2011 Aussie Millions

Event #8: $100,000 Challenge
Day: 1
12
Event Info
2011 Aussie Millions
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
1,525,000 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
100,000 AUD
Prize Pool
3,800,000 AUD
Total Entries
38
Level Info
Level
14
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 38
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Jordanou Slipping

Level 2 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Masa Kagawa opened to 1,500 from under the gun and Billy Jordanou made the call before Jonathan Karamalikis three-bet the button to 6,500.

Kagawa folded but Jordanou made the call the call as the flop landed {A-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} as Jordanou checked and Karamalikis pushed out a continuation-bet of 8,000.

As the clock ticked down, Jordanou eventually timed out as Karamalikis was awarded the pot to move to 140,000 while Jordanou slipped to 65,000 in chips.

Tags: Billy JordanouJonathan KaramalikisMasa Kagawa

Flopped Straight for Pantling

Level 1 : 500/500, 0 ante

Andrew Pantling bet 6,000 on the flop of {Q-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{8-Clubs} into James Obst. Obst raised to 15,000 and Pantling called.

The turn card was the {4-Clubs} and both players checked to see the {2-Hearts} hit the felt on the river. Pantling fired 5,500 and Obst called.

Pantling's {J-Spades}{10-Spades} for a flopped straight was the winning hand and he moved to 170,000 in chips. Obst dropped to 104,000.

Tags: Andrew PantlingJames Obst

Eights Loses to Aces

Level 1 : 500/500, 0 ante

Winfred Yu raised to 1,500 from the cutoff seat. Masa Kagawa reraised to 4,500. Yu came back with a four-bet to 14,500 and Kagawa called.

The flop came down {K-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} and both players checked after some aggressive action preflop. The turn brought the {J-Hearts} and Yu checked before Kagawa bet 12,000. Yu made the call. The river card was the {K-Spades} and both players checked.

Kagawa showed the {8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}, but lost to Yu's {A-Diamonds}{A-Spades}. He dropped back to 66,000 while Yu moved his stack up to 135,000 in chips.

Tags: Masa KagawaWinfred Yu

Nice Hand Erick

Level 1 : 500/500, 0 ante

Erick Lindgren opened to 1,000 with Phil Ivey, Billy Jordanou and Daniel Cates making the call as the flop landed {4-Hearts}{J-Hearts}{4-Spades}.

Lindgren fired out a continuation-bet of 2,500 only to have Jordanou make it 5,500 from the small blind.

Once Cates had passed from the big, Lindgren slid in a three-bet to 13,000 as Jordanou kicked his cards to the muck.

"Nice bet!" stated Jordanou as he slipped to 72,000. Lindgren on the other hand, has just climbed over his starting stack - albeit by a couple of big blinds.

Tags: Erick LindgrenBilly JordanouDaniel CatesPhil Ivey

Broadway for Dwan

Level 1 : 500/500, 0 ante

Joe Hachem opened to 1,500 and both Tom Dwan and Tony Guoga made the call from the blinds.

The {K-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}{J-Hearts} flop was checked through before Guoga led for 3,000 when the turn landed the {10-Spades}.

Hachem passed, but Dwan called before the {4-Spades} was checked through as Dwan tabled his {A-Spades}{6-Spades} for a Broadway straight.

Tags: Tony GuogaJoe HachemTom Dwan

Karamalikis Rivers Full House

Level 1 : 500/500, 0 ante

Jonathan Karamalikis raised from the hijack seat to 1,500. Erick Lindgren called from the cutoff and Phil Ivey called from the big blind. All three players watched the flop come down {7-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{2-Spades} and Ivey checked. Karamalikis fired 2,000 before getting raised to 5,500 from Lindgren. Ivey folded and Karamalikis called.

The turn was the {10-Diamonds} and prompted a check from both players before the {4-Diamonds} fell on the river. Karamalikis fired 9,000 and Lindgren called.

Karamalikis showed that he rivered a full house with the {4-Clubs}{4-Hearts} and Lindgren mucked his hand, laughing in the process as he dropped to 90,000. Karamalikis increased to 130,000.

Tags: Jonathan KaramalikisPhil IveyErick Lindgren

I Can't Get Wid That

Level 1 : 500/500, 0 ante

From under the gun, Phil Ivey raised to 1,500. Jonathan Karamalikis reraised to 4,500 from the cutoff seat. Ivey called.

The flop came down {A-Spades}{Q-Hearts}{9-Hearts} and Ivey check-folded to Karamalikis. He fired 7,000 and won the pot.

Ivey dropped some more chips and is now down to 41,500.

Tags: Phil IveyJonathan Karamalikis

Four-Bet Victory for Rubie

Level 1 : 500/500, 0 ante

David Oppenheim and Erik Seidel both committed 1,000 preflop before [Removed:505] three-bet the button to 3,000.

With the action on Brendon Rubie in the small blind, he put in the first four-bet of the feature table by making it 8,500 to go.

Oppenheim and Seidel both mucked before Kinkade paused just slightly before folding as Rubie picked up some of the chips he lost in the previous hand.

Tags: Brendon RubiDavid OppenheimErik Seidel

Aggression from Rubie Goes Oppenheim's Way

Level 1 : 500/500, 0 ante

David Oppenheim opened the lo-jack with a min-raise to 1,000 as Erik Seidel called next to speak before Brendon Rubie three-bet to 6,000.

Being pot limit preflop however, Rubie was forced to make it 4,500 as both Oppenheim and Seidel called to see a {6-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} flop fall.

From out of the big blind, Rubie slid out a continuation-bet of 11,000 only to have Oppenheim drop in an assortment of chips amounting to a re-raise of 24,000.

Seidel swiftly folded, as did Rubie, to see Oppenheim collect the pot.

Tags: David OppenheimErik SeidelBrendon Rubie

Mizzi Up, Cajelais Down

Level 1 : 500/500, 0 ante

With 20,000 chips already in the pot, the board was {10-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{3-Hearts}{7-Clubs} between Erik Cajelais and Sorel Mizzi. Cajelais fired 16,000 and Mizzi made the call.

The river completed the board with the {9-Hearts} and Cajelais checked. Mizzi bet 34,000 and that was good enough to win him the pot. He's up to 124,000 while Cajelais dropped back to 78,000.

Tags: Erik CajelaisSorel Mizzi