2009 Aussie Millions › Event 15 - $2,200 No Limit Hold'em Teams Event

Day 1 completed

Posted 2009-01-25 GMT+12

Congratulations to Nick & Effie Bouyioukos, Winners of Event #15! (AU$31,500)

The blinds were high in the end, but a deserved winner was found in Nick & Effie Bouyioukos. After an exciting and emotionally-charged heads-up battle this husband and wife team embraced in delight at capturing the AU$31,500 and title.

Congratulations to Nick & Effie Bouyioukos for your win in Event #15: No Limit Hold'em Teams Event.

Join us again tomorrow as the 2009 Aussie Millions rounds the corner and into the home straight with the final table of the $10k H.O.R.S.E event, Turbo No Limit Hold'em event and highly anticipated AU$1 million cash game.

Aristidou & De Cesare Eliminated in 2nd Place (AU$20,000); Bouyioukos & Bouyioukos Win Event #15!

On a flop of Peter Aristidou with moved all in, against Effie Bouyioukos with .

The turn and river sealed the deal for Team Bouyioukos, sending them the title.

Aristidou Doubles - Even Stevens

With his tournament life on the line Peter Aristidou has doubled through with against the of Effie Bouyioukos. The board ran out to ship the pot Aristidou's way and leave the stacks virtually dead even at 220,000 a piece.

Team Bouyioukos Back with a Vengeance

Team Bouyioukos have doubled back through multiple times to drag the tournament back to almost even. Like a prize fighter up off the mat, they are throwing everything they can into staying alive in this tournament.

Of course in any tournament you need a little bit of luck too. In one such hand Effie Bouyioukos, still short stacked at that stage, moved in with and was called by Peter Aristidou with .

Aristidou's commanding position would last till the river. The flop of completely missed Bouyioukos, as did the turn. However the river was just what she needed to double through and keep the tournament alive.

Team Bouyioukos on the Ropes

We're not far from a champion here. In yet another preflop confrontation Nick Bouyioukos has ran into the of Amanda De Cesare.

Bouyioukos was unable to spike a winning hand on the board and they drop down to just 26,000 in chips.

Vandersluis & Demetriou Eliminated in 3rd Place (AU$13,000)

Roy Vandersluis and Andrew Demetriou have been eliminated by the river. Roy Vandersluis was all in preflop with , against Peter Aristidou's .

The board was all clear through the turn, with the flop and turn . The river was the problem though, sending Vandersluis and Demetriou out in 3rd place.

Heads up will see Aristidou and De Cesare at 230,000 narrowly leading Team Bouyioukos at 210,000.

Noja & Alexander Eliminated in 4th Place (AU$9,500)

Daniel Noja and Richard Alexander have been eliminated. After his partner recently doubled up Effie Bouyioukos, Daniel Noja would run into Nick Bouyioukos in a preflop confrontation.

Noja's would be well behind Bouyioukos' and would stay that way with the board running out to send the Noja/Alexander team to the rail.

Team Bouyioukos have 220,000.

Effie Bouyioukos Doubles into the Lead

Effie Bouyioukos has moved her team into the lead after doubling through Richard Alexander.

Bouyioukos with got all the chips in preflop against Richard Alexander . The board ran out to give both players a pair but Bouyioukos' Ace-King kicker playing.

Team Bouyioukos move over 145,000. Alexander and Noja drop to 110,000.

Update

Play has slowed a little, here's the latest chip counts:

Aristidou/De Cesare - 105,000
Noja/Alexander - 185,000
Bouyioukos/Bouyioukos - 70,000
Vandersluis/Demetriou - 65,000