Peter Ling and Steven Matson got all in a flop of . Ling turned up for the nut flush draw while Matson showed for top pair, top kicker. The turn, though, was the , making Ling's flush. The river was the and Matson hit the rail, while Ling increased his stack to 65,000.
With the board reading the opponent of Mike Matusow fired a 2,000 chip bet on the river and "The Mouth" went into the tank. He felt his hand was good and made the call. His opponent turned over and "The Mouth" jumped out of his chair in delight at his call as he showed .
"I can't bluff people but I can read people baby!" shouts Matusow.
Andy Black is on the rail hurling "motivational" comments at Matusow. Some of his one-liners include:
"If you can read people, why can't you read that they are going to call you when you bluff?"...and..."You know poker, but you only read every second page...or perhaps you only know the letters up to the letter 'M'!"
Early on in the early stages of a tournament, players are reluctant to get all their chips in unless they wake up to monster hands like pocket Aces or Kings. More often than not, some of the early eliminations involve hands with players who were all in pre-flop with A-A vs. K-K.
We just had one of those instances. David Gent raised 2,000. Borge Dypvik re-raised to 5,000. Gent moved all in for 13,500. Dypvik called.
Dypvik:
Gent:
The board ran out and Gent was eliminated. Dypvik dragged the pot and increased his stack to 32,000.
Steven Rose raised to 800, Mark Lehnen re-raised to 1,800 and Rose called. The flop was . Rose checked, Lehnen bet 2,000 and Rose called. The turn was the . Rose checked, Lehnen bet 4,000 and Rose called. The river was the and both players checked. Rose turned up , but Lehnen had rivered the flush with !
The official numbers are in. The 2008 Aussie Millions main event had 780 entrants, creating a prize pool of $7.8 million. 80 places will be paid with first place receiving $1,650,000. Anyone lucky enough to cash will leave with no less than $15,000.