2010 Aussie Millions

Event 2: $550 PokerPro No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2010 Aussie Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
axax
Prize
12,825 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
500 AUD
Prize Pool
45,000 AUD
Entries
90
Level Info
Level
18
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
0

Karamalikis Back

Jonathan "xMONSTERxDONGx" Karamalikis has worked his way back from the brink. After being down to 8,000 in chips, he doubled back through.

Sitting with 22,000 in chips a short time later, he then picked up a good pot against George Cotaidis.

Preflop, a player in early position opened to 500 with Karamalikis making it 1,500 to go. Three players including Cotaidis made the call.

The flop came {j-Hearts}{7-Spades}{3-Diamonds} and two players checked to Karamalikis who made it 5,000. Two of the players opted to fold, but Cotaidis decided to stay on.

Both players checked the {3-Spades} on the turn and the {5-Diamonds} hit the river with Cotaidis checking again. Karamalikis considered his betting options before firing out 8,000. Cotadis let his time virtually run out before folding.

Cotiadis moved down to 34,900, while Karamalikis moved up to 32,200.

A full round of chip counts have been updated on the chip counts page.

Tags: George CotaidisJonathan KaramalikisMonsterdong

What Are They Playing For?

Crown have released the prizepool information for this event.

With a prizepool of $45,000 AUD, the winner will take home $12,825 AUD, along with an Aussie Millions Championship ring and a trophy to commemroate the achievement.

They'll also be in good company as past winners of this event include Mitch Carle and Michael "Timex" McDonald.

The runner up will receive $8,250 AUD. The tournament will pay ten places, with a minimum cash worth $900 AUD.

Full prizepool information is available by clicking the Prizepool and Payouts tab to the right.

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 0

Steicke Stumbling

David Steicke, who's renowned for playing the majority of the biggest tournaments around the world, is playing the lowest buy-in event on the Aussie Millions schedule.

He started out well enough but has stumbled of late.

We caught Steicke in action on the turn against Heinz Kamutzki. On a board of {6-Spades}{A-Clubs}{5-Spades}{3-Clubs} Kamutzki led 4,000 which Steicke called.

The river was the {7-Diamonds} and Kamutzki bet out 10,000, which Steicke tanked before calling as well. His automuck kicked in, when Kamutzki rolled over {6-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} for a set.

Next Steicke was in action against Michael Guzzardi on a board of {k-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{9-Spades}. Guzzardi bet a tiny 2,400 on the river and Steicke made the resigned call, before making good use of his automuck again, as Guzzardi rolled over {k-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}.

Steicke is down to 16,000.

Screename Fun

As apart of the PokerPro system each player has to enter a screename that is displayed in front of them.

Some of the better one's around the room at the moment:

Michael Guzzardi - Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Aaron Benton - TheLuckBox
Stewart Scott - Reigning Champ
Jonathan Karamalikis - Adgee

There is also unknown players with "Isuldurrrrrr" and "Badbeatasaurus".

Who knows Isuldurrrrrrr, could be isildur1? He may be trying to rebuild in $550 MTTs.

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 0

Break

The remaining 72 players are taking a break.

Sean Dunwoodie, Heath Chick, Andrew Jeffreys and Daniel Neilson have all departed before the end of the first session.

Neilson and Jeffreys No Longer Around

Daniel Neilson and Andrew Jeffreys have exited the tournament area, after being eliminated.

We caught Neilson on the way out and asked for the run down on his elimination. With a smile on his face he told us, "I put it in with king high, and found I wasn't good".

Carwash George Contending With A Wall of Daniels

Daniel Neilson is sitting with guys named Daniel on either side of them. All of them have gone with the creativity of their names for their PokerPro screenames.

"You guys playing as a team", asked "Carwash" George Cotaidis, as he took on Daniel Neilson in a pot.

With the boarding {A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}{10-Spades}{9-Diamonds} Cotaidis was facing a 4,200 chip bet from Neilson. After taking some time to make his decision, he said, "I'm all in" before hitting the fold button on the control panel.

"Surely his verbal bet is binding", said Neilson with a grin. Before we had a chance to report it, Neilson decided to show us what he had.

"If you're going to blog it, you have to let them know what I had", he said, showing the {8-Diamonds}{8-Spades} on his panel.

Tags: Daniel Neilson