Event 12 - $10,500 Aussie Millions Main Event Day 1a | 2008 Aussie Millions

Event 12 - $10,500 Aussie Millions Main Event

Day 1a Completed

01-15-2008 01:08 UTC+11

End of Day 1a Chip Counts

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There were 91 players remaining at the end of play today. Click here for a complete list of the players who will return on Thursday for Day 2, along with their official chip counts.

01-14-2008 23:38 UTC+11

Day 1a Complete

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The first day is over. Stay tuned for official end of day chip counts.

Day 1b begins at 12:30pm local time. Check back in with PokerNews for complete coverage.

01-14-2008 23:38 UTC+11

As the final seconds ticked off the play clock, John Juanda played two critical hands that saw him lose all but 8,375 worth of chips - then double back up to 17,000 to end the day.

The first hand saw Juanda lead out with a 3,500 bet on a {Q-Hearts}

flop. He was then raised by Matt Sexton, who kicked it to 8,500. When the action returned to Juanda he re-raised all in on the strength of an open-ended straight draw ( {6-Clubs}

) and Sexton, pot committed, made the call with {J-Hearts}

. The turn and river came {J-Clubs}

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and Sexton took down the pot with a pair of jacks.

One hand later, Juanda open-shoved from the cutoff holding {A-Diamonds}

and was called by Joe Reino in the big blind who tabled {K-Clubs}

. Neither player hit the {5-Spades}

board, and Juanda raked the pot with ace-high, finishing the day with right around 17,000 in chips.

Tags: John Juanda

01-14-2008 23:26 UTC+11

Eric "jeciimd" Chadwick Doubles Up

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On the next to last hand of the night, Eric "jeciimd" Chadwick doubled up. He was all in preflop with pocket Aces against an opponent's pocket Kings. The board ran out {6-Hearts}

. Chadwick won the pot and increased his stack to 49,900.

Tags: Eric Chadwick

01-14-2008 23:12 UTC+11

96 Players and Counting

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215 runners began today and there are 96 left. The average stack is 44,791.

01-14-2008 23:07 UTC+11

Boxell's on a Heater

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After being dealt A-K and pocket kings in back-to-back hands, well-known Australian pro Leo Boxell has run his stack up to 98,000 three quarters of the way through the last level of play.

01-14-2008 23:06 UTC+11

Black's Big Stack

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This picture speaks for itself. Andy Black is the chipelader as he's approaching 170,000.

Tags: Andy Black

01-14-2008 22:57 UTC+11

Oliver Gill Up to 58K

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On a flop of {9-Clubs}

, Oliver Gill's opponent shoved all in for 36,900. Gill went into the tank for several minutes while feeling out his opponent. He tried to figure out if he had a set or not.

One of the floor supervisors called the clock on Gill.

"I'm either ending the day broke or with a big stack," he mentioned before finally calling off his last 21,000.

Opponent: {J-Hearts}

Gill:

The turn was the {9-Diamonds}

and the river was a {10-Diamonds}

. Gill's Aces held up and he increased his stack to 58,000.

01-14-2008 22:52 UTC+11

Liu Spikes a Two-Outer

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All in for her tournament life with pocket eights against the pocket jacks of Raymond Rahme, Full Tilt Pro J.J. Liu brought the rail to their feet after she spiked a third eight on the turn to steal the pot from Rahme, doubling up to 12,000 in the process.

The complete board was: {3-Spades}