2008 Aussie Millions

Event 9 - $100,000 No Limit Holdem
Day: 1
Event Info

2008 Aussie Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
1,250,000 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
100,000 AUD
Prize Pool
2,500,000 AUD
Entries
25
Level Info
Level
12
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
0

Reina Bullies Jedlicka

Joe Reina took down a pot against Niki Jedlicka. On a board of {9-Spades}{9-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{7-Clubs}, Jedlicka fired out 15,000 and Joe Reina raised him on the river. Jedlika folded and Joe Reina dragged the pot. That hand pushed Joe Reina up to 150,000. Jedlika slipped to 70,000.

Durrr Busts Two; Andy Bloch and Sandor Demjan Both Eliminated

Andy Bloch = Busto
Andy Bloch = Busto
Andy Bloch opened up for a 9,000 raise. Sandor Demjan called. From the small blind, Tom "Durrr" Dwan re-raised to 36,000. Bloch moved all in for 80,000. Sandor Demjan shoved for his last 20,000. Durrr eventually called and said, "I hope you have A-K."

Bloch: {A-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}
Durrr: {J-Hearts}{8-Hearts}
Demjan: {Q-Hearts}{9-Hearts}

Bloch was ahead with A-Q. The flop was {K-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{6-Clubs} and Durrr picked up a flush draw. The turn was the {6-Hearts} and Durrr took the lead. The river was the {K-Diamonds}. Durrr won the pot and busted Andy and Sandor Demjan.

Down to 17 players.

Tags: Andy BlochDurrr

Level: 5

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 0

Joe Reina Crippled by Niki Jedlicka

On a flop of {J-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{3-Spades}, Niki Jedlicka raised 20,000 and Joe Reina called. The turn was the {K-Spades}. Niki Jedlika checked. Joe Reina moved all in. Jedlicka tanked and called for his last 62,000.

Jedlicka: {Q-Hearts}{Q-Spades}
Reina: {J-Clubs}{9-Clubs}

The river was the {A-Diamonds}. Jedlicka dragged the pot with a pair of Queens and he increased his stack to 200,000. Joe Reina slipped to 30,000.

Tags: Joe ReinaNiki Jedlicka

Erik Seidel Eliminated

Erik Seidel = Busto
Erik Seidel = Busto
Niki Jedlika raised 10,500 from UTG. Joe Reina called, as did Erik Sediel from the button. The flop was {10-Spades}{8-Clubs}{3-Clubs}. Jedlika checked. Reina moved all in for 20,000. Seidel called. Jedlicka moved all in for almost 200,000. Seidel tanked and at the last second, he called all in for 35,000.

Jedlika: {K-Spades}{K-Clubs}
Reina: {J-Diamonds}{J-Spades}
Seidel: {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts}

Jedlika was ahead. The turn was the {9-Diamonds} and the river was the {Q-Clubs}. Joe Reina caught a runner-runner straight to bust Erik Sediel. He won the main pot. The side pot went to Jedlika.

Tags: Niki Jedlicka

Jesus Has Left the Building

Jesus = Busto
Jesus = Busto
We caught the action on the flop of {K-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}. Jesus Ferguson checked. Tony Bloom bet 30,000. Jesus check-raised all in for 60,000. Bloom called.

Bloom: Q-J
Jesus: {10-Clubs}{8-Clubs}

"Wow," said Jesus. "That was a pretty gutsy call."

Bloom had just Queen high... and was ahead. The turn was the {9-Spades} and the river was the {7-Hearts}. Bloom won the pot with Queen high. Jesus missed his flush draw and was eliminated.

Tags: Jesus FergusonTony Bloom

Two Tables

With the eliminations of Chis Ferguson and Erik Seidel, the field has condensed to two tables. Here's the new lineup:

Table 29:

Seat 1: Nikolaus Jedlicka
Seat 2: Joe Reina
Seat 3: Jeff "ActionJeff" Garza
Seat 4: Mark Teltscher
Seat 5: Tony Bloom
Seat 6: Sergey Rybachenko
Seat 7: John Juanda
Seat 8: Masaaki Kagawa

Table 31:

Seat 1: Jeff Lisandro
Seat 2: Howard Lederer
Seat 3: Michael Sampoerna
Seat 4: Tom "Durrrr" Dwan
Seat 5: Erick Lindgren
Seat 6: Dan Shak
Seat 7: Phil Ivey

Dan Shak Eliminated

Dan Shak = Busto
Dan Shak = Busto
Dan Shak took a hit when he lost 80,000 to Erick Lindgren. That pot had thrust Lindgren into the chiplead with over 250,000, while Shak slipped to 45,000.

A couple of hands later, Shak busted out. Three players limped (including Tom "Durrr" Dwan) and Dan Shak shoved all in for his last 24,000 from the small blind. Durrr called. The flop was {8-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{2-Spades}. Shak moved all in and Durr called.

Shak: {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts}
Durrr: {A-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}

Durrr was ahead with a pair of 8s. The turn was the {2-Diamonds} and the river was the {J-Spades}. Dan Shak was eliminated.

Durrr increased his stack to over 300,000.

Tags: Dan ShakDurr