Event 13 - $5,300 Heads Up Championship Day 1a | 2008 Aussie Millions

01-17-2008 17:49 UTC+10

"The Oracle" Moves On

Roy "The Oracle" Winston has just become the third player to advance to the money round, defeating Jamie Pickering 2-0 to advance. Winston will play the winner of the Tony Bloom v.s. Harry Demetriou match, which is currently led by Demetriou, up 1-0.

01-17-2008 17:44 UTC+10

Nelson Blanks "JJProdigy," Advances to Round 3

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Author and professional poker player Lee "Final Table" Nelson has just secured himself a spot in the money round, defeating Josh "JJProdigy" Field 2-0 to advance.

Nelson will face the winner of the Eric Hershler v.s. Paul Wasicka match. Herschler is currently up 1-0.

Tags: Lee Nelson

01-17-2008 17:40 UTC+10

Rafe Advances "Furst"

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Rafe Furst of "Tiltboy" fame has just duplicated his Round 1 feat and eliminated his Round 2 opponent Florian Langmann in about twenty minutes, becoming the first player to advance to the money round.

Furst has yet to lose a match today, defeating both of his opponents 2-0.

01-17-2008 17:12 UTC+10

Suchanek 1, Masaaki Kagawa 0

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Masaaki Kagawa and Jan Suchanek got it all in pre-flop holding {A-Diamonds}

and

respectively. The board filled out {3-Diamonds}

giving Suchanek a set of fours and a 1-0 lead over Kagawa in the match.

Tags: Masaaki Kagawa

01-17-2008 17:10 UTC+10

Mike Watson 1, Anna Wroblewski 0

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Mike Watson just went up 1-0 over Anna Wroblewski after flopping an open-ended straight draw and hitting it on the turn, to best Wroblewski's K-Q (pair of kings).

Tags: Anna Wroblewski

01-17-2008 16:39 UTC+10

Ralph Burd Up 1-0 v.s. "Timex"

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Ralph Burd, who defeated "Aussie Sarah" Bilney 2-1 in Round 1, has jumped to an early lead against defending PokerPro champ Mike "Timex" McDonald.

Tags: Mike McDonald

01-17-2008 16:37 UTC+10

Round 2

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At the start of Round 2, players will begin with 5,000 starting stacks and play a best of three format. Blinds will start at 50/100 and increase every 20 minutes.

Here are your Round 2 match-ups:

Josh "JJProdigy" Field v.s. Lee "Final Table" Nelson
Eric Hershler v.s. Paul Wasicka
Tony Bloom v.s. Harry Demetriou
Roy Winston v.s. Jamie Pickering
Michael Watson v.s. Anna Wroblewski
Ralph Burd v.s. Mike "Timex" McDonald
Jan Suchanek v.s. Masaaki Kagawa
Florian Langmann v.s. Rafe Furst

01-17-2008 16:30 UTC+10

Round 1 Results

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Josh "JJProdigy" Field def. Terje Augdal (2-1)
Lee "Final Table" Nelson def. Justin Schwartz (2-0)
Eric Hershler def. David Singer (2-0)
Paul Wasicka def. Sorel Mizzi (2-0)
Tony Bloom def. Alex Keating (2-0)
Harry Demetriou def. Johnathan Van Fleet (2-0)
Roy "The Oracle" Winston def. Emanuel Seat (2-0)
Jamie Pickering def. Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad (2-1)
Michael Watson def. Doug Lee (2-1)
Anna Wroblewski def. Jeff Madsen (2-0)
Ralph Burd def. Sarah Bilney (2-1)
Mike "Timex" McDonald def. Sergey Rybachenko (2-1)
Jan Suchanek def. Zachary Clark (2-0)
Masaaki Kagawa def. Josh Egan (2-0)
Florian Langmann def. Mark Flowers (2-0)
Rafe Furst def. Steve Zolotow (2-0)

01-17-2008 15:48 UTC+10