2007 PokerNews Cup - Australia

Day 1 completed

Posted 10-22-2007 01:55 GMT+10

Final Table Seat Assignments and Chip Counts

The players took a vote to decide whether to play down to a winner tonight or to suspend play and come back tomorrow at 1 p.m. Since one player objected to finishing the tournament tonight, our nine remaining players will return tomorrow afternoon and play out the final table. Jim Mastorakos is the chipleader with 390,500.

Here are the official final table seat assignments and chip counts:

Seat 1: Steve Charles - 134,000
Seat 2: Shane Pickering - 225,000
Seat 3: Ramy Tadros - 185,000
Seat 4: Tim Simon - 135,000
Seat 5: Renyuan Liu - 147,000
Seat 6: David French - 230,000
Seat 7: John Maroky - 108,500
Seat 8: Jim Mastorakos - 390,500
Seat 9: Jason Green - 107,500

Tune in to Poker News for the final table tomorrow at 1p.m. local time.

Recent Eliminations: Places 10-15

10 - Nick Matthews $831
11 - Dusan Stoevski $665
12 - Simon Bismark $665
13 - Andrew Shanahan $665
14 - Johan Hallegard $665
15 - Paul Gianfriddo $665

Dusan Stoevski Eliminated in 11th Place; Nick Matthews Eliminated in 10th Place

Shane Pickering raised to 114,000. Dusan Stoevski called from the small blind for his last 28,000. Nick Matthews called from the big blind for 90,000.

Pickering:
Stoevski:
Matthews:

The flop was and Pickering flopped a set. The turn was the and the river was the . Pickering dragged the pot and busted both players. Dusan Stoevski went out in 11th place, while Nick Matthews busted out in 10th place.

Tags: Dusan Stoevski, Nick Matthews.

Down to 11

There are 11 players remaining. As soon as one more players busts out, the remaining ten players will take a vote to determine if they will play down to a champion tonight, or suspend action and return tomorrow to play out the final table.

David French Cripples Nick Matthews

David French moved all in for 110,000 and Nick Matthews called from the big blind.

French
Matthews

The flop was , the turn was the , but the river was the , bringing French a miracle two pair. He doubled up to 250,000 while Matthews was crippled, left with only 38,000.

Tags: David French, Nick Matthews.

Simon Bismark Eliminated in 12th Place

Simon Bismark moved all in for 64,000 from UTG and Jim Mastorakos called. Bismark turned up the while Mastroakos had him dominated with the . The flop was , pairing both players kickers. The turn was the , the river was the , and Mastorakos' pair of nines were good enough to win the pot and eliminate Bismark.

Tags: Jim Mastorakos, Simon Bismark.

Andrew Shanahan Eliminated in 13th Place

Dusan Stoevski moved all in for 63,000. Andrew Shanahan was all in for 34,000 from the big blind.

Shanahan:
Stoevski:

The flop was . The turn was the and the river was the . Stoevski outkicked Andrew Shanahan, who busted out in 13th place.

Tags: Dusan Stoevski.

Johan Hallegard Eliminated in 14th Place

Jason Green moved all in from UTG for 70,000 with and Johan Hallegard called off his remaining 26,000 from the big blind holding the . The flop was , pairing Green's ace, but giving Hallegard a gutshot straight draw. The turn was the , the river was the , and Hallegard was eliminated.

Tags: Jason Green, Johan Hallegard.

Recent Eliminations: Places 16-20 ($665)

The following players won $665:
16 - Daniel Francis
17 - Travis Grogan
18 - Shaun Clement
19 - Chris Wood
20 - David Epstein