

Sarwer would again fall short and be bounced to the rail - unable to add to his one Aussie Millions cash from the Event 1: $1,100 Opening Event (60th place for AUD$3,570).

Tags: Jeffrey Sarwer

Combes Advances

Level 6 : 300/600, 50 ante

Charlie Combes is the first player to progress through to the second round.

Amassing a 91,525-chip stack, Combes defeated the likes of Michael Greco, Martin Comer, Raj Ramakrishnan and Dominik Nitsche to progress.

Tags: Charlie Combes

Rubie Exits, Yea In Control

Level 6 : 300/600, 50 ante

Brendon Rubie opened with a raise preflop before Chris Yea three-bet from the big blind.

Rubie made the call, and when the {Q-}{J-}{9-} flop brought about a continuation-bet from Yea, Rubie bumped it up with a two-bet.

Yea moved all in and Rubie made the call for his tournament life.

Rubie: {Q-}{J-}
Yea: {10-}{8-}

With Rubie's two-pair trailing, the turn and river blanked out to see him hit the rail as Yea - the brother of Full Tilt Poker Red Pro Steve - moves to 63,000 in chips.

Tags: Steve YeaChris YeaBrendon RubieFull Tilt Poker

Delaney Crushing

Level 6 : 300/600, 50 ante

Ben Delaney has just soared into great position to progress through to the next stage after eliminating three opponents - two of which were in the same hand.

In the first hand, one player pushed his last 8,000 holding {Q-}{Q-} only to have Vladimir Geshkenbein commit his last 7,000 with {10-}{10-}.

Delaney made the call holding {A-}{J-}, and when an ace spiked on the turn, he sent two players to the rail while climbing to 51,000.

Just a few hands later, Delaney would open his button to 1,500 only to have Darren Kramer make it 4,400 from the big blind. Delaney pushed, Kramer called for roughly his last 23,000 and we were off to the races.

Kramer: {8-Clubs}{8-Hearts}
Delaney: {A-Spades}{J-Diamonds}

The board ran out {J-Clubs}{A-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{J-Spades}{6-Clubs} to end Kramer's tournament while sending Delaney soaring up to 73,000.

Tags: Vladimir GeshkenbeinDarren FletcherBen DelaneyVesko Zmukic