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

10-26-2007 01:43 UTC+11

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 {9-Diamonds}

Caldwell

There was a king in the door for Caldwell as the flop came down {K-Hearts}

. The turn was the {J-Spades}

, the river was the {A-Spades}

and Caldwell doubled up to 403,000. Watkins was left with 200,000.

10-26-2007 01:33 UTC+11

Johnathan Tuckman Eliminated in 5th Place

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Johnathan Tuckman moved all in from the small blind and Russell Watkins called from the big blind.

Tuckman {K-Hearts}

Watkins

The flop was {10-Clubs}

and Watkins flopped a flush. The turn was the {9-Clubs}

, the river was the {7-Spades}

and Tuckman headed to the rail in 5th place.

10-26-2007 01:31 UTC+11

Let's Make a Deal

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The five remaining players have agreed to re-structure the prize pool distribution, since they are all nearly even in chips and the blinds are extremely high relative to their stack sizes. Each player will take home $24,800 and they will continue to play out the rest of the tournament with the winner taking home an additional $5,000.

Points for the Poker News Cup leaderboard will still be at stake as well. Don't forget, the overall points leader at the end of the PNC will win an $18,000 Aussie Millions prize package.

10-26-2007 01:28 UTC+11

Action Resumes

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Cards are back in the air. The break went a little longer than planned, as the five remaining players discussed the possibility of a deal.

Level: 18

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 0

10-26-2007 01:21 UTC+11

Chip Counts at the Break

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Things have evened up...

Zhi Hong Ma 252,000
Marcel Roosen 215,000
Russell Watkins 207,000
Johnathan Tuckman 181,000
John Caldwell 172,000

10-26-2007 01:15 UTC+11

Players Take a 5-Minute Break

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10-26-2007 01:10 UTC+11

Action Slows

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Action has slowed considerably since the elimination of Joel Dodds. With the blinds at 15,000-30,000, even the chip leaders (Watkins and Ma) are playing on a short stack with just over ten big blinds apiece. Almost every pre-flop move is all-in, and each time it's been good enough to take down the 45,000 in blinds out there.

10-26-2007 00:55 UTC+11

Updated Chip Counts

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Zhi Hong Ma 315,000
Russell Watkins 300,000
Johnathan Tuckman 167,000
John Caldwell 160,000
Marcel Roosen 125,000

10-26-2007 00:51 UTC+11

Joel Dodds Eliminated in 6th Place

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Russell Watkins moved all in and Joel Dodds called, Watkins having him covered. Dodds showed {A-Clubs}

while Watkins tabled {K-Hearts}

. The flop was {7-Hearts}

, the turn was the {7-Spades}

, and the

spiked on the river, sending Dodds home in 6th place. He earned $12,330 for his performance.

Watkins, down to only 40,000 four hands ago, is now up to 300,000.