Event 6 - $1,650 Bounty Event (2-Day Event) Day 1 | 2008 Aussie Millions

01-11-2008 01:16 UTC+11

Manny Stavropoulos Eliminated in 16th Place ($5,180)

Manny Stavropoulos raised to 10,000 from the button. Kim Pearl bumped it up to 20,000 from the small blind. Stavropoulos moved all inf or 55,000. Pearl called.

Pearl: {3-Clubs}

Stavropoulos: {A-Hearts}

Manny Stavropoulos took the lead on the flop of {A-Diamonds}

. The turn was the {K-Diamonds}

, but the river was the {3-Hearts}

. Kim Pearl rivered a set to send Manny Stavropoulos to the rail.

Tags: Kim Pearl Manny Stavropoulos

01-11-2008 01:19 UTC+11

So... How Did the 20th Place Guy Bust Before the 25th Place Guy?

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It's not that we've lost our minds over here at the Poker News desk. Our Bounty Event today boasts quite a specialized structure and that extends to the payouts. Since we're playing in a shootout format in Round 2, wherein each table plays down to its final two players, the player who is eliminated in 8th place off of each table receives the same prize money, as do the 7th place finishers, etc. etc. One table might lose players more quickly than another-- hence the irregular order of the players in the blog.

So... the first two players to go out on each shootout table win 25th-32nd place prize money. The 6th place finishers on each table win 21st-24th place prize money. The 5th place finishers on each table win 17th-20th place prize money... and so on and so forth until we reach the final eight players.

01-11-2008 01:24 UTC+11

Steve Leonard Doubles Through Josh "JJProdigy" Field

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Josh "JJProdigy" Field raised from the small blind, Steve Leonard moved all in from the big blind and Field called.

Field {A-Diamonds}

Leonard

Unfortunately for Field, the flop came down {J-Clubs}

, pairing Leonard's kicker. The turn was the {J-Spades}

, the river was the {K-Clubs}

and Leonard doubled through Field, increasing his stack to 110,000. Field was left with 93,000.

Tags: JJProdigy Steve Leonard

01-11-2008 01:38 UTC+11

Mel Judah Eliminated in 12th Place ($7,511)

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Mel Judah was crippled by Ramy Tadros. A couple of hands later, Judah made a stand for his last 10,000 with {10-Diamonds}

. Kim Pearl called with {K-Clubs}

. Her hand held up and she sent Mel Judah to the rail.

With Judah's elimination, action on Table 29 is complete for this evening. The two remaining players on that table, Kim Pearl and Ramy Tadros, will advance to tomorrow's final table.

Tags: Mel Judah Ramy Tadros

01-11-2008 01:38 UTC+11

Players Take a 10-Minute Break

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01-11-2008 01:43 UTC+11

Updated Chip Counts

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Kim Pearl 311,000 **Advances to Final Table**
Michael Binger 186,000
Marlon Goonawardne 180,000
Ramy Tadros 162,500 **Advances to Final Table**
Greg Tomas 151,000
Darko Balaban 117,000
David Kruger 112,000
Michaela Johansson 105,000
Steve Leonard 105,000
Grant Levy 100,000
David Lacchia 87,000
Josh "JJProdigy" Field 80,000
Jeppe Nielson 50,000
Martin Comer 42,000
Josh Egan 37,000

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 0

01-11-2008 01:55 UTC+11