2008 PokerNews Cup Championships - Australia

$230 NL Hold'em - $75k Guar.
Day: 1
Event Info

2008 PokerNews Cup Championships - Australia

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qq
Prize
17,732 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
200 AUD
Prize Pool
84,400 AUD
Entries
422
Level Info
Level
20
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
0

Tang Battles Back To Back Queens

In consecutive hands, Danny Tang has gone to war against pocket queens, with mixed results.

In the first hand, Tang held {A-Clubs}{K-Hearts} but lost the race when he couldn't spike a pair on a board of {6-Spades}{8-Spades}{9-Hearts}{5-Spades}{J-Clubs}.

The next hand, Tang tried his luck again with {A-Hearts}{10-Spades} and once again found himself up against queens, but this time, the board of {J-Diamonds}{J-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{A-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} gave him the best pair to eliminate an opponent and recover his lost chips to now sit at 26,000.

Tags: Danny Tang

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 0

Hamilton Lands Ace From Space

Steve Hamilton is our runaway chip leader after a catching a fortunate break with his {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs} against his opponent's {K-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}.

Hamilton had shoved on the button and his opponent snap-called from the big blind. The board fell {6-Hearts}{J-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{A-Spades}{Q-Clubs}, and Hamilton had spiked an ace from space to now hold over 80,000 chips!

Tags: Steve Hamliton

The Power of Negative Thinking

Caldwell Out
Caldwell Out
After predicting his demise to us during the break, John Caldwell's prediction was eerily close to being true as he took his pocket tens to war against the {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs} Andrew Jeffreys in one of the first hands after the break.

An ace on the flop was enough to end the day of Caldwell as Jeffreys now sits with 38,000 chips.

Tags: Andrew JeffreysJohn Caldwell

Play Resumes

The 81 remaining players are back and the cards are in the air once more. We'd anticipate being in the money stage of this tournament within the next few levels of play.

Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 0

Volkoff Out

Tamara Volkoff has just been eliminated in a race situation with Volkoff's {A-Clubs}{7-Hearts} up against the {4-Clubs}{4-Spades} of Andrew Jeffreys. The board landed {J-Spades}{Q-Spades}{2-Clubs}{2-Spades}{J-Hearts} and despite the double-paired board, Jeffreys' fours played and he collected the chips to end the day for Volkoff.

Tags: John CaldwellTamara Volkoff