2012 Aussie Millions

$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Bounties
Day: 1
Event Info

2012 Aussie Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
22
Prize
119,500 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
1,500 AUD
Prize Pool
472,500 AUD
Entries
315
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
3,000

Three Champions with Different Fortunes

Tristan Wade, JP Kelly, and David Vamplew are all title holders from the EPT or WSOP but only one of them remains.

Wade moved all-in for around 12,000 from the button after the player to his right limped. He was called and assumed he was in with a good chance of a double. Wrong. The sneaky player had limped with aces and took him out.

David Vamplew suffered a similar fate. He just Tweeted, “They got me in bounty. Waiting for @crownpoker to get organsied enough to start #aussiemillions 1k sat. 11 handed ofc #yawn.”

JP Kelly, meanwhile, is cruising of 75,000 chips. The two-time bracelet winner got short early but was gifted a double-up to 40 big blinds and hasn’t looked back since.

Player Chips Progress
JP Kelly gb
JP Kelly
75,000
10,000
10,000
WSOP 2X Winner
David Vamplew gb
David Vamplew
Busted
EPT 1X Winner
Tristan Wade us
Tristan Wade
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Tristan WadeDavid VamplewJP Kelly

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

It's Always Nice

A player moved all in for his last 10,000 chips and Jackson Zheng went all in over the top for approximately 15,000. The cards were tabled:
Zheng: {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}
Opponent: {A-Spades}{8-Diamonds}

The board ran out: {J-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{10-Hearts}, and Zheng chipped up quoting "It's always nice"

Player Chips Progress
Jackson Zheng
Jackson Zheng
25,600
12,600
12,600

Mangelakis Chopped in Half by Case Queen

Michael Mangelakis hit top pair in a three-way all-in pot but it was no good as his two opponents had him out-kicked, both holding the same hand. Harry Demetriou and Vesko Zmukic were his two opponents and they chopped his stack to stay alive after all the chips went in pre flop.

Demetriou: {a-Hearts}{q-Clubs}
Zmukic: {a-Spades}{q-Spades}
Mangelakis: {k-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}

The board ran {q-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{8-Diamonds} to see the case king come out.

Player Chips Progress
Harry Demetriou
Harry Demetriou
40,000
Vesko Zmukic
Vesko Zmukic
12,000
5,000
5,000
Michael Mangelakis
Michael Mangelakis
Busted

Bounties Bust Segal

Mark Segal had the chance to triple-up against Vesko Zmukic and Sandeep Pulusani - both of whom have bounties on their head.

The three players got it all in preflop and when they turned their hands over, this is how they shaped up.

Vesko Zmukic: {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds}
Sandeep Pulusani: {j-Hearts}{j-Spades}
Mark Segal: {6-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}

Zmukic was all in for only 10,000 and his hand held up, while Pulusani took down the side pot, eliminating Segal.

Player Chips Progress
Sandeep Pulusani us
Sandeep Pulusani
85,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Vesko Zmukic
Vesko Zmukic
32,000
20,000
20,000
Mark Segal gb
Mark Segal
Busted

Tags: Mark SegalSandeep PulusaniVesko Zmukic

Kastle Crumbles Under the Bounty Pressure

Casey Kastle had a good ride after rivering a two-outer in the first level to survive, but he failed to come from behind again versus Sebastien Pagana, and busted.

Al the chips went in on a queen high board containing two spades. Pagana tabled {k-}{q-}, ahead of Kastle's {j-Spades}{10-Spades}. The board ran out blank and Pagana gratefully accepting the bounty lanyard.

Player Chips Progress
Sebastien Pagana
Sebastien Pagana
58,000
Casey Kastle si
Casey Kastle
Busted

Tags: Casey KastleSebastien Pagana

Level: 11

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 100