A tough table of notable players has taken to the felt in the upper are of the Crown Poker Room with Ali Ghezelbash, Matthew Pearson, Emmanuel Seal, Fabian Quoss, Aleks Brokvic and Roberto Romanello each sitting side-by-side.
2012 Aussie Millions
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On the 

flop, Casey Kastle fired a bet of 675 before an opponent raised to 2,000. The third player in action folded after a short pause and then action fell back on Kastle. He took a minute and then moved all in for 9,925. His opponent called all in for less right away with the 
, having flopped a set. Kastle tabled the 
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"I play so bad," mumbled Kastle to himself when he saw the he was in bad shape.
Nevertheless, the turn brought the
and river the
to save Kastle and earn him the win. He's now up to about 20,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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20,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
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10,000 | |
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10,000 | |
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10,000 | |
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10,000 | |
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10,000 | |
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10,000 | |
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10,000 | |
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10,000 | |
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10,000 | |
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Dominik Nitsche just doubled his starting stack after knocking out another player at his table. The money went in on the 

flop with Nitsche holding pocket jacks to his opponent's 
for bottom two pair. The turn brought a
to give Nitsche some more outs with a straight draw and then the river landed with a
. Nitsche was able to backdoor his straight and take out his opponent.
The player Nitsche eliminated was not the bounty at his table, but Nitsche did double his stack.
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20,000
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Here's an early list of some of the players we've spotted in the field.
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All today's bounties will start off in seat 10 at each and every table. A lot of those seats are currently empty but a few have been filled in. Barry Greenstein, Casey Kastle, Mel Juda and Roberto Romanello all have targets on their chests.
The latter of these just opened to 125 from late position and found two callers to a 

flop. His 225 c-bet took the pot down. He can expect a lot of his opening raises to be called today
The cards are in the air. Let's go bounty hunting.
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0