2009 Aussie Millions › Event 1 - $1,100 No Limit Hold'em

Beattie's Steal Backfires

When the action folded to Kelvin Beattie on the button he moved all in for his last 70,000 chips hoping to steal the blinds but it wasn't going to be that easy as Christian Heich made the call in the big blind.

Beattie:
Heich:

The board landed and Heich collected the pot to end the tournament for Beattie.

Tags: Christian Heich, Kelvin Beattie.

Delaney Eliminated After Running into Aces Again

Ben Delaney ran into aces earlier in the day holding (and ultimately lost the hand to Clint Jordanou's ). He ran into aces a second time after he moved all in from the button for 79,000 and Rodney Snider called. Delaney showed and was dismayed to see Snider's . Each player made a full house on a board of . Snider's full house was best. Delaney, therefore, is out.

Tags: Ben Delaney, Rodney Snider.

Ghobrial Caught

Jim Ghobrial was down to his last 35,000 chips and moved them in preflop hoping to steal the blinds with his but couldn't get past the of Steve Bouya.

A king on the flop was enough for Bouya to take the pot and eliminate Ghobrial from the tournament.

Tags: Jim Ghobrial, Steve Bouya.

Level 17 started

Posted 2009-01-11 GMT+12

No More Lackovics

At this stage of the tournament most of the action is preflop, with players finding a hand worthy of shoving their chips into the middle. This leads to a lot of race situations, as Petar Lackovic just found out when he was all in with against the of Jason White.

This time the race went White's way as the board fell to send Lackovic to the exit. White moves up to 122,000.

Tags: Petar Lackovic.

Putty Busts

A short-stacked Graeme Putt has met his demise, after his was no match for the of Rodney Snider.

Once again all the chips were in preflop with the board presenting . Putt hit the rail as Snider moves up to 104,000 chips.

Tags: Graeme Putt, Rodney Snider.

A Setback for Beattie

We didn't see who was the one to move in first, but Christian Heich wound up all in against Kelvin Beattie. Beattie showed against Heich's but lost the hand. Heich spiked a seven on the flop, , and never looked back. He now has 180,000 chips while Beattie is left to struggle with 70,000.

Tags: Christian Heich, Kelvin Beattie.

Beattie Busts Goldwater

Steve Goldwater was all in preflop with and Kelvin Beattie made the call in the big blind with .

The board landed to end the tournament of Goldwater. Beattie is now up to 140,000 chips.

Tags: Kelvin Beattie, Steve Goldwater.

The Next Table to Fall

Each of the following players has been eliminated. Their reward is AU$3,290:

37th - James Broom
38th - Michael Chrisanthopoulos
39th - James Spiteri
40th - Darren King
41st - Rob Price
42nd - Mel Judah
43rd - Patrick Fletcher
44th - James Owens
45th - Kris Nedanovski

With four tables remaining, we've reached the next pay jump. The next nine players will each get AU$4,386.

Broom Swept Aside

James Broom is the latest casualty from today's event after running his into Jason White's and Ben Delaney's .

Broom was short-stacked and couldn't survive when the board fell . White tripled up to 40,000 while Delaney won the side pot with ace high to move to 100,000.

Tags: Ben Delaney, James Broom, Jason White.