2008 PokerNews Cup Championships - Australia

PokerNews Cup Australia: The Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2008 PokerNews Cup Championships - Australia

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
250,000 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
2,000 AUD
Entries
410
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
10,000

Emanuel Seal Goes Extinct

Emanuel Seal from Day 1a
Emanuel Seal from Day 1a
Under the gun, Lance Patison limped in, and action passed around to the blinds. David Lee called the extra half-bet from the small blind, but Emanuel Seal wasn't in the mood for a free flop. He moved all in, pushing out his last 17,800 chips. Patison went into the tank for a few minutes before opting to call, putting Seal's tournament in jeopardy. Lee got out of the way.

Showdown:
Patison: {3-Hearts} {3-Clubs}
Seal: {A-Diamonds} {7-Clubs}

Seal found an ace on the flop, but Patison got the best of it, as the dealer spread {A-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} {3-Spades}. Patison's set of threes had his opponent in a bad spot, two cards away from the exit. The turn was the {9-Clubs}, leaving Seal drawing dead to the river, which was a meaningless {4-Spades}.

Lance Patison improves his chip count to 85,000, knocking Emanuel Seal out in the process.

Tags: David LeeEmanuel SealLance Patison

Pedal to the Metal

Andrew Scott - Eliminated
Andrew Scott - Eliminated
From under the gun, David Saab raised to 4,000. Action folded over to Andrew Scott on the button and he reraised to 12,000. Saab called.

The flop came down {K-Diamonds} {4-Hearts} {3-Hearts}. Saab led out for 12,000 and Scott shoved in for approximately 90,000 total. Saab made the call.

Showdown:
Saab: {3-Clubs} {3-Spades}
Scott: {A-Clubs} {A-Spades}

The turn was the {Q-Diamonds} and the river the {5-Clubs}, eliminating Scott from the event. Saab accelerated to the top of the leaderboard and now has 220,000 chips.

Tags: Andrew ScottDavid Saab

Delaney Done

A short-stacked Ben Delaney moved all in for his last 10,000 chips from the button but was looked up by Rajkumar Ramakrishnan in the big blind.

Delaney was on a steal attempt as he revealed {4-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} with Ramakrishnan in front with his {Q-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}.

The board of {A-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{5-Clubs} missed both players and the queen high of Ramakrishnan was enough to take the pot and send Delaney crashing out of the tournament.

Tags: Ben DelaneyRajkumar Ramakrishnan

Stewart Allen's Mental Edge

Allen's Shower of Abundance Card
Allen's Shower of Abundance Card
Stewart Allen is among the 123 players who began play today, and he could be the most inspired player in the field. Allen first caught our eye on Day 1a with his set of motivational cards poking out of his shirt pocket. Today, he's back with a new set of succinct inspirational messages. Some of the cards he is rotating in and out of sight include:

- Assertiveness
- Perfect Timing
- Life Purpose
- Go for It
- Try Something New
- Finish What You've Started
- Charge Forward
- Very Soon
- One Step at a Time
- Definitely Yes
- Shower of Abundance

Allen's cards worked magic for him on Day 1, and he hopes they will help propel him deep into the tournament here today.

Tags: Stewart Allen

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 200

Pavlou Takes One From Zayneh

We caught the action on a board reading {2-Clubs}{Q-Spades}{6-Hearts}{A-Hearts}{5-Clubs} with Harris Pavlou committing 25,000 on the river from the button. Dory Zayneh, in the big blind, was in the tank and eventually tossed out five yellow T5,000 denomination chips to announce a call.

Pavlou quickly revealed {A-Diamonds}{5-Spades} for running two pair, as Zayneh flashed the {A-Spades} before mucking his cards.

Zayneh is down to 150,000, with Pavlou now up above the 100,000 mark.

Tags: Dory ZaynehHarris Pavlou

Position, Position, Position

From middle position, Grant Levy raised to 4,100 and James Honeybone called. Honeybone was in the cutoff seat.

The flop came down {8-Spades} {4-Spades} {2-Diamonds} and Levy bet 7,200. Honeybone tanked and Levy began to talk to him. "First time you've ever had position on me," mentioned Levy, recapping the times he has played with Honeybone. After another few moments, Honeybone folded and Levy said "This is the first time I've sat anywhere apart from your immediate left."

Levy now has 174,500 chips and Honeybone has 40,700, but things could work out well for Honeybone if he can use position as an advantage against Levy to move up the leaderboard.

Tags: Grant LevyJames Honeybone

Too Good Dennis

Julian Powell raised to 4,800 from the cutoff and Dennis Huntly called in the big blind.

The flop came down {Q-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{3-Spades} and Huntly checked to Powell who fired a continuation bet of 7,000. Huntly released his hand.

"Too good Dennis" sighed Powell as he flashed the {Q-Spades}!

Tags: Dennis HuntlyJulian Powell

Heath Reassumes Chip Lead

Tim Heath has added Jim Ghobrial's entire stack to his own after eliminating Ghobrial from the tournament in a hand that pitted Heath's kings over Ghobrial's tens.

All of the money went in preflop and the board filled out {4-Clubs} {6-Clubs} {3-Spades} {2-Hearts} {K-Hearts}, giving Heath a set for the win.

Heath stacked up a field-leading 220,000 in chips after the hand.

Krikkay Doubles Through Peel

On a flop of {3-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{8-Spades} Peter Krikkay led out for 4,500 from the big blind and Scott Peel bumped it up to 16,000 from the button. Krikkay made the call.

The turn was the {Q-Diamonds} and Krikkay checked to Peel who moved all in, covering his opponent. Krikkay made the call for his tournament life and tabled {Q-Spades}{10-Spades} for a turned two pair, queens and tens, for the lead as Peel cringed and revealed {10-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} for a flopped two pair, tens and eights.

The river was the {4-Diamonds} and Krikkay doubled to 115,000 with Peel now on only 35,000.

Tags: Peter KrikkayScott Peel