Aussie Millions Main Event Day 1a | 2012 Aussie Millions

01-22-2012 18:34 UTC+11

Player	Chips	Progress
Khiem Nguyen	125,000 79,000	79,000
Jamie Rosen	65,000 15,000	15,000
Maria Ho	62,000 14,000	14,000
Jimmy Sui	52,500 22,500	22,500
Daniel Nielsen	44,000 14,000	14,000
Jesse McKenzie	42,000 12,000	12,000
Tom Grigg	40,000 -24,500	-24,500
Matt Jarvis	36,500 -3,500	-3,500
Jeff Lisandro	36,500

Peter Aristidou	35,000 9,000	9,000
Sam Holden	27,500 1,500	1,500
Jarred Solomon	26,700
Terrence Chan	26,500 1,500	1,500

Randy Dorfman	26,000 8,000	8,000
Sebastian Ruthenberg	23,500 10,500	10,500
Eoghan O'Dea	23,000 -2,500	-2,500

Dominik Nitsche	16,500 -1,500	-1,500
Tyler Bonkowski	11,000 -19,000	-19,000

Salman Behbehani	2,500 -100	-100

Chip Counts from Around the Room

Chad Holloway

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Egan	93,000 45,000	45,000
Ramzi Jelassi	69,000 39,000	39,000
McLean Karr	56,000 38,000	38,000

Jim Collopy	47,000 7,000	7,000
Lee Nelson	47,000 17,000	17,000
Rob Angood	46,000 30,000	30,000
Jason Gray	42,000 19,000	19,000
Sean Keeton	36,000 -15,000	-15,000
Fabian Quoss	36,000
Oliver Gill	34,000 2,000	2,000
Raymond Rahme	32,000 8,500	8,500
Brendon Rubie	25,000 -23,500	-23,500
Andrew Hinrichsen	24,000 -6,000	-6,000

Rupert Elder	23,800 -2,200	-2,200

Josh Budin	22,000 -8,000	-8,000
Leo Boxell	18,000 -12,000	-12,000
Barry Greenstein	16,500 -10,250	-10,250

Patrik Antonius	16,000 -8,000	-8,000

Matt Wakeman	14,500 -3,500	-3,500
Richard Ashby	12,500

Antonis Kambouroglou	Busted

01-22-2012 18:20 UTC+11

Kelly KO'ed

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Chad Holloway

We're not sure how it happened, but it appears Dan Kelly, who won Event #2 $1,100 Pot Limit Omaha and took third at yesterday's $1,100 NLHE w/ Rebuys final tables, has been eliminated from the Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Kelly	Busted

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01-22-2012 18:04 UTC+11

Jaka Eliminated by Ho

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Chad Holloway

Action folded around to a short-stacked Faraz Jaka in the small blind and he shipped his stack of 4,525. Maria Ho was in the big blind and asked for an exact count before tossing in a single yellow T5,000 chip and making the call.

Showdown

Jaka
Ho

Jaka was behind but drawing to live cards as the flop came down {A-Spades} {Q-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} . Ho had paired her ace, while Jaka hit his queen and picked up a gut-shot straight draw. The {6-Diamonds} was not what Jaka needed, and neither was the {5-Hearts} river. Jaka, who recently finished in third place at the PCA, was eliminated in the fourth level of play.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maria Ho	53,000 -2,000	-2,000
Faraz Jaka	Busted

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01-22-2012 18:00 UTC+11

Jarvis Gets Paid

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Chad Holloway

With about 1,600 in the pot and a flop of {J-Hearts} {K-Hearts} {9-Diamonds} , Matt Jarvis bet 1,025 and received a call from a player in middle position, leading to the {K-Diamonds} turn. Jarvis took the opportunity to bet again, this time 1,750, and again the MP player called.

When the {A-Spades} hit the river, Jarvis put together some chips and came out with a bet of 3,150. The MP player thought for about 45 seconds before making the call, only to muck when Jarvis flipped over {A-Hearts} {3-Hearts} .

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Jarvis	40,000 8,000	8,000

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01-22-2012 17:50 UTC+11

Elder Loses Big One

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After a raise to 525 and a three-bet to 1,250 the action was on Rupert Elder. The former EPT San Remo winner decided to four-bet to 2,650 and that got the action back to the initial raiser. He decided to make it 5,025 and Elder was the only caller.

The flop came down {9-Clubs} {7-Clubs} {3-Clubs} and Elder's opponent bet 6,200. The Brit called after which the turn, the {7-Hearts} , was checked by both players. The river was the {5-Clubs} and Elder called the 5,025 bet. He got shown {K-Clubs} {K-Hearts} and mucked his cards.

Elder is still healthy with 26,000 chips but took quite the hit in the third level of the day. The break is now over and play has resumed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rupert Elder	26,000 -12,000	-12,000

Tags: Rupert Elder

01-22-2012 17:47 UTC+11

Jaka Decimated

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Chad Holloway

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

We were perusing the Twitter feed during break and noticed that Faraz Jaka had tweeted that he was down to just 3,000. We dug a deep further and discovered why. Jaka explained on Twitter:

"Got 2 outed in #aussiemillions for 215bb pot. Guy bets 46 on a 9 2 3 4 board I raise he shoves all in into my trip 2's I call. riv 5. 7k now"

Tags: Faraz Jaka

Level: 4

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

01-22-2012 17:32 UTC+11