Sonelin's pair of fives was counterfeited on the river when the board read
. Garza was drawing with his 
but in the end his ten-kicker played to give him the win!
2008 Aussie Millions
Event 13 - $5,300 Heads Up Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
2008 Aussie Millions
Final Results
Event Info
Buy-in
5,000 AUD
Players Left 1 / 0
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Sonelin's pair of fives was counterfeited on the river when the board read
. Garza was drawing with his but in the end his ten-kicker played to give him the win!
Mike "Timex" McDonald called the all in re-raise of Masaaki Kagawa. McDonald held 
but it wasn't good against the 
of Kagawa.McDonald is now left peddling the short stack in this rollercoaster battle!
Alexey Popov shoved over the top of the initial bet of Xuan Nguyen, however Nguyen made an easy call holding the nut straight with his 
. Popov held 
and was in deep trouble. The turn and river arrived 
and Alexey Popov is the first quarter final elimination taking home AU$20,000 for his efforts.Xuan Nguyen advances to the semi finals in a 2-1 result!
The first hand "Timex" had
against Kagawa's 
however Kagawa spiked a queen on the turn to survive.Kagawa then doubled again when he won a race with his pocket sixes holding against the A-J of "Timex".
Kagawa then doubled for a third time. He opened the action with a raise to 750 from the button and "Timex" put him all in. Kagawa made the call with
and was ahead of the 
of "Timex". The board ran out 
to give Kagawa the pot and put the two players back to about the same amount of chips!
On a flop of
the money went in with Popov holding a flush draw with his against the high card and gutshot draw of Nguyen who held . The turn blanked but a queen on the river gave Popov the only pair, and he evens things up at 1-1 as they head into a decider!
The action pre-flop saw Nelson raise to 800 and Winston popped it up to 2,300. Nelson went all in and Winston called.
Nelson:
Winston:
The board ran out
and Nelson was crippled. He lost the match a few hands later and now needs to win the next two in a row to progress to the semi finals.Meanwhile "The Oracle" is now incredibly 7-0 in heads-up matches in this Championship!
with Garza holding but it wasn't good enough against the 
of Sonelin.
With all the chips in pre-flop, Popov held pocket tens but was in trouble when Nguyen flipped over pocket aces.
The board ran out
to give Nguyen the first match.
