Table 10
Seat 1: William Phillips (307500)
Seat 2: Gabor Farkas (121500)
Seat 3: Renato Maiale (110000)
Seat 4: Oliver Keefe (211500)
Seat 5: Erick Lindgren (267000)
Seat 6: Elliot Smith (315500)
Seat 7: Raymond Ellis (56500)
Seat 8: Eli Heath (108500)

Table 14
Seat 1: Martin Pencik (164500)
Seat 2: Rene Freymann (434000)
Seat 3: Mark Vos (203000)
Seat 4: Manny Rodrigues (386500)
Seat 5: John Dalessandri (101000)
Seat 6: Jeffrey Rossiter (385000)
Seat 7: Michael Healy (130500)
Seat 8: Jamie Perkins (105500)

Table 19
Seat 1: Eugene Katchalov (61000)
Seat 2: Matthew Kirk (198500)
Seat 3: Benjamin Blackmore (221000)
Seat 4: Sean Eichendorf (79500)
Seat 5: John Foy (115500)
Seat 6: Sam Razavi (107000)
Seat 7: Christopher Sparks (158500)
Seat 8: Van Marcus (50500)

Table 24
Seat 1: Jason Mo (102000)
Seat 2: Emanuel Seal (240000)
Seat 3: Shane Sigsbee (141500)
Seat 4: Gavin Cochrane (81000)
Seat 5: Simon Charette (175500)
Seat 6: Randy Dorfman (581000)
Seat 7: Cliff Lee (154000)
Seat 8: Steve Gang (68500)

Table 25
Seat 1: Harald Indrich (121000)
Seat 2: Roman Zoch (128500)
Seat 3: Patrik Antonius (428500)
Seat 4: Michael Guttmann (150500)
Seat 5: Simon Morris (41000)
Seat 6: Karib Karib (42500)
Seat 7: Haibo Chu (431000)
Seat 8: Tore Lukashaugen (254000)

Table 27
Seat 1: Tyler Bonkowski (260500)
Seat 2: Gene Rayner (138500)
Seat 3: Peter Wong (47000)
Seat 4: Andras Kovacs (74500)
Seat 5: Tamara Volkoff (57000)
Seat 6: Julius Colman (53500)
Seat 7: Semon Deeb (170000)

Table 28
Seat 1: Daniel Reijmer (204500)
Seat 2: Michael White (120000)
Seat 3: Christopher Mounteney (114000)
Seat 4: Tobias Reinkemeier (533500)
Seat 5: Manny Stavropoulos (118000)
Seat 6: Michael Ryan (547500)
Seat 7: David Menz (146000)
Seat 8: Mattias Jorstedt (79500)

Table 29
Seat 1: Sorel Mizzi (489000)
Seat 2: Michael Matthews (175500)
Seat 3: Chris Moorman (220000)
Seat 4: Nik Lackovic (97000)
Seat 5: Michael Newman (180500)
Seat 6: Shane Laugesen (124000)
Seat 7: Hiren Patel (177000)

Table 31
Seat 1: David Gorr (223500)
Seat 2: Andrew Albergo (31500)
Seat 3: James Keys (508000)
Seat 4: Mike Sowers (149000)
Seat 5: Randy Lew (484000)
Seat 6: Michael Logiudice (88000)
Seat 7: John Patgorski (376500)

Table 32
Seat 1: Sanchez Rodriguez (85500)
Seat 2: Earl Roberts (133000)
Seat 3: Louise Ingram (118000)
Seat 4: Howard Lederer (181500)
Seat 5: Adam Cusenza (261500)
Seat 6: Kut Chow (97000)
Seat 7: Alec Smith (120000)

I can officially confirm for you that it is 4pm.

All live updates can be found at Live Reporting | 2011 Aussie Millions | Event #5: 8-Game Mixed Event | PokerNews

Tripled with 88 and then busto with 10c8c . . . 393rd for $600-odd.

and then of course I jinx myself FML


PokerStars Game #56061436213: Tournament #402020010, $200+$15 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XX (5000/10000) - 2011/01/17 14:04:13 AEST [2011/01/16 22:04:13 ET]
Table '402020010 619' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: deennis010 (170958 in chips)
Seat 2: AKABoumi (350042 in chips)
Seat 3: Ramux (152256 in chips)
Seat 4: NileZ (360252 in chips)
Seat 5: akport (77615 in chips)
Seat 6: 102976 (144453 in chips)
Seat 7: PokerASS24 (106458 in chips)
Seat 8: tRaMSt0p (86399 in chips)
Seat 9: Bry23 (220745 in chips)
deennis010: posts the ante 1000
AKABoumi: posts the ante 1000
Ramux: posts the ante 1000
NileZ: posts the ante 1000
akport: posts the ante 1000
102976: posts the ante 1000
PokerASS24: posts the ante 1000
tRaMSt0p: posts the ante 1000
Bry23: posts the ante 1000
Bry23: posts small blind 5000
deennis010: posts big blind 10000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to tRaMSt0p [Ah Kc]
AKABoumi: folds
Ramux: folds
NileZ: folds
akport: raises 66615 to 76615 and is all-in
102976: folds
PokerASS24: folds
tRaMSt0p: raises 8784 to 85399 and is all-in
Bry23: folds
deennis010: folds
Uncalled bet (8784) returned to tRaMSt0p
*** FLOP *** [8h Td 8d]
*** TURN *** [8h Td 8d] [4s]
*** RIVER *** [8h Td 8d 4s] [Jd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
akport: shows [Jh 9h] (two pair, Jacks and Eights)
tRaMSt0p: shows [Ah Kc] (a pair of Eights)
akport collected 177230 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 177230 | Rake 0
Board [8h Td 8d 4s Jd]
Seat 1: deennis010 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: AKABoumi folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Ramux folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: NileZ folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: akport showed [Jh 9h] and won (177230) with two pair, Jacks and Eights
Seat 6: 102976 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: PokerASS24 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: tRaMSt0p (button) showed [Ah Kc] and lost with a pair of Eights
Seat 9: Bry23 (small blind) folded before Flop

Since I didn't leave Crown till 7am - and expecting to be buggered - I degened it up but only played a limited schedule.

Got owned in the $11 Rebuy and cashed in some crappy $2.20 tourney, but still in the Sunday Millions sitting 330/427 and guaranteed $5xx atm.

Can I use my one time today please?

I'm 95% sure there was no guarantee last year

PokerStars Game #55656528411: Tournament #401010647, $10+$1 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XII (250/500) - 2011/01/10 10:41:23 AEST [2011/01/09 18:41:23 ET]
Table '401010647 81' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: Rene_no_luck (6995 in chips)
Seat 2: Foggsy (19165 in chips)
Seat 3: Roya6 (23371 in chips)
Seat 4: giopazzo (59485 in chips)
Seat 5: TEENageTuRtL (11865 in chips)
Seat 6: gut88 (7955 in chips)
Seat 7: tRaMSt0p (5043 in chips)
Seat 8: drew2200 (5921 in chips)
Seat 9: cavalao (23747 in chips)
Rene_no_luck: posts the ante 75
Foggsy: posts the ante 75
Roya6: posts the ante 75
giopazzo: posts the ante 75
TEENageTuRtL: posts the ante 75
gut88: posts the ante 75
tRaMSt0p: posts the ante 75
drew2200: posts the ante 75
cavalao: posts the ante 75
drew2200: posts small blind 250
cavalao: posts big blind 500
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to tRaMSt0p [ Tc Ts ]
Rene_no_luck: folds
Foggsy: folds
Roya6: raises 750 to 1250
giopazzo: folds
TEENageTuRtL: raises 1925 to 3175
gut88: folds
tRaMSt0p: ???

I assumed Delaney was in the blue

get him some chips and its game over!

Currently 4/26 with 532,000 and blinds at 2500/5000 and a 500 ante.

Obst in Overdrive

We picked up the action on the turn in a heads-up pot as the board read , and there was close to 50,000 in the pot. James Obst was first to act, and he led out with 36,000. Andrew Robl took his time considering before making the call, and things were getting serious as the landed on the river.

Obst picked up more chips and made a final bet of 95,000, drawing a long gaze from Robl. He looked pretty pained as he tanked over the decision, and it would be at least three or four minutes before he uncapped his cards and returned them to the muck.

"I'll give you $100 to see your hand," Robl tried. Obst smirked and shook his head, but Robl reached back and pulled out his wallet. "Two hundred." Still a no, so he tried one last time. "Three hundred bucks?" Obst wasn't having it, sending his cards back to the dealer face-down as he chips his way up over 600,000.

http://pnimg.net/lrep/1792/2/ma4f8f9ceb1.jpg

I did fold, and the UTG player had 88 and ran into the big blinds AA.

I don't really wanted to get involved in this heated discussion, but thought I'd drop my two cents for the hell of it.

I think qualification for Young Gun awards should be based on one of two categories.

A - Under 30 years of age
B - Known to the wider poker community (as judged by PokerNetwork or whatever is the qualifying body) for less then two years

I also believe that players should be eligible to win both Player of and Young Gun of the Month Awards on more than one occasion throughout the calender year.

PokerStars Game #55267855215: Tournament #345093042, $3.00+$0.30 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XXXVII (17500/35000) - 2011/01/03 12:47:34 AEST [2011/01/02 20:47:34 ET]
Table '345093042 215' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 2: NGC-2419 (752509 in chips)
Seat 3: tRaMSt0p (338815 in chips)
Seat 5: dccnesquick (736428 in chips)
Seat 6: Blundeto (715322 in chips)
Seat 7: Allways_Lose (1013859 in chips)
Seat 8: ann_can (284626 in chips)
Seat 9: PunkyPickle (725374 in chips)

NGC-2419: posts the ante 4375
tRaMSt0p: posts the ante 4375
dccnesquick: posts the ante 4375
Blundeto: posts the ante 4375
Allways_Lose: posts the ante 4375
ann_can: posts the ante 4375
PunkyPickle: posts the ante 4375
ann_can: posts small blind 17500
PunkyPickle: posts big blind 35000

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to tRaMSt0p [5h 5c]
NGC-2419: raises 70000 to 105000
tRaMSt0p: ???

I was sitting 12/14 with the average stack at ~900k and a guaranteed $57.28 payday.

Approximate Payouts
1st - $2,000
2nd - $1,500
3rd - $1,000
4th - $731
5th - $540
6th - $413
7th - $286
8th - $159
9th - 101
10-12th - $76

Not being based in Melbourne, poker players are vary rare to come across, and consequently home games are virtually un-existence over the $5 buy-in mark.

With a few friends getting into poker, we hit the pub poker scene at least twice a week, and although there are no real prizes up for grabs - apart from a $25 venue voucher and points to become a top 5 venue qualifier for the state finals - I still take it 100% seriously.

I ain't sitting there with an ipod or calculating ranges etc, but I do try and play properly. Toss in the 7-3 etc, and try - like most times you sit at a poker table - WIN! However . . . after countless final tables I still have yet to secure victory.

The one thing I don't do, is take any beat seriously. Some of these guys have no clue what they're doing, and some think they are the bees knees, but I just sit there, nod along with whatever they say and just play my cards.

If my Kings get cracked, oh well, it was free to enter, i spent $10 on drinks to get a rebuy card, and had some fun with mates.

Firstly, do you understand the conditions of holding an Aussie Millions seat?

I'm assuming you won it at Crown (because if you bought it, you would be able to get a refund minus the vig), and if it is your only seat, then you won't be able to sell it until you win another.

. . . and I present WPT Royal Flush girl and Miss Philippines Melyssa Grace

http://i425.photobucket.com/albums/p...a-grace-08.jpg

http://half-asians.com/img/wpt_rfg_melyssa_7.jpg

http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...f1a83525de.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c9...aGrace-553.jpg

Has everyone ended their year prematurely or does no one care about the old sweat threads?

Anyway, being the penultimate Monday for 2010, thought I'd kick it off with my first sweat thread.

Playing as much as I can fit over two monitors and a laptop . . . all the micro-stakes stuff ($1-$26) plus some of the majors like the Sunday Mirrions across PokerStars, Full Tilt and Absolute.

Good luck to everyone out there!!!

The guys that put it together are from the UK and work for a company called Volcano xxxxxx

Maybe Luke L will be able to provide better info once he gets back from his holidays

Had this hand come up the other day to give me a WTF reaction when my opponent opened to 5x utg.

I was pretty sure he either mis-clicked opened (size wise) or range was weighted to small-medium pairs. Therefore is my ship - although a big one of 25-BBs - semi-standard, gross or just purely retarded?

Also, if we upped the buy-in to say $11 or $22, does the hand change at all?

(Note: no decent stats on villain as he had only been at table for an orbit or so)

PokerStars Game #54237796847: Tournament #344010172, $3.00+$0.30 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2010/12/14 21:30:32 AEST [2010/12/14 5:30:32 ET]
Table '344010172 63' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: Juventtini (9005 in chips)
Seat 2: VenOm_UK (14405 in chips)
Seat 3: Vorobey107 (12338 in chips)
Seat 4: Floor83 (6915 in chips)
Seat 5: boutties (5910 in chips)
Seat 6: SwampKat (12210 in chips)
Seat 7: PhoenixGray (7219 in chips)
Seat 8: asafderg (6460 in chips)
Seat 9: tRaMSt0p (5005 in chips)
asafderg: posts small blind 100
tRaMSt0p: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to tRaMSt0p [Kc Ac]
Juventtini: raises 800 to 1000
VenOm_UK: folds
Vorobey107: folds
Floor83: folds
boutties: folds
SwampKat: folds
PhoenixGray: folds
asafderg: folds
tRaMSt0p: