2008 Aussie Millions
Event 13 - $5,300 Heads Up Championship
Day: 1a
Winston Sweeps; Reaches Quarters
Winston defeated Emanuel Seal, Jamie Pickering and Harry Demetriou - blanking each of them - to advance to Saturday's Round 4. Winston will play the winner of the Lee Nelson v.s. Eric Hershler match on Saturday afternoon.
Nelson "Kills Everyone"
Nelson defeated opponents Justin Schwartz, Josh "JJProdigy" Field and Hershler to guarantee a minimum payday of $20,000.
Where are Mike and Mike?
Mike and Mike are still MIA and we've been informed by one of the TD's that if they're not back within 10 minutes, he's going to call it a day and make them return tomorrow afternoon to finish their match.
Still No Mikes
According to Jimmy 'gobboboy' Fricke, Watson and McDonald are roommates and very good friends.
Better Late Than Never
The winner of the match will face off against Team PokerStars' Masaaki Kagawa on Saturday afternoon.
By the way... you're probably wondering what took them so long to get here. According to McDonald, the place they went to grab dinner from was "closed for renovations," so they had to drive to Chinatown to find what they wanted.
Watson Doubles Up
The board filled out and Watson took down the 6,200 pot with ace-high.
"Timex" Goes Up One-Nil
The flop came king-high and that was all the help Timex would need to take down the pot and a 1-0 lead in the match.
Game 2 - McDonald Leads
In a recent hand, Mike Watson made it 800 to go from the button and "Timex" made the call. The flop came and both players checked.
When the fell on the turn, McDonald led out with a 1,200 bet and Watson made a quick call. The last card off the deck was the and McDonald fired a 2,500 bullet that sent Watson into the tank. After some thought, Watson laid it down and McDonald said, "I'll show you one," proceeding to turn over the .
McDonald is now up to 13,925, leaving Watson with 6,075.
Watson's Comeback Falls Short; "Timex" Advances
Watson put up a good fight - at one point down to a single 500 chip and coming back to as much as 4,200 - but McDonald remained selectively aggressive, while making all the right folds.
Once Watson built his stack up to 2,000 from 500, Timex remarked, "This is gonna be a sick comeback." "We probably wouldn't be able to be roommates anymore if I came back from this," Watson replied.
McDonald was able to dodge a couple of bullets during Watson's attempted comeback. Watson had built back up to 3,300 in chips and picked up a pocket pair of kings. He shoved from the button but McDonald laid it down. Just two hands later, Watson shoved from the button again, but McDonald had a mere and folded; this time Watson tabled Big Slick and the roommates had a good laugh over the situation.
The last hand saw Watson shove his last 3,300 into the middle from the button and McDonald insta-called.
McDonald:
Watson:
The board filled out and McDonald took down the pot and the match with a set of sixes.