$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Bounties
Day 1 Started
2012 Aussie Millions
$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Bounties
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 Aussie Millions
Buy-in
1,500 AUD
Prize Pool
472,500 AUD
Entries
315
Level
25
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
3,000
Let The Feature Event Begin
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Welcome back to the Crown Poker Room in Melbourne, Australia as we are set to bring you all the action from the Feature Event: $1,650 NLH Bounties.
Last year this event was played later in the schedule and featured the same unique structure, with the final four tables of 8 played in a shootout format. Of course, it is the bounties that get the players stuffing their chips in the middle as one player at each table will have a target on their head.
A field of 235 took to the felt in this event last year, while a huge 450-player field took part in the bounties event in 2009. This year is set to feature a field somewhere in the middle of that number, but be assured that there will be no shortage of recognizable faces as players from all around the world start to filter into Melbourne.
Our live coverage is set to begin in just a short while at 12:30 pm local time, so make sure to tune in as we bring you Day 1 of this 2-Day event. Don't forget to also check out our coverage of the $1,100 No Limit Hold'em Rebuy this afternoon as a stacked final table kicks of at 4:00 pm local time.
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
The cards are in the air. Let's go bounty hunting.
Hunting Seat 10
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
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
Putting Names to Faces
Here's an early list of some of the players we've spotted in the field.
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10,000 | |
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10,000 |
Nitsche Gets There
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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20,000 | 10,000 |
Players Filing In
| 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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10,000 | |
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10,000 | |
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10,000 | |
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10,000 |
Check Out the PartyPoker Blog
Level 7
: 200/400, 50 ante
Thanks for following along with our coverage of the 2012 Aussie Millions on PokerNews. Be sure to check out our friends at the PartyPoker blog as well for great posts by Mike Sexton, Tony G, Kara Scott, and Dragan Galic.
Kastle Finds Ace On the River
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 
.
"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 |