Event 12 - $10,500 Aussie Millions Main Event | 2008 Aussie Millions

01-20-2008 13:31 UTC+11

Hand #15 - Erik Seidel

Michael Chrisanthopoulos has the button in Seat 6. Erik Seidel raises to 70,000, and Christhanopoulos calls. The flop is {J-Diamonds}

and both players check. The turn is the {2-Spades}

and they check again. The river is the {J-Clubs}

. Seidel bets 150,000, Chrisanthopoulos raises to 375,000 and Seidel calls. Chrisanthopoulos insta-mucks and Seidel wins the pot.

01-20-2008 13:31 UTC+11

Updated Chip Counts

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Michael Chrisanthopoulos - 6,417,000
Erik Seidel - 2,926,000
Alexander Kostritsyn - 2,769,000
Antonio Casale - 2,111,000
Nino Marotta - 752,000
Peter Ling - 635,000

01-20-2008 13:34 UTC+11

Hand #16 - Antonio Casale

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Peter Ling has the button in Seat 7. Erik Seidel raises to 70,000 and Antonio Casale calls from the big blind. The flop is {J-Spades}

. Casale bets 100,000, and Seidel calls. The turn is the {Q-Diamonds}

. Casale fires out 275,000 and Seidel calls. The river is the {Q-Spades}

and both players check. Casale shows {Q-Hearts}

, Seidel mucks and Casale wins the pot.

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01-20-2008 13:39 UTC+11

Hand #17 - Alexander Kostritsyn

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Alexander Kostritsyn has the button in Seat 1. He raises to 72,000 and Erik Seidel calls from the big blind. The flop is {Q-Spades}

and both players check The turn is the {8-Diamonds}

. Seidel checks, Kostritsyn bets 120,000 and Seidel calls. The river is the {5-Hearts}

. Seidel checks, Kostritsyn bets another 120,000 and Seidel calls. Kostritsyn shows {A-Clubs}

, Seidel mucks, and Kostritsyn wins the pot.

01-20-2008 13:42 UTC+11

Antonio Casale has the button in Seat 3. He raises to 55,000, Erik Seidel calls from the small blind, Nino Marotta raises to 229,000 from the big blind, Casale folds, Seidel folds, and Marotta wins the pot.

01-20-2008 13:44 UTC+11

Hand #19 - Michael Chrisanthopoulos

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Erik Seidel has the button in Seat 4. Nino Marotta raises to 87,000 from the small blind, Michael Chrisanthopoulos re-raises to 524,000 from the big blind, Marotta folds, and Chrisanthopoulos wins the pot.

01-20-2008 13:45 UTC+11

Updated Chip Counts

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Michael Chrisanthopoulos - 6,496,000
Alexander Kostritsyn - 3,085,000
Erik Seidel - 2,926,000
Antonio Casale - 2,505,000
Nino Marotta - 783,000
Peter Ling - 635,000

01-20-2008 13:49 UTC+11

Hand #20 - Peter Ling Doubles Through Erik Seidel

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Nino Marotta has the button in Seat 5. Erik Seidel raises to 70,000 and Peter Ling calls from the big blind. The flop is {A-Clubs}

. Ling checks, Seidel bets 125,000 and Ling calls. The turn is the {2-Hearts}

. Ling checks, Seidel moves all in and Ling calls.

Seidel {7-Diamonds}

Ling

Seidel is drawing dead and was on a stone bluff. The river is the {K-Spades}

and Ling doubles through Seidel. After the hand, Ling is up to 1,266,000 while Seidel is left with 1,479,000.

01-20-2008 13:49 UTC+11

Final Table Analysis: Hands #11-20

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Erik Seidel doubled up when he flopped a set against Nino Morotta. He jumped to second in chips and was closing in on 3 million, until Peter Ling doubled up against him. Since then Seidel slipped to under 1.5 million. Alexander Kostritsyn passed the 3 million chip mark and is sitting safely in second place.

01-20-2008 13:51 UTC+11