Event 4 - $1,100 Limit Hold'em | 2009 Aussie Millions

01-13-2009 13:38 UTC+11

Obst Straight Out in Front

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James "Andy McLEOD" Obst has wasted no time going to the top of the leaderboard.

In one hand Obst, holding {K-Clubs}

, was allowed to catch a straight by his opponent on the river, after they both called the flop {5-Clubs}

and checked the turn {4-Diamonds}

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The river {10-Diamonds}

was enough to make Obst's hand and obviously helped his opponent who fired into Obst, only to be raised. His opponent looked slightly disgruntled as he discovered Obst had him beat and mucked his hand.

James "Andy McLEOD" Obst is up to a pace-setting 7,900.

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01-13-2009 13:22 UTC+11

Huntly Can't Beat Top Pair

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Dennis Huntly opened with a raise from under the gun and found two callers including Maya Gellar-Antonius and the player in the small blind.

They went to a flop of {7-Spades}

and the action checked to Gellar-Antonius who fired a bet from the button. Both opponents made the call.

The turn was the {6-Clubs}

and again the play checked to Gellar-Antonius who bet out. Huntly was the lone caller.

The river brought the {5-Diamonds}

and Huntly checked to Gellar-Antonius who fired a third barrel. Huntly made the call but mucked when Gellar-Antonius tabled {J-Clubs}

for top pair. Gellar-Antonius is up to 5,400 with Huntly back to 4,600.

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Level: 2

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

01-13-2009 13:10 UTC+11

Fletcher Rivers Cabrera

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With the board reading {Q-Spades}

Patrick Fletcher and Abel Cabrera were involved with a raising war that saw the action capped on the turn.

They watched anxiously as the {3-Clubs}

fell in the river and the bet from Fletcher was flat-called by Cabrera.

Fletcher revealed {5-Spades}

for a rivered full house as Cabrera sighed at his misfortune as he flashed {4-Spades}

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The beauty of limit is that Cabrera is still in the game. He's down to 3,800 with Fletcher now up to to 6,300.

Tags: Abel Cabrera Patrick Fletcher

01-13-2009 13:08 UTC+11

Tables of Death

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A couple of interesting tables have emerged in today's field. At one end of the poker room we see Andrew Demetriou, Bruno Portaro, Tony Dunst, Graeme Putt and Michael Guzzardi.

Meanwhile Maya Gellar-Antonius is sitting with Dennis Huntly, Sorel Mizzi, Gary Benson, and Jamie Pickering.

Finally on the other side of the room we see a table for the old-schoolers, with Antonio Casale, Martin Comer, Graham Woodbine and David Gorr all battling with each other.

01-13-2009 13:03 UTC+11

"My First Limit Tourney" -- Annette Obrestad

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Online stars Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad and James "Andy McLEOD" Obst are seated at the same table today and are chatting about limit hold'em.

Annette was overheard confiding in Obst -- "This is my first live limit tournament, but I'm running pretty good so far."

Annette_15 is probably right, she's up to 5,800 in the early going.

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01-13-2009 12:46 UTC+11

Who's Ready for Some Limit Hold'em?

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Another small but high quality field have taken their seats in today's Limit Hold'em event. On our first lap of the Crown Poker Room we've spotted the likes of Tony Dunst, James Obst, Annette Obrestad, Dan Shak, David Saab, Graeme Putt, Jamie Pickering, Grant Levy, Emad Tahtouh, Mitchell Carle, Michael Vartan, Sam Khouiss, David Bach, Leo Boxell, Michael Guzzardi and Andrew Demetriou.

01-13-2009 12:43 UTC+11

Mel Judah: The Energizer Bunny?

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Not content to rest on his laurels Mel Judah is back at the felt once again. Having been crowned champion of yesterday's Omaha Hi-Lo event which finished at around 6:00am this morning, Judah is amongst the starters in today's field and looks sprightly for someone who probably had around five hours of sleep.

Tags: Mel Judah Silverfox

01-13-2009 12:32 UTC+11