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2013 Aussie Millions

$25,000 Challenge
Day: 1
Event Info

2013 Aussie Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q10
Prize
275,000 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
25,000 AUD
Prize Pool
723,000 AUD
Entries
30
Level Info
Level
17
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
2,000

Watson Climbs Up The Ladder

Level 3 : 200/400, 50 ante

Mike Watson was one of the shorter stacks after just a few orbits but he just managed to win another big pot. Watson is now among the bigger stacks and he turned things around nicely in a short period of time.

Watson raised under the gun to 1,000 and Jesse Sylvia made the call from the cutoff. The flop brought out {6-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}{4-Spades} and Watson decided to check. Sylvia fired out 1,400 and Watson called.

On the turn the {10-Hearts} hit and Watson check-called 3,600. The river brought the {5-Spades} and this time Watson check-called 10,800. Sylvia showed {A-}{J-} and mucked when Watsons showed his {Q-Spades}{10-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
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Mike Watson
70,000
24,000
24,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 2X Winner
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Jesse Sylvia
41,000
23,000
23,000
ODB Bonus Player
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Mike WatsonJesse Sylvia

Sylvia Starts Off Right

Level 3 : 200/400, 50 ante

Jesse Sylvia can relax a little as he just managed to chip up nicely in his first level of play. Sylvia raised to 1,000 from middle position and Vanessa Selbst three-bet from the cutoff to 2,600. Andreas Eiler called from the big blind and Sylvia called as well.

The flop brought {4-Diamonds}{A-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} and all three players checked. On the turn the {K-Hearts} hit and Sylvia picked up the pot with a 5,700-chip bet.

Player Chips Progress
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Jesse Sylvia
64,000
14,000
14,000
ODB Bonus Player
WPT 1X Winner
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Vanessa Selbst
49,000
7,500
7,500
WSOP 3X Winner
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Andreas Eiler
24,000
8,000
8,000

Tags: Jesse SylviaMichael EilerVanessa Selbst

Watson Doubles Through Selbst

Level 1 : 100/200, 0 ante

In a button versus small blind confrontation it was Mike Watson who risked all his chips. Watson was seated in the small blind and turned over {A-Clubs}{A-Spades} for his tournament life. His opponent, Vanessa Selbst, showed {A-Hearts}{K-Clubs} and Watson was in great shape.

The board ran out {6-Spades}{4-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{5-Spades} and Watson doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
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Vanessa Selbst
56,500
12,500
12,500
WSOP 3X Winner
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Mike Watson
46,000
23,000
23,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 2X Winner

Tags: Mike WatsonVanessa Selbst

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Fox Takes One

Level 1 : 100/200, 0 ante

Elio Fox raised from the hijack to 1,200 and both Grant Levy and Antonio Esfandiari called. The flop brought out {A-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}{K-Spades} and Esfandiari was the only one to call Fox's 1,800-chip bet.

The turn brought the {9-Hearts} and this time Esfandiari check-folded to Fox's 4,600-chip bet.

Player Chips Progress
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Antonio Esfandiari
142,000
7,000
7,000
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
StakeKings
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Elio Fox
53,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Antonio EsfandiariElio Fox

More Lodden Thinks

Level 1 : 100/200, 0 ante

Antonio Esfandiari is keeping the "Lodden Thinks" game going at his table. This time, he asked our reporter to think of the number of contacts that Edward Kim had in his phone. The question was prompted before Kim busted out, but the table and Esfandiari didn't get around to bidding until after he was eliminated.

Our reporter locked in his number, and the bidding went on. After a few minutes, Esfandiari asked for the number.

"1,141," responded our reporter, showing him the paper he wrote it down on to verify.

""Thank you!" responded Esfandiari with a big smile across his face.

Esfandiari had won the bet as the table bought under 200. The table was very much surprised with how high our reporter guessed, but the reporter explained his thought process. First, Kim had his iPhone squarely on the table in view. Most iPhones nowadays are synced up with people's Facebook accounts, other social media sites and emails. Then there's the regular phone numbers in the phone. Our reporter himself has 1,235 contacts in his phone, so the number really isn't as absurd as the table thought.

"Dinner's on me," Esfandiari said to our reporter with a big smile as some more money was shipped his way.

Tags: Antonio Esfandiari

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Updated Seat Draw

Level 1 : 100/200, 0 ante
SeatName
1Jeff Rossiter
2Antonio Esfandiari
3Jonathan Karamalikis
4Jason Mo
5Empty
6Elio Fox
7Tobias Kuber
8Grant Levy
  
1Vanessa Selbst
2Mike Watson
3Mark Teltscher
4Andreas Eiler
5Daniel Neilson
6Jesse Sylvia
7Brendon Rubie
8James Pritchard
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Huge Cooler Sends Kim Out The Door

Level 1 : 100/200, 0 ante

We missed the action before the river but with 7,000 chips in the pot the board read {5-Hearts}{9-Spades}{6-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}. Antonio Esfandiari bet 3,700 from middle position and Edward Kim raised it up to 15,000. Esfandiari proceeded to move all in and Kim went into the tank for a very long time.

A couple of minutes went by but eventually Kim made the call. He showed {6-Clubs}{5-Clubs} for a full house but that wasn't enough against Esfandiari's {7-Hearts}{7-Clubs} for a rivered full house. Kim was the first player to leave the tournament but Esfandiari called him back.

"Hey Ed! I don't want to be the barrer of bad news, but you owe $200 for Lodden Thinks," Esfandiari said as Kim apologized and paid up to settle the prop bet. This was all in good spirits and Esfandiari was of course in the best mood of all.

Player Chips Progress
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Antonio Esfandiari
135,000
67,000
67,000
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
StakeKings
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[Removed:112]
Busted

Tags: Antonio Esfandiari

Level: 3

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50