Event 12 - $10,500 Aussie Millions Main Event Day 4 | 2008 Aussie Millions

01-19-2008 16:28 UTC+10

Max Pescatori Eliminated in 10th Place ($135,000)

Upstairs at the feature table, Max "The Italian Pirate" Pescatori has just been eliminated from the tournament by local favorite Antonio Casale.

Pescatori opened the pot with a 56,000 pre-flop raise and Casale countered with a 135,000 re-raise. Max made the call and the flop came jack-high with three spades. Casale then open-shoved, putting Pescatori to a decision for all of his chips and Max made the call, tabling {A-Diamonds}

for ace-high and a flush draw; Casale revealed {8-Hearts}

Needing an ace, a queen, a spade or running straight cards to stay alive, Max watched as the board blanked out leaving him with ace-high and 10th place prize money ($135,000 AUD).

With the win, Casale improved to 2 million in chips.

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01-19-2008 16:25 UTC+10

Matthew Kirk Eliminated in 11th Place ($135,000)

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Michael Chrisanthopoulos raised to 60,000. Matthew Kirk moved all in for 266,000. Chrisanthopoulos called.

Chrisanthopoulos: {K-Spades}

Kirk:

The board ran out {J-Diamonds}

. Chrisanthopoulos won the pot with a full house. Kirk was eliminated in 11th place. He won $135,000.

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01-19-2008 16:19 UTC+10

Top 5 Chip Counts

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Nino Marotta - 2,500,000
Michael Chrisanthopoulos - 2,200,000
Antonio Casale - 1,600,000
Peter Mobbs - 1,400,000
Alexander Kostritsyn - 1,300,000

01-19-2008 16:19 UTC+10

Experience counts

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Erik Seidel has just proven to the poker community that experience counts. He has just made a great read on young Peter Ling and put his tournament life on the line.

With the flop reading {6-Hearts}

Seidel check-called a bet of 125,000. The turn brought the {Q-Spades}

and again Seidel checked with Ling leading out with a 325,000 bet. With only 508,000 behind, it left Seidel with a tournament life decision.

After tanking for a good 5 minutes Seidel pushed all of his last chips in holding {10-Hearts}

and Ling was pot committed to call for Seidel's last 183,000 reluctantly showing {K-Hearts}

The river was the {8-Clubs}

and Seidel is now back where he belongs up amongst the chip leader's. Currently sitting at 1,400,000.

01-19-2008 16:05 UTC+10

PokerRoad Radio: Jeff Lisandro

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PokerRoad Radio Hosts Gavin Smith and Joe Sebok

PokerRoad Radio hosts Bart Hanson, Court Harrington and Joe Sebok spent some time with Australian pro Jeff Lisandro yesterday, before the start of Day 3 of the Aussie Millions Main Event.

The crew asked Lisandro about his 2008 Aussie Millions campaign, high stakes cash games and his infamous televised run-in with WSOP bracelet winner (and aspiring white rapper) Prahlad Friedman.

Check Out the Lisandro interview and a whole lotta other good stuff from our friends at PokerRoad.com, including last Wednesday's interview with the man himself, Tony G.

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01-19-2008 15:59 UTC+10

Pros on the Short Stacks

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Both Erik Seidel and Max Pescatori are at the moment very limited in chips. Seidel has 700,000 and Pescatori has 630,000. The big names of poker left in this tournament are going to have to work hard from here to win this thing.

01-19-2008 15:58 UTC+10

Alexander Kostritsyn's Lay Down

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Nino Moratto raised to 75,000. Alexander Kostritsyn called. The flop was {Q-Clubs}

and both players checked. The turn was the {3-Clubs}

. Alexander Kostritsyn bet 120,000. Moratto called. The river was the {3-Hearts}

. Alexander Kostritsyn bet 400,000. Moratto re-raised all in for 1,334,000. Alexander Kostritsyn folded and showed {A-Spades}

. Moratto showed 4-4.

01-19-2008 15:47 UTC+10

Intense Action Upstairs

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Nico Behling now has 2,200,000 in chips after taking a good sized pot from Max Pescatori who now has only 900,000. Max has left the table for a minute to go have a quick breather.

01-19-2008 15:46 UTC+10

Akery 2, Chrisanthopoulos 0

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Michael Chrisanthopoulos raised to 60,000 from UTG, Robert Akery re-raised to 235,000 from the small blind, Chrisanthopoulos put in a third raise to 1,000,000, and Akery called all in for 635,000.

Akery {6-Diamonds}

Chrisanthopoulos {8-Hearts}

The flop was {10-Diamonds}

and Akery hit his set. The turn was the {3-Clubs}

, the river was the {2-Spades}

and Akery doubled through Chrisanthopoulos again, increasing his stack to 1.3 million.

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01-19-2008 15:42 UTC+10

Jean Gianotti Eliminated in 12th Place ($135,000)

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Nino Moratto raised to 60,000 from UTG. Jean Gianotti moved all in for 138,000. Moratto called.

Morattto: {K-Diamonds}

Gianotti:

The flop was {J-Hearts}

. The turn was the {8-Clubs}

and the river was the {2-Spades}

. Moratto won with two pair, jacks and eights, with a King kicker, which bested Jean Gianotti's two pair. Jean Gianotti was eliminated in 12th place. He won $135,000.

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