Xuan Nguyen has taken a 1-0 lead after a big pot with Jeff Garza. On a flop of Garza bet 1,000 and Nguyen raised to 2,800. Garza made the call. The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the and Garza moved all in. Nguyen insta-called and flipped for a full house. Garza simply mucked his hand as Nguyen takes a quick 1-0 lead!
2008 Aussie Millions
Event 13 - $5,300 Heads Up Championship
Day: 2
Xuan Nguyen has taken a 1-0 lead after a big pot with Jeff Garza. On a flop of Garza bet 1,000 and Nguyen raised to 2,800. Garza made the call. The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the and Garza moved all in. Nguyen insta-called and flipped for a full house. Garza simply mucked his hand as Nguyen takes a quick 1-0 lead!
Jeff Garza vs Xuan Nguyen
Masaaki Kagawa def Mike "Timex" McDonald 2-0
Jeff Garza def David Sonelin 2-1
Xuan Nguyen def Alexey Popov 2-1
On the first level of play the two players took a flop of . Kagawa checked and McDonald fired a bet of 1,000. Kagawa made the call.
The turn brought the and Kagawa checked again. McDonald fired a 3,000 chip bet and Kagawa moved all in. McDonald made the call and the cards were flipped:
McDonald:
Kagawa:
McDonald held the lead with trip aces, until the peeled off on the river to give Kagawa his flush.
McDonald is eliminated from the Heads Up Championship for a collect of AU$20,000, while Kagawa moves through to the semi finals in a 2-0 result!
The final hand saw Sonelin all in with K-T against the A-3 of Garza. The board of gave Garza a pair of aces to take down the pot and the match.
David Sonelin leaves with AU$20,000 for his efforts in this event.
McDonald took another shot with against Kagawa's but the board ran out to leave McDonald with only around 2,500 chips.
Shortly after McDonald pushed with and Kagawa called with . The board landed to give Kagawa a tough fought victory in their first match.
The two players are taking a quick break before their second match commences.
The battle continues with the blinds getting very big...!
In recent hands, McDonald first cracked the pocket aces of Kagawa holding J-7 when the board ran out to spike two pair on the river to dent the stack of Kagawa.
Kagawa then got some revenge holding the same J-7 against the pocket sixes of McDonald. A jack landed on the flop to give Kagawa the pot.
In the most recent clash, McDonald made a great call with on the turn with the board reading . Kagawa was all in with but spiked a on the river to make a flush and leave McDonald as the short stack once again!
On a flop of Winston led out with a 1,000 chip bet and Nelson made the call. Then turn brought a repeat and Winston bet the last of his 4,500 chips. Nelson called and the cards were flipped:
Winston:
Nelson:
The river landed the and Nelson's flush holds to win the pot and the second match!