2008 PokerNews Cup Championships - Australia

$230 NL Hold'em - $75k Guar.
Day: 1
Event Info

2008 PokerNews Cup Championships - Australia

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qq
Prize
17,732 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
200 AUD
Prize Pool
84,400 AUD
Entries
422
Level Info
Level
20
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
0

Firat Cakici Eliminated in 15th Place ($928)

Firat Cakici - 15th Place
Firat Cakici - 15th Place
When the action folded to Firat Cakici he was pushing all in with any two cards and Danny Tang decided to gamble and made the call.

Cakici: {6-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}
Tang: {9-Spades}{7-Spades}

Not the two sets of cards that you would expect from a preflop confrontation but it worked for Tang as the board fell {A-Spades}{K-Spades}{8-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{4-Spades} to give him a flush and end the day for Cakici in 15th place. He'll take home $928 for his efforts as the rollercoaster day of Danny Tang continues as he sits with 66,000 chips.

Tags: Danny TangFirat Cakici

Level: 18

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 0

Craig Nind Eliminated in 16th Place ($928)

Craig Nind - 16th Place
Craig Nind - 16th Place
Craig Nind was all in for his tournament life holding {A-Clubs}{4-Clubs} and Andrew Jeffreys decided to gamble it up with a call from the small blind holding {4-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}.

Some would say "blessed" as the flop landed {5-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds} giving Jeffreys a flush and a lock in the hand! The turn and river bricked {3-Clubs}, {Q-Hearts} to end the run of Nind in 16th place as Jeffreys is looking hard to stop as he has now amassed over 200,000 in chips.

Tags: Andrew JeffreysCraig Nind

Glen Croft Eliminated in 17th Place ($928)

Harry Ligos opened with a raise before Glen Croft moved all in. Ligos made the call with {K-Spades}{J-Clubs} and was happy enough to be racing against the {6-Clubs}{6-Spades} of Croft.

He was even happier to see the board fall {4-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{7-Diamonds} giving Ligos a pair of kings and the pot to eliminate Croft in 17th place.

With that pot Ligos moves up to amongst the chip leaders with 178,000 chips.

Tags: Glen CroftHarry Ligos

Matt Walker Eliminated in 18th Place ($928)

Steven Baker and Matt Walker were involved in another all in clash, that left Walker heading to the exit.

Walker held {A-Diamonds}{J-Hearts} for the best hand as Baker went to war with {9-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} but the flop changed everything when the board ran out {10-Spades}{7-Spades}{10-Hearts}{5-Spades}{2-Hearts} giving Baker trip tens to eliminate Walker in 18th place for $928 in prize money.

Baker is going strong with 115,000 chips.

Tags: Matt WalkerSteven Baker

Level: 17

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 0

Peachey Can't Find Pair

Liad Moshe opened with a raise to 22,000 from under-the-gun before Michael Peachey moved all in over the top for 30,500 in total. Moshe made the pot-committed call.

Moshe: {8-Clubs}{8-Spades}
Peachey: {A-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}

Peachey needed to pair up but the board fell {3-Spades}{9-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{4-Spades} to send him home in 21st place. Moshe is now up to 91,000 chips.

Tags: Liad MosheMichael Peachey

Zhao Runs Into Rockets

Bizimoski Rockets
Bizimoski Rockets
Xin Zhao moved his last chips all in from under the gun holding {K-Hearts}{Q-Hearts} but ran into the {A-Spades}{A-Clubs} of Nick Bizimoski in the small blind who made the snap-call.

The board of {6-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{8-Spades}{9-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} didn't provide Zhao with any help and he becomes our 23rd place finisher as Bizimoski jumps up to 117,000.

Tags: Nick BizimoskiXin Zhao