$1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six Handed
Day 1 Completed
2012 Aussie Millions
$1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six Handed
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 Aussie Millions
Buy-in
1,000 AUD
Entries
385
Level
22
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
3,000
Final Day Seating Draw
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Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Table 29
| Seat | Player | Chip Counts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nino Marotta | 138,000 |
| 2 | Darren Kramer | 135,500 |
| 3 | Antonis Kambouroglou | 187,500 |
| 4 | Ben Richardson | 259,500 |
| 5 | Xin Zhao | 226,000 |
| 6 | Ben Lingenfelder | 266,000 |
Table 30
| Seat | Player | Chip Counts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tanya Puppa | 255,000 |
| 2 | Jeremy Cleaver | 90,000 |
| 3 | Tudor Kondevski | 90,000 |
| 4 | Stefan Jedlicka | 414,000 |
| 5 | Kosta Mamaliadis | 421,000 |
| 6 | Peter Skouteris | 75,000 |
Table 32
| Seat | Player | Chip Counts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Tucker | 58,500 |
| 2 | Craig Cockburn | 474,500 |
| 3 | Joel Dodds | 304,000 |
| 4 | Brian Roberts | 132,500 |
| 5 | Tom Middleton | 260,500 |
| 6 | Tomi Aalto | 292,500 |
Cockburn Leads as 18 Remain
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
A huge field of poker’s elite took to the felt today in hopes of being crowned the Event 5:$1,100 NLH 6 Handed champion. It took more than twelve hours, but eventually the field dwindled down to just three tables and it was Craig Cockburn who finished up the day as the chip leader.
This same event last year featured 373 entrants and was won by Tim O’Shea. This year’s event beat that field, hosting 385 players. This amount makes for a prize pool of $385,000 and will see the eventual winner take home $84,200.
Joining the field today, but falling short of a deep run, included Jonathan Karamalikis, Vitaly Lunkin, Roberto Romanello, Van Marcus, Sam Holden, Randy Dorfman, Mario Ho, JP Kelly, Andrew Hinrichsen, Grant Levy, Dan Smith and Nacho Barbero.
As the clock drifted late into the evening, the money bubble was finally reached, with Nick Bizimoski the unlucky player to go home with no cash for his time.
After the bubble was burst, the eliminations started happening all over the tournament area, with Vesko Zmukic (36th), Tyron Krost (34th), Jesse McKenzie (29th), Jackie Glazier (28th) and Chris Moorman (20th) each bowing out as the field was down to only 27.
Tom Middleton will be happy he made the trek to Australia, managing to felt 2005 WSOP Main Event champion Joe Hachem. Middleton and Hachem had been rumbling all evening and eventually it seemed like Hachem had enough, four-bet shoving his stack holding 
and running into the 
of Middleton. The board brought no help for Hachem and he was sent to the rail in 27th place.
While Middleton was the first player to hover around 500,000 in chips, that wouldn’t last long as the Brit tussled in a multiple pots, sending plenty of chips to the eventual chip leader. The biggest portion of Middleton’s stack to be sent to Cockburn occurred when the two players got all the chips in on a flop showing 
. Middleton held 
and would need to catch some cards to beat out Cockburn’s 
. When no help came for Middleton, Cockburn became the new chip leader.
Joining Cockburn with healthy chip stacks includes Stefan Jedlicka, Joel Dodds, Ben Richardson and Kosta Mamaliadis, while Darren Kramer, Antonis Kambouroglou and Brian Roberts are also alive and well.
The final three tables are set to kick off at 4:00 pm and PokerNews will again be on the floor to provide all the live coverage as a 2012 Aussie Millions 6 Handed champions is crowned! Don't forget to join us a couple of hours earlier as the Event #6 $1,100 NLH w. Rebuys kicks off at 12:00 pm.
End of Play Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
474,500 | 54,500 |
|
|
421,000 | 36,000 |
|
414,000 | 174,000 |
|
304,000 | 254,000 |
|
|
292,500 | -7,500 |
|
|
266,000 | |
|
260,500 | -9,500 |
|
259,500 | |
|
|
255,000 | 203,000 |
|
226,000 | |
|
187,500 | 97,500 |
|
138,000 | |
|
135,500 | 100,500 |
|
|
90,000 | |
|
|
90,000 | |
|
|
75,000 | |
|
|
58,500 |
Moorman Busted; Play Concludes
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Chris Moorman has just been eliminated and play has now concluded! We caught him on the rail and he told us that he four-bet jammed pocket fives into an aggro player who had ace-king.
The flop was a tasty looking 
for Moorman, but his opponent spiked a king on the turn to bust the dangerous player.
What goes up must come down.......
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
The wheels are now coming off somewhat for Tom Middleton. He's down to around 270,000 chips now after he doubled up Tomi Aalto.
The two got into a late position pre flop raising war before the cards were on their backs playing out for a 300,000-chip pot.
Middleton: 
Aalto: 
The board ran 
to see the pot head to the Finn.
Middleton Decides to Share the World
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Tom Middleton went for a 900,000-chip stack just before the break, but saw it clipped back to a little more than 420,000.
He saw a flop before all the chips went flying into the middle between him and Craig Cockburn. Middleton tabled the drawing , behind his opponent’s . The board bricked and the two players have similar stacks in the final stretch of today’s play.
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 400
Beak Down
Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
This will, in all probability, be the last break of the day. Back in ten minutes.
Middleton's Personal Blog
Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
It's feeling that way right now as it's a one-man show. Middleton's table was broken and he was moved to table 32. The first hand he played he opened to 8,000 before Jan Suchanek three-bet to 21,000 out of the blinds.
Middleton four-bet to 52,000 and called when Suchanek five-bet jammed with ace-nice. Middleton tabled ace-king and it held up.