2008 Aussie Millions
Event 10 - $2,200 PLH/Omaha/Omaha Hi-Lo
Day: 2
Event Info
Khouiss:
Bach:
The turn and river arrived and Back makes two pair to eliminate Sam Khouiss on the bubble!
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 0
Mikkelsen passed the first action to Pesek who opened with a 10,000 bet, to which Mikkelsen repsonded by re-raising all in.
"I'm pretty sure I have you," said Pesek, while he considered a call. "What do you have, K-10 or something?"
"Eh, I call," Pesek said, turning over . Mikkelsen tabled the for an open-ended straight draw.
The further improved Pesek's hand, giving him two pair, but the on the river was bad news for him, as it gave Mikkelsen the nut straight. After the hand, Mikkelsen reclaimed his spot atop the leaderboard with 138,000 in chips while Pesek dropped to about 88,000.
Winston:
Field:
The flop comes and Field calls for spades as he looks for a backdoor miracle. The peels off to the "ooohs" of the crowd as Winston exclaims "Don't you do a spade...that would be rude!"
The river is the and Winston cries out "You can't keep 'The Oracle' down!" as he doubles up to 31,000 chips.
After quite some time, Mikkelsen opted to lay it down, leaving himself with approximately 72,000 in chips. With the win, Pesek took over the chip lead, stacking up just over 110,000 in chips.
Local favorite Sam Khouiss was overheard talking to his neighbor, Dag Martin Mikkelsen:
"Dag . . . Dag . . . You've got enough (chips). Just take it easy, OK?"
Mikkelsen:
Dalessandri:
Dalessandri held the slight lead however the flop soon changed that when were dealt on to the table. Mikkelsen flopped two pair, leaving Dalessandri needing only a five to survive. The turn and river came and Dalessandri is eliminated in 11th place.
The board ran out and Hazan made a straight to the ten.
"Yes!! Yes!! Straight! I win!" exclaimed Hazan. "Anyone else want to take me on?"
The fell on the turn giving Winston trip kings and the river blanked () to give Winston the pot, worth just under 30,000 in chips.