One under the gun limp would lead Tom Dwan to raise to 750. A call from Eli Elezra and two other players before it came to the small blind who made it 18,000.
Dwan, staring at the wall behind the player nudged his last stack of 500 denomination chips into the middle and was all-in for just shy of the raise.
The rest of the players involved in the pot tumbled out of the pot, including Elezra, while Dwan would sweat for his tournament.
Dwan:
Opponent:
The board ran out and Dwan was done for the day as he waltzed past several of his fellow Team Full Tilt Poker buddies.
Roberto Romanello bet 1,700 into two opponents after the raised flop fell . Both players called to see the turn. This time, Romanello bet 3,025. His first opponent folded, but the button called. The river was the . Romanello quickly moved all in for about another 8,000. The button gave up, and Romanello continued rebuilding his stack.
Our PokerNews Field Reporter came to table 30 just in time to see Roberto Romanello with his tournament life on the line, but looking good with his against an opponents on a flop.
The on the turn was safe and the on the river wasn't the queen that Romanello's opponent was looking for.
Australia's Dean McIver is down to 14,700 in chips as the action continues here in the 2011 Aussie Millions Main Event.
The action folded to McIver who raised to 525 from the hijack position before the player in the cutoff reraised to 1,225. McIver called, then led out for 1,500 on the flop of .
The cutoff called, then McIver fired out another 1,500 on the turn of the . The cutoff threw out a single 5,000 chip, but because he didn't say anything, as per the standard TDA rules, it was regarded as a call.
McIver then checked the river of the and the cutoff threw out the 5,000 chip again. McIver went deep into the tank and after about four minutes, he laid his hand down, but to his relief his opponent showed !
With so many players in the Aussie Millions Main Event Day 1a today, as well as the regular cash games and the Aussie Millions Teams Event running simultaneously, every table that's available is filled to capacity downstairs in the Crown Poker Room.
As a result, there's one table in the Main Event that's been moved upstairs to Studio 3, right next to the final table of the $100,000 Challenge.
The players are:
Name
Chip Count
Nauv Kashyap
13,400
Helena Wong
12,100
Mike Ivin
11,000
Larry Karambis
15,500
Tom Grigg
13,000
Stewart Scott
13,050
Charlie Combes
22,000
Joe Cassidy
41,000
Andrew Starkey
64,000
*Denotes chip counts after the players had arrived upstairs
We can also report that Mike Ivin has just busted, moving all-in on an board with , but ran into an opponent's .
After a player in middle position opened to 600 and the guy to his left made the call, Justin "Boosted J" Smith defended his big blind. They went three-handed to the flop. Smith opted to lead out for 1,300, and the original raiser bumped it up to 7,000. That left him with about 2,500 behind. The third player got out of the way, and Smith went into the tank. He studied the nearly-all-in player for a few minutes, furrowing his brow and looking back and forth between the board and the man. Finally, he tossed his cards to the dealer and in the same motion, got up to use his phone. Smith is down to 17,000.
With one early position limper it came to Erick Lindgren on the button, who threw one single 500 chip in the pot and announced the raise. The blinds got out of the way and it would be two to see a flop.
Flop:
The aggressor led into Lindgren for 500. Lindgren called.
The turn was the and again it was a bet to Lindgren, this time 1,400. Lindgren called and we would see a river.
With the river brought the and this time a check from the player. Lindgren thought for some time, sussing out if the check was weak or a trap.
Eventually Lindgren would bet 2,000 and his opponent would fold. Did Lindgren have the heart or a sick read? Doesn't matter cause either way he took the pot and moves to 34,000.
Patrik Antonius took his seat shortly after the last break, and he's holding court on Barney Boatman's left. In one recent hand, a player raised to 400 from middle position, and Antonius called on the button. The blinds joined in to see the flop. The small blind checked, and the big blind bet 1,600. The preflop min-raiser folded, Antonius stoically raised to 2,200. That was enough to chase everyone out of the pot. Now PA is just above starting stack and looking a bit sunburned.
Terrence Chan has come out worse for wear after clashing with Phil Ivey in a recent hand on table 31 and as such, he's now down to just 9,000 in chips.
We caught the action on a board that read ; Chan checked to Ivey who shipped his last 10,715 into the middle. Chan went deep into the tank and after about three minutes made the call, however Ivey showed down for a full house.
The Crown Poker Room is bursting at the seams with plenty of spectators railing the Main Event action and a line that is literally heading up the escalator and out the door.
That's because the 2011 Aussie Millions Teams Event is about to get underway. What's particularly special about this year's Teams Event is that it's one of the cheapest championship events of the series - it's only AUD$550 to enter - per team!
And while the players in the queue are waiting to register, they can amble by the feature tables and check out their favorite poker pros in action. Sweet!
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and Dwan was done for the day as he waltzed past several of his fellow Team Full Tilt Poker buddies.
. Both players called to see the 
turn. This time, Romanello bet 3,025. His first opponent folded, but the button called. The river was the 
. Romanello quickly moved all in for about another 8,000. The button gave up, and Romanello continued rebuilding his stack.
on a 
flop.
on the river wasn't the queen that Romanello's opponent was looking for.
.
. The cutoff threw out a single 5,000 chip, but because he didn't say anything, as per the standard TDA rules, it was regarded as a call.
and the cutoff threw out the 5,000 chip again. McIver went deep into the tank and after about four minutes, he laid his hand down, but to his relief his opponent showed 
board with 
, but ran into an opponent's 
; Chan checked to Ivey who shipped his last 10,715 into the middle. Chan went deep into the tank and after about three minutes made the call, however Ivey showed down 
for a full house.