$10,000 Main Event Dia 1a | 2017 Aussie Millions

2017-01-22 21:25 UTC+11

Obst On The Comeback Trail

Nível 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

James Obst finished 11th in this event last year, and while he has had a rough last couple of levels, his stack is now moving in the right direction again.

On a paired board of both of the players in the blinds checked it over to Obst in the cutoff. The pot was already approximately 6,500 and Obst pushed his last 6,375 into the middle.

The small blind checked and rechecked his cards between studying the board but after a minute he gave it up. The big blind looked like he wanted to commit the chips and tried to get some information from Obst verbally. The two traded some banter back and forth before the big blind decided against putting Obst at risk.

“I’ll fold my pocket nines” said the big blind flashing his hand.

Obst collected the pot and moved back up to around 12,900.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
James Obst	12,900 6,900	6,900

2017-01-22 21:26 UTC+11

Chip Counts

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Nível 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Vojtech Ruzicka	53,000 19,000	19,000
Isaac Baron	45,000 10,000	10,000

Anton Astapau	41,000 -1,000	-1,000
Erik Seidel	37,000 9,000	9,000

Cate Hall	21,000 7,000	7,000
Annette Obrestad	18,000 -3,500	-3,500

Jack Salter	17,000 -500	-500
James Obst	15,000 2,100	2,100

Luigi Knoppers	15,000 -14,000	-14,000

2017-01-22 21:39 UTC+11

Gorr Back From the Dead

Nível 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Reports of David Gorr’s demise may have been a little premature as he is now sitting in seat five of table thirty-one. We’re not sure where he has been hiding prior to this but Gorr is sitting on around 40,000.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
David Gorr	40,000 40,000	40,000

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2017-01-22 21:47 UTC+11

Benson Busted

Nível 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Gary Benson just lost everything but half an ante to Jason Gray before being eliminated the very next hand.

Gray moved all in for 18,225 preflop and Benson made the call to put him at risk.

Benson:
Gray:

It was Gray with the superior hand and he improved further after spiking top set on the flop. While the turn meant another king on the river would see Benson take the lead, the river completed the board to decimate Benson’s stack.

Left with just a single 25-denomination chip Benson was forced all in the following hand and couldn’t recover.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Jason Gray	37,000 37,000	37,000
Gary Benson	Eliminado

2017-01-22 21:55 UTC+11

Prasad on the Rise

Nível 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Jay Prasad is on the rise after taking down another big pot.

On a flop of Prasad bet 3,000 and was called by his opponent.

The turn brought the and Prasad tossed out 4,500. His opponent quickly obliged.

The completed the board and Prasad placed out 5,500. His opponent paused for a moment before raising to 18,500. Prasad snap called.

Prasad then watched as his opponent tabled for nine-high. Prasad then flipped over for two pair and the winning hand.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Jay Prasad	85,000 20,000	20,000

2017-01-22 21:56 UTC+11

Trickett Loses Back to Back Hands

Nível 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Sam Trickett is having a rough time of it losing back to back hands. In the first, a player sitting under the gun opened to 900 with Trickett making the call from the cutoff and both the button and Bryan Huang in the big blind also calling to take the action four-way to a flop.

After Huang checked the original raiser continuation bet 1,500 with only Trickett making the call. The turn brought another bet from the under the gun preflop raiser, this time for a slightly larger 3,200 which Trickett again called.

The river is the bringing four to a diamond flush and the under the gun player fired the third barrel for 5,600. Trickett sighed, looking distinctly unhappy at this turn of events before hitting the think tank hard, but eventually giving it up to drop down to 29,000.

Trickett opened to 1,000 from the hi-jack the following hand only to see the button three-bet to 2,900 in total. Trickett called and the flop fell . Trickett checked and the button fired out a bet of 2,600, which Trickett called fairly quickly.

The turn brought another check from Trickett and a second barrel from the button, this time a substantially larger 9,000.

With what looked to be 23,500 or so behind Trickett looked to be in a tough spot.

“Is this a re-buy?” Trickett asked the dealer, only to be told no.

“That feels a bit bluffy.” Said Trickett, mulling over his options and tanking for a couple of minutes but he does eventually find the fold.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Sam Trickett	23,500 -20,500	-20,500

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2017-01-22 22:09 UTC+11

Shak Loses Some

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Nível 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

We caught just the tail end of a rather big hand where undoubtedly a lot had happened pre-flop. On a flop of we saw the big blind all in for 16,000 in an already sizable pot. Dan Shak had 16,000 in front of him as well and soon got the bad news.

The big blind had while Shak was trailing with the .

While Shak asked for spades, it was the he got on the turn leaving him drawing dead. The on the river was of no importance anymore and Shak parted ways with a decent chunk of his chips.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Dan Shak	42,000 -8,000	-8,000

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2017-01-22 22:14 UTC+11

Tilly Takes One Down

Nível 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Jennifer Tilly just picked off a bluff to rake in a pot before the end of Level 5.

The board was spread and the player in the big blind bet at it for 4,200. Tilly thought about it for a moment and made the call.

“Ace high” said the player in the big blind shaking his head and tabling .

Tilly had that beat with and added the chips to her stack.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Jennifer Tilly	58,000 18,000	18,000

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2017-01-22 22:15 UTC+11

Pignatelli Dips

Nível 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Ryan Pignatelli has taken a slight step backward. Preflop the Canadian player pumped it up to 1,000 from early position, finding a caller in the player sitting to his direct left with the rest of the table bowing out to take play heads-up to a flop of .

Checks from both players bring the action to the turn, which came down . Pignatelli chose to lead out for 1,600 and after thinking about it his opponent made the call.

The river brings in a possible back door heart flush in addition to pairing the board and Pignatelli led out for 4,200. His opponent counted out the call, looked over at Pignatelli, looked down at his chips, looked back over at Pignatelli, riffled some chips, looked back over to Pignatelli and then thought things over a little more before opting to raise to 10,000 in total. This brings a snap fold from Pignatelli who dropped down to just under 40,000 while his opponent climbed to around 75,000.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Ryan Pignatelli	40,000 -20,000	-20,000

2017-01-22 22:16 UTC+11

Another Break for the Players

Nível 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

The remaining players are on their second last 15-minute break of the evening.