2011 Aussie Millions

Event #21: $250,000 Super High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 Aussie Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j9
Prize
2,500,000 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
250,000 AUD
Entries
20
Level Info
Level
13
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000

Eugene Katchalov Is Outtie

Level 7 : 5,000/10,000, 2,000 ante

With the blinds and antes escalating, Eugene Katchalov made his last stand and was unable to muster a double up. Paul Phua limped from early position, and Katchalov moved in for 110,000 total. When action got back to Phua, he slammed a stack of brown 25k chips into the pot with the quickness.

Katchalov was well behind holding {k-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}, against Phua's {a-Clubs}{q-Hearts}. As a few at the table noted however, Katchalov doesn't lose these. The flop gave Katchalov some backdoor help, dropping down {4-Hearts}{7-Spades}{7-Hearts}. The {j-Hearts} turn card got him Katchalov even closer, and he joked to Phua "it'll be this much," pointing to his 110,000 stack.

Surprise, surprise though it wasn't meant to be, with the {j-Diamonds} hitting on the river, giving Phua's ace-high the win and Katchalov's remaining stack.

Paul Phua is now up 664,000.

Tags: Eugene KatchalovPaul Phua

Evdakov's Eights Best Ivey

Level 7 : 5,000/10,000, 2,000 ante

Nikolay Evdakov raised it up to 26,000 and Phil Ivey, in the cutoff, made the call.

The flop came down {7-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{9-Hearts} and Evdakov made a bet of 35,000 which Ivey called.

The {9-Clubs} fell on the turn and Evdakov checked to Ivey who fired out 90,000. Evdakov made the call and the {5-Spades} hit the river.

Both players checked and Ivey showed {q-Spades}{j-Spades} to Evdakov's {8-Hearts}{8-Spades}.

Tags: Phil IveyNikolay Evdakov

When's Dinner?

Level 7 : 5,000/10,000, 2,000 ante

If you're wondering when you can feed your tummy, we're going to dinner at 8:00 p.m. here or eight players, whichever comes first.

Level: 7

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 2,000

Chip Counts at the Break

Shazam!

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
589,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 11X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
Full Tilt
Profile photo of Tony Bloom gb
Tony Bloom
571,500
-38,500
-38,500
Profile photo of Richard Yong my
Richard Yong
549,000
133,000
133,000
Profile photo of Paul Phua my
Paul Phua
544,000
31,500
31,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
481,500
-166,500
-166,500
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
Full Tilt
Profile photo of Nikolay Evdakov ru
Nikolay Evdakov
373,000
104,000
104,000
Full Tilt
Profile photo of Wang Qiang cn
Wang Qiang
355,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Sam Trickett gb
Sam Trickett
296,000
121,000
121,000
Profile photo of Andrew Feldman gb
Andrew Feldman
291,000
-9,000
-9,000
Full Tilt
Profile photo of Annette Obrestad no
Annette Obrestad
267,000
23,000
23,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Full Tilt
Profile photo of Chris Ferguson us
Chris Ferguson
202,000
71,500
71,500
WSOP 6X Winner
Full Tilt
Profile photo of David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine
185,500
-70,000
-70,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Full Tilt
Profile photo of Daniel Cates
Daniel Cates
145,000
-124,000
-124,000
Profile photo of Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
134,000
-141,500
-141,500
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Break Time

Level 6 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Take a breather. We know we are. We'll be grabbing chip counts on this five minute break for you so sit tight.

Benyamine Giveth and Taketh Away

Level 6 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

The first hand we saw at the secondary table during this latest trip saw about 40,000 in the pot preflop, and the board reading {3-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}. David Benyamine tossed out a 25,000 chip from the small blind, and Sam Trickett decided it was worth considerably more to him making it 58,000 total. This sent Benyamine into the tank as he counted out his chips behind, a total of 161,000. With five seconds left to act he tossed in his time bank chip, to get himself an additional thirty seconds. It didn't help, and he mucked.

The next hand Benyamine decided to try to get that 25,000 back. Paul Phua limped, followed by Annette Obrestad, and then Wang Qiang bumped it up to 26,000 straight. No tank time was needed on this hand for Benyamine, and he fired in his 161,000 instantly into the pot. The folds that followed happened almost as quickly.

Tags: Annette ObrestadDavid Benyamine

Juanda Makes His Exit

Level 6 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

John Juanda and Tony Bloom got it all in preflop with Juanda's tournament live on the line.

"Oops," Juanda said once the cards were turned over.

Juanda showed {q-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} and Bloom tabled {9-Hearts}{9-Spades}.

"Thought I had an ace. Queens are running hot," Juanda said.

The flop came down {3-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}. "Oops," Juanda said again.

The turn, {2-Hearts} and river {7-Clubs} brought no help to Juanda and he was sent to the rail.

Tags: John JuandaTony Bloom

Double for Ferguson

Level 6 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

It was folded to Erik Seidel who made it 20,000 to go. From the button, Chris Ferguson gave it a bit of thought before moving all of his chips in the middle. The blinds released and the action was on Seidel again.

"How much," Seidel asked. The dealer counted out 102,500. Seidel made the call and turned over {a-Hearts}{10-Hearts} to Ferguson's {a-Spades}{q-Spades}.

The flop came down {q-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} giving Ferguson trips. The turn brought the {8-Diamonds} and the river the {6-Spades} and Ferguson doubled to 205,000.

Tags: Chris FergusonErik Seidel