Event 2 - $1,100 Pot Limit Holdem (2-Day Event) Day 1 | 2008 Aussie Millions

Event 2 - $1,100 Pot Limit Holdem (2-Day Event)

Day 1 Completed

01-06-2008 23:25 UTC+10

Goodnight from Melbourne

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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!

01-06-2008 23:11 UTC+10

Don't Worry, Be Happy

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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.

Tags: Paul Taylor

01-06-2008 22:55 UTC+10

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

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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}

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!

Tags: Chris Chronis Richard Holmes

01-06-2008 22:52 UTC+10

Chronis Doubles Again!

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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}

against Keating's {A-Clubs}

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The board filled out {10-Spades}

and Chronis took down the pot with two pair, kings and tens, stacking up 54,000 in chips after the hand.

Tags: Chris Chronis

01-06-2008 22:49 UTC+10

Phillip Peters Eliminated in 12th Place (AU$2,363)

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Phillip Peters pushed the last of his chips into the middle with A-2 but found himself two callers. Sam Youssef and Richard Sara checked down a board of {J-Hearts}

and both flipped over bigger aces. The A-Q of Youssef was good enough to win the pot and take out Peters in 12th place.

Tags: Phillip Peters

01-06-2008 22:45 UTC+10

Steve Polesel Eliminated in 13th Place (AU$2,363)

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Steve Polesel was all in pre-flop with A-9 but Chris Chronis made the call with pocket tens. The board brought no help for Polesel and he was eliminated from today's tournament in 13th place.

Tags: Steve Polesel