Event 9 - $10,500 Main Event Day 1a | 2007 Aussie Millions Crown Casino Poker Championship

01-14-2007 06:17 UTC

Extracurricular Table Activities

In between mucking hands early on Day 1, one player was caught watching porn on his iPod by one of our roving reporters.

01-14-2007 06:11 UTC

A FRICKEn lesson

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Jimmy Fricke is showing the big guns of Seidel, Judah and Argyros how to do it. Running over them with consistent aggressive betting. Jimmy now up to 50K.

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01-14-2007 06:03 UTC

Marek Kolk Doubles Up

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On a flop of {9-Clubs}

, Marek Kolk was check-raised all in. Marek pushes his chips in to the pot and his opponent showed {9-Hearts}

for top pair and an open-ended straight draw. Kolk flipped {10-Spades}

for the nut straight and doubles up.

His opponent wondered why he played 10-8. Kolk shrugged his shoulders and said, "Sometimes I mix it up."

Tags: Marek Kolk Pacific Poker

01-14-2007 06:03 UTC

Sherif gets respect

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On a flop of {Q-Clubs}

Serif Derias bets out $1200 and is raised to $4000 by David Heskin. Sherif reraises to $12000.

David Heskin goes into the tank for a long time, and eventually folds the {K-Clubs}

face up on the table.

Sherif smiles and shows {A-Clubs}

Tags: David Heskin Sherif Derias

01-14-2007 05:56 UTC

Seidel claims a scalp

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Kenneth Leppala moves all in for $3700 in early position and is called by Erik Seidel from the Button.

Leppala shows {A-Clubs}

and Seidel has {8-Hearts}

The board reads {5-Spades}

and Kenneth is on the rail with a story to tell his friends.

Tags: Erik Seidel Full Tilt Kenneth Leppala

01-14-2007 05:52 UTC

JJ the Gentlewoman

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Nicholas Lee raises from the cut-off to 700 and JJ Liu raises from the button to 2500. Lee folds and JJ shows {A-Hearts}

. Lee says "that was very nice of you" :).

Tags: JJ Liu Nicholas Lee

01-14-2007 05:51 UTC

Defending champ Lee Nelson makes his first move

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After playing conservatively for most of the early rounds, Lee faced a 2k bet from Joshua Wilson with the cards after the turn {10-Hearts}

. Lee Raised back 7.5k and Josh folded. Lee is now up to 23.5k.

Tags: Aussie Millions Champ Lee Nelson

01-14-2007 05:48 UTC

John D'Ags Takes a Hit

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On a flop of {K-Spades}

, Craig Duffy in the SB bet out 1200 and John D'Agostino called from the cut off. The turn was {J-Diamonds}

and Duffy bet out 2K and D'Ags called. On the river, the {2-Hearts}

fell and Duffy checked-called D'Ag's bet of 2K.

D'Ag's showed {K-Hearts}

while Duffy flipped over the winning hand of {K-Diamonds}

. D'Ags is down to 25K.

Tags: Full Tilt John D'agostino

01-14-2007 05:44 UTC

Australia's best cricketer = Australia's worst poker player

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After spending most of the day down at the bar, enjoying retirement, Shane Warne returned to the felt to lose half his stack. At this rate, Warney would last longer if he stayed at the bar.

Tags: poker Shane Warne Warney

01-14-2007 05:42 UTC