$550 H.O.R.S.E. | 2008 PokerNews Cup Championships - Australia

10-15-2008 18:12 UTC+11

Georgoulas and Karib Chop

[user67765]

Stud H/L:

Karib Karib fired bets on third and fifth streets, and found himself all in on sixth street against Nick Georgoulas.

Both players held sets with Karib improving to a full house to collect the high as Georgoulas managed to find himself a low on the river to collect half the pot.

Karib: ( {5-Clubs}

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Georgoulas: ( {3-Clubs}

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Karib holds around 38,000 as Georgoulas sits with 72,000.

10-15-2008 18:19 UTC+11

Georgoulas Scoops a Big One From Cabrera

donpeters

Stud Hi/Lo:

Steve Topakas brought in again on this hand and said "Again?!?! You're going to bust me mate!" Nick Georgoulas raised and Abel Cabrera called. The short-stacked Topakas folded after a moment of thought.

Georgoulas and Cabrera checked fourth. On fifth, Cabrera bet and Georgoulas raised. Cabrera called. On sixth, Cabrera checked and Georgoulas bet. Cabrera called. On seventh, both players checked and Georgoulas turned over his down cards to expose his pair of kings.

Cabrera took a long, hard squeeze, but could only muster a pair of sevens in the end. "I started with a monster hand," complained Cabrera.

Cabrera: ( {8-Diamonds}

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Georgoulas: ( {K-Clubs}

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With that pot, Georgoulas now has 110,000 and Cabrera is back to 134,000.

Tags: Abel Cabrera Nick Georgalous

10-15-2008 18:24 UTC+11

Karib Doubles Through Arazi

[user67765]

Hold'em:

In a battle of the blinds Sean Arazi raised to 12,000 from the small blind before Karib Karib reraised to 18,000 in the big blind. Arazi made the call.

The flop came {A-Clubs}

. Arazi checked, Karib bet 6,000 and Arazi called. The turn was the {A-Spades}

and again the bet from Karib was called by Arazi.

The river landed the {9-Spades}

and Karib was all in for his last 1,500. Arazi called but Karib flipped {A-Hearts}

for a full house as Arazi flashed the {9-Hearts}

before mucking.

Karib finds the double up to get himself back to 75,000 with Arazi falling to 55,500.

10-15-2008 18:30 UTC+11

Arazi Crippled By Three-Outer

[user67765]

Hold'em:

Four players limped into the pot and saw a cheap flop of {2-Hearts}

. The action was checked to Andrew Demetriou in the cutoff who bet out for 6,000. Sean Arazi then check-raised to 12,000 folding out the other two players. Demetriou then made the 3-bet and Arazi capped the action. Demetriou called as a big pot was brewing.

The turn was the {J-Diamonds}

after a bet and another raise, Demetriou was all in and the cards were tabled.

Arazi: {A-Hearts}

Demetriou: {A-Clubs}

"Ace-Two, that's what I put you on!" exclaimed Demetriou as the river bricked the {8-Diamonds}

to leave Arazi with only spare change as Demetriou doubled to 126,000.

Level: 15

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

10-15-2008 18:39 UTC+11

Sean Arazi Eliminated in 6th Place ($2,888)

donpeters

Hold'em:

Just moments after being crippled in a big hand with Andrew Demetriou, Sean Arazi was forced all in from the small blind position for his last 2,000 chips. Action folded around to Abel Cabrera, who raised, and Karib Karib called out of the big blind.

The flop came down {A-Clubs}

, but both players still left to act had checked dark, so the dealer quickly burned and turned.

The {3-Clubs}

fell on the turn and both players checked again. The river was the {5-Spades}

and it went check, check one more time.

Cabrera: {K-Diamonds}

Arazi:

Karib:

Cabrera's king-queen high was good enough to take down the pot and eliminate Arazi from action. He took home just undr $3,000 for his efforts.

Tags: Abel Cabrera Karib Karib Sean Arazi

10-15-2008 18:41 UTC+11

Updated Chip Counts

donpeters

Abel Cabrera - 140,000
Andrew Demetriou - 126,000
Nick Georgoulas - 110,000
Karib Karib - 60,000
Steve Topakas - 35,000

10-15-2008 18:44 UTC+11

Karib Krippled

[user67765]

Omaha H/L:

Abel Cabrera raised to 16,000 from the cutoff and Karib Karib made the call out of the small blind.

Cabrera bet the whole way and Karib called him down on a board of {10-Hearts}

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Cabrera tabled {A-Clubs}

for the full house and low, as Karib missed the lot with his {A-Spades}

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Cabrera is now up to a commanding 205,000 with Karib in desperate trouble with only 4,000 chips.

10-15-2008 18:50 UTC+11

Karib Karib Eliminated in 5th Place ($3,465)

[user67765]

Omaha H/L:

After being crippled in the previous hand Karib Karib, was all in for his last 4,000 from the cutoff. Andrew Demetriou called out of the small blind and Nick Georgoulas checked his option in the big blind.

The flop came down {9-Diamonds}

and Demetriou bet out forcing a fold from Georgoulas.

Demetriou tabled {A-Spades}

and was up against Karib's {K-Diamonds}

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The turn was {Q-Spades}

and river the {8-Diamonds}

and Demetriou scoops to send Karib to the rail in 5th place for a collect of $3,465.

Tags: Andrew Demetriou Karib Karib

10-15-2008 18:56 UTC+11

Steve Topakas Eliminated in 4th Place ($4,235)

donpeters

Omaha Hi/Lo:

From under the gun, Steve Topakas raised and action folded around to Abel Cabrera in the big blind. Topakas only had 2,500 chips left and Cabrera debated back and forth on whether or not to try and bust him. After a while, Cabrera said "let's go!" and stuck in the raise to put Topakas all in. Topakas called.

Topakas: {9-Diamonds}

Cabrera:

"Put 'em up there!" yelled Cabrera as he wanted high cards to come across the board.

The dealer ran out {J-Diamonds}

and that was it for Topakas. All of the players shook hands with him and congratulated Topakas on his finish.

Tags: Abel Cabrera Steve Topakas