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

10-23-2007 22:57 UTC+10

132 Players Remaining

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The bustouts are coming quick. We're down to 132 players.

10-23-2007 22:54 UTC+10

A Couple of Bad Beats

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I didn't know the players involved, but I caught two bad beats where Big Slick got outflopped. Once by A-J and the other time by K-Q.

10-23-2007 22:46 UTC+10

Marek Kolk Eliminated

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Marek Kolk just busted out.

"Bad beat. What are you gonna do?" he said as he left the poker room.

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 0

10-23-2007 22:22 UTC+10

Prizepool and Payout Information

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501 players entered Event #3 of the Poker News Cup, creating a prize pool of $100,200. 50 places will be paid, with 1st place taking home $20,036. At the other end of the spectrum, 50th place will be awarded $401.

Here's the full list of payouts:

1 - $20,036 AUD
2 - $15,030 AUD
3 - $11,022 AUD
4 - $8,517 AUD
5 - $7,014 AUD
6 - $5,511 AUD
7 - $4,008 AUD
8 - $3,006 AUD
9 - $2,004 AUD
10 - $1,002 AUD
11-20 - $802 AUD
21-30 - $601 AUD
31-40 - $501 AUD
41-50 - $401 AUD

10-23-2007 22:14 UTC+10

219 Players Remaining

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10-23-2007 22:10 UTC+10

Mel Judah Eliminated in Four-Way Pot

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Ben Ellis limped from middle position. Mel Judah moved all in for 1,900. The player from the cutoff called. The big blind shoved all in for 1,500. Ben Ellis called.

The flop was {K-Spades}

. Ben Ellis moved all in for 2,500. The cut off called for his last 2,100. All the players opened up their hands.

Ben Ellis: {A-Spades}

Mel Judah: {Q-Spades}

Cutoff:

Big Blind: {8-Hearts}

Ben Ellis was ahead with a pair of Kings. The turn was the {9-Spades}

and the river was the {7-Clubs}

. Ellis dragged the pot worth close to 11,000 and he busted the three other players.

Tags: Ben Ellis Mel Judah

10-23-2007 22:09 UTC+10

Martin Comer Takes a Hit

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Martin Comer and Penny Soukvilay got into a pre-flop all in tangle, Comer holding K-Q and in a race situation with Soukvilay's J-J. The jacks held and Soukvilay doubled up to 9,000.

Tags: Martin Comer

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 0

10-23-2007 22:00 UTC+10