2008 Aussie Millions

Event 2 - $1,100 Pot Limit Holdem (2-Day Event)
Day: 1
12
Event Info
2008 Aussie Millions
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j♣5♣
Prize
60,398 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
1,000 AUD
Prize Pool
189,000 AUD
Total Entries
189
Level Info
Level
16
Blinds
4,000 / 8,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 189
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Event 2 - $1,100 Pot Limit Holdem (2-Day Event)

Day 1 Completed

Goodnight from Melbourne

The concludes our Day 1 coverage of Event #2 - $1,100 Pot Limit Holdem. The story of the day was the improbable late run made by fashion designer Chris Chronis who propelled himself from 6,000 chips to an astounding 195,500 chips in the closing minutes of the day. Chris will return tomorrow afternoon as the tournament's chip leader.

Local high stakes cash game player Sam Youssef and American tournament pro Anna Wroblewski will join Chronis at the final table, each with formidable chip stacks.

Here's how the final nine contestants stack up:

Chris Chronis - 195,500
Sam Youssef - 168,000
Anna Wroblewski - 92,000
Harris Pavlou - 84,500
David Gorr - 81,000
Alex Keating - 61,000
Richard Sara - 51,000
Jonathan Karamalikis - 47,000
Manny Stavropoulos - 22,500

We'll be back tomorrow afternoon at 4:00 p.m. local time for our continued coverage of Event #2 and we hope to see you then!

Don't Worry, Be Happy

Paul Taylor - 10th Place
Paul Taylor - 10th Place
Paul Taylor managed to skate all the way to tenth place despite the fact that he'd been short-stacked for much of the evening. The end came for Paul when he ran his A-J into the pocket kings of David Gorr.

The board ran out J-4-5-4-3 and Taylor would settle for tenth place prize money, worth $2,363 AUD.

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Richard Holmes Eliminated in 11th Place (AU$2,363)

Alex Keating raised it up to 5,500 from the button and Chris Chronis called from the small blind. Richard Holmes then bumped it up to 15,000 from the big blind. Keating stepped aside as Holmes made the call.

When the flop arrives as {4-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{2-Spades} Chronis and Holmes both got their chips into the middle. Chronis held A-9 for top pair-top kicker but was trailing the pocket queens of Holmes.

Amazingly the {A-Hearts} spiked on the river to give the unstoppable Chris Chronis the lead in the hand! The {4-Clubs} on the river ended the run of Holmes in 11th place as Chris Chronis continues his amazing surge late in this tournament. In a matter of 15 minutes he has gone from the short stack to chip leader in an amazing run!

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Chronis Doubles Again!

On the hand immediately following his double up through Alex Keating, Chris Chronis managed to duplicate the feat, doubling up once again courtesy of, you guessed it, Keating.

The players got all of the money in before the flop and Chronis had the best of it tabling {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds} against Keating's {A-Clubs}{9-Spades}.

The board filled out {10-Spades}{K-Clubs}{4-Spades}{5-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} and Chronis took down the pot with two pair, kings and tens, stacking up 54,000 in chips after the hand.

Tags: Chris Chronis

Sam Youssef Doubles Up

On a board of {8-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{5-Spades}, Sam Youssef fired three barrels into Richard Sara. Youssef only held {A-Clubs}{7-Clubs} for second pair but Sara called him down with {10-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} for missed straight and flush possibilities. Youssef now jumps to over 150,000 in chips!

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Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 0

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