Dylan Honeyman Wins Event #7 of the 2013 Aussie Millions

Honeyman was one of 355 players who bought into the $1,650 No Limit Hold’em Bounty tournament, and what a decision that turned out to be.

Dylan Honeyman is a very accomplished online poker tournament player. For years he has terrorised players at the virtual felt under the alias "WhiteRabbito," but he has struggled to transfer his form into the live arena. Until now.

Honeyman was one of 355 players who bought into the $1,650 No Limit Hold'em Bounty tournament, and what a decision that turned out to be. Day 1 was a couple of days ago, fast forward to today and Honeyman has won his first major live title of his career, becoming Event #7 of the 2013 Aussie Million's champion.

2013 Aussie Million Event #7 Final Table Seat Draw

Seat 1: George Giannopoulos - 584,000 chips
Seat 2: Daniel Lee - 687,000
Seat 3: Fabian Craib - 926,000
Seat 4: Tam Truong - 609,000
Seat 5: Julius Colman - 632,000
Seat 6: Frank Rusnak - 677,000
Seat 7: Will Jones - 596,000
Seat 8: Dylan Honeyman - 630,000

It did not take long at all for the eight-handed table to lose its first player, that dubious honour going to Daniel Lee. After making an ill-timed move with ace-eight against Honeyman's queens, Lee was left nursing an eight big blind stack and in was in real bad shape. He got his remaining chips into the middle with As-10c and ultimately lost the the Ad-Qd of Julius Colman, which flopped two.

Will Jones was the next casualty of the final table, losing to back-to-back Broadway straights. The first saw his Jh-Jd lose to the Ac-Ks of Frank Rusnak, then immediately after that hand, he got his chips in against the Ad-Qd of Colman and when the board ran out 4s-Jd-10d-Kd-3c it was game over for Jones.

Next to head for the sidelines was George Giannopoulos. Down to 180,000 chips, Giannopoulos looked down at Ad-8d and decided to three-bet all-in over the top of a Honeyman raise to 50,000. Honeyman felt priced in to call with his Jh-7s and the dealer got to work putting the community cards into play. By the river the board read 5h-Qs-6s-7d-10h, Honeyman's pair of sevens was the best hand and Giannopoulos was eliminated.

Another player who committed his stack with the best hand but still lost was Fabian Craib. Tam Truong opened the betting with a raise to 60,000 from under the gun and Craib, the last remaining $1,000 bounty in the tournament, three-bet all-in for 400,000 in total. Truong rechecked his cards and called with Kc-9c, finding himself up against the Ac-2d of Craib. The 8s-10d-7s flop gave Truong plenty of extra outs as he picked up an open-ended straight draw. The Qh turn was not one of them, but the 6d was and Craib was dispensed of.

Four became three with the demise of Rusnak. Colman opened to 80,000 and Rusnak thought the best play for his Jd-9c was to move all-in for 600,000 in total. Colman called with a superior Kd-Qd and although neither player's hand improved by the river, Colman's king-high bettered the jack-high of Rusnak and the latter was busted out of Event #7.

The penultimate elimination claimed the scalp of Colman, who just couldn't put the chips he won from Rusnak to good use. Colman got a little frisky with 6d-4s on a 4c-2s-9h flop and ran into the Ad-9s of Honey man. No six or four appeared on the turn or river, and  Colman was left with just 6,000 chips. These went into the middle on the next hand, Colman's Qc-9d losing to the 8c-4c of Honeyman when the board ran out 7c-2c-Ac-Ad-Kc.

Going into the heads-up encounter, Honeyman trailed Truong by 2.3 million to 3.075 million chips. Within minutes, Honeyman had drawn level, then pulled in front, only to see Troung reclaim the lead again! After swapping the title of chip leader several times, Honeyman finally ran out on top.

The final hand saw Honeyman open to 125,000 and Truong call. Truong checked the arrival of the Ac-Kc-2c flop, but when Honeyman fired a continuation bet of 140,000 Truong check-raised to 280,000. Honeyman was done with his hand though, far from it, instead he raised to 545,000 and after much deliberation, Truong called. The 7h turn as Truong check-raise all-in with Ad-6h but he was drawing completely dead as Honeyman had flopped a flush with his 7c-6c. The meaningless 2s river was the final card dealt in the tournament, and Honeyman had won all of the chips in play.

2013 Aussie Millions Event #7 Final Table Results

1st: Dylan Honeyman - $120,000
2nd: Tam Truong - $78,500
3rd: Julius Colman - $50,000
4th: Frank Rusnak - $40,000
5th: Fabian Craib - $30,000
6th: George Giannopoulos - $25,000
7th: Will Jones - $20,000
8th: Daniel Lee - $15,000

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US Masters Tips: Augusta lover Scott the top Aussie bet

US Masters / Romilly Evans / 03 April 2012 / Leave a Comment

Adam Scott, pictured during practice this week, loves Augusta

"If there is to be a surprise, it could come from John Senden (an attractive [10.0] to back) whose distance control should allow him to find the right shelves of these notorious greens."

Adam Scott gets good vibes from Augusta and that's giving Romily Evans good vibes as he studies the Top Australian market for the 2012 Masters

Greg Norman, for so long the standard-bearer of Australian golf, always came up a whisker shy of Masters glory. And at first glance the generation which followed him appears similarly doomed. Just take last year at Augusta where Adam Scott, Jason Day and Geoff Ogilvy all came up agonisingly short in the final analysis.

Scott and Day played together in that final round and inspired each other to the giddy heights of second place. Trouble was: they ran into the best closing finish in Masters history from Charl Schwartzel, who made birdie on the final four holes. No crime there.

More worrying, perhaps, is their combined lack of recent form. Day hasn't been better than 20th in any of his stateside outings this season, while Scott has only played nine competitive rounds and has taken the last three weeks off. Still, the latter move was a premeditated attempt by Scott to practice and peak for the Masters, following the lead of Rory McIlroy.

It's a tournament which offers the 31-year-old his best chance of a major. And Scott himself concurs: "Every time I walk out on the course, I feel I can shoot a good score no matter how I'm hitting it."

Those are bold words but they were adeptly backed up in 2011 when for the first time, he truly looked comfortable on the greens with his broomhandle putter (his only three-stab came at the first hole). Scott is prohibitively priced for this market (trading at [3.05] to back) but it's a fair price when you consider his lack of opposition.

The next three in the market - Messrs Day, Ogilvy and Aaron Baddeley - are all putting machines whose ball-striking sometimes lets them down. The flatstick is a real weapon on Augusta's speedy surfaces but if you can't put the ball in position with your iron-play, it's rendered a redundant skill.

Therefore, if there is to be a surprise, it could come from John Senden (an attractive [10.0] to back) whose distance control should allow him to find the right shelves of these notorious greens.

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Back Adam Scott @ [3.1]
Back John Senden @ [10.0]

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Yann Dion Leads Final 12 at Aussie Millions Main Event; Phil Ivey in 12th

Poker News / Short-Stacked Shamus / 27 January 2012 / Leave a Comment

Yann Dion leads with 12 remaining at the 2012 Aussie Millions Main Event (Photo: PokerNews)

After just missing the $100,000 Challenge final table (finishing 9th), Ivey has been among the leaders at the end of each day of the Main Event, although will return to the shortest stack among the final 12 for Day 5.

They've played down from 659 to just 12 at the Aussie Millions Main Event, with the Canadian Yann Dion finishing Day 4 as chip leader with 2.67 million. Bjorn Li of Hong Kong sits nearby in second with 2.471 million, followed by Mohamad Kowssarie of Sweden in third with 2.23 million. And after ending each of the previous days near the top of the counts, Phil Ivey continues to hold on though now with a short stack in 12th.

Londoner Karim Jomeen will begin Saturday in fourth, followed by Daniel Idema (Canada) and Lee Nelson (New Zealand).

As mentioned, Phil Ivey, who finished ninth in the $100,000 Challenge won by Dan Smith, just missing the final table there, started strong in the Aussie Millions Main Event and has been on the leaderboard since he played in the third of the three Day 1 flights.

Ivey ended that day in the top 10 overall with 305 players left, then finished Day 2 second behind Tim O'Shea with 75 remaining. Day 3 ended with 26 players still in the hunt and Ivey in sixth.

Others still alive on Friday but who did not make it through to Day 5 included David Steicke who was the first elimination of the day in 26th, good for a $35,000 return on his $10,600 buy-in (AUD). Among the others hitting the rail as the day progressed were Tim O'Shea (22nd, $45,000), Joey Lawrence (17th, $60,000), Minh Nguyen (16th, $60,000), Grant Levy (15th, $75,000), and Matt Turk (15th, $75,000).

The final hand of the night saw Danny Chevalier all in with Kd-Js against Yann Dion's Ah-Qd. The board came Jh-Ad-6d-8s-7h, sending Chevalier out in 13th ($75,000) and giving Dion the chips and the lead.

Here's how they'll stack up when play begins on Saturday:

1. Yann Dion -- 2,670,000
2. Bjorn Li -- 2,471,000
3. Mohamad Kowssarie -- 2,230,000
4. Karim Jomeen -- 2,063,000
5. Daniel Idema -- 1,840,000
6. Lee Nelson -- 1,651,000
7. Patrick Healy -- 1,565,000
8. Janis Lesinskis -- 1,501,000
9. Kenneth Wong -- 1,498,000
10. Oliver Speidel -- 809,000
11. Mile Krstanoski -- 755,000
12. Phil Ivey -- 699,000

Also of interest this weekend will be that $250,000 Challenge, a.k.a. the "Super High Roller." Originally scheduled for Friday, that event has been pushed back to take place during the weekend.

The Main Event also has had an extra day added to its schedule, as the plan will be for these 12 to play down to a seven-handed final table on Saturday, then return on Sunday to determine who among them will be taking away the $1.6 million first prize.

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Keys Fails To Lock Up Win In Aussie Millions Main Event

Poker News / Matthew Pitt / 31 January 2011 / Leave a comment

The 2011 Aussie Millions Main Event came to an exciting conclusion over the weekend with 71-year old Australian, David Gorr emerging victorious, defeating popular British poker pro James Keys in an intense heads-up battle that lasted more than 200 hands!

In total 721 players entered the $10,000 Main Event but all eyes were on the final eight remaining players who each had a realistic chance of walking away with the $2,000,000 first place prize money. There were new fewer than three British players at the final table, Chris Moorman and Sam Razavi joining Keys in their quest for their first major live title but all would ultimately fall short.

Twenty-six hands into the proceedings and the tournament lost a player in the shape of Finnish superstar, Patrik Antonius who paid the price for slowplaying a premium holding preflop. He looked down and saw KhKc staring back at him and opted to limp in, Randy Dorfman also limped, Gorr followed suit and Moorman checked in the big blind. A flop reading Qs-Th-7s saw Moorman check, Antonius bet 125,000, Dorfman lay down his hand and Gorr pop it to 500,000. Moorman got out of the way and Antonius said, "I guess it's time to go all in" and did just that. Gorr snap-called him and turned over QhTs for top two pair and when the turn and river were the Ac and 5c respectively Antonius was eliminated in eighth place, worth $130,000 though probably not the finish he was looking for.

Not long after, Moorman joined him on the rail after himself tangling with Gorr. With blinds at 15,000/30,000/5,000a, Gorr raised to 70,000 from the cutoff seat and then called when Moorman made it 190,000 to play from the big blind. The dealer put out the Td-Th-7d flop, which prompted a shove from Moorman and a quick call from Gorr, the latter being in front holding KsTs for trip tens and Moorman holding 8d4d for a flush draw. The 5h on the turn gave Moorman additional outs to a straight but none of them arrived as the 2s made an appearance on the river to knock out the young British hopeful, though his did pick up a career best $175,000 for his efforts.

Hand 92 of the final table was the last hand Razavi would take part in as he was caught with his hand in the proverbial cookie jar by fellow Brit, Keys. Finding himself short stacked and in the need of a double up, Razavi had become very active and for the second time in a row he open-shoved, this time holding Ad7d. Unlike the previous move that saw him pick up the blinds and antes, this time he found a caller in Keys holding 7h7s. A Qs-Js-Jh flop kept the pocket sevens of Keys in front and they stayed in the lead as the 5c fell on the turn and the 9s peeled off on the river.

Just six hands later and five players became four as Dorfman headed for the cashier's cage to pick up $325,000. The action folded to him in the small blind and despite having more than 32 big blinds in his stack, he moved all in for 1,300,000! Gorr, in the big blind, deliberated for a couple of minutes before making the call, turning over Ac9c, which would need some help to best the pocket tens of Dorfman. No help arrived in the 8c-Qh-8d-4s board but the Ad spiked on the river to bust Dorfman and give Gorr almost half of the chips in play!

Michael Ryan was the next to fall in one of poker's classic coin flip situations. From under the gun he made it 155,000 to play, with blinds now at 30,000/60,000/5,000 only to see Jeff Rossiter re-raise the action to 430,000 from the small blind. With the action back on Ryan he made it 850,000 to play, which prompted an insta-shove from Rossiter and n even quicker call from his opponent. The hands? Ryan held 9h9c against AdKh. It looked as if Ryan was going to double up as by the turn the board read Qd-2h-3d-2s but he was cruelling "Greensteined" as there was an ace on the river, this one in spades, to eliminate Ryan in fourth place, a finish worth a cool $450,000.

An hour later and Rossiter called off all of his stack with an unknown hand as he mucked as soon as he found he had run into the nuts, you decide for yourself what his holding was. He got the action started with a raise to 180,000 from the button and then called when Gorr re-raised to 550,000 from the small blind. Both players checked the Qc-Jh-5h flop, and Gorr checked again as the turn brought the 3h into play. Rossiter was in no mood for checking it back again and fired a bet of 720,000, which was check-raised by Gorr to 1,720,000, a bet Rossiter called. The seemingly blank 5d on the river saw Gorr move all in and a minute or so later Rossiter called for his tournament life, but quickly mucked face down as Gorr turned over AhQh for the nut flush.

Going into heads up the Australian Gorr held a massive 12,025,000 to 2,445,000 chip advantage but that did not deter the Brit who was quite obviously the better player of the two, something that became apparent as he fought his way back into contention over the next 150 or so hands. On the 153rd hand of heads-up play Keys actually completely turned the tie around and took more than a 10-to-1 lead over his opponent. He managed to get Gorr to commit his stack holing AcKs against his Kc5c on a board reading 5s-3h-Kd-2s. The Jd on the river saw Keys move to 13,310,000 chips and left Gorr hanging onto 1,160,000.

But Gorr was not dead and buried yet and was running insanely hot throughout the final table so it was unsurprising that he clawed his way back level. Then on hand 415 of the final table, the 212th of heads up play, the final hand took place. Keys opened with a raise to 225,000, Gorr called and they both saw a flop that read 7s-6c-3h. Gorr checked then called Keys' 275,000 continuation bet. The dealer burned a card and put the Kh out on the turn and again Gorr checked, Keys bet again, this time 650,000 but then Gorr check-raised to 1,650,000. Keys did not look comfortable but he moved all in and was snap-called by Gorr. Keys was actually in front, his 7c3c making two pair to be beating the Kc4c of his opponent. But once again Lady Luck was shining down on the Australian as the dealer put the 4s on the river, giving Gorr a higher two pair and the title! So unlucky from Keys, who fought back valiantly only to be crushed by a disgusting river card.

The $1,035,000 Keys picked up for his splendid efforts over the past week represent his biggest cash to date and there is no doubt in my mind that we will see him on many more final tables in years to come. Congratulations to David Gorr, who now finds himself $2,000,000 richer and the oldest winner of any Aussie Millions event ever.

The final table payouts were as follows:

1.) David Gorr: $2,000,000
2.) James Keys: $1,035,000
3.) Jeff Rossiter: $700,000
4.) Michael Ryan: $450,000
5.) Randy Dorfman: $325,000
6.) Sam Razavi: $225,000
7.) Chris Moorman: $175,000
8.) Patrik Antonius: $130,000

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England Cricket: Win World Cup and Aussie ODIs will be forgotten

Cricket World Cup / Editor / 31 January 2011 / Leave a Comment

What would maverick Mike Brearley's advice to Andrew Strauss be?

"During the 1979 tour Down Under, Brearley put the entire field (including the wicket- keeper) on the boundary ropes when three runs were required off the last ball."

Down in the dumps as England crash to defeat in Australia, Frank Gregan remembers three colourful, controversial and occasionally brilliant cricketers who Andrew Strauss' men could gain inspiration from in the subcontinent.

You can put as brave a face on it as you like but the fact is this has been a bitterly disappointing One Day series for England. Trailing 4-1, with a couple of dead rubbers to play, it's time to move on and look at the next big challenge.

A month ago, England were expected to win the Ashes, batter the Aussies in the One Day series, solve the global financial dilemma, win the World Cup, come up with a solution to the Middle East crisis, improve their Test ranking and find a cure for cancer. Andy Flower and Andy Strauss were all things to all Englishmen, nothing was impossible under their leadership.

Welcome to international cricket, four weeks later the dream is shattered, and now a World Cup win looks about as likely as Sepp Blatter getting an invite to Prince William's wedding! England need inspiration and, as there seems to be very little waiting in the wings, it's necessary to delve back into the past to come up with three names that could make a real difference to the team and lead England to their first 50 over World Cup win...

Mike Brearley
A cricketing enigma if ever there was one. Brearley played 39 Tests for England and skippered the side during 31 of those matches. He was a captain who could apparently get inside the heads of of his players and inspire them to great performances. He was also one of the old school 'win at all costs' types. During the 1979 tour Down Under he put the entire field (including the wicket- keeper) on the boundary ropes when three runs were required off the last ball. Shades of the Chappell brothers!

He had an exceptional record as a Test skipper, during the 31 Tests that he led his country they were only beaten four times. There was one teeny weeny flaw in Brearley's make up however, he wasn't a very good cricketer! He didn't bowl and he didn't bat too well either, his Test average was a meagre 22.88!

Douglas Jardine
Good old Dougie! A true English gentleman (born in Bombay, of course) who displayed the sportsmanship and sense of fair play of a Roman Emperor in the Colosseum! Who needs stumps to bowl at? Ribs and armpits are a much smaller target and require a greater level of skill to hit! Sadly, he died 13 years before the first ODI was played so he wouldn't have a clue how to win a World Cup!

Mike Gatting
Mr Diplomacy himself, the man who stood up for the Land of Hope and Glory by wagging his finger at Shakoor Rana. Rana was devastated and refused to take the field until Gatting apologised. He duly did (after having been ordered to do so by the ECB) and the series continued with as much bonhomie as a murder trial! It did raise questions about home country umpiring, particularly the old chestnut about Javed Miandad never been given out LBW in Pakistan despite being hugely prone to that method of dismissal when touring. Gatting went on to lead England to an Ashes win Down Under in 1987, a feat that was not repeated until... this year!

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England are currently [7.2] to win the ICC World Cup that gets underway on February 19. The three captains listed above have all made a memorable contribution to English cricket but seriously, most English fans are more than happy with what they've got. Andy Strauss (undoubtedly aided by Andy Flower) is doing a superb job and has put a smile back on the face of English cricket. They can be forgiven this latest series. Winning the World Cup would more than make up for it!

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