Posted on 22 January 2009
It was about 4pm and the cash games were filling up around me as the mood changed in the poker room at Crown Casino. The cameras were flying around the room as everyone waited for the bubble to burst. For those that don’t know, the ‘bubble bursting’ is where the last player who is NOT [...]
Posted on 15 January 2009
Already a well know player online, Mike ‘The Big SiCkO’ Guzzardi has a great interview here on PokerNews TV at the recent H.O.R.S.E event at the Aussie Millions. Remember you can get all your Aussie Millions updates from PokerNews.com Day one of the H.O.R.S.E. event had the finla table like this: Seat 1: Joe Meissner [...]
Posted on 12 January 2009
Using the new PokerPro automated poker tables, event 2 of the Aussie Millions was staged at Crown Casino on Monday with Brisbane player Mitchell Carle taking out the 2nd ring of the series. Carle is no stranger to the event, taking out 3rd place in the PokerPro event in 2008. PokerPro’s automated ‘dealerless’ poker tables [...]
Posted on 11 January 2009
110 players kicked off for Day 2 of the Aussie Millions event with previous night’s chip leader, Dean Blatt, in good form for the win. After a long fought battle and a number of casualties (sadly including NZ’s own ‘Kiwi G’ Graeme Putt) Christian Heich of Germany emerged as the day’s winner and took home [...]
Posted on 10 January 2009
If you thought event 1a was big with 342 players, event 1b was even bigger with 389 players all ponying up the $1100 buy-in to compete for the big prize. This created a combined pool of over $700,000, well in excess of the guaranteed $500,000 advertised. After another grueling day on the felt, the cards [...]
Posted on 10 January 2009
Day one of the Aussie Millions event kicked off in Melbourne’s Crown Casino on Friday with 342 players drawn to the felt on the opening round. Familiar famous faces were found in the field including Australia’s Tony Hachem, Michael Chrisanthopoulos, Jamie Pickering and New Zealand’s own Graeme ‘Kiwi G’ Putt…