Event 5 - $1,150 No Limit Holdem w/ $1,000 rebuys (2-Day Event) Day 1 | 2008 Aussie Millions

01-09-2008 16:31 UTC+10

Table of Death

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A huge collection of well known players have now found themselves together on table 32, with some tough pots being fiercely contested. The table now features the likes of Mick "The Hoon", Tony G, Anna Wroblewski, Tony Dunst, Phillip Peters and Josh "JJProdigy" Field.

01-09-2008 16:43 UTC+10

John Murphy Eliminated

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John Murphy pushed the last of his chips into the middle with pocket threes and Jim Sachindis made the call with K-Q, however the board paired up the hand of Sachindis and Murphy was eliminated from today's event.

Tags: John Murphy

01-09-2008 16:46 UTC+10

Jim Sachindis Eliminated

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A three-way all in pot saw Jim Sachindis with his tournament life on the line with pocket queens against the pocket nines and A-J of his two opponents.

Sachindis exclaimed "I never win with this hand..." before the board landed {3-Spades}

to give his opponent a set and end a busy for Jim Sachindis.

Tags: Jim Sachindis

01-09-2008 17:05 UTC+10

58 Players Remaining

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01-09-2008 17:12 UTC+10

Sam Khouiss - "Do I Want To Gamble?"

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Sam Khouiss opened the action with a raise to 800, and a player in middle position made the call. Emanuel Seal then shoved all in over the top for in excess of 16,000 chips.

Sam Khouiss goes into the tank with a huge "make or break" decision. Khouiss says "I know what you have, I just gotta decide if I want to gamble". After several minutes of thought Khouiss makes the call with {A-Diamonds}

. Seal flips over pocket tens and we have another race.

The board lands {J-Hearts}

and Khouiss is crippled while Seal leaps to around 33,000 and is one of our tournament chip leaders!

Tags: Sam Khouiss

01-09-2008 17:16 UTC+10

Julian Powell = Chip Leader

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Julian Powell and his opponent get their chips into the middle on a flop of {6-Clubs}

. Powell shows {K-Hearts}

for a pair of kings which holds the lead over his opponent's {A-Hearts}

. The turn is the {9-Diamonds}

and river is {Q-Diamonds}

and Powell becomes a runaway chip leader with well over 40,000 chips!

Tags: Julian Powell

01-09-2008 17:24 UTC+10

Karib Karib Eliminated

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On a flop of {10-Spades}

Karib Karib pushed the last of his chips into the middle holding pocket fours. However Peter James made a good call with his {A-Spades}

. The turn and river brought {Q-Hearts}

and Karib was eliminated from today's field.

Tags: Karib Karib

01-09-2008 17:27 UTC+10

Schaefer Stumbles

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On a flop of {Q-Spades}

Brandon Schaefer check-raised his opponent enough to put him to a decision for his tournament life. He made the call and showed {9-Spades}

. It proved to be a great call as Schaefer flipped over {A-Spades}

for bottom pair. The turn and river provided no help for Schaefer, leaving him with around 8,000 chips as his opponent doubled through.

Tags: Brandon Schaefer

01-09-2008 17:30 UTC+10

Rayan Nathan Doubles Up

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All the chips were in the middle pre-flop with Rayan Nathan fighting for survival with his {A-Clubs}

up against the pocket nines of his opponent. The board came {Q-Diamonds}

and neither player held a diamond, leaving Nathan's pair of aces and the winning hand. Nathan is now up to 8,500 chips.

Tags: Rayan Nathan

01-09-2008 17:34 UTC+10

Timex Triples!

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Another pre-flop all in confrontation saw Michael "Timex" McDonald push his remaining chips into the middle against two other players, including Van Marcus.

"Timex" held {J-Hearts}