2009 PokerNews Cup Australia

Day 1 completed

Posted 09-29-2009 23:11 GMT+11

Online Team Dominate, But It's Not Over Yet Folks...

"Well, that was a crazy game of poker!"

It started off as a challenge, turned into domination and ended with a flipament to rival the best finishes to a poker tournament ever witnessed. It was a great day of poker and one that was as entertaining as it was skillful.

The Online Team put in a huge performance today to open a big points lead going into the second day of play tomorrow.

Steve 'stevoL' Leonard 120
Damien zedveron' Elsing 25
Jarred 'FlopNutsOnYou' Graham 55
Ben 'CNT_CRUSHER' Delaney 55
Jonathan 'xMONSTERxDONGx' Karamalikis 25
Chris 'Minesony' Evans 0
Tony 'Bond18' Dunst 0
Aleks 'Banana Thief' Brkovic 0
Joel 'Strong Play' Dodds 0
Michael 'TheBigSiCkO' Guzzardi 100
Matthew 'onmyVplates' Pearson 55
Andrew 'Adgee' Jeffreys 150
Mat 'mathawker' Hawker 25
Trung 'dynastyzz' Tran 0
Rayan 'rkruok' Nathan 80
Dean 'Dinhjo' Nyberg 0
TOTAL 690

Stewart Scott 25
Steve Topakas 0
Jai Kemp 0
Billy 'The Croc' Argyros 0
Van Marcus 0
Bruno Portaro 25
Tony Hachem 0
Peter Aristidou 0
Kerry Stead 0
Sam Youssef 0
Dave Lee 25
Bill Jordanou 0
Ben Savage 55
Lisa Walsh 25
Clonie Gowen 25
Sean Keeton 0
TOTAL 180

Andrew Jeffreys takes home the winner's photo and bragging rights from today's portion of the event, but it's not over just yet, as the Live Team will have to regroup to turn things around with a big performance in the Shootout event tomorrow.

Join us from 12:10pm local time for our continued coverage. Until then, so long from the Crown Casino in Melbourne!

Andrew Jeffreys Wins PokerNetwork.com Live vs Online Heads-Up Challenge

Hand #1 - Adgee Delivers River Blow To Lead 1-0
Andrew Jeffreys:
Steve Leonard:

Board:

Hand #2 - Adgee In Shock At Losing Flip! Tiebreaker Required!
Andrew Jeffreys:
Steve Leonard:

Board:

Hand #3 - Adgee: "It Was Never In Doubt"
Andrew Jeffreys:
Steve Leonard:

Board:

And just like that Andrew Jeffreys is declared the winner of the PokerNetwork.com Live vs Online Heads-Up Challenge!

Tags: Andrew Jeffreys, Steve Leonard.

Michael Guzzardi Wins Playoff For 3rd Place

Hand #1 - Guzzardi Holds To Lead 1-0
Michael Guzzardi:
Rayan Nathan:

Board:

Hand #2 - Nathan Spikes Ace To Take It To Decider
Michael Guzzardi:
Rayan Nathan:

Board:

Hand #3 - Guzzardi Pairs Up To Win 2-1
Michael Guzzardi:
Rayan Nathan:

Board:

Tags: Michael Guzzardi, Rayan Nathan.

Semi-Final #2: Andrew Jeffreys Advances

Hand #1 - Adgee Flips Top Set To Lead 1-0
Andrew Jeffreys:
Michael Guzzardi:

Board:

Hand #2 - Adgee Clean Sweeps 2-0
Andrew Jeffreys:
Michael Guzzardi:

Board:

Tags: Andrew Jeffreys, Michael Guzzardi.

Semi-Final #1: Steve Leonard Advances

Hand #1 - Rayan Nathan Dominated But Goes 1-0 Up
Steve Leonard:
Rayan Nathan:

Board:

Hand #2 - Steve Leonard's Revenge To Even The Score
Steve Leonard:
Rayan Nathan:

Board:

Hand #3 - Leonard Turns Straight To Win 2-1
Steve Leonard:
Rayan Nathan:

Board:

Tags: Rayan Nathan, Steve Leonard.

Semi-Finals Prove Sometimes Poker Can Be A Team Game

With the points irrelevant to the team outcome, the four remaining players agreed to chop the prize money evenly and avoid a 4am finish to this event.

However due to official regulations and results for players records, the players were required to play it out to determine a winner. "Play it out" being a phrase we use loosely.

Welcome to the world of "flipaments" where we remove the skill factor from poker and let the poker Gods determine the fate of the players!

Each of the semi-finals and final was played with each of the players moving all in blind, without looking at their cards. Funnily enough, it was actually exciting stuff to watch!

We'll post the results momentarily, but here was the semi-final draw:

Steve Leonard vs Rayan Nathan
Andrew Jeffreys vs Michael Guzzardi

Leonard Advances

Three hands later, Steve Leonard moved all in from the button with and Matthew Pearson made the call with .

The board ran out giving Leonard top pair and a spot in the semi-finals!

Tags: Matthew Pearson, Steve Leonard.

Pearson Crippled

Steve Leonard raised to 300 from the button and Matthew Pearson made the call in the big blind.

They went to a flop of and Pearson checked to Leonard who fired 400. Pearson put in the check-raise to 1,100 with Leonard making the call.

On the turn card, Pearson fired 2,200 and Leonard called once more to see the land on the river. Pearson fired 3,600 before Leonard moved all in for 5,575. Pearson made the call.

Pearson:
Leonard:

Pearson had flopped the nuts but Leonard made a flush to take the pot and leave Pearson crippled with just 1,650 in chips.

Tags: Matthew Pearson, Steve Leonard.

Slow and Steady

Things have been relatively sedate in the early stages of the second rubber of the Steve Leonard versus Matthew Pearson quarter-final.

Pearson gained the early lead but Leonard is back to around even after committing all his chips on the turn on a board of . The action saw Leonard lead for 400 before Pearson raised to 1,100 on the button. Leonard shoved all in for over 7,500 and Pearson gave it up.