2007 PokerNews Cup - Australia

Champ Event 3 - $230 No-Limit Holdem
Day: 1
Event Info

2007 PokerNews Cup - Australia

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a7
Prize
20,036 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
200 AUD
Prize Pool
100,200 AUD
Entries
501
Level Info
Level
20
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0

Bryce Tickner Starts His Tourney Right

Don't you wish you could start every tournament like this?

Bryce Tickner limped in from UTG, the button limped, the small blind completed and the big blind checked. The flop was {10-Spades}{9-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}. Both blinds checked to Tickner, who bet 200. The button called and the blinds called. The turn was the {K-Hearts}. Again it was checked to Tickner, who bet 400. The button raised to 1,000, the small blind called, the big blind folded, and Tickner called. The river was the {9-Spades}. The small blind moved all in, Tickner called and the button called as well.

The small blind turned up {Q-Diamonds}{J-Hearts} for a straight. The button had the same straight with {Q-Hearts}{J-Clubs} but Tickner had the stone nuts with {9-Diamonds}{9-Spades}.

Aii ya!

After the hand, Tickner was up to 12,000 in chips.

Tags: Bryce Tickner

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

A-A vs. K-K vs. Q-Q

Peco Stojanovski just dragged a pot worth 13,000. His pocket Aces held up in a three-way pot against pocket Kings and pocket Queens. All the money went into preflop. Both of his opponents were eliminated.

Level: 4

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 0

Dude, Where's My Stack?

Just as the third level was starting Mel Judah made a late arrival to the tournament only to discover that his chip stack at Table 6, Seat 10 was nowhere to be found! Then, while the floor was scrambling to locate it, another player was moved into his seat! Thankfully, the Crown staff quickly fixed the problem and Judah was able to begin his tournament-- playing at his assigned table, but in a different seat. Gentleman that he is, Mel took it all in stride, waiting patiently and sipping a latte while everything was straightened out.

Tags: Mel Judah