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The Vegas Virgin
22 Jan 10 22:10
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Morning all,

Just arrived in Melbourne last night and looking forward to a successful Event for Team Betfair players. Keep updated on your fellow players' progress via my Tweets as Betfair Poker and give them your support!

Also, look into my blogs to see that myself and others have been up to on the Betting.Betfair website or view the link below:

http://betting.betfair.com/poker/internet-poker/the-vegas-virgin---down-under-220110.html

Thanks as always,

The Vegas Virgin from Down Under!
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Report The Vegas Virgin January 26, 2010 9:23 PM GMT
peter philips 26 Jan 03:03

philly out

bifta 27700

chelsea m 42200 end of day 1b

bifta ended in 3rd place in the $550 Stud, taking home $2,250
Report winkelholland January 26, 2010 10:42 PM GMT
Peter was chip leader for most of the 7 card stud final table but was extremely unlucky in a huge pot with 3 left that would have all but given him the win and the Aussie Millions ring. Four cards had been dealt and he needed any club, any ace, any jack, any 7 or any 8 in the remaining 3 cards and it would have been all but over. They all blanked.
Chelsea M
Report Model Man January 26, 2010 10:45 PM GMT
very sick - but well played Bifta!

How you getting on chief?
Report winkelholland January 26, 2010 10:55 PM GMT
Yeah, big big shame. Guy missed a million cards with 3 to come and the eventual winner took that pot with a pair of 4's in the end. Not easy to win the biggest pot of the day with only a pair of 4's in seven card stud! If it had been holdem bif would have shoved the river and taken the pot of course but you cant do that in stud. Big shame, but Bifta was upbeat as always.
Im ok thanks - around the average with 42000 so will be a stressful day but hopefully I'll get some kind of momentum going today and who know's. Im playing ok.
just getting ready to meet bifta and philly for a breakfast and we start again in about an hour and a half.
Hope youre well M8 and best wishes to all.
Chelsea M
Report The Vegas Virgin January 26, 2010 10:57 PM GMT
Chelsea - please give me a ring or email and will meet up during event !

V.V.
Report winkelholland January 26, 2010 11:00 PM GMT
Ok VV, Will do. I'll be outside with the boys having breakfast in about half an hour so you're more than welcome to join us if you fancy a bite. M
Report winkelholland January 26, 2010 11:03 PM GMT
And a promise not to tell you about my bad beat in the bounty event with 80 left where I was one of the bigger stacks and an "internet whizzkid" re popped my aces all in preflop with 65 and hit 239, and 4 turn. ;-)
Report The Vegas Virgin January 26, 2010 11:10 PM GMT
:-)

I will text WillyWonky or PressTheSix as I don't have your number!

See you soon!

Simon
Report winkelholland January 26, 2010 11:12 PM GMT
Ok Simon. I dont have my number either! I dont have a number out here in fact. Yeah, we'll be outside having breakfast near where the unbreallas are mate. Be good to see you and the boys if they can make it. Speak later. M
Report WillyWonky January 26, 2010 11:15 PM GMT
Having breakfast in my room right now , slightly hungover after Murray match last night. GL to all betfair players today.
Report Allez January 26, 2010 11:21 PM GMT
Wear ur kilt to the game?
Report Soap January 26, 2010 11:24 PM GMT
GL chaps
Report The Vegas Virgin January 26, 2010 11:25 PM GMT
Lol Willy - Tourney starts in an hour! Off to promenade now.. See you there and GL to all!
Report WillyWonky January 26, 2010 11:26 PM GMT
Don't have it out with me unfortunately, I saw a lot of kilts about the ground though. Cilic match should be cracking cause the croat fans can get pretty rowdy.
Report The Vegas Virgin January 27, 2010 1:59 AM GMT
Hi there, play is now underway and below is a list of all remaining players and their approxamate stacks:

Chris Brammer (NigDawG) - 75,000
Daniel Drescher (All4non) - 57,000
George McDonald (WillyWonky) - 28,000
Patrick McNamara (BLoufFPJ) - 24,000
Sorel Mizzi (Imper1um) - 110,000
Annette Obrestad (Annette 15) - 91,000
Mark Seagul (Chelsea M) - 55,000
Peter Smyth (bifta) - 26,000

Will try and keep you posted!

V.V.
Report The Vegas Virgin January 27, 2010 4:47 AM GMT
After 4 hours of play, here is how we stand:

Chris Brammer (NigDawG) - 125,000
Daniel Drescher (All4non) - TBC
George McDonald (WillyWonky) - 55,000
Patrick McNamara (BLoufFPJ) - Out
Sorel Mizzi (Imper1um) - 250,000
Annette Obrestad (Annette 15) - 200,000
Mark Seagul (Chelsea M) - Out
Peter Smyth (bifta) - TBC
Report peter philips January 27, 2010 8:26 AM GMT
bifta out lost 85k pot raised utg with kq flop kq3 all in -gets called by aq river ace shame!
Report The Vegas Virgin January 27, 2010 10:11 AM GMT
Unlucky bifta but good news from other ends of the poker romm as Sorel has now over 320,000 and Annette also 162,000
Report Shosum1 January 27, 2010 6:02 PM GMT
Good luck guys...

Day 3 Table Draw and Starting Stacks

(Table 25)
Seat 1: John Dalessandri - 200500
Seat 2: Joel Dodds - 116500
Seat 3: Sorel Mizzi - 470000
Seat 4: Davor Lanini - 24500
Seat 5: Jacqueline Flint - 75000
Seat 6: Pierre Aoukar - 501000
Seat 7: Elliot Smith - 267500
Seat 8: Todd Brandis - 108000

(Table 27)
Seat 1: Nicolas Faure - 52000
Seat 2: James Keys - 63500
Seat 3: Andrew Feldman - 85500
Seat 4: Minh Trinh - 203000
Seat 5: Trevor Mccormack - 167500
Seat 6: David Frieling - 537000
Seat 7: Kristoffere Kero - 89000

(Table 31)
Seat 1: Annette Obrestad - 134000
Seat 2: Thomas Markussen - 139500
Seat 3: Amir Minagar - 400000
Seat 4: Mario Doria - 300500
Seat 5: Gustav Hansen - 328000
Seat 6: Jason Pritchard - 239000
Seat 7: David Olson - 125000
Report Soap January 27, 2010 6:05 PM GMT
is WillyWonky still in ?
Report C8 January 27, 2010 6:38 PM GMT
Is Richard Allen Reeshah?
Report The Vegas Virgin January 27, 2010 11:01 PM GMT
Wonky is out unfortunately...
Report FFsmd January 27, 2010 11:19 PM GMT
isnt andrew a fulltilt red pro not team betfair
Report The Vegas Virgin January 27, 2010 11:21 PM GMT
I guess it's coz he plays on BF but he is a red pro on Tilt. Day 3 starts in an hour so update you guys soon!
Report aristonandon January 28, 2010 8:34 AM GMT
dinner break

37 left

sorel sat 3rd with a million
annette sat 9th with 600k
feldman hanging on with 50k

gus hansen still in on 510k as well for any gus fans.
Report McCoy Carp January 28, 2010 11:18 AM GMT
How many get paid?
Report aristonandon January 28, 2010 11:27 AM GMT
72 got paid


26 left

annette moved to 1.1 million
sorrel down to 760k
gus hansen down to 250k
feldman120k and still hangin on lol
Report aristonandon January 28, 2010 12:00 PM GMT
feldman gone aq v kj. AJxQT
gus hansen gone losing big pot 99 v JQ allin on low flop JQ had flush and overs thoug and spiked the jack. his last 50k went in with k2 v 99

Annette got foot down just knocked 2 players out one with AA v KK mbn and another JJ v AT. must be doing *****in between as is still only at 1.2 mill though

Sorrel down to 570k

21 left
Report aristonandon January 28, 2010 12:18 PM GMT
sorel and annette at same table now. could get interesting
Report aristonandon January 28, 2010 1:07 PM GMT
for anyone who is interested 19 remain and one more to go till end of play for the day.

annette has 1.7 (chip leader has 1.8) and sorel has 700k
Report aristonandon January 28, 2010 1:17 PM GMT
play finished for day

sorel takes out a guy in a big pot AT v 67 guy fired allin on a board of a234 and sorel called.

annette and sorel both have 1.7million
Report The Vegas Virgin January 28, 2010 9:41 PM GMT
Last 16 play today and as ariston pointed out, Sorel and Annette make up part of the Top 3 in *****:-)

PS - Veteran players might remember a Betfair player by the alias SkyLopez.. He won the $5k Heads Up last night after a 5 hour battle!

Also, John Taba and Back2Back are doing well in the $1,000 Freezeout and the last 18 also play later on today!

Simon
Report Dooberama January 28, 2010 9:49 PM GMT
SkyLopez still plays on betfair doesn't he? I haven't got my tracker here, but am fairly sure I have played him recently.

I am going to try and make this next year, so you better take a load of people and keep the bf rungood going.
Report TheProd January 28, 2010 10:49 PM GMT
Anyone have any links to a live 'feed' of Aussie millions.

Good Luck Sorel & Annette

Prod
Report Tonto. January 28, 2010 10:59 PM GMT
SkyLopez does still play, see him on cashtables , think he plays out of Canada so plays different times.
Report The Vegas Virgin January 28, 2010 11:36 PM GMT
The aim is to have bigger teams each time and keep the Team Betfair spirit high! Looking forward to meeting all next time and obviously not just in Aussie Millions but Vegas, BF Poker Live! Events, etc!

Thanks for the interest guys!
Report The Vegas Virgin January 28, 2010 11:37 PM GMT
Oh an Prod, all I cant think of is the live reporting tab on PokerNews...
Report The Vegas Virgin January 29, 2010 7:44 AM GMT
Down to last 6 to be played tomorrow:

Seat 1: Sorel Mizzi - 6,033,000
Seat 2: Stephen Shelley - 991,000
Seat 3: Annette Obrestad - 1,349,000
Seat 4: Tyron Krost - 1,869,000
Seat 5: Frederik Jensen - 1,754,000
Seat 6: Kosta Varoxis - 635,000
Seat 7: Peter Jetten - 1,700,000
Seat 8: Steven Friedlander - 694,000

Woohoo
Report Nibbles January 29, 2010 11:10 AM GMT
That's 8
Report Waheyyyy January 29, 2010 12:21 PM GMT
:^0
Report winkelholland January 29, 2010 4:30 PM GMT
Well Done to Sorrel and Annette and good luck to both. OK, I do understand that its not quite on the same level but just to let you know Simon that Ive made it to the Final table of the Event 17, No Limit Holdem/Pot Limit Omaha which I play tomorrow at 2pm Melbourne time. I outlasted Joe Hachem and some other top pro's so I guess its still a little bit good!. 7 left and Im 4th on *****so who knows. If you want to slip by and drop me a Betfair badge Id be happy to stick it on. Best wishes to all. Chelsea M
Report FlopIt.... January 29, 2010 4:36 PM GMT
gl chelsea M. TID sir
Report joffy January 29, 2010 4:43 PM GMT
Lol PR at its best from betfair

Chelsea make a mean feat in making an ft at a big event and he has to mention it himself.

Gl mate take it down
Report winkelholland January 29, 2010 4:47 PM GMT
Appreciate your kind wishes FlopIt & lol@ Joffy. Better try and get some sleep. Its 4am here and theres no sign of me winding down at all but I have to find a way otherwise Im going to be shattered tomorrow;-( Catch up with you guys soon. Thanks again.
Report Dooberama January 29, 2010 5:25 PM GMT
gl chelsea and sorel.
Report Cromps January 29, 2010 5:51 PM GMT
gl guys
Report page-413 January 29, 2010 5:59 PM GMT
www.donkvillfatbird luckvill_boring .org
Report aristonandon January 29, 2010 6:17 PM GMT
yep hes right. 2 of the best tourney players in the world who consistantly go deep in the best tourneys in the world are donks lol.


gl sorel, annette and chelsea
Report Dooberama January 29, 2010 6:19 PM GMT
aye and a 1 cent player is the best person to stand in judgement, eh page?
Report Shosum1 January 29, 2010 6:32 PM GMT
Go Chelsea!

We'll be following you on here :)
Report Dooberama January 29, 2010 6:33 PM GMT
gl annette btw, didnt realise i'd missed her
Report jamesbeckton. January 29, 2010 6:37 PM GMT
Gl Chelsea M!!
Report The Vegas Virgin January 29, 2010 7:43 PM GMT
Good luck to all, Chelsea - I will come round no problems! Thanks for letting me know!
Report Hull city January 29, 2010 7:56 PM GMT
good luck all,well played
Report richpickns January 29, 2010 8:35 PM GMT
'Its 4am here and theres no sign of me winding down at all but I have to find a way otherwise Im going to be shattered tomorrow'

i would highly recommend a couple of pints followed by a 10mg valium - send u right to la la land

gl
Report The Vegas Virgin January 29, 2010 9:04 PM GMT
Oh - and below is Part 5 of my blog:

http://betting.betfair.com/poker/poker-news/vegas-virgin-down-under---part-5-290110.html

Part 6 is soon to follow

Simon
Report Nohalmdun January 30, 2010 2:19 AM GMT
Best of luck chelsea mate. Would love to see ya win it.

AKAKAKAK
Report Lenny the Guvnor January 30, 2010 4:47 AM GMT
Best of luck Chelsea M. You supported me throughout the staking so top karma to you hope you get a nice score.

GL,

Ben
Report winkelholland January 30, 2010 6:43 AM GMT
Where were you Simon, I would have worn your badge (for free) all the way to victory and you could have had another "Betfair" champion but you never turned up.
Anyway and Im officially NLHE/PLO champion and got a ring to show for it. I may never be a Sorrel or a Obrestad - or a John tabatabai who by the way is an absolute gentleman as well as a class act -
(but please don't write me off because I will be working hard on my game) Thanks Guys- I deeply and truely appreciate alll of your kind words. Chelsea M
Report racing revenue January 30, 2010 6:44 AM GMT
Very well done
Report winkelholland January 30, 2010 6:55 AM GMT
Thank You Sir. I'm still not sure that I woke up this morning and this will all turn out to be a very bad joke! 3 handed I got sucked out and was left with 18,000 with a 180,000 stack on my SB and a 240,000 stack on my BB. Just shows, fairytales do happen to ordinary guys too. Anyway, its 7pm here and I'm off to bed. Sad but true. See you all online soon. Over and out.......
Report Nohalmdun January 30, 2010 7:35 AM GMT
Nice 1 m8, nice to wake up to some good news for once.

Chuffed for ya. :D
Report McCoy Carp January 30, 2010 7:49 AM GMT
Sorry to be crude, but what did he win apart from the ring?
Report winkelholland January 30, 2010 8:02 AM GMT
Not Crude Mate. Pokernews were busy reporting the final table of the main event so it go no coverage. 1st prize was $70k. Thanks again to all of you guys for you kind wishes.
Report redbag January 30, 2010 8:09 AM GMT
vwp and congrats
Report 15Stone10Lbs January 30, 2010 8:26 AM GMT
Respect Chelsea M, very well played.
Report Keith A January 30, 2010 8:30 AM GMT
Well played Chelsea, how much did you win?
Report engy-carlisle January 30, 2010 8:49 AM GMT
well done chelsea mate. top result for a gentleman on and off the tables imo
Report winkelholland January 30, 2010 8:56 AM GMT
Thanks Guys- 1st prize was $70k Keith so very nice.
Report keen leader 3m? January 30, 2010 9:03 AM GMT
Very well played, but well done to betfair for giving you support(Good luck to all, Chelsea - I will come round no problems! Thanks for letting me know!)
Where were you Simon, I would have worn your badge (for free) all the way to victory and you could have had another "Betfair" champion but you never turned up.
He was proberly brown nosing the pros instead of watchin out for the people who keep the site going.
VWD Sir.
Report Soap January 30, 2010 9:03 AM GMT
well done chelsea - chuffed for you sir.
Report Soap January 30, 2010 9:05 AM GMT
ps as Ben says probs some good karma!!!
Report Dooberama January 30, 2010 9:09 AM GMT
Congratulations Chelsea

That is a top result. Puts my second in the 100 rebuy on st ars last night in the shade.
Report Dooberama January 30, 2010 9:13 AM GMT
Looks like Sorel is still leading the main. Annette was out in 7th $175k.
Report E v v o January 30, 2010 9:14 AM GMT
Yep,nice one chelsea,wp
Report Soap January 30, 2010 9:43 AM GMT
nice 1 doobs also as know that is more than a few quid
Report E v v o January 30, 2010 9:58 AM GMT
I came 13th in that 1 on thurs doobs,nice $16k for u ,wp.
Report joffy January 30, 2010 10:00 AM GMT
Looooooooool good **g work son well done and dont tell me your ever running bad again ;)

As for Simon straight to job centre shirley
Report chop180 January 30, 2010 10:16 AM GMT
Congrats :)
Report "M" January 30, 2010 10:25 AM GMT
Puts my second in the 100 rebuy on st ars

Nice result doobs, does this mean you have broken your *s hoodoo?

No idea who you are chelsea, but WP.
Report Model Man January 30, 2010 10:39 AM GMT
Chief - as per facebook message - Brilliant, VWP, couldn't have happened to a better or more deserving bloke!

But as I've always maintained, it was more a matter of when, not if!

Next stop - is to get yourself one of them WSOP bracelets!
Report McCoy Carp January 30, 2010 10:53 AM GMT
Fantastic, well played mate.
Report Bladelew January 30, 2010 11:20 AM GMT
Great score Chelsea M, VWP! Met you at the London EPT in 2007 (I tink it was 07!) where ya seemed a nice friendly fella, nice to see the good guys win!!
Report winkelholland January 30, 2010 12:01 PM GMT
Bladelaw, (yes I remember, thx- U2), Dino, McCoy Carp, chop180, "M", joffy, E v v o, Soap, Doobs, keen leader 3m?,engy-carlisle,Keith A15Stone10Lbs,redbag, AKAKAKAK,racing revenue. Lenny the Guvnor, Hull city,richpickns, jamesbeckton,Shosum1,aristonandon,Cromps,FlopIt....

Im not going to add anymore to this thread otherwise I'll bore all of you to death but just a few final thoughts, It actually means a lot when so many people that you have never met (and a few you have) reach out to you. You didnt have to give me all of these kinds words but you did and for that and for the final time, a personal Thank You to all of you and I wish each and every one of you all of the best.

WD for your 2nd Doobs, top result. You're a great player and I can pick out at least 7 more from the list above that I have utmost respect for.

Final thought, I was about to pack it all in after this trip. I played the Aussie Millions bounty last week and someone repopped my aces all in with 4,5 thinking I cold never call. I had a huge stack and would have cashed (if not final tabled) if my aces had held up. I finished 130th in the main event when my ak couldnt hold up against aq. I played a 5k in the WSOP last year and went out with 120 left (out of 800) when a guy shoved on me against my aces (and monster flop) and hit a 1 outer on the river. I never thought this was ever going to happen

.............................and then it suddenly did.

I guess its true what they say, every dog has their day.

God Bless you all, good luck and thanks again to you all.

This time Im really Outta here and back to my Kennel. See you on Betfair poker again soon!
Report Dests January 30, 2010 12:24 PM GMT
From your posts you seem like a genuine lovely guy, very well done :D
Report FlopIt... January 30, 2010 1:27 PM GMT
vwp sir!
Report The Vegas Virgin January 30, 2010 3:27 PM GMT
Congratulations Chelsea - I stayed in the poker room looking till about 3pm but had to go up to Studio 3 to follow the Final Table. Very well played and I look forward to saying hello tomorrow at the players party.

Annette finished a respectable 7th in the Main Event and Sorel got unlucky when moving all in with 77 and called by AK. A King on the turn sealed his faith and he managed 3rd place.

A very successful Aussie Millions this year with 2 Betfair players getting Championship rings and a lot more cashing in! It is now almost 03:30 and I am shattered so good night to all!
Report Twaddles January 30, 2010 3:57 PM GMT
Just seen this - excellent stuff, Mark!!

Well played, sir. Bring it home.
Report hammer45 January 30, 2010 5:36 PM GMT
very well done, chelsea, great to see it.

bethammer
Report aristonandon January 30, 2010 6:06 PM GMT
congrats chelsea


for the betfair rep there next time you on one of these things. go to reception find out which room your player is in and stick an envelope under his door with a betfair patch and a gl mesage- maybe even an offer to meet up for breafast. When I used to play these things all the time it has to be said the service we got from the betfair team was unrivalled by any site and other online qualifiers used to wish they had qualified on betfair. To have a player at the final table without the support of the site that got him there isnt good and it wouldnt have happened in years gone by.
Report jamesbeckton. January 30, 2010 6:12 PM GMT
It was a side event though so no reason to think he'd wear a logo!
Report Soap January 30, 2010 6:12 PM GMT
^ something to do with losing there best 2 reps in last 12 months probs
Report Soap January 30, 2010 6:17 PM GMT
Maybe the fact he clearly states on this thread that he would could be a reason Beckton!?
Report Gamal Abdul Nasser January 30, 2010 6:27 PM GMT
Acceptance speech LOL what a fool!! Talking like you have won the WSOP for a life changing sum of money and thanking people who help you "make it".
Report fastfoot January 30, 2010 7:20 PM GMT
WP MARKY HOPE TO SEE YOU AT WALSALL FOR THE GUKPT IN FEB
Report wing commander 'st.john' smyth January 30, 2010 7:59 PM GMT
the rag with the comment 2 above, shouldbe ignored.

Dont bite
Report Dooberama January 30, 2010 8:31 PM GMT
Yep "M" st ars hoodoo well and truly broken, though I probably did that when I finished 2nd in a $50 rebuy on a sunday a couple of months ago. Now I just need to win my next flip heads up, though I did run pretty hot to get through to the last two. Don't want to start getting 2nd every time on there.

Just wish the million and the super tuesday wern't on so late.

Oh and get a big final table live, to keep up with Chelsea ofc.
Report The Vegas Virgin January 30, 2010 8:38 PM GMT
Just to be clear, I have always met up with those who I promised to meet. Unfortunately, Chelsea's mobile does not work in Australia and I couldn't just call and meet up when I didn't see him.

Anyways, congratulations once again and an FYI - Tyron Krost won the Main Event..
Report winkelholland January 31, 2010 7:50 AM GMT
Thanks Gamal. Your pocket aces won't hold up on this one. I rivered you with a business that changed my life 5 years ago. I feel very good today and since that will make you feel bad, I feel even better now. I will win a bracelet just for you one day mate.
wing commander 'st.john' smyth - Sorry I bit but I promise not to bite again, I believe in Peace and not war.
Report winkelholland January 31, 2010 7:55 AM GMT
..... no problem Simon. I'll make sure I have a number next year

Thanks again to all of the people on here that have been nice to me and helped make this win a little more special for me

Thanks Guys
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