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

01-09-2008 17:36 UTC+10

Tony G Doubles Through JJProdigy

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Tony G and Josh "JJProdigy" Field hastily shoved their chips into the middle and the cards were flipped.

"JJProdigy" held pocket jacks but was in trouble against Tony G who showed pocket kings.

The board of {4-Spades}

gave Tony a much needed double up to 15,000 chips and left "JJProdigy" with around 7,500.

Tags: Josh "JJProdigy" Field Tony G

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}

and both of his opponents showed "Big Slick".

The board of {4-Diamonds}

left McDonald's jacks as the winner and he tripled up to 28,000 chips, while Marcus is now crippled.

Tags: Michael "Timex" McDonald Van Marcus

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 17:27 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 17:24 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 17:16 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 17:12 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 17:05 UTC+10

58 Players Remaining

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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 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