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After a rough start to day two of the Main Event Peter Aristidou has been eliminated. Aristidou started the day with almost 80,000 in chips but quickly found himself at almost half that figure.
Then in an all-in confrontation he found his dominated by the of Cort Kibler-Melby on a flop of . The board blanked out and when they counted down the stacks Kibler-Melby had Aristidou covered by the smallest of margins eliminating the popular Crown player from the tournament.
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Mark Vos
Incredibly the short stacks are fighting back hard today after having a rough time during Day One.
Eric Assadourian has doubled again. After the small blind raised to 2,500, Eric Assadourian made the call in the big blind. They saw a flop of and the small blind led for 10,000 before Assadourian moved all in. His opponent called with but Assadourian was in front with . The turn and river fell , and Assadourian is amazingly now up to 24,000 chips.
From a nearby table Mark Vos then borrowed Assadourian's lucky charm and managed a double up of his own.
He was all in with his short stack with against the big blind's dominating and found a miracle five on a board. Vos is up to 7,200.
Assadourian quickly snatched his charm back saying, "If you need it once more, that's it!"
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2005 World Series of Poker Main Event champion and local hero Joe Hachem raised to 2,100 from middle position and was called by button Zach Fellows. Both players checked on the flop. Hachem bet 3,500 when the turn fell and was called by Fellows. He followed that up with a bet of 6,500 on the river. Fellows called again, then mucked when Hachem showed him for flopped trip nines.
Hachem is up to 54,000. Fellows is down to 41,000.
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Everyone at PokerNews is hoping that the PokerNews chairman, Tony G, would be able to replicate Noah Schwartz's early success at Table 11. Tony moved all in for his whole stack of approximately 60,000 after an opponent opened for 7,400. That opponent called all in for 30,000 chips, tabling . That was one rank better than Tony's . He didn't improve on a board of . As a result, Tony G's stack is down to 27,000.
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Eric Assadourian, during Day 1 action
Eric Assadourian was one short stack who has managed to find the much needed double-up required to stay alive in the Aussie Millions Main Event.
Assadourian was all in preflop with and things looked grim as his opponent revealed . However the flop was a magical for the flopped straight!
The turn was the and river the and Assadourian now has a pulse once again with around 12,000 in chips.
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Annette Obrestad - Day 2
Annette Obrestad started her Day 1 with an early double-up from 20,000 to 40,000. She then floated at that same level for the rest of the day, finishing with roughly 45,000 chips.
Obrestad started her Day 2 in the same fashion. She won two early hands. First, she moved all in on the turn with the board showing after her opponent led out for 3,500. Her opponent called all in for roughly 24,000 total and showed for middle pair. Obrestad showed for top pair and took down the hand when the river safely blanked .
The next hand, Obrestad was all in on the turn again. This time the board showed and Obrestad tabled a significantly stronger hand: for a straight. Her opponent was on a club draw with the and missed the river when it fell .
Obrestad is up to 110,000 in chips. What a great way to start the day!
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Steve Topakas started the day with 12,525 in chips. He now has exactly zero chips after becoming one of the first eliminations of the day. We don't have the exact details at hand, but we'll update if we can get them.
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Noah Schwartz, during Day 1 action
Noah Schwartz was one of our overnight chip leaders and he's off to a bright start already today.
Holding he was able to force a short-stacked player to compete for all of his chips on a flop. His opponent tabled and was in trouble as the turn and river fell , .
Schwartz sends one to the rail and increases his stack to around 150,000 chips.
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It's always fun trying to predict the pace of tournaments, but we can make a somewhat educated guess as to when the players will reach the money stage of this tournament.
We're playing five two-hour levels today, which will probably see us lose around half of today's players. They will return for Day 3 tomorrow and we imagine we'll be close to the final 64 players, and the money, at around dinner time tomorrow.
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Mark Vos - A desperate morning
There are several severe short stacks in the field including notables Eric Assadourian, Steve Leonard, Kenneth Damm, Angie Italiano, Dory Zayneh and Mark Vos.
Expect them to adopt an early "double up or die trying" attitude as the chips will be flying around. As the day develops, the two hour levels should ensure that play moves at a relatively smooth pace throughout the day.
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dominated by the 
of Cort Kibler-Melby on a flop of 
. The board blanked out 
and when they counted down the stacks Kibler-Melby had Aristidou covered by the smallest of margins eliminating the popular Crown player from the tournament.
and the small blind led for 10,000 before Assadourian moved all in. His opponent called with 
but Assadourian was in front with 
. The turn and river fell 
, 
and Assadourian is amazingly now up to 24,000 chips.
and found a miracle five on a 
board. Vos is up to 7,200.
river. Fellows called again, then mucked when Hachem showed him 
for flopped trip nines.
. That was one rank better than Tony's 
. As a result, Tony G's stack is down to 27,000.
and things looked grim as his opponent revealed 
and Assadourian now has a pulse once again with around 12,000 in chips.
.
for a straight. Her opponent was on a club draw with the 
he was able to force a short-stacked player to compete for all of his chips on a 
