2009 Aussie Millions

Event 3 - $1,100 Omaha Hi-Lo
Day: 1
Event Info

2009 Aussie Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj88
Prize
30,600 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
1,000 AUD
Prize Pool
102,000 AUD
Entries
102
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
0

Demetriou Survives All-In

Harry Demetriou and Ivan Demidov went to war, with Demetriou coming out on top. Preflop, Demetriou raised an early limper only to see Ivan Demidov three-bet him. That folded the action all the way back to Demetriou, who capped the action. Demidov called.

Demetriou retained 550 chips in his stack as the flop came down {A-Spades} {K-Spades} {9-Clubs}. He bet out, drawing a groan and a sigh from Demidov. Demidov then dutifully raised, drawing a three-bet from Demetriou. Soon enough Demetriou's chips were all in.

Demetriou: {A-Diamonds} {A-Clubs} {8-Spades} {3-Hearts}
Demidov: {A-Hearts} {10-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} {3-Spades}

Demetriou's top set of aces had Demidov crushed. The board ran out {4-Spades} {4-Diamonds} to allow him to scoop. He's back up to 2,400, but don't cry too much for Demidov. He still has about 9,500 chips.

Tags: Harry DemetriouIvan Demidov

Portaro First Casualty

Bruno Portaro
Bruno Portaro
Bruno Portaro has the distinction of being our first casualty of the day. Portaro held {A-?}{5-?}{7-?}{2-?} against Paul Sharbanee's {A-?}{7-?}{6-?}{4-?}.

Portaro had flopped two pair but Sharbanee's straight held to go with a better low on a board of {5-?}{7-?}{8-?}{A-?}{9-?} to scoop and send Portaro to the exit.

Tags: Bruno Portaro

Learn on the Fly

"Omaha Hi/Lo is a game of the nuts.  It requires drawing after the flop to nut or near-nut hands..."
"Omaha Hi/Lo is a game of the nuts. It requires drawing after the flop to nut or near-nut hands..."
Omaha Hi-Lo is not a game that is regularly spread in the Crown Poker Room. Today's event is the only Omaha Hi-Lo tournament on the 2009 Aussie Millions schedule. Thus it's not surprising that some of the players in the field haven't exactly played much Omaha Hi-Lo in their poker careers. But we did a double-take when we saw a player at Tony G's table, sitting to the right of the G, reading a book about tournament Omaha in-between hands!

It would seem that Level 3 of an AU$1,100 tournament is a bit late to be doing your homework, but what do we know? Maybe his newly-gained knowledge will be fresh enough in his mind to earn him a few extra bets on a future hand.

Level: 3

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

Vandersluis Flops Nut-Nut

Roy Vandersluis
Roy Vandersluis
Roy Vandersluis led the betting on every street and was called down in two spots, by Ashish Gupta and a third opponent. The board read {A-Spades}{3-Spades}{7-Spades}{9-Spades}{Q-Hearts} and the cards were tabled as follows:

Vandersluis: {K-Spades}{2-Spades}{3-Hearts}{4-Hearts}
Gupta: {4-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}
Opponent: {A-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}

Vandersluis was in the enviable position of flopping the nut-nut, while he chopped the low with both of his opponents.

Vandersluis is now up to 7,800 chips.

Tags: Ashish GuptaRoy Vandersluis

Run So Good

We caught up with Dave Morton on the turn of a board that had come {Q-Hearts} {8-Clubs} {10-Clubs} {6-Diamonds}. His sole opponent bet before Morton raised. Morton's opponent called the raise, bringing a river card of {K-Clubs}. Morton's opponent check-called a final bet. Morton showed down {K-Spades} {Q-Spades} {Q-Clubs} {3-Clubs}. He flopped top set and a flush draw, filling the flush on the river. His opponent flashed {9-Clubs} {7-Clubs} for a turned straight and straight flush draw before quietly mucking.

Morton is back to roughly the starting stack as a result of this pot.

Tags: Dave Morton

Little Live Play Differences

"Cards visible please," the dealer instructed the player in the 1-seat, Josh "JJProdigy" Field. Field's hands were clasped on top of his cards, completely obscuring them. The dealer waited to deal the flop until Field responded but Field didn't seem to notice.

"Cards visible please," the dealer repeated. Field still made no movement.

"Sir. Cards vis-i-ble please," he tried a third time. That snapped Field out of his reverie. He lifted his hands off his cards and placed them on the rail with a bemused smirk on his face.

"Otherwise I'll make a mistake," the dealer explained.

Tags: Josh Field

Khouiss Starts Where He Left Off

Sam Khouiss
Sam Khouiss
On a board of {7-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}{3-Spades}{10-Hearts} Sam Khouiss fired out a bet and found one caller. The river was the {2-Hearts} and again Khouiss fired a bet which was called by his opponent.

Khouiss tabled {A-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}{9-Clubs} for the nut low and a pair of queens for the high as his opponent flashed {A-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} and mucked his hand.

Khouiss is continuing where he left off yesterday after his fifth-place finish in Event #1 as he moves up to 7,600 chips.

Tags: Sam Khouiss

Newbies in the Field?

Sorel Mizzi was spotted wandering through the Crown Poker Room. He walked up to Alexander Kostritsyn and Josh Field's table and was joking about seeing people on two different continents in two days. Mizzi admitted that he hasn't played much Omaha Hi-Lo in his life and wasn't sure if he wanted to play today's event. Kostritsyn responded that he hadn't really ever played before either.

The three players discussed entering into some side bets on the tournament, but as far as we could tell nothing was agreed upon. Mizzi left the table after remarking that maybe he would register so he could "donk off" some money. Before he left, he asked Field for a few lessons.

Tags: Alexander KostritsynJosh FieldSorel Mizzi

Today's Numbers

It's just been announced that we have a field of 102 entrants for Event #3: $1,100 Omaha Hi-Lo of the 2009 Aussie Millions Poker Championships.

The top nine players will be paid, with 1st place set to collect a Gold Championship Ring and AU$30,600 in prize money.