2011 Aussie Millions

Event #8: $100,000 Challenge
Day: 1
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
Entries
38
Level Info
Level
14
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
0

Bloom Busts Cheung

Level 6 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante
Tony Bloom
Tony Bloom

Derek Cheung raised from under the gun to 14,500. Tony Bloom reraised the pot from the big blind. Cheung went all in for roughly 100,000 and Bloom called.

Bloom: {8-Diamonds}{8-Spades}
Cheung: {K-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}

The board ran out {5-Spades}{3-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{9-Hearts} and Bloom's eights held up. Cheung was eliminated on the hand while Bloom saw his stack grow to 220,000 in chips.

Tags: Derek CheungTony Bloom

Obst Rains on Seidel's Parade

Level 6 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

Erik Seidel raised from the cutoff seat on the next hand following the one where his jacks held up to bust Peter Jetten. He made it 11,000 to go and James Obst three-bet from the big blind to 34,000. Seidel four-bet to 80,000 and this hand was looking very similar to the last one. Obst moved all in for 291,000 and Seidel called.

Seidel: {J-Diamonds}{J-Spades}
Obst: {K-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}

Seidel got back-to-back pocket jacks and was eyeing another big pot if he could hold once again. The flop came down {A-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} and although he didn't hit yet, Obst picked up a world of outs.

The turn brought the {3-Hearts} and Seidel only needed to dodge the river card. The dealer slapped the {K-Spades} on the felt and Obst spiked to win the hand. He saw his stack vault to 583,500 while Seidel dropped way down to 250,000 after winning a huge pot last hand.

Tags: Erik SeidelJames Obst

Yu Yelping at Double

Level 6 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

Winfred Yu made it 12,500 from middle position before Jonathan Karamalikis eyed his stack off and slid in 40,000-worth of yellow 5,000-denomination chips.

Yu's full time bank was utilized before he folded while slipping to roughly 40,000.

The following hand, Yu opened to 12,500 only to have Chris Ferguson three-bet to 29,000. Yu pushed his 38,500 into the pot and Ferguson called the additional 9,500 to put Yu at risk.

Yu: {K-Clubs}{9-Clubs}
Ferguson: {A-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}

The {K-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{3-Clubs} flop put Yu squarely in the lead, and once the {10-Clubs} dropped on the turn, Yu was ensured the double to 87,000 as the {2-Clubs} completed the board.

Tags: Winfred YuChris Ferguson

Seidel Goes Boom and Busts Jetten

Level 6 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante
Peter Jetten - out
Peter Jetten - out

Erik Seidel raised to 12,000 from the button before Peter Jetten three-bet to 37,000 from the small blind. Seidel then four-bet to 75,000 after Andrew Feldman folded from the big blind. Jetten moved all in for 224,000 and Seidel called.

Seidel: {J-Spades}{J-Hearts}
Jetten: {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}

The flop came down {9-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} and Seidel's jacks stayed in the lead. The turn brought the {4-Diamonds} and the river the {A-Spades}. Jetten's tens went down and with that he was eliminated from the tournament. Seidel saw his stack boom to 556,000 in chips and he's currently in second place.

Tags: Erik SeidelPeter Jetten

Trickett Clips Kinkade

Level 6 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

Alexander Kostritsyn opened to 12,000 from under the gun and both Sam Trickett and Jay Kinkade made the call from the button and big blind.

On a flop of {8-Spades}{9-Hearts}{10-Clubs}, Trickett's bet of 19,000 was check-called by Kinkade as Kostritsyn got out of the way before the {4-Diamonds} arrived on the river.

Kinkade checked and Trickett fired a second barrel amounting to 24,000 to force a fold from Kinkade as he slipped to 110,000 while Trickett returned to being over the 600,000-chip mark.

Tags: Jay KinkadeSam TrickettAlexander Kostritsyn

Level: 6

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 0

Jetten Loving The Ladies

Level 6 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

Nikolay Evdakov opened to 10,000 under the gun only to be faced with a three-bet to 30,000 from the button's Peter Jetten.

Evdakov made the call before checking the {6-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} flop as Jetten fired out a continuation-bet of 35,000.

Evdakov check-raised all in and Jetten immediately called for his 96,500 total.

Evdakov: {9-Spades}{9-Clubs}
Jetten: {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}

The turn and river landed the {2-Clubs} and {8-Spades} to send Jetten soaring up to 260,000 as Evdakov was left with only 145,000 in chips.

Tags: Nikolay EvdakovPeter Jetten

Jordanou Climbing

Level 5 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

Nikolay Evdakov made it 10,000 from the cutoff and found calls from Billy Jordanou and Erik Seidel from the button and small blind respectively.

The {5-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{4-Spades} flop was checked through to see the {5-Spades} roll off on the turn and a bet of 20,000 follow from Seidel.

Evdakov folded as Jordanou raised it up to 70,000. Seidel passed while slipping to 340,000 as Jordanou received a loud cheer from his rail as he moved to 210,000.

Tags: Billy JordanouErik SeidelNikolay Evdakov