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2008 Aussie Millions
Event 12 - $10,500 Aussie Millions Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 Aussie Millions
Buy-in
10,000 AUD
Prize Pool
7,800,000 AUD
Entries
780
Level
25
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
, Jimmy "Gobboboy" Fricke bet 2,000 on the river, only to face a raise to 5,000 from Gary Benson. After hemming and hawing a bit, Fricke mucked, and Benson shows 
for quads.
Bilney sat out the '07 WSOP and gave birth to a baby girl this past August. She's only returned to the tournament scene over the last couple of months, playing in most of the Poker News Cup and Aussie Millions events here at the Crown. She faces a tough table today, stacked with local legend Leo Boxell, high-stakes specialist Joe Reina, and the current leader of the Crown's Poker Player of the Year Race, Andrew Demetriou.
Moran:
Steve Z:
Steve Z was hoping to win a race and double up, but he didn't and the board ran out
. Steve Z was eliminated. Moran wont he pot and increased his stack to 54,000.
"I was hoping you had a ten!" joked Warren Pritchard.
, Mike Sexton checked. Roy Winston bet 1,500 and Sexton called. The turn was the . Mike Sexton bet 2,000. Roy Winston re-raised to 6,000. Sexton called. The river was the 
. Sexton checked. Winston fired out 9,000. Sexton went into the tank for abour four minutes before he eventually folded. Roy Winston won thwe pot, while Mike Sexton slipped to 10,000.
Robert Nystad led with a bet of 750 and both Gavin Smith and Dag Martin Mikkelsen made the call.The turn is the
and the play is checked around. The river lands the 
and Nystad fires out a 2,500 bet. Smith thinks for a moment and makes the call. Mikkelsen also goes into the tank, evenutally folding his straight with 
face up.Nystad shows
for the nut flush and Smith mucks his hand. Gavin Smith has been pretty tight early and seems to be enjoying the tennis on the big screen with David Grey, as there is currently more tennis talk than poker talk.
In the last battle between the two, Steve Z had moved all in on a board of
. Brandborn called.Steve Z:
Brandborn:
Brandborn was ahead until Steve Z rivered the
to win the pot and double up.
.Grey checked and Vakili lead out with a bet of 850. Mikkelsen called and Grey got out of the way.
The turn lands the
and Vakili leads once again, this time with a bet of 2,000. Mikkelsen thinks for a moment and flat calls for a second time.The river is the
. Vakili checks and Mikkelsen fires out 7,500. Vakili makes a quick call and Mikkelsen flips for the flopped flush to take down a sizeable early pot!Dag Martin Mikkelsen went very deep in the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event and finished 3rd in last night's Event#10 PLHE/Omaha/Hi-Lo event so expect to hear big things from Mikkelsen during this event!
, Saab led out for 400, Watkinson raised to 1,200, Saab re-raised to 3,000 and Watkinson called. The turn was the . Saab bet 2,500, Watkinson moved all in for 9,500 and Saab called off his remaining 7,000. Saab showed
for two pair, but Watkinson flopped bottom set with 
. Saab was eliminated, while Watkinson increased his stack to 30,000.