Event 8 - $100,500 No Limit Holdem | 2007 Aussie Millions Crown Casino Poker Championship

01-12-2007 15:03 UTC

Erick Lindgren wins $1,000,000

[user22113]

After wearing Erik Seidel down for the better part of an hour, Erick Lindgren finally gets all of Seidel's chips in the middle pre flop. Seidel flips over {K-Hearts}

, while Lindgren is in the lead, as he shows {A-Clubs}

. the flop {A-Hearts}

brings some hope, but brickage on the turn {6-Diamonds}

and river

ends Seidel's night, and makes Erick Lindgren $1,000,000 richer. Seidel receives $550,000 for his second place finish.

Tags: Erick Lindgren Erik Seidel

01-12-2007 14:24 UTC

Lindgren Doubles Up to Take Chip lead.

[user628]

Erik Seidel makes it 90,000 to go, and Erick Lindgren moves all in. Seidel takes some time, but eventually calls, and shows {J-Hearts}

. Lindgren turns up {K-Clubs}

, and is in business. A board of {3-Hearts}

changes nothing, and Erick Lindgren has doubled up to take a two to one chip lead

Tags: Erick Lindgren Erik Seidel

01-12-2007 14:08 UTC

Heads Up

[user628]

We are now heads up. The format of the tournament is now no-limit all the time (it was pot limit before the flop until now)

New Chip counts are posted.

Tags: Heads up

01-12-2007 14:07 UTC

Masaaki Kagawa 3rd place

[user628]

After watching his chip stack dwindle for the better part of two hours, Masaaki Kagawa decided to re-raise Erik Seidel with {A-Clubs}

for the last of his chips. Seidel made the call with {6-Diamonds}

, and the race was on. A board of {9-Hearts}

changed nothing, and Masaaki Kagawa was our third place finisher, and picked up $250,000 for his efforts.

Tags: Erick Lindgren Erik Seidel

Level: 11

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 0

01-12-2007 13:39 UTC

As the evening wears on, Erick Lindgren has bought a round of beers for the rail. he looked at the floorman, and said "I'd like 31 beers - one for me, and 30 for the rail.' TD Brett Jones obliged, and everyone on the rail has a drink.

Tags: Erick Lindgren

01-12-2007 13:39 UTC

Chip Counts

[user22113]

Chip Counts are updated, as the players have gone on a 15 minute break.

When we return, the blinds will be 15,000/30,000.

Tags: break

01-12-2007 13:34 UTC

Leaking....

[user22113]

Masaaki Kagawa is beginning to leak away his chips. he got clipped for 200k when Erik Seidel re-raised his re-raise pre-flop, and he layed it down. Masaaki has slowly but surely bled chips, and is now the short stack.

Tags: erik seidel masaaki kagawa

Level: 10

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 0

01-12-2007 12:34 UTC

Shifting the chips around

[user22113]

We're seeing flops on at least 1/2 the hands, but no really big pots. Seidel and Lindgren are in a race to see who can get into the pot with Masaaki first. At one stage, the chips got to almost dead even. Chip counts have been updated.

Tags: Erick Lindgren Erik Seidel Masaaki Kagawa