2009 Aussie Millions

Event 9 - $10,500 Aussie Millions Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info

2009 Aussie Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
2,000,000 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
10,000 AUD
Prize Pool
6,810,000 AUD
Entries
681
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Hand #105 - Peter Rho

Elliot Smith has the button. After two folds, Stewart Scott completes the small blind and Peter Rho declines his option. The flop comes out {A-Diamonds} {7-Clubs} {8-Hearts}. Scott fires out for 70,000 and Rho calls. The turn is the {9-Clubs}. Stewart leads again, this time for 200,000. Rho leans forward over the table and licks his lips. Then he shifts in his seat and leans his chin on one hand as he thinks through his action. After a minute, Rho calls.

The {Q-Spades} hits the rivr. Scott seems unconcerned and ships another 200,000 chips across the betting line. Rho takes his time again and then raises 350,000 more. Scott folds pretty quickly.

Tags: Peter RhoStewart Scott

Hand #104 - Stewart Scott

Rajkumar Ramakrishnan has the button. Elliot Smith calls from the small blind and Stewart Scott checks his option. The flop comes {J-Spades} {5-Spades} {3-Diamonds} and Smith checks. Scott bets 75,000, but Smith pops it up to 200,000. Scott responds with force and reraises it up to 500,000. Smith opts to fold and Scott wins the pot.

Hand #102 - Elliot Smith

Stewart Scott has the button. Under the gun Elliot Smith raises to 120,000 and Rajkumar Ramakrishnan is the lone caller from the big blind. The flop comes {5-Clubs} {10-Spades} {Q-Hearts} and both players check, bringing out the {3-Spades} on the turn. They check again and the {9-Clubs} comes out on the river. Ramakrishnan checks and Smith bets 200,000. Ramakrishnan quickly calls, but mucks his cards when he sees Smith turn over {9-Diamonds}{9-Spades} for the rivered set.

Hand #101 - Rajkumar Ramakrishnan

Elliot Smith has the button. It's a three-way limped pot. Stewart Scott is first to act on a flop of all Broadway cards, {Q-Clubs} {K-Spades} {K-Hearts}. He, Peter Rho and Rajkumar Ramakrishnan all check. The turn is the {9-Spades}. All players check again. The river falls {8-Hearts} and they each check one more time.

Ramakrishnan, as last aggressor, shows first. He tables {9-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} for two pair, kings and nines. The other two players muck their cards and Ramakrishnan takes down the pot.

Hand #100 - Stewart Scott

Rajkumar Ramakrishnan has the button. Peter Rho calls under the gun and Ramakrishnan calls as well. Stewart Scott checks his option and the flop comes {5-Spades} {7-Spades} {J-Spades} and all three players check. The {K-Spades} falls on the turn and again they all check. The {J-Hearts} hits the river and it is checked around yet again. Scott's {K-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} is good enough to send the chips in his direction.

A Word on Our Surroundings

The players are not in the poker room today. They're in a ballroom of the Crown Towers which has been specifically set up with all manner of lights and cameras for this final table. The railbirds for each player are separated from the final table area by a door and are following along on monitors set up in the outer room. As a result, whenever any big hands have gone down, the roar of the crowd has come from one room away.

Hand #99 - Peter Rho

Peter Rho has the button. He opens the pot to 160,000. Elliot Smith, the big blind, is the only caller to a flop of {8-Hearts} {2-Clubs} {A-Diamonds}. Smith checks to Rho. Rho takes thirty seconds before he checks behind. The turn is the {J-Hearts}. For the second street in a row, Smith checks. This time Rho bets 200,000, folding Smith and winning the pot.