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Roy Bhasin got off to a great start to Day 1 as he tripled up on the first hand of the tournament. Holding
, he made two pair on a board of 
to send two opponents reaching for rebuys. Bhasin won the $5,200 Pot Limit Omaha event at the 2008 Victorian Poker Championships, and finished Day 1 of this event with a significant chip lead over the rest of the final table.
After the rebuy period, play slowed significantly and the field began to thin. Sam Khouiss was one of the most profligate rebuyers, but he went out soon after the rebuy period ended when he and Mark Vos tangled on a board of
. Vos tabled 
for the nut flush, and Khouiss was eliminated.
Vos himself was eliminated later in a three-way hand with Roy Bhasin and Bruno Portaro. The flop came down, and all three players got their chips in the middle. Portaro held a narrow lead at that point with 
to Vos' 
-J. Bhasin held 
for the flush draw, but the 
on the turn gave Portaro a full house. Vos was drawing dead at that point, but the 
on the river made a bigger boat for Bhasin and busted both opponents.
Other late eliminations included Karib Karib, Dennis Huntly and Jimmy Siu. Siu made a straight to the queen on a board of
, but his 
was no good to Paul Triandafillou's , as Triandfillou's king-high straight sent Siu packing not far off the bubble.
As play grew late, the decision was made to halt play for the evening once the final table was set (and the money bubble burst) at nine players. Vince Moro became the unfortunate bubble boy when he got all his chips in preflop with
to Paul Triandafillou's 9-8-7-5. The flop gave Triandafillou a straight as it came down 
. He improved to a full house on the turn, but a king would still save Moro. The on the river gave Triandafillou the checkmark and burst the money bubble at Moro's expense.
Roy Bhasin finished the day with a commanding chip lead, but several other tough opponents made the final table, including Jamie Pickering and Manny Rodrigues. The last nine chip stacks looked like this as play ended for the day:
Roy Bhasin - 238,000
Koray Turker - 90,500
Jamie Pickering - 83,000
Anthony McNamara - 65,500
Paul Triandafillou - 59,000
James Kronos - 56,000
Abel Cabrera - 46,000
Con Tsapkounis - 40,000
Manny Rodrigues - 14,500
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PokerNews Cup Event 3, Day 1: Roy Bhasin Leads as Final Table Set
October 13 2008, John "Falstaff" Hartness
PokerNews Cup
Roy Bhasin got off to a great start to Day 1 as he tripled up on the first hand of the tournament. Holding
, he made two pair on a board of to send two opponents reaching for rebuys. Bhasin won the $5,200 Pot Limit Omaha event at the 2008 Victorian Poker Championships, and finished Day 1 of this event with a significant chip lead over the rest of the final table.
After the rebuy period, play slowed significantly and the field began to thin. Sam Khouiss was one of the most profligate rebuyers, but he went out soon after the rebuy period ended when he and Mark Vos tangled on a board of
. Vos tabled for the nut flush, and Khouiss was eliminated.
Vos himself was eliminated later in a three-way hand with Roy Bhasin and Bruno Portaro. The flop came down
, and all three players got their chips in the middle. Portaro held a narrow lead at that point with to Vos' -J. Bhasin held for the flush draw, but the on the turn gave Portaro a full house. Vos was drawing dead at that point, but the on the river made a bigger boat for Bhasin and busted both opponents.
Other late eliminations included Karib Karib, Dennis Huntly and Jimmy Siu. Siu made a straight to the queen on a board of
, but his was no good to Paul Triandafillou's , as Triandfillou's king-high straight sent Siu packing not far off the bubble.
As play grew late, the decision was made to halt play for the evening once the final table was set (and the money bubble burst) at nine players. Vince Moro became the unfortunate bubble boy when he got all his chips in preflop with
to Paul Triandafillou's 9-8-7-5. The flop gave Triandafillou a straight as it came down . He improved to a full house on the turn, but a king would still save Moro. The on the river gave Triandafillou the checkmark and burst the money bubble at Moro's expense.
Roy Bhasin finished the day with a commanding chip lead, but several other tough opponents made the final table, including Jamie Pickering and Manny Rodrigues. The last nine chip stacks looked like this as play ended for the day:
Roy Bhasin - 238,000
Koray Turker - 90,500
Jamie Pickering - 83,000
Anthony McNamara - 65,500
Paul Triandafillou - 59,000
James Kronos - 56,000
Abel Cabrera - 46,000
Con Tsapkounis - 40,000
Manny Rodrigues - 14,500
Join PokerNews at 4 PM Tuesday Melbourne time for all the live updates from the final table.
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