2007 PokerNews Cup - Australia

Champ Event 1 - $175 No-Limit Holdem
Day: 2
Event Info

2007 PokerNews Cup - Australia

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
79
Prize
16,615 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
150 AUD
Level Info
Level
15
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0

David French Eliminated in 5th Place ($4,986)

David French
David French
Renyuan Liu opened the pot for 100,000 from the button, David French moved all in for 243,000 from the small blind, Jim Mastorakos moved all in over the top for 379,000 from the big blind, and Liu folded. French turned up {K-Spades}{Q-Clubs} while Mastorakos tabled {J-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}. The flop was {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{9-Clubs}, the turn was the {9-Hearts}, the river was the {4-Diamonds}, and Mastorakos' jacks held up to win the pot and eliminate French. He'll take home $4,986.

Tim Simon Crippled

With the action folded to him in the small blind, Tim Simon moved all in with A-6, only to run into the pocket eights of Renyuan Liu in the big blind.

"Come on! Ace me! Ace me!" cried Simon-- by far the most jovial player at the table today.

The flop, though was 7-4-2, the turn was a K and the river an 8, crippling Simon to only 24,000 in chips.

John Maroky Eliminated in 7th Place ($3,324)

John Maroky
John Maroky
Steve Charles, who was crippled to only 21,000 on an earlier hand, moved all in and was called by both Renyuan Liu and John Maroky.

Charles {5-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}
Liu {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs}
Maroky {A-Spades}{K-Clubs}

The flop was {8-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}, the turn was the {5-Hearts}, the river was the {2-Clubs} and Liu's nines held up to win the side pot while Charles took the main pot with his two pair and increased his stack to 108,000.

Markoky will take home $3,324 for his efforts.

Level: 13

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 0

Jason Green Eliminated in 8th Place ($2,493)

Jason Green
Jason Green
Jason Green moved all in pre-flop, Shane Pickering moved all in over the top, and the rest of the table folded. Green turned up {Q-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds} while Pickering tabled {A-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}. The flop was {9-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{2-Hearts}, the turn was the {7-Hearts}, the river was the {8-Diamonds} and Green was eliminated. He'll take home $2,493 for his finish today.

Tim Simon Cripples Steve Charles

Steve Charles moved all in from the cutoff, Tim Simon moved all in from the small blind, and after several agonizing minutes of thought, Renyuan Liu folded in the big blind, despite the huge price he was getting. Simon turned up {5-Diamonds}{5-Spades} and was in a race situation with Charles' {A-Spades}{10-Clubs}. The flop was {A-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}, making Simon's set. The turn was the {6-Diamonds}, and Liu pounded the table in frustration, saying he had folded {K-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}. The river was the {9-Spades} and Simon doubled up. Charles was left with only 20,000 in chips-- less than one big blind.

"I'm like clamydia! I never go away!" bellowed Simon as he dragged the pot.