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2008 Aussie Millions
Event 7 - $3,250 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 Aussie Millions
Buy-in
3,000 AUD
Prize Pool
516,000 AUD
Entries
65
Level
13
Blinds
2,000 / 4,000
Ante
0
holding 
. His opponent looked him up with 
.The turn and river came
, 
giving Field's opponent the nut straight, eliminating the 18-year-old from the tournament.
With 25,000 in the pot before the flop had been dealt, Steve Zolotow moved his last 3,000 in the middle in the dark as the cards landed
. Saul and Warwick Mirzikinian also got it all in.Mirzikinian held
for top two pair, and Saul was going to need lots of help with his 
. The turn landed 
and the river made his gutshot with the 
. In a bizarre hand, a reluctant Saul took down the monster pot. We didn't get a chance to see the cards of Zolotow but he couldn't better Saul's straight and was eliminated from today's event.
"Who's that guy sitting there with the crazy shirt?"
"I don't know, but whoever he is, he's obviously really bad at paintball."
. Bart made a crying river call to "keep him honest" and Pescatori flipped over 
for a flopped two pair and rivered nut straight. Bart says he paired all of his cards which unfortunately doesn't win you the pot in Omaha as Pescatori leaps to 38,000 chips.
The chips all went in on a board of
. Sexton showed 
for a complete straight wrap and a king high flush draw. His opponent tabled 
for top set.The turn landed the
to give Sexton his flush and the blank on the river leaves Sexton sitting pretty with a healthy chip stack.
Lisandro had all of his chips in the middle by the time the board read
. Saul and another opponent, Warwick Mirzikinian, were still involved in a live side-pot, which ended with a pot-sized bet from Saul that prompted Mirzikinian to get out of the way, leaving Saul and Lisandro left to table their cards and see the river. Saul flipped his hand over first:
. Lisandro took one look at Saul's cards and then another look at his own before he threw his hand face-down towards the dealer and said, "Let him have it" before he walked away from the table. Fully aware of the Crown's anti-collusion tournament rule that all cards must be turned over when a player is all in and called, the dealer kept the cards safely under her hand while she tried to spot a floorperson to help out. All the while, Steve Zolotow and others at the table instructed the dealer to simply muck Lisandro's cards, deal the river and push the pot to Saul.
The dealer correctly waited for a floorperson to make a ruling and it was tournament director Danny McDonagh who eventually made the final decision that Lisandros cards would be turned over. Himself long gone from the table, Lisandro's cards were
and he was drawing dead. The river card, though irrelevant, was the .
and he found a customer in Mark Kassis who also held aces in his hand of 
.The flop of
seemed innocent enough for Assiotis as a split pot seemed likely. However he looked in shock as the the and peeled off on the turn and river to give Kassis a straight with his A-K playing to send an unlucky Nick Assiotis to the rail.
with Lee Watkinson holding and Jeff Lisandro 
.Watkinson had snatched the lead with an unlikely two pair, as Lisandro watched the
on the turn and on the river leave him with only 1,125 in chips to survive with!
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 0