PokerNews Cup Main Event Day 1 | 2007 PokerNews Cup - Australia

10-27-2007 23:26 UTC+10

142 Players Remaining

[user24788]

Only 102 more eliminations to go until the money bubble.

Level: 10

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

10-27-2007 23:37 UTC+10

Schecky Update

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Schecky is so close to 100K in chips that he can smell it...

Event #4 winner and PokerNews editor-in-chief John "Schecky" Caldwell has been busy grinding away and increased his stack to 95,000.

Tags: John Caldwell

10-27-2007 23:42 UTC+10

Janar Kiivramees Eliminated

[user24788]

Event #3 winner Janar Kiivramees has been eliminated from the main event.

Tags: Janar Kiivramees

10-27-2007 23:43 UTC+10

Maurie Pears = 120K

[user24788]

Maurie Pears playing at the TV table earlier today

The legendary Maurie Pears has increased his stack to 120,000.

Tags: Maurie Pears

10-27-2007 23:58 UTC+10

131 Players Remaining

[user24788]

The average stack is 65,343.

10-28-2007 00:03 UTC+10

In case you are tuning in late, here's a list of players who have busted out of the main event... Sarah Bilney, Jim Sachinidis, Gary Benson, Tony G, Emad Tahtouh, Joe Hachem, Jeff Lisandro, Janar Kiivramees, Arul Thillai, Martin Harvey, Kelly Flynn, Masaki Kagawa, Michael Tomeny, Sarne Lightman, Trung Tran, Karib Karib, Nick "Frodo" Wright, Jeffrey Haas, James Potter, Marek Kolk, Liat Fuchs, Steve Topakas, Cory-Ann Joseph, Joe Huminicki, Dennis Huntly, Sherif Derias, Leo Boxell, Sam Korman, and Jozef Berec.

10-28-2007 00:13 UTC+10

Mel Judah Eliminated

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Michael Dunworth raised to 4,800 from the small blind, Mel Judah moved all in from the big blind for 28,000 and Dunworth called. Judah turned up K-K, in good shape against Dunworth's A-Q. The flop, though, was A-9-2, pairing Dunworth's ace and leaving Judah drawing only to the two remaining kings. The turn was a 9, the river was a 3, and Judah headed to the rail, 30 minutes from the end of Day 1.

Tags: Mel Judah

10-28-2007 00:15 UTC+10

Hank the Tank

[user24788]

On a board of {8-Clubs}

, Martin Comer moved all in for 82,500. Hank Hennigan went into the tank for several minutes. He only had 73,500 left in chips and took forever to make a decision. His entire tournament life was at stake.

"If I fold, will you show me?" Hennigan asked.

"Sure," assured Comer.

Hennigan continued to be in the tank and looked up the ceiling for another minute as he muttered to himself.

"F**k it," he said. "I call."

Hennigan slammed his cards on the table and exposed {4-Spades}