Mark Kassis - 230,000
2009 Aussie Millions
Event 6 - $1,150 No Limit Hold'em w/ Rebuys
Day: 2
Event Info
Mark Kassis - 230,000
Most recently he took down a pot with the board reading after checking it through to the river before a bet of 12,000 was enough to take the pot down.
Karamalikis tabled for an eight-high straight and the pot as he moved to over 600,000 in chips.
On a flop of Karamalikis leads out for 10,000 and Kassis made the call. The landed and brought out a check from Karamalikis before Kassis pushed out a bet of 25,000. With the action back on Karamalikis he raised to a further 55,000 on top and with little hesitation Kassis layed his hand down.
Karamalikis moved up to over 620,000 as Kassis slipped to under 250,000 in chips.
The following hand saw another limped pot with Karamalikis taking it down on a board reading . The next two hands were also taken down by Karamalikis with some preflop aggression.
Both players have been getting walks, and the crowd is getting restless.
A great site for Australian poker is that this heads up battle is between two Australian's; Jonathan Karamalikis is from South Australia, while Mark Kassis is from New South Wales.
Jonathan Karamalikis - 598,000
Mark Kassis - 279,000
When the turn fell the Karamalikis slid in a bet of 52,000 and again Hamagami made the call. The river fell the and Karamalikis moved all in for over 250,000. Hamagami sat in the tank for over two minutes before calling. Karamalikis flipped over for a full house to send Hamagami to the rail in 3rd place for AU$82,203.