Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
2011 Aussie Millions
Event #9: Aussie Millions Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 Aussie Millions
Buy-in
10,000 AUD
Prize Pool
7,210,000 AUD
Entries
721
Level
27
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
0
We're Back!
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Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
The players have resumed their seats and after the house band finished their set (capped off with AC/DC's "Thunderstruck" and Bon Jovi's "It's My Life"), the cards are back in the air!
Bringing Out The Big Guns!
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
We've just received confirmation that the following four players are about to make their way down to the Crown Poker Room very shortly:
- Patrik Antonius
- Howard Lederer
- Tom Dwan
- Phil Ivey
So if you were planning to come down to rail them today, now would be a good time to get your butt into gear!
Everything's Coming Up Eights for Akenhead
Level 2
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James Akenhead made it 500 to go, and the button three-bet to 1,150, leaving himself 3,000 behind. Akenhead called, and the flop came out 
. James checked to the shortstack, who moved all in. It was an easy call for Mr. Akenhead, who showed 
for a flopped set. His opponent, with 
, was drawing to running sixes for his tournament life and was dead after the 
turn. It was Akenhead who caught quads with the 
on the river.
King Dan Krushing
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Dan "King Dan" Smith has built quite a stack, and we investigated to find out how it happened. Sounds like rather than one giant hand, he's been taking down most of the pots at his table. And that means prime material for goading his good friend and tablemate Tony "Bond18" Dunst.
"I bluffed Tony!" Smith announced proudly. But it turns out his bluff was really a bottom-pair value bet as Tony said his difficult fold was just king-high.
"You could just say I'm punishing Tony!"
Dunst agreed with that assessment. "He's beaten me out of every pot."
Another player at the table grumbled, "He's beaten everyone out of every pot."
He Has Arrived!
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
The railbirds suddenly rushed over to feature table 31 and it almost felt like the entire building tilted to one side, as a familiar sky-blue hat popped up in the Crown Poker Room.
That can only mean one thing - the one, the only, Phillip Q. Ivey, Esq. is in the hizz-ouse! He's now in seat 10, alongside fellow Full Tilt Poker stablemates James Akenhead and Perry Friedman, as well as Terrence Chan and Leo Boxell.
This has to easily be the most incredible Aussie Millions Day 1a line-up in history!
Respect The Aussie
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Apparently nobody respects the under the gun raises of past Aussie Millions Main Event champions as Stewart Scott just got five callers after a raise to 550.
Flop: 
With a check behind him, Stewart also opted to check before one player put in a 1,500 chip bet. With action back around to Scott he slid in a raise to 5,025. Now the Aussie champ gets some respect as all five players fall like flies.
Update
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
56,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
||
|
52,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
|
32,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
||
|
26,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
||
|
24,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
17,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
|
16,800
-3,200
|
-3,200 |
|
14,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
||
|
13,925
-6,075
|
-6,075 |
|
|
||
|
13,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
|
||
|
10,600
-400
|
-400 |
|
|
||
|
|
8,200
-11,800
|
-11,800 |
Neilson Runner-Runnered
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Daniel Neilson bet 700 from the big blind at a 
flop, and his opponent called. He bet 1,500 after the turn, and again, his opponent called. The on the river paired the board, and Neilson fired a third bullet. The other player flatted the 2,500-chip bet and showed 
for running trip fours. Neilsen mucked unhappily, dropping into the danger zone with just 2,700 left.
Ivey in the Penalty Box
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
We're not in Kansas anymore. No, we're in Oz. And Down Under, it seems everyone is treated equally. That means even Phil Ivey is subject to the same rules as the rest of the field. At the Crown, players are not allowed to use their phones for Internet, texting, tweeting, or anything else while sitting at the table. Ivey got up from the table to discuss sports betting lines on the phone in between hands, but then he sat back down at the table and sent a text message.
Boom! The floor came over and explained that he'd broken the rules. No warning for the man. Instead, he was issued a five-minute penalty. That made him furious. Several levels of floor staff were called in to discuss the rule with him. Ivey claimed he didn't know about the rule, but the floor didn't buy it. They reminded him of the all of the other years he has played at the Crown and assured him the rules were always the same. One pointed out that he'd played the $100k yesterday and thus had to have been made aware that he couldn't text at the table.
Ivey told the floor that the rule meant he wouldn't be able to play these tournaments anymore and that he'd just continue taking penalties until he ran out of chips. So far, however, he is getting up to send his texts.