Champ Event 3 - $230 No-Limit Holdem Day 1 | 2007 PokerNews Cup - Australia

10-23-2007 18:12 UTC+10

Almost Game Time!

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Event #3 $230 NL Hold'em will start within the hour. Check back with Poker News for live coverage of this event.

10-23-2007 19:02 UTC+10

Action Starting Soon

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The poker room is jam packed with players still waiting in line to register for today's event. Players are slowly taking their seats. Action should be starting soon.

10-23-2007 19:15 UTC+10

The start of the tournament has been delayed due to the overwhelming popularity of today's event. The staff is quickly trying to process entries and get players to their tables. Action should be starting soon. Stay tuned...

10-23-2007 19:22 UTC+10

Cards Are in the Air

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Level: 1

Blinds: 25/50

Ante: 0

10-23-2007 19:43 UTC+10

Double Time for Dave Shoelace

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Bary "DaveShoelace" Carter made the final table of Event #2 PLO which began at 1pm earlier today. He finished in fourth place. He took a break and grabbed dinner before he returned to the poker room to play in Event #3.

Carter just won a pot and increased his stack to over 4,200.

Tags: Barry Carter

10-23-2007 19:45 UTC+10

Who's Here?

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Our floor reporter Theo took a quick spin around the poker room and spotted a few familiar faces such as Peter Aristidou, Leo Boxell, Eric Asadourian, Jozef Berec, Kevin Khouiss, Jim Mastrorakos (runner-up in Event #1), Martin Comer, and former Crown Casino TD Danny McDonagh.

10-23-2007 19:50 UTC+10

Tim Duckworth Busted

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Tim Duckworth was down to his last 1,000 in chips and moved all in preflop. Jason Caughton called from the big blind.

Caughton: {K-Spades}

Duckworth: {9-Spades}

The flop was {Q-Diamonds}

. The turn was the {4-Diamonds}

and the river was the {5-Hearts}

. Caughton's Kings held up and Duckworth headed to the rail.

Tags: Tim Duckworth

Level: 2

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

10-23-2007 20:05 UTC+10

Let's Race!

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I took a quick stroll through the room and caught three eliminations. All were races.

A-K vs J-J
A-Q vs 4-4
A-J vs 10-10

The pocket pairs went 1 for 3. Only the Jacks held up. The two other times, the players happened to flop an Ace.