$230 NL Hold'em - $75k Guar. | 2008 PokerNews Cup Championships - Australia

10-12-2008 11:38 UTC+11

Abor's Aces Too Good

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Joshua Abor has just found a nice double up with his {A-Clubs}

never threatened by the {A-Hearts}

of his opponent when the board ran out {8-Spades}

.

Abor is now up to 6,500 chips.

Tags: Joshua Abor

10-12-2008 11:42 UTC+11

Tran Doubles With Gutshot

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Trung Tran has just found a fortunate double up. With two limpers in front of him, Trung Tran moved all in for 950 from late position holding {K-Clubs}

with one of the limpers making the call tabling {9-Hearts}

.

The flop came {6-Diamonds}

, giving his opponent a set, but the {10-Hearts}

on the turn gave Tran the gutshot straight. Tran avoided a repeater on the river when the {3-Hearts}

bricked to double Tran up to 2,150.

Tags: Trung Tran

10-12-2008 11:43 UTC+11

Palavos Stunned By Two-Outer

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After apparently straddling the previous hand and having his {A-?}

cracked, George Palavos appeared to be tilting when he pushed all his chips into the middle soon after. However, it turned out he held pocket aces and was in great shape for a double up against the pocket kings of James Houlis.

That is, until the board fell {4-Diamonds}

and Houlis spiked his two-outer to end the day for Palavos.

Tags: George Palavos James Houlis

10-12-2008 11:51 UTC+11

Chips-a-Choy!

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Koun Choy has just eliminated an opponent from the tournament and moved to 5,300 in chips.

All of the money went in preflop -- Choy holding {J-Hearts}

and his opponent with {8-Clubs}

.

The board ran out {6-Clubs}

and Choy's single pair of jacks improved to a set, solidifying the win.

Tags: Koun Choy

Level: 5

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

10-12-2008 11:59 UTC+11

A Free Lesson From Sach

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Three limpers, including Jim Sachindis, saw a flop of {10-Diamonds}

. The player under-the-gun fired out 1,200 and Sachindis re-raised all in. His opponent made the call and flipped {A-Hearts}

but Sachindis had out-flopped him with his {K-Hearts}

.

The turn was the {4-Spades}

and river the {9-Clubs}

, and Sachindis scooped the pot to send his opponent's aces crashing to the rail.

As Sachindis collected the pot worth 7,500, he decided to provide a free lesson for his departing opponent, "Limp under the gun with aces? That's not how it teaches you in the books, is it? Go and play PokerPro!"

Tags: Jim Sachindis

10-12-2008 12:05 UTC+11

Pinzone Climbing

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In a five-way limped pot, Michael Pinzone led out with a 450 bet on a {7-Diamonds}

flop and was called by a single opponent.

The turn delivered the {2-Spades}

and Pinzone's opponent check-called a 750 bet, bringing us to the river -- the {4-Spades}

.

Pinzone's opponent checked once more and Michael fired a 1,400 bet on the river. The amount proved to be too much for Pinzone's opponent, who folded, awarding Pinzone the pot and kicking him up to 9,200 in chips.

Tags: Michael Pinzone

10-12-2008 12:11 UTC+11

Cotaidis Eliminated

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Preflop, George Cotaidis limped from the cutoff before the player on the button raised to 525. The blinds folded and Cotaidis made the call.

The flop was {9-Hearts}

and both players checked. The turn was the {J-Hearts}

and Cotaidis led out for 600. His opponent moved all in and Cotaidis snap-called with {8-Hearts}

for the flopped straight. However, the turn was devastating for him as his opponent held {K-Diamonds}

for a better straight.

The river bricked the {2-Diamonds}

to leave Cotaidis with only 200 in chips.

A few minutes later Cotaidis was eliminated after his {K-Spades}

were run down by the {8-Spades}

of Monica Zbrodoff on a board of {10-Clubs}

.

Tags: George Cotaidis

10-12-2008 12:15 UTC+11

Trung Tran Eliminated

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After final tabling multiple events during the Victorian Championships, Trung Tran will have to wait for another day to add another final table to his resume. He was recently eliminated after pushing his last chips into the middle with {A-?}