$1,100 Opening Event No Limit Holdem [Day 1b]
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"Chip Leader Jim Mastorakos"
January 15, 2010
Day 1b Action All Wrapped Up!
Unlike the early morning finish for day 1b, today's flight is all wrapped up with time to spare for some late night gambling or partying!Today we saw an increase in the field size to 357 for Day 1b of the $1,100 Opening Event of the 2010 Aussie Millions.
Michael 'TheBigSiCkO' Guzzardi, Andrew 'Adgee' Jeffreys, Julian Powell, Gary Benson, Tino Lechich, Lee Nelson, Stewart Scott and Con Tsapkounis were just a handful of players that will be forced to front up tomorrow.
Fortunately for the 60 that remain, they will have a chance to rest up and enjoy a day off tomorrow before returning on Sunday to battle down till just one remains.
Jim Mastorakos is leading the charge with a healthy 174,700 in chips, but is closely trailed by local players Dean McIver (155,800), Kerry Stead (131,700) and Trung 'DYnaSTyZz' Tran (130,100).
Still in the hunt for a shot at the tile include Petar Lackovic (103,000), Tim Marsters (91,700), Jimmy Wong (74,400), Ben Savage (71,200) and PNW Forum regulars Vincent 'Wonky' Wan (43,700) and Steve Topakas (27,600).
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Three More Hands
The Tournament Supervisor has announced that there are three hands remaining in the day's play.Rubie Doubles
With around 15,000 in the pot on a flop of
Brendon Rubie moved all in for his last 26,100 and was called by the player out of the big blind.Rubie:
Opponent:
The turn and river landed the
and 
to see Rubie double through to 65,000 in chips.
Dunst Dusted
With the action on Tony Dunst in late position, he moved all in for his last 36,600 and was called by an opponent on the button.Dunst:
Opponent:
The board ran out
to see Dunst hit the rail as we close in on the end of play.
Wong Knocks Out Two
Jimmy Wong has dispatched of two opponent's when his
held up against an opponent's 
and 
after all the money went in preflop.The board ran out
to see Wong scoop the pot and climb to 75,000 in chips.
Cohen KO'D
On a flop of
Hugh Cohen fired out a bet of 5,500 only to be check-raised to 13,000.Cohen made the call before seeing all his chips enter the pot on the turn when the
fell.Cohen:
Opponent:
Unfortunately for Cohen he would be unable to strike gold on the river as his opponent improved to quads to see the young Melbournian eliminated.
Final Level Of Play
With blinds at 1200-2400 and a 200-ante there are 70 players remaining in today's tournament for the final level of play.With only 51 players through to day two from flight one, it will be interesting if today's larger field will yield more day two entrants then yesterday.
Chip Counts For The Final Level
These chip counts are brought to you by Bet 24/7 - The Sport of Winning.Jim Mastorakos - 195,000
Kerry Stead - 110,000
Trung Tran - 105,000
Vincent Wan - 75,000
Tony Dunst - 68,000
Tim Marsters - 65,000
Sam Vakili - 60,000
Steve Topakas - 60,000
Ben Savage - 53,000
Petar Lackovic - 50,000
Hugh Cohen - 46,000
Dan Sing - 42,000
Dennis Huntly - 43,000
Brendon Rubie - 31,000
Tamara Volkoff - 30,000
Dean McIver - 30,000
Ewan Morgan - 30,000
Sherie Gellberg - 19,000
Jimmy Wong - 15,000
Savage Clips Wong
On a flop of
Ben Savage carelessly tossed out a single yellow 5,000-denomination chip from the button.Jimmy Wong made the call out of the small blind while another player folded his hand.
The turn fell the
and Wong fired out 10,000, only to have Savage move all in for around 28,000. After two minutes deliberating, Wong laid his hand down leaving himself just 15,000 as Savage tabled his
and raked in the pot to move to 53,000 in chips.