2009 Aussie Millions
Event 3 - $1,100 Omaha Hi-Lo
Day: 1
The turn brought the . The action checked to Tran who bet. Mountt and the EP player called, before Juczenko announced a raise. Tran instantly put in another raise to drive the other two players out of the pot and leave Juczenko as the lone caller.
The river was the and Juczenko came out firing with Tran making the call.
Tran showed for a straight on the turn to go with his low, but Juczenko had caught running flush cards with for the rivered nut-nut.
Tran sighed as he slips back to 8,300 with Juczenko now up to 26,000.
After the completion of the deal, the dealer summoned a tournament supervisor to the table who assessed a one-orbit penalty on Khouiss. It turned out not to matter; Khouiss quickly got his remaining chips in against Danny Mountt and James Kronos. Kronos and Mountt checked down the turn and the river for a final board of . The opened hands were as follows:
Khouiss:
Kronos:
Mountt:
Kronos flopped top set of nines, but lost the high half when Mountt made a baby flush on the turn and the board never repeated. It seemed as though each player tabled a live ace for low which should have resulted in Kronos being quartered for the low half, but the entire low half of the pot was awarded to Kronos.
Whether that was correct or not, it was clear that Khouiss was not entitled to either half. He's out.
Search parties were called to try to locate the wayward chip, with Tony himself getting down on his hands and knees to look for it. He circled the table, claiming that there must be a hole in the floor beneath the table because the chip was gone. Finally one of the floor staff disappeared underneath the table, ultimately emerging with a $5 cash chip and the errant purple tournament chip.
Jason Gray, one of the active players in the hand, asked that Tony G's bet not be considered a raise, but the staff ruled that because Tony had thrown multiple chips onto the felt in front of him in excess of those needed to just call, the raise would stand.
Tony didn't win that hand, but he did win the next hand, showing down on a board of for a wheel that collected both halves of the pot. He's now at 18,400 in the counts.
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The flop landed and the blinds checked to Khouiss, who made a continuation bet which both opponents called.
The same trend followed when the fell on the turn, before the on the river was checked around and the cards were tabled:
Khouiss:
Tran:
Waggoner:
Tran showed down kings and eights for the high and the best low to scoop the entire pot. Tran jumps to 21,000 with Waggoner slipping to 12,000 and Khouiss down to his last 2,500.
Level: 9
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 0
Rainer Quel - 31,200
Alexander Kostritsyn - 25,600
Paul Sharbanee - 23,000
Giuseppe Gumina - 21,400
Michael Guzzardi - 19,100