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

01-20-2008 19:54 UTC+11

Hand #117 - Alexander Kostritsyn

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Alexander Kostritsyn has the button. He raises to 175,000 and wins the blinds and antes.

01-20-2008 19:53 UTC+11

Hand #116 - Erik Seidel

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Erik Seidel has the button. He raises to 175,000 and wins the blinds and antes.

01-20-2008 19:52 UTC+11

Hand #115 - Alexander Kostritsyn

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Alexander Kostritsyn has the button. He raises to 175,000 and wins the blinds and antes.

01-20-2008 19:52 UTC+11

Hand #114 - Erik Seidel

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Erik Seidel has the button. He raises to 175,000, and wins the blinds and antes.

01-20-2008 19:51 UTC+11

Hand #113 - Alexander Kostritsyn

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Alexander Kostritsyn has the button. He raises to 175,000, Erik Seidel re-raises to 550,000, and Kostritsyn calls. The flop is {9-Diamonds}

. Seidel bets 650,000 and Kostritsyn calls. The turn is the {K-Spades}

. Seidel checks, Kostritsyn bets 1,700,000, Seidel folds, and Kostritsyn wins the pot.

Here's the chip counts after that hand...

Alexander Kostritsyn - 11,135,000
Erik Seidel - 4,475,000

01-20-2008 19:49 UTC+11

Cards Are Back in the Air

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Now that the money presentation is complete, heads-up play has begun between Erik Seidel and Alexander Kostritsyn. Blinds are 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante.

01-20-2008 19:47 UTC+11

Patiently Waiting

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Seidel relaxing before the heads up begins

The final two players are patiently waiting for action to resume. There was a long delay while preparations were made for the final table money presentation.

01-20-2008 19:25 UTC+11

Non-Aussie Will Win Aussie Millions... Again

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With the elimination of Michael Chrisanthopoulos, Australia's last hope for an Australian to win the Aussie Millions has come to an end. The two remaining players are non-Aussies and either a Russian or American will win this year's main event.

01-20-2008 19:10 UTC+11