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Level 5
The cards are back in the air!
2011 Aussie Millions
Event #5: 8-Game Mixed Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 Aussie Millions
Buy-in
1,000 AUD
Entries
68
Level
17
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Morton Is The Short-Stack Ninja
Level 5
Seven Card Stud
David Morton completed and Oliver Gill made the call before check-calling a bet on fourth street. Fifth street saw Gill again check, but when Morton continued for 600, he opted to fold.
Morton: (X)(X) / 
Gill: (X)(X) / 
With Gill folding, Morton flashed his split queens as Gill announced he started with three diamonds.
Currently doing his best short-stack ninja impression, Morton has built his 2,700-chip stack back up to 8,800 in chips.
Gorr Ho-lted
Level 5
No Limit Holdem
PokerNews Editor-in-Chief Matthew Parvis stumbled into the poker room to catch some of the Event 5 action.
Maria Ho quickly rushed over to Parvis and grabbed his jumper from him as she is starting to feel the cold in here.
Returning to her table, she woke up to find aces and managed to dispatch of David Gorr.
Once she raked in the pot to move to 21,000, Ho rushed back over to Parvis to thank him for her new-found run good.
Solomon Ships
Level 5
No Limit Holdem
With a button raise to 800 and a call from Bruno Portaro out of the small blind, Jarred Solomon moved all in for his last 6,400.
The button quickly passed, but Portaro went into the tank for a few moments before flashing a king and folding.
"What you have?" asked Harry Demetriou to Portaro.
"King-Queen" Portaro announced.
Why you waste our time?" exclaimed Demetriou.
"I didn't have a good hand, but I had you dominated!" added Solomon as he raked in the pot to move to 8,000 in chips.
Demetriou Slips
Level 5
Pot Limit Omaha
Harry Demetriou limped in from under the gun and Bruno Portaro followed suit from the button as Jarred Solomon completed from the small blind.
With four players active, the 
board was checked down to see Demetriou table his 
, but it would be the unknown player's 
from the big blind that would see him collect the pot.
"I let him get there!" stated Demetriou as he slipped to 21,000 in chips.
Top Set for Pearson
Level 5
Pot Limit Omaha
Matthew Pearson opened to 1,000 from early position and David Morton made the call from the button.
Pearson asked for a count, and when informed that Morton had roughly 5,000 in his stack, he fired out 2,000 on the 
flop.
Morton kicked his cards to the muck as Pearson firstly tabled his 
for top set, before revealing his excellent hi-lo kickers of 
to claim the pot and move to 18,300 in chips.
Just a Straight?
Level 5
Pot Limit Omaha
On a board of 
in a battle of the blinds, both Oliver Gill and Leo Boxell committed 6,100 to the pot as the 
rolled off on the river.
Gill pushed his last 10,800 in to the pot to put Boxell to a decision for his last 8,600.
Over three minutes went by before Boxell eventually released his hand as Gill collected the pot to move to 24,000.
With that, Gill decided to table three cards - the 
- to keep both Boxell and the rest of the table guessing.
Level: 6
Blinds: /
Ante:
Some Photos of the Starting Field
Morton Exits
Level 6
Pot Limit Omaha
David Morton has just seen his tournament life culled courtesy of Leo Boxell.
Having the majority of his chips enter the pot on the flop of , it was Morton's 
against Boxell's 
.
The turn and river landed the 
and 
to see Morton's tournament end as Boxell climbs to 10,000 in chips.