$1,100 Opening Event No Limit Holdem [Day 1c]
Structure Chip counts Prizepool
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"Chip Leader Nicolas Haidaris"
January 16, 2010
All Set For Day 2!
The final flight for Event 1 of the 2009 Aussie Millions is finally wrapped up for the night!459 hopefuls took to the felt today to take the field to a massive 1,143 which led to a $1,143,000 prizepool and $200,025 first prize.
Local hopefuls Andrew Oataway, Paul Khoury, Emad Tahtouh, Tony Dunst, Andrew Jeffreys and 2005 WSOP Champion Joe Hachem were just a handful of those unable to make it through to Day 2.
84 players did however bag their chips at the end of the day with Nicolas Haidaris leading the charge with 165,300. Right on his back were Peter Aristidou (142,400), Luke McLean (115,200) and Callum Ford (97,200).
Still in the hunt are Bruno Portaro (88,300), David Saab (60,100), Brendon Edmonds (50,200) and Con Tsapkounis (43,200).
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Last Three Hands
The Tournament Director has now announce that there are three hands left in the day.Tens Good For Aristidou
Following an under the gun raise to 8,000, Peter Aristidou made it 21,200 to go from middle position.Manny Rodrigues made the call on the button and the original raiser moved all in for exactly 21,200.
On a flop of
Aristidou fired out 25,000 to prompt a quick face-up fold from Rodrigues of 
.Aristidou:
Opponent:
The turn and river fell the
and 
to see Aristidou eliminate an opponent while climbing to 160,000 in chips.
Ford Splits Toothpick
Callum Ford opened on the button to 5,500 and Antonis 'Toothpick' Kambouroglou defended his big blind.Kambouroglou checked the
flop to prompt a 6,500-chip bet from Ford. Kambouroglou made it 14,000 to go, only to have Ford move all in for a further 22,200 on top.After several minutes Kambouroglou laid his hand down while slipping to 50,000 as Ford raked in the pot to climb to 62,000 in chips.
Final Level Chip Counts
These chip counts are brought to you by Bet 24/7 - The Sport of Winning.Nick Haidaris - 165,000
Luke McLean - 115,000
Peter Aristidou - 88,000
Bruno Portaro - 79,000
Antonis Kambouroglou - 66,000
Brendon Edmonds - 57,000
David Saab - 55,000
Con Tsapkounis - 47,000
Milan Gurung - 41,000
Joseph Humunicki - 40,000
Graeme Putt - 40,000
Callum Ford - 30,000
Jim Sachinidis - 30,000
Manny Stavropoulos - 29,000
Billy Seri - 28,000
Shoshiro Karita - 24,000
Blatt Busts
After final tabling this event last year, Dean Blatt will be unable to replicate his performance after being eliminated.Although he was all in preflop with
, his opponent's 
would catch a Queen on the flop to see Blatt make his way out the door.
Delaney Crippled Then Eliminated
On a flop of
Ben Delaney moved all in after three-betting his opponent Nick Putt preflop.Putt made a quick call tabling
to be in the lead against Delaney's 
.Unfortunately for Delaney the
and 
would land on the turn and river to see him crippled to barely two big blinds.Moments later Delaney would find
but would again be outflopped when his opponent flopped trip Queens.
Cotaidis Washed Up
'Carwash' George Cotaidis is the next local player to fall.With all his money going in as a slight favourite holding
, his opponent's 
would strike lightning on the turn when the board filled out 
to see Cotaidis hit the rail.