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2009 Aussie Millions
Event 1 - $1,100 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 Aussie Millions
Buy-in
1,000 AUD
Prize Pool
731,000 AUD
Entries
731
Level
23
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
The board of
was checked down by both live players and the three players revealed their holdings:Rochford:
Heich:
Blatt:
Heich's pair of sevens held as overnight chip leader Dean Blatt is eliminated in 8th place for a payday of AU$11,965.
The flop was all ragged,
. Each player quickly checked in turn. When the turn fell 
, Heich tried a bet of 35,000. Topakas and Rochford both called to the river, which was the 
. Heich and Topakas checked it over to Rochford on the button. He announced a bet of 80,000. Heich looked down at his chip stack and back at the board before mucking his hand. That brought the action back to Topakas, who removed his sunglasses and placed them on the felt. After about a minute, Topakas made the call with
for just top pair. Rochford mucked his hand, causing Topakas to stand up from his chair and clapped his hands one time, aggressively, in celebration. He now has roughly 580,000 chips, while Rochford has fallen to 560,000.
The flop came down
and both players checked. The turn was the 
and Rochford's bet of 40,000 was enough to take it down.
Christian Heich - 723,000
Paul Rochford - 690,000
Steve Topakas - 430,000
David Griffiths - 290,000
Clint Jordanou - 167,000
Sam Khouiss - 120,000
Dean Blatt - 65,000
Peters:
Heich:
The board was spread
and Heich pairs his queen to take down the pot. Peters departs in 9th place for a collect of $9,403.
The flop
did not seem to thrill Ismail. Both of his opponents checked. He shook his head when the turn came 
. Heich again checked, then folded after Rochford bet 40,000. With no further action possible, Ismail and Rochford opened their hands:Ismail:
Rochford:
Ismail was drawing dead against Rockford's book, tens full of sevens. He spiked a useless
on the river and was eliminated in tenth place, earning AU$6,579.Rochford climbed up the counts to 690,000.
Both players tabled the same hand, with only flush possibilities to potentially separate Jordanou's
and Ismail's 
.It wasn't to be, as the board delivered
. Chop it up!