2008 Aussie Millions
Event 7 - $3,250 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys
Day: 1
Jani Vilmunen Eliminated
Tino Lechich Eliminated
Lechich:
Watkinson:
The board ran out . Lechich picked up flush outs on the flop but Watkinson made a full house on the river to eliminate Lechich.
Tony G Eliminated
Sexton Eliminates Two; Soars to 125,000!
The hand began with a 6,900 pre-flop raise made by Ashby, which was called by both Mirzikinian and Sexton.
The flop came and Sexton, first to act, bet the pot, putting both Ashby and Mirzikinian all in. Ashby made the call first and Mirzikinian followed suit:
Sexton:
Ashby:
Mirzikinian:
The that fell on the turn was a beautiful card for Sexton as it gave him a ten-high straight, killing Ashby's chances to win the pot and lessening Mirzikinian's outs to one of the three remaining tens in the deck. Sexton locked up the hand when the came on the river, stacking both Ashby and Mirzikinian, while increasing his own net worth to just over 125,000 in chips.
Sexton is now the clear chip leader and currently the only player in the tournament with over 100,000 in chips.
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 0
Graeme "Kiwi G" Putt Eliminated
Putt:
Dwan:
The flop came and Putt had flopped a set to aces as well as the jack-high flush draw. However Dwan still had outs with the king-high flush draw and was praying for another diamond. The turn delivered with the giving Dwan the flush to reclaim the lead. Putt had a redraw to a full house and was looking for the board to pair, but the blank on the river sent him to the rail.
Pickering Eliminates Two!
The turn is and Bart also commits the rest of his chips with Pickering making the call.
Bart:
Goodwin:
Pickering:
Bart and Goodwin share the lead with a straight, but they have to dodge a lot of cards on the river to survive. The river is the and Pickering makes the nut flush to eliminate both players and take down a huge pot!
10 Players Remain
Seat 1: Mike Sexton
Seat 5: Mark Kassis
Seat 6: Peter Peeters
Seat 7: Tom "Durrrr" Dwan
Seat 8: Lenny Barshack
Table 32:
Seat 1: Jamie Pickering
Seat 3: Max Pescatori
Seat 4: Van Marcus
Seat 5: Lee Watkinson
Seat 9: Michael "Sticky" Guttman
With 10 players remaining in the tournament, we've reached both the money and final table bubbles. Tournament director Danny McDonagh tells us that the dinner break will begin when we either lose one more player, or when we reach the end of the current blind level - whichever comes first.
Final Table Set; Peter Peeters Bubbles
Peeters:
Barshack:
Peeters is in great shape with top two pair as Barshack is drawing slim. However one of his outs is the which lands on the river to eliminate Peeters in dramatic fashion.
With this elimination our star-studded final table is now set. The players will now be taking 40-minute dinner break and we'll have the updated chips counts for you shortly.