Five Levels Down, Another Break
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
The penultimate break of the day is here. We'll be back in 15-minutes.
2012 Aussie Millions
Aussie Millions Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 Aussie Millions
Buy-in
10,000 AUD
Prize Pool
6,590,000 AUD
Entries
659
Level
26
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Something to Enjoy on the Break: Aussie Million 2012-Chinese Poker Event
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
It's time to celebrate the Chinese New year with a special Chinese Poker Event at the 2012 Aussie Millions. Gary Benson gives Nicki Pickering the run down of how it's played.
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
One for the Fan Boys
Tom Dwan has been sat at the feature table all day. There’s no cameras but there a is a rail so fans can watch the action. Dwan just gave the gathered a reason for them to applaud him.
He raised from the cut-off and called when Ryan Hong three-bet him from the next seat. Hong went on to empty the clip on Dwan as the American superstar checked to him on every street. The board got wetter as it ran out 
but Dawn wasn’t to be budged and called all the way.
When he called the river bet, Hong gave a rye smile and opened 
for air. Dwan tabled 
and the crowd went wild.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
Dwan Can Also Lose
We missed the pre flop action but Tom Dwan had called the all-in of the player in the small blind who had only 9,175 left behind. We witnessed the following showdown.
| Tom Dwan |   |
| Opponent |  |
The board ran out 
and this gave his opponent a double up. Dwan is still looking healthy but with the number of pots he's playing there's no telling what his stack will do in the last two levels.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
75,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Today's Number
Level 6
: 300/600, 75 ante
Yesterday we had 153 players enter Day 1a and you can add 187 to that number for Day 1b, brining the total so far to 340 players. Tomorrow is going to be the big day for this event and we expect many big names to show up, making it the biggest and best day yet.
A Couple Eliminations
We took a trip back upstairs to check on the players on the TV set, and it appears both Simon Watt and Mel Judah have been eliminated from the tournament.
According to Watt's Twitter: "Busto in main. Cbet QQ 3 way on 944, get raised, I shove. He has j9. 9 on turn. Sigh."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
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|
Busted | |
|
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He Gave Fair Warning
JP Kelly has received a much needed double-up to what is still a short stack. He open pushed for 4,750 from the hijack and the action folded all the way around to the button.
He asked how much it was and when he was doing so Kelly said, "I got you. Ace-six, or something?"
The big blind didn't listen and called with 
. Kelly did indeed have him (
) and held through the 
board.
Still much grinding to be done though.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
9,800
3,600
|
3,600 |
Ain't No Party Like a Party Poker Party
Level 6
: 300/600, 75 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.
Scott vs.Obrestad
On a flop of 
, former Aussie Millions champ Stewart Scott checked to Annette Obrestad, who bet 1,400. Scott made the call and both players proceeded to check the turn and river. "Ace high," Obrestad said.
Stewart then rolled over for the winner. "I was going to let you bluff me on the river," he joked as he raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
70,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
|
55,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |