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

Chrisanthopoulos Jumps to 44k

Michael Chrisanthopoulos
Michael Chrisanthopoulos
Michael Chrisanthopoulos has just won yet another big pot -- this one hoisting him past 40,000 in chips.

Chrisanthopoulos held a pocket pair of aces and was challenged by a single opponent who produced an inferior {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs}.

A ten-high board cemented the win for Chrisanthopoulos who now sits with about 44,000 in chips.

Tags: Michael Chrisanthopoulos

Scott Triples

We've just witnessed a three-way all-in with Richard Scott, Peng Khoo and Steven Boots, where all three survived the confrontation.

Scott held {A-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs} and tripled up as the short stack against Khoo's {A-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}, and Boots' {K-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}, when the board ran out {Q-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{2-Spades}.

Scott is up to 15,000, Boots sits with 10,000 while Khoo is in trouble with only 2,500.

Tags: Peng KhooRichard ScottSteven Boots

Vandersluis Extends Roller Coaster Ride

Up and down all day, Roy Vandersluis has just doubled up to 9,000 in chips after surviving a virtual coinflip against Izzy Kranz.

In for his last 4,400, Vandersluis moved in with {A-Diamonds} {3-Clubs} and was called by Kranz, who tabled {10-Hearts} {9-Diamonds}.

The {A-Spades} {K-Spades} {K-Hearts} {K-Clubs} {Q-Diamonds} board fell in favor of Vandersluis, giving him a full house for the win.

Tags: Roy Vandersluis

100 To Go!

Amazingly, after only four hours of play, we've lost over 320 players from this event and are down to our final ten tables!

That's a loss of 80 players an hour, which is more than one per minute of play!

Caldwell Doubles; Hits 20k

John Caldwell continued to find good fortune today after a recent double up to 20,000 in chips.

Caldwell got it all in preflop, holding a pocket pair of queens and in great shape against his opponent's {K-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds}.

An {A-Clubs} {Q-Spades} {7-Spades} {J-Hearts} {8-Hearts} board gave Caldwell trips and the checkmark for the hand.

Tags: John Caldwell

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 0

Warne Hits Straight To Crack Aces

Leigh Warne has emerged as our new chip leader after taking down a monsterous pot. The board read {6-Clubs}{9-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} when Warne fired out a bet of 10,000 chips. His opponent moved all in and Warne snap-called.

His opponent tabled {A-Diamonds}{A-Hearts} but Warne flipped {J-Spades}{10-Spades} for the straight to collect the pot and jump out to a massive stack of 55,000 chips.

Tags: Leigh Warne

One Joke Too Many For Theo

"Lost one on 30!" came the call from the dealer on table 30. Immediately after that call, another just like it came from the dealer on table 31.

Ever the jokester, Theo Rousalis, sitting on table 32, then cried "Lost one on 32!" in jest and to the laughter of his table mates. However, Rousalis spoke too soon and in the very next hand, Rousalis lost a race holding {2-Spades}{2-Diamonds} against an opponent's {A-Clubs}{K-Spades} when a king spiked on the flop to eliminate Rousalis from today's event.

Tags: Theo Rousalis

Chhoy Eliminated

Koun Chhoy
Koun Chhoy
The action flop was {8-Spades}{7-Spades}{10-Diamonds}, as Koun Chhoy shoved the last of his chips into the pot against Danny Tang.

Chhoy held {J-Spades}{2-Spades} for flush and straight possibilities, but found that he had less outs than he thought when Tang flipped {A-Spades}{9-Spades}!

The turn and river bricked out {7-Hearts}, {5-Hearts}, leaving Tang's ace-high as the best hand. He now sits with 24,000 as Chhoy heads for the exit.

Tags: Danny TangKoun Chhoy

Jeffreys Triples to 25k

Andrew Jeffreys has just improved to 25,000 after his kings held up against queens and A-K in what was a three-way, preflop all-in contest.

Tim Healy opened the pot with a raise to 1,800 from middle position. Jeffreys then moved all in for 7,925 from late position, and when the action reached Adam Malishev in the cutoff, he too moved all in and had both of his opponents covered. The action then returned to Healy, who tanked for quite some time before eventually making the call:

Healy: {A-Hearts} {K-Clubs}
Jeffreys: {K-Hearts} {K-Diamonds}
Malishev: {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Spades}

The community cards came {7-Spades} {2-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} {7-Diamonds} and Jeffreys' kings proved best, sending him to 25,000. Healy was eliminated on the hand, while Malishev dropped to 7,800.

Tags: Andrew Jeffreys