The Aussie Millions thread

[TightEnd]

Plenty of blondes and Brits over there, and first reports are coming through. Good luck to Jack Ellwood on Day 2


Crown Poker's 2012 Aussie Millions Championship continued on Friday with Day 1b of Event 1: $1,100 Opening Event. The first flight drew 274 players and saw 34 advance to Day 2. On Day 1b 251 players took their seats, bringing the total to 525 players, with one more starting flight to go. Of the 251 players who registered on Day 1b, only 32 survived, and Sam Youssef sits atop the leaderboard with 240,100 in chips.

Youssef made some moves in the last few levels of the day — the first on board showing {5-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{2-Clubs}{q-Spades}. By the time all the action on the turn was over, Youssef and his opponent had all the chips in the middle.

Showdown
Youssef: {j-Hearts}{10-Hearts}
Opponent: {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}

When Youssef noticed that his opponent hit a set on the flop, he joked that he was drawing dead. That certainly wasn't the case by the time the river was dealt — the {a-Clubs} giving Youssef the straight.

Another player who was doing quite well was James Dempsey. He was involved in a big pot against Sorel Mizzi that began when Dempsey raised to 1,600 from the hijack only to have an unknown player three-bet to 3,750 from the cutoff. Mizzi, who was next to act on the button, then made it 7,700 to go. Dempsey responded by moving all-in for 40,875, the cutoff folded, and Mizzi called.

Showdown
Dempsey: {A-Hearts}{7-Hearts}
Mizzi: {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}

Mizzi was in great shape to eliminate a tough competitor, but the {7-Spades}{3-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} flop paired Dempsey to give him the lead. Neither the {Q-Hearts} turn nor {6-Diamonds} river helped Mizzi, and he was reduced to just 7,500. Dempsey took over the chip lead with approximately 100,000. A few hands later, Mizzi was eliminated from the tournament.

Unfortunately for Dempsey, he was unable to hold onto his big stack as he ran into the red-hot Youssef. In that hand, there was plenty of action between Youssef and Dempsey, with the former holding {k-}{10-} and the latter {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}. The flop brought a {k-} along with two hearts and this is when all the chips went in. Dempsey needed a heart but it never came and Youssef's kings were enough to eliminate Dempsey.

The unique “repechage” format of the event means that both Dempsey and Mizzi will likely be back on Day 1c. There were plenty of other players like Mizzi who were eliminated in Flight 1 and opted to take advantage of the repechage format and reentered on Day 1b. They included Maria Ho, Simon Watt, Daniel Laidlaw, Benn Skendar, and Vesko Zmukic. Unfortunately, none of them survived the day, though we expect most will return on Day 1c for one last try.

The second starting flight of the Opening Event may have attracted the previous day’s dead, but a slew of new players attended, as well, including 2010 World Series of Poker third-place finisher, Joseph Cheong; 2011 Aussie Millions Champ, David Gorr; local legend and 2011 Australian Poker Hall of Fame inductee, Leo Boxell; U.K. pro, Richard Ashby; world traveler, McLean Karr, and online stars Daniel “djk123” Kelly, Toby “810ofclubs” Lewis, and Jim “Mr_BigQueso” Collopy. Unfortunately, all of these players hit the rail by night’s end.

Joining Youssef on Day 2, along with the 34 survivors from Day 1a, are Bernard Beh, Mel Judah, Billy Jordanou, Brendon Rubie, and last year's winner of this very event, Martin Drewe, just to name a few.

Top 5 Chip Counts
Player   Chips
Sam Youssef   240,100
Brendon Rubie   148,000
Bernard Beh   134,000
Michael Comer   132,600
Jack Ellwood   124,000

The last Day 1 starting flight is set to begin at 1230 AEST Saturday (1730 PST Friday)


 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2012/01/2012-aussie-millions-event-1-day-1b-youssef-leads-11799.htm

[TightEnd]

Brit Rob Angood 3rd in Event 1

2012 Aussie Millions
$1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Opening Event

Brendon Rubie, Winner of the 2012 Aussie Millions Opening Event ($200,000 AUD)

It all started last Thursday and after three Day 1 flight’s, a gruelling Day 2 and an exciting final table, Brendon Rubie has been crowned the champion of the 2012 Aussie Millions Opening Event.

This time yesterday, Rubie and dozens of players were set to be playing down to the winner. As the tournament went late into the evening, it was decided that the final table would be coming back today. Within the first hour, the two short stacks at the table had been eliminated, with Sean Robey going home in 10th place before Tamara Volkoff joined him on the rail in 9th place.

Naz Sibaei was the next player to be eliminated, with his demise occurring a couple of hands after he lost a massive pot to the eventual champion. After Sibaei was sent home in 8th place, Sherif Derias was eliminated in 7th place. Next to go was local Manny Stavropoulos in 6th place, with his elimination coming just a few hands before Tam Troung joined the rail in 5th place.

John Thomson was the short stack for much of the afternoon and put in a great effort to make it to 4th place. From there, Rubie began his rise to the top when he picked up a huge pot against Rob Angood who ran his {a-Spades}{9-Diamonds} into the {a-Clubs}{a-Hearts} of Rubie. Angood never recovered from there and Rubie would end up dealing the fatal blow that sent Angood home in 3rd place.

The heads-up battle started with Rubie holding a 2-1 chip lead over Wilson and Rubie would hold on to that lead for much of heads-up. The game changing hand of their battle began when Rubie opened the pot for 125,000 and Wilson promptly three-bet to 250,000. When Rubie made the call, a {8-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} flop was dealt. Wilson led for 350,000, Rubie called, and the {q-Spades} hit the turn. Wilson opted to check this time and then called Rubie’s bet of 325,000. The {a-Clubs} on the river saw Wilson again check and this time Rubie simply slid out a huge stack of chips. When Wilson made the call, Rubie confidently turned over his {q-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} and Wilson proceeded to look disappointed. Rubie knew he had taken down the hand and even went to the rail to celebrate the victory. Unfortunately for Rubie, Wilson was actually left with a few big blinds and Rubie apologized as he sat back down to continue the tournament.

With only a few hundred thousand in chips, Wilson didn’t have too many options and proceeded to move all in. A couple of double-ups for Wilson and he had a pulse again as Rubie tried to recompose himself.

The inevitable last hand of the evening occurred when Wilson got his stack all in on a {10-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{q-Spades} flop. Rubie’s {q-Clubs}{j-Diamonds} was enough to be well ahead of the {4-Clubs}{3-Clubs} of Wilson and when the turn and river bricked out, it was all over for Wilson as he was sent home in 2nd place for a hefty $125,000 score.

Not only did Rubie receive $200,000 for his victory, but can now add an Aussie Millions gold ring to his resume and will go down in history as the champion of the 2012 Aussie Millions Opening Event.


http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-aussie-millions/1-000-no-limit-hold-em-opening-event/

[outragous76]

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http://www.aussiemillions.com/live/updates/70006/-1-000-no-limit-holdem-six-handed

[ChipRich]

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[bobby1]

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[TightEnd]

British pro Tom Middleton has taken down the $1,000 No Limit Hold'em Six-Max event at the Aussie Millions, bagging himself a bankroll-boosting $84,200 in the process, the second largest cash of his live career so far.

The Leeds lad is better known in online circles as "hitthehole" where he has more than $2,900,000 in tournament cashes but he is no fish in the live arena either, having cashes of almost $510,000 most of which is made up of the $305,015 that he picked up for finishing third in a $2,500 event at this year's World Series of Poker.

Middleton went into the second and final day armed with a stack of 260,500 chips, enough to place him seventh out of the 18 who had made it safely through from Day 1. Within the first 30 minutes of play the tournament was reduced to the final two tables after six players were eliminated, one of which at the hands of young Middleton. Tomi Aalto got his chips into the middle with {K-Spades}{J-Spades} only to find himself dominated by the {A-Hearts}{K-Hearts} of our hero an d when the board ran out {3-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{K-Hearts}{7-Spades} Aalto was busted, Middleton's stack grew to 505,000 and the players redrew for the last two tables.

Over the next 90-minutes the field was being reduced in size one player at a time and when Stefan Jedlicka was busted out in eighth place the remaining seven players all converged on what was called the final table despite the fact the tournament was meant to be six-max. The seat draw and stacks were as follows:
Position   Name   Chips
1   Peter Skouteris   503,000
2   Joel Dodds   392,000
3   Craig Cockburn   979,000
4   Tom Middleton   857,000
5   Ben Lingenfelder   257,000
6   Kosta Mamaliadis   409,000
7   Xin Zhao   576,000

Within an hour the perfectionists amongst us were happy that the six-handed tournament was now being played six-handed when Xin Zhao was sent to the rail in seventh place. Ten minutes after Zhao's demise the Middleton-show took place as one-by-one he eliminated each of his five opponents.

First to feel the Middleton wraith was Ben Lingenfelder who found his {Q-Spades}{9-Spades} was no match for the {A-Spades}{4-Spades} of Middleton when the board ran out {Q-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}{X-}. The it was the turn of of Kosta Mamaliadis to clash with the young Brit and come away with no chips! On a flop reading {2-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} Middleton made a continuation bet of 50,000 and then called when his opponent raised to 175,000. The {5-Clubs} on the turn saw Middleton check, Mamaliadis move all in for 490,000 and after two minutes Middle made a great call with {A-Spades}{7-Diamonds}, which was ahead of the {6-Diamonds}{6-Spades} of Mamaliadis. The {3-Spades} on the river caused no drama and Middleton was up to 1,500,000 chips and really running the show.

Shortly after and "Middy" saw his stack increase past the 2,000,000 barrier when he snapped Craig Cockburn's 150,000 three-bet shove with {Q-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds} which held against Cockburn's {A-Spades}{8-Clubs} then literally the very next hand Peter Kouteris moved all in with what turned out to the {A-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} but it could not suck out on the red eights of Middleton, setting up a one-on-one battle with Joel Dodds for the title.

Even without a three-to-one chip advantage you had the feeling Middleton was going to walk away with the title and that is exactly what happened after only a few hands. Middleton opened the betting from the button and Dodds made the call. The dealer put out the {5-Hearts}{10-Spades}{J-Spades} flop. Dodds initially checked, Middleton fired a bet of 50,000 only to see Dodds check-raise to 128,000. Middleton wasted no time in making it 370,000 to go and when Dodds shoved Middleton called.
Dodds   {Q-Hearts}{9-Clubs}
Middleton   {J-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}

Middleton had flopped two pair against the open-ended straight draw of Dodds. The turn was the {10-Clubs} followed by the {3-Spades} on the river and Middleton had become the first British champion of this year's Aussie Millions!

Aussie Millions $1,000 Six-Max Final Table Results
Position   Name   Prize
1   Tom Middleton   $84,200
2   Joel Dodds   $58,135
3   Peter Skouteris   $40,450
4   Craig Cockburn   $30,800
5   Kosta Mamaliadis   $23,100
6   Ben Lingenfelder   $15,400


Read more: http://uk.pokernews.com/news/2012/01/tom-middleton-wins-1000-six-max-at-the-aussie-millions-7885.htm

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