Event 12 - $10,500 Aussie Millions Main Event Day 1b | 2008 Aussie Millions

01-15-2008 17:38 UTC+10

Damien Oborne Eliminated

Damien Oborne was busted out by Jeff Lisandro. On a flop of 9-4-4, Lisandro flopped a full house with pocket nines, while Oborne had flopped trips. They eventually got it all in and Oborne wss eliminated.

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01-15-2008 17:32 UTC+10

Robert Weng Doubles Through Masaaki Kagawa

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Masaaki Kagawa lost a race to Robert Weng. His {8-Spades}

lost to Robert Weng's {A-Spades}

. Kagawa was ahead until Weng rivered a Broadway straight. Masaaki Kagawa slipped to 11,000. Weng is up to 25,000.

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01-15-2008 17:22 UTC+10

Perry Friedman Likes Aces

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Perry Friedman busted an opponent when his {A-Diamonds}

held up against pcoket sixes. Friedman increased his stack to 30,500.

Max Pescatori has been moved to Friedman's table. The Italian Pirate has 51,000. Also at that table are Adam Junglen (67,500) and Dorey Zayneh (12,500). Zayneh won the main event at the Poker News Cup a couple of months ago.

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01-15-2008 17:11 UTC+10

Patrik Anotnius Eliminated

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Patrik Antonius raised 900 and George Lucas called. The flop was {Q-Hearts}

. Antonius fired out 1,000. Lucas raised to 2,600. Antonius moved all in for the rest of his stack. Lucas called with A-Q. Antonius held {A-Hearts}

. The turn and river did not help Antonius and he was eliminated.

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01-15-2008 17:10 UTC+10

Hachem Takes a Hit

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Joe Hachem bled off some chips when his opponent flopped trip Jacks. he still has around 60,000.

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01-15-2008 17:08 UTC+10

Marc Inizan Eliminated

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French online pro Marc Inizan had a stack worth 40,000. He bluffed off 25K of his stack and was down to 15,000. He just busted out.

01-15-2008 17:08 UTC+10

Ivey Claims the Chip Lead

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Action folded around to Frank Soffioti in the small blind who completed the bet and the action then fell to Phil Ivey in the big, who kicked it up another 900. Soffioti made the call and the flop came {4-Clubs}

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First to act after the flop, Soffioti led out with a 700 bet and Ivey kicked it up to 1,500. Soffioti then re-popped it to 6,700 and Ivey put in a fourth bet, making it 16,000 to go. Soffioti, holding 10-6, opted to move all in and Ivey made the call, tabling {10-Hearts}

for top and bottom pair.

The {7-Hearts}

fell on the turn and the river brought the {4-Diamonds}

which gave Ivey a pot-clinching full house and 83,000 in new chips. Soffioti was eliminated from the tournament on the hand, while Ivey soared to the top of the leaderboard with the win.

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01-15-2008 17:01 UTC+10

Joe Hachem = 71K

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Joe Hachem continues to add chips to his big stack. He flopped a flush with {A-Hearts}

and busted an opponent who flopped a straight.

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01-15-2008 16:59 UTC+10

Erik "Erik123" Sagstrom Eliminated

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Ramzi Jelassi raised to 800. Kevin Saul raised to 3,600 from the button. Erik Sagstrom moved all in from the small blind for 12,825. Jelassi moved all in for 32,000. Saul folded.

Eric123: {A-Spades}

Jelassi:

The board ran out {6-Spades}

. Erik123 was eliminated and Jelassi claimed another victim as he increased his stack to 53,000.

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01-15-2008 16:53 UTC+10

Aleks Lakovic Doubles Through Jamil Dia

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Aleks Lakovic received a serious chip injection when his pocket aces hit a set on the flop and Jamil Dia paid off a 10,000 bet on the river. His stack is up to 35,000 while Dia's fell to 10,200.