Champ Event 4 - $550 No-Limit Holdem (R) | 2007 PokerNews Cup - Australia

Champ Event 4 - $550 No-Limit Holdem (R)

Day 2 Completed

10-26-2007 01:28 UTC+10

John Caldwell Wins Event #4, Marcel Roosen Eliminated in 2nd Place

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On a flop of {A-Hearts}

, Marcel Roosen moved all in and John Caldwell insta-called, turning over {A-Clubs}

to Roosen's {3-Clubs}

. The turn was the {5-Hearts}

, the river was the {9-Diamonds}

, and Caldwell's railbirds erupted in raucous cheers as he took it down. Poker News' own editor-in chief is the champion of Event #4, while Roosen, who won entry to this event via a Poker News freeroll, is our runner-up.

Congratulations to John "Schecky" Caldwell! Always patient, never making a bad move, Caldwell played fantastic poker to take down this title.

Tags: John Caldwell

10-26-2007 01:18 UTC+10

John Caldwell Cripples Marcel Roosen

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John Caldwell moved all in from the button and Marcel Roosen called. Caldwell slapped {K-Diamonds}

on the table, in great shape against Roosen's {5-Clubs}

. The flop was {J-Diamonds}

, the turn was the {8-Clubs}

, the river was the {2-Spades}

, and Caldwell doubled up, taking a commanding chip lead over Roosen, with 891,000 to Roosen's 136,000.

10-26-2007 01:06 UTC+10

John Caldwell Doubles Through Marcel Roosen

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On the first hand of heads-up play, Marcel Roosen moved all in from the button and John Caldwell called

Roosen {6-Spades}

Caldwell

The flop was {K-Diamonds}

, the turn was the {Q-Clubs}

, the river was the {6-Clubs}

and Caldwell doubled up. Both players are now about even in chips with approximately 500,000 each.

10-26-2007 01:04 UTC+10

Heads-Up

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We're now heads-up between Marcel Roosen and John Caldwell.

Chip Counts:

Marcel Roosen 800,000
John Caldwell 240,000

10-26-2007 01:02 UTC+10

Russell Watkins Eliminated in 3rd Place

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John Caldwell raised to 120,000, Marcel Roosen called, and Russell Watkins called all in from the big blind. The flop was {Q-Diamonds}

. Roosen checked and Caldwell checked behind. The turn was the {3-Hearts}

and both players checked again. The river was the {K-Hearts}

. Check-check again.

Roosen turned up {K-Spades}

, Caldwell mucked, Watkins mucked and Roosen took down the pot as Watkins headed to the rail in 3rd place.

10-26-2007 00:57 UTC+10

Zhi Hong Ma Eliminated in 4th Place

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Zhi Hong Ma moved all in from the small blind and Marcel Roosen called.

Ma {A-Spades}

Roosen

The flop was {J-Hearts}

, the turn was the {Q-Diamonds}

, the river was the {2-Spades}

and Ma was eliminated in 4th place.

Level: 19

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 0

10-26-2007 00:54 UTC+10

John Caldwell Doubles Through Russell Watkins

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Russell Watkins moved all in from the small blind and John Caldwell called from the big blind.

Watkins {A-Diamonds}

Caldwell

The flop was {9-Clubs}

, but the

spiked on the turn and Caldwell took the lead. The river was the {5-Hearts}

and Caldwell doubled to 360,000 while Watkins was left with 78,000.

10-26-2007 00:44 UTC+10

Marcel Roosen Doubles Through John Caldwell

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John Caldwell moved all in from the button and Marcel Roosen called from the big blind.

Roosen {A-Diamonds}

Caldwell

The flop was {Q-Spades}

, the turn was the {Q-Hearts}

, the river was the {9-Diamonds}

and Roosen doubled up to 320,000.