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Peter Rho opened with yet another 4,500 raise from under-the-gun and found callers in Clark Hamagami, Rayan Nathan and Jonathan Karamalikis.
Everyone checked the flop of and when the landed on the turn Karamalikis and Rho checked before Hamagami led out for 10,500. Nathan folded, and Karamalikis raised it to 28,500. Once Rho was out of the way Hamagami made the call.
The river fell the and after Karamalikis checked, Hamagami slid three stacks of chips into the middle for a bet of 50,000. Karamalikis thought for a little before eventually mucking.
With that hand Hamagami took the chip lead jumping to 148,000 as Karamalikis slipped down to 117,000 in chips.
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Peter Rho opened to 4,200 from early position and found a caller in Clark Hamagami. On a flop reading Rho checked and Hamagami threw out a bet of 6,000. Rho mucked and Hamagami took down the pot.
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Larry Karambis In Action
Rayan Nathan was in yet another hand, this time raising to 4,500 out of the small blind. Larry Karambis made the call and both players saw a flop of .
Nathan led for 9,000, which was followed by Karambis raising it to 20,000 total. Nathan let go of his hand and slumped back to 42,000, while Karambis climbed to 65,000 in chips.
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With it folding around to Mark Kassis in the small blind, he completed and Rayan Nathan raised to 5,600. Kassis made the call and then checked the flop of .
Nathan cut out a bet of 11,000, which put Kassis into the tank. He eventually made the call, and again checked to Nathan when the fell on the turn. Nathan proceeded to move all in for around 20,000 and Kassis folded his hand.
With that pot, Nathan moves up to 55,000 in chips.
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As the chips are being set-up on the secondary feature table, play is only 15 minutes away and a few of the final table participants are circulating the tournament floor.
Who will take home the AU$160,000 first prize? Stay tuned to PokerNews to find out!
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Welcome back to the Crown Poker Room for today's final table of Event #6: $1,150 No Limit Hold'em with Rebuys.
A starting field of 126 and over 450 rebuys created a prizepool of AU$583,000. Only nine players remain, with their intentions set to capture the AU$160,326 first place prize and coveted Aussie Millions gold ring.
They'll be playing out the final table on the secondary feature table, as the main side of the tournament floor is being used for Event #7 - AU$1,650 Bounty Feature Event.
Chip Leader Jonathan "xMONSTERxDONGx" Karamalikis will be looking to capture his first major live score backed by a very successful online record. However, standing in his way are fellow online pros Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi, Tony "Bond18" Dunst, and Rayan "rkruok" Nathan.
All will be bent on being crowned Champion, and you can follow all the action in 90 minutes time when play kicks off at 4pm local time live from the 2009 Aussie Millions.
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landed on the turn Karamalikis and Rho checked before Hamagami led out for 10,500. Nathan folded, and Karamalikis raised it to 28,500. Once Rho was out of the way Hamagami made the call.
and after Karamalikis checked, Hamagami slid three stacks of chips into the middle for a bet of 50,000. Karamalikis thought for a little before eventually mucking.
Rho checked and Hamagami threw out a bet of 6,000. Rho mucked and Hamagami took down the pot.
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fell on the turn. Nathan proceeded to move all in for around 20,000 and Kassis folded his hand.