2008 Aussie Millions

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

2008 Aussie Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j5
Prize
60,398 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
1,000 AUD
Prize Pool
189,000 AUD
Entries
189
Level Info
Level
16
Blinds
4,000 / 8,000
Ante
0

23 Players Remaining

With 23 players remaining in the tournament, we're just 5 eliminations away from the money. As expected, play has tightened up quite a bit as many of the players hope to fold their way into the money.

Stay with us - the bubble will be bursting soon.

Deeb Doubles Up

Moments ago, Shaun Deeb got the last of his money into the middle holding {8-Clubs}{7-Hearts} on a {A-Hearts}{J-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{8-Hearts} board; his opponent tabled {A-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} for top pair, no draw.

Needing to dodge a non-heart ace, jack or five, Deeb loudly clapped his hands together one time as the {K-Clubs} fell off on the river.

Deeb stacked up just under 30,000 in chips after the hand.

Tags: Shaun Deeb

Anna Wroblewski On Fire!

Five limpers saw a flop of {K-Hearts}{K-Clubs}{9-Hearts} and Sol Bergren leads at the pot for 4,000. Anna Wroblewski makes the call and the turn brings the {6-Clubs}. Bergren bets another 8,000 and Wroblewski shoves the rest of her chips in the middle. Bergren makes the call and the cards are shown.

Bergren: {K-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}
Wroblewski: {Q-Clubs}{9-Clubs}

Bergren held the lead with trip kings but the {5-Clubs} on the river gives Wroblewski the flush, leaving Bergren crippled.

The very next hand Wroblewski raises it up pre-flop once again and is re-raised by Billy "The Croc" Argyros as well as Sol Bergren. With both short stacks committed to their hands, the money goes in with Wroblewski in great shape:

Argyros: {J-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}
Bergren: {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs}
Wroblewski: {A-Hearts}{A-Spades}

The board bricks out and Wroblewski claims two victims as "The Croc" and Bergren are both eliminated from today's event!

Tags: Anna WroblewskiBilly "The Croc" ArgyrosSol Bergren

Martin Cardno Eliminated

Martin Cardno has been eliminated in unfortunate circumstances. With all of his chips in the middle holding A-K, Cardno was in great shape against the A-Q of Sam Youssef. However when a couple more ladies landed on the board, Cardno was unlucky to be sent to the rail.

Tags: Martin Cardno

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 0

Dinner Break

Mel Judah
Mel Judah
After eight levels of play, we've lost 161 of the original 189 runners, leaving us with just 28 players. Alex Keating is currently at the top of our leaderboard with 72,000 in chips, followed closely behind by Richard Holmes who comes in with 67,000.

Notably, Australian pro Mel Judah was eliminated by Sam Youssef just before the dinner break when his aces got cracked by Youssef's pocket eights in a three-way all in confrontation. Youssef spiked a third eight on the river to send Judah to the rail.

The players have been released for dinner until approximately 8:30 p.m. local time. Stay with us - we'll be in the money shortly after the break!

Tags: Mel Judah

Gorr Shot the Sherif

Sherif Derias
Sherif Derias
On a board showing {A-Hearts}{J-Spades}{2-Clubs}, Sherif Derias bet the pot (approximately 5,000) and David Gorr made the call. Another jack fell off on the turn ({J-Diamonds}) and Sherif moved all in for a total of 10,000. Gorr made the call and turned over {J-Hearts}{10-Hearts} for trip jacks; Sherif tabled {A-Clubs}{9-Clubs} for aces up. Derias needed an ace on the river to stay alive, but the last card off the deck was the {8-Hearts} and Derias was eliminated from the competition.

Tags: Sherif Derias

Michael Tomeny Eliminated

In a battle of the blinds Michael Tomeny and Phillip Peters saw a flop of {J-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}. Tomeny from the small blind bet out for the last of his chips and Peters made the call.

Tomeny: {K-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}
Peters: {10-Hearts}{10-Spades}

The turn was the {6-Diamonds} and river {10-Hearts} and Michael Tomeny was headed to the rail.

Tags: Michael Tomeny

Julian Powell Eliminated

Julian Powell Eliminated
Julian Powell Eliminated
Julian Powell had all of his money in the middle with an open-ended straight-flush draw against Alex Keating who held trip nines. Powell missed on the river and after some mutterings about the quality of his opponents he exited the poker room.

Tags: Julian Powell