2007 Aussie Millions Main Event - Day 4Three FullTilt Pros Reach Aussie Millions Final Table; 19-Year-Old PokerStars.com Qualifier Holds Chip Lead |
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Seven eliminations. That's all that separated the remaining 14 players from an appearance at the 2007 Aussie Millions main event final table.
The short-handed (two tables of five and one of four) play began at 11 a.m. with $12,000-$24,000 blinds and $4,000 antes. Chip counts for the field of 14 were as follows:
1. Jimmy "Gobboboy" Fricke - $2,664,000
2. Gus Hansen - $1,861,000
3. Andrew Black - $1,759,000
4. Patrik Antonius - $1,637,000
5. Marc Karam - $1,249,000
6. Julius Colman - $1,018,000
7. Hans Vogl - $849,000
8. Jonas Buskas - $819,000
9. Kristy Gazes - $713,000
10. Paul Wasicka - $560,000
11. Patrick Fletcher - $467,000
12. Jakob Glassi - $464,000
13. Dennis Huntly - $449,000
14. Curly Seal - $434,000
The wait for the day's first elimination lasted exactly one hand. Andrew Black called Patrick Fletcher's all-in raise on a Q
10
4 flop. Black's K 9 gave him a straight and flush draw against Fletcher's Q
10 two pair. The 2 turn completed the heart flush and the 2 river made Fletcher the 14th place finisher ($90,000).
A battle of two international poker stars produced one of the day's biggest pots, and the second elimination, as Gus Hansen squared off against Patrik Antonius. Hansen bet $500,000 into the A
J 9 flop, and made a quick call when Antonius immediately pushed all in. Antonius, who fought back from a $2,000 short stack on day 2, found his tournament life in jeopardy as he turned over the A 8 and Hansen showed the J J. No help came on the Q turn or 8 river, and Antonius exited the Aussie Millions tournament in 13th place ($90,000). As for Hansen, the win pushed his chip stack in excess of $3 million.
On the next hand, Paul Wasicka moved all in on top of a Jimmy Fricke $75,000 raise. After a call, Wasicka flipped over A 10, and Fricke turned up K J. Fricke paired his king on the K 9 4 6 3 board, and he sent Wasicka, the runner-up finisher at the 2006 World Series main event, home in 12th place ($120,000).
The two-table redraw proved to be a good/bad change for Jonas Buskas. A Full Tilt online qualifier, Buskas lost two big pots to Kristy Gazes (a Full Tilt pro) in early play. While the redraw allowed him to avoid any future run-ins with Gazes (until the final table, of course), the new seat also put him in the predicament of being all in with A-Q against A-K. Pushing over the top of two raises, Buskas found his A Q dominated against Julius Colman and his A K. No miracle queens or diamond flushes came on the board, and Buskas dropped out as the 11th-place finisher ($120,000).
Andrew Black notched his second elimination of the day, when, after making a $75,000 raise, he called Emanuel "Curly" Seal's all-in repop. His A J made Black a huge favorite over Seal's Q J, and the A Q 4 10 3 board gave Black the hand-winning top pair. Meanwhile, Seal finished the 2007 Aussie Millions in 10th place ($120,000).
The short stack in the remaining field, Dennis Huntly moved all in preflop with J 10, only to have Marc Karam call him with A K. An A-K-10 flop and king turn ended any hopes of an upset. With Huntly's elimination in ninth place ($155,000), the eight remaining players consolidated to the Aussie Millions main event final table.
As fans watched on the flat-screen monitors located throughout the casino, the field of eight gathered under the lights of the FSN televised set. With the actual TV final table one elimination away, play slowed as the participants tried to avoid going out on the tournament's second dreaded bubble (except for Gus Hansen, who took numerous blinds and antes with a series of preflop raises).
At 3:55 p.m., Jimmy Fricke, a PokerStars.com online qualifier, called the all-in reraise of Jakob Glassi. After doubling up once already with a flush (and cracking Julius Colman's pocket aces in the process), Glassi appeared poised to increase his stack again when he showed J J and Fricke turned over A 10. But Fricke, who eliminated three consecutive players in the previous day's action despite being behind, paired his ace on the A 6 5 flop. The 6 gave Fricke a superior two pair, and the 8 river ended Glassi's run with an eighth-place finish ($155,000).
The chip counts going into the 2007 Aussie Millions final table are as follows:
1. Jimmy "Gobboboy" Fricke - $5,175,000
2. Gus Hansen - $4,845,000
3. Andrew Black - $1,200,000
4. Kristy Gazes - $1,050,000
5. Julius Colman - $785,000
6. Marc Karam - $535,000
7. Hans Vogl - $455,000
Action resumes at 1 p.m. and will conclude with the crowning of a new Aussie Millions main event champion.
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Final Table Odds - Provided by Centrebet
Gus Hansen: 6-to-4
Jimmy "Gobboboy" Fricke: 7-to-4
Andrew Black: 9-to-2
Kristy Gazes: 10-to-1
Julius Colman: 14-to-1
Marc Karam: 16-to-1
Hans Vogl: 20-to-1
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