2009 PokerNews Cup Australia

$550 Tony G Celebrity Shootout Bounty Event
Day: 1
Event Info

2009 PokerNews Cup Australia

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q6
Prize
20,520 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
500 AUD
Entries
169
Level Info
Level
16
Blinds
6,000 / 12,000
Ante
0

Walsh Washed Away

Lisa Walsh has been eliminated at the hands of table bounty Ben 'CNT_CRUSHER' Delaney.

The money was in the middle on a flop that read {J-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}; Delaney tabled {A-Spades}{A-Hearts} but Walsh had a good chance to double through with a flush holding {6-Hearts}{5-Hearts}.

The turn and river bricked out {2-Clubs}{J-Clubs} and Walsh was sent to the rail. Delaney moves up to 5,000 in chips.

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Aristidou Starts Well

Aristidou is a grinder
Aristidou is a grinder
A late arrival from his victory in the PokerNetwork Live vs Online Challenge, Peter Aristidou has gone straight to work looking for victory in the Tony G Shootout.

He's already up to 6,500 taking down some early pots as he establishes dominance at his table.

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Tony G Takes One Down

The namesake of this tournament, Tony G, has eliminated an unknown opponent from this tournament.

With the flop reading {Q-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}, Tony G raised enough to put the opponent all in, who called and tabled {A-?}{Q-?} for top pair, top kicker, which was ahead of his {K-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}.

The turn bricked, but the river produced a diamond to give Tony G the flush and send the opponent to the rail.

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Karib Karib KO'ed

Karib Karib has been elimnated from this event at the hands of Tino Lechich. Karib got his money in the middle holding {A-Spades}{A-Hearts}; Lechich had {K-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}.

However with the board reading {Q-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{A-Spades}{10-Spades}, the set of aces for Karib was never going to be good enough against Lechich's rivered straight.

Portaro Eliminated

Bruno Portaro has been amongst the early casualties in this tournament.

Moving all in preflop with {A-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}, he was called down by the {K-Hearts}{K-Diamonds} of an unknown opponent. The board would bring nothing for Portaro and he was sent to the rail.

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Level: 3

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

Chronis Cut

Chris Chronis Eliminated
Chris Chronis Eliminated
Chris Chronis is an early casualty from this evening's event as we just caught him pushing his last 400 chips in with {9-Clubs}{7-Spades} with the big blind making the call with {K-Hearts}{J-Hearts}.

The board ran out {J-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{K-Spades}{3-Hearts} to send Chronis up to the high-stakes cash games.

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Sammy Y Departs

Sam Youssef Eliminated
Sam Youssef Eliminated
Sam Youssef arrived late and has now departed early. After Youssef raised to 650, Steve Topakas made the call before Billy Seri moved all in over the top. Youssef called for his last chips as Topakas folded {9-Spades}{8-Spades}.

Youssef: {A-Hearts}{J-Hearts}
Seri: {K-Diamonds}{K-Spades}

The flop was spread {9-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{8-Clubs} to break the heart of Topakas as Seri's kings remained in front. The turn was the {2-Spades} and river the {J-Diamonds} to send Youssef sailing as Seri moves up to 11,000 chips.

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Toothpick Stuck

"Toothpick" Tony Kambouris has been scalped in the early skirmishes. The pick got it in with {3-?}{3-?} preflop and ran into a loose call with {A-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}.

The board got progressively worse for Kambouris as it went, coming {4-?}{5-?}{9-?}{6-?} and a {7-?} on the river to send him and his toothpick to the rail.

Hachem Takes A Hit

Hachem: when the going gets tough ...
Hachem: when the going gets tough ...
With the flop reading {10-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{6-Clubs}, Hachem led out for 600 but found an unknown opponent moving all in. Hachem snap-called and the cards were rolled up:

Hachem: {A-?}{10-?}
Opponent: {A-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}

The turn brought another jack to put the opponent in the lead; Hachem would be left with 'squadouche' when the river blanked out.

Tags: Tony Hachem