Champ Event 5 - $1,100 HORSE Day 1 | 2007 PokerNews Cup - Australia

10-25-2007 21:06 UTC+10

Top 5 Chip Counts

Steve Topakas - 60,000
Ranier Quel - 40,000
Eric Assadourian - 32,500
Billy the Croc Argyros - 30,000
Karib Karib - 27,000

10-25-2007 21:05 UTC+10

14 Players Remaining

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10-25-2007 21:05 UTC+10

Level Change - Stud

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For Stud the antes are 200, the bring in is 200, the completion is 800. The betting limits are 800/1,600.

10-25-2007 20:56 UTC+10

Scott Smith Eliminated in 15th Place

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Scott Smith's 10-5-3-2-A low could not beat Imre Leibold's 9-5-3-2-A low, and Smith busted out in 15th place.

10-25-2007 20:53 UTC+10

Mark Vos Eliminated in 16th Place

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Mark Vos was crippled on a hand against harris Pavlou during Razz. Pavlou held the nut low and knocked Vos down to just 100 in chips. He was all in on the next hand and did not survive. He headed to the rail.

10-25-2007 20:43 UTC+10

Down to 16

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There are 16 players left on the final two players. Action will continue until we reach a final table. The HORSE final table will be eight-handed.

10-25-2007 20:42 UTC+10

Level Change - Razz

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For Razz the antes are 200, the bring in is 200, the completion is 800. The betting limits are 800/1,600.

10-25-2007 20:30 UTC+10

Feeding the Croc

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The board read {10-Spades}

. Michael Palti flopped a set of threes and rivered a full house. Billy the Croc held {A-Clubs}

-10-9 and caught running nines to win the pot with a bigger boat. Palti headed to the rail as Billy the Croc claimed another victim.

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10-25-2007 20:27 UTC+10

Steve Topakas Up to 60K

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On a board of {Q-Hearts}

, there were three players in the pot. Jim Ververis bet 1,200. Steve Topakas raised 2,400. Karib called. Ververis moved all in for his remaining chips.

Topakas: {A-Hearts}

Ververis:

Karib showed a 10 then mucked the rest of his cards. Topakas won the pot with a boat over boat. He increased his stack to 60,000 and busted Ververis in the process.

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10-25-2007 20:20 UTC+10

18 Players Remaining

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Ten more eliminations until the final table bubble and the money bubble breaks.