$550 H.O.R.S.E.
Day 1 Completed
2008 PokerNews Cup Championships - Australia
$550 H.O.R.S.E.
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 PokerNews Cup Championships - Australia
Buy-in
500 AUD
Prize Pool
38,500 AUD
Entries
77
Level
19
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Day 1 Complete
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Sean Arazi will take the chip lead into the final table, finishing off play with a stack of 130,500. He'll be the favorite, but Andrew Demetriou, Graeme Putt, and the rest of the final table will be ready to go, and nothing will come easy tomorrow. Here's the way the rest of the table lays out:
Sean Arazi - 130,500
Nick Georgoulas - 83,000
Abel Cabrera - 64,000
Steve Topakas - 56,500
Andrew Demetriou - 43,000
Karib Karib - 39,500
Graeme 'Kiwi G' Putt - 39,500
Kerry Stead - 20,000
Play resumes at 4:00pm local time, so join us then as we play down to the winner of Event #4!
John Joannou Is The Bubble Boy
On third, John Joannou completed and then Abel Cabrera raised. Joannou called. On fourth, Joannou bet, Cabrera raised, and the Joannou put his last chips in the middle.
Cabrera:
Joannou:
Despite making a full house, Joannou just wasn't full enough and Cabrera's aces full o' fours was good enough to finish off our last player for the day.
Down To Nine
Oliver Gill:
Andrew Demetriou:
Gill bet his last chips against Demetriou on third. When it was all said and done, Demetriou's jacks and sevens were the best hand and sent Gill to the rail in tenth place, just missing the final table by a few spots.
Colina Eliminated By Kiwi G
After Robert Collina raised, Graeme "Kiwi G" Putt reraised trying to make a move. Colina wasn't having any of it and put the rest of his chips in. Putt called.
Putt:
Collina:
Hitting his pair of jacks on fourth, Putt was able to eliminate Collina on the hand and we're down to 10 players.
Kerry Stead Makes Stuart Little
All of the money got in on third street, with Stuart [Removed:293] all in for his tournament life versus Kerry Stead. Things looked good for [Removed:293] as the hands were turned up:
[Removed:293]:
Kerry:
[Removed:293] improved further on fourth street, drawing the
, while Kerry paired up with the 
.Things went downhill from there though. [Removed:293]'s next three cards were his last as he picked up
to make just a jack low. Meanwhile, Kerry drew well, gathering 
to improve to an eight low, and sending [Removed:293] to the exit in the wee hours of Day 1.
Cards Back in the Air
Level: 12
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
Break
Dropping a Deuce
Abel Cabrera found all of his chips in the middle on third street in this round of stud up against Steve Topakas.
Cabrera: (
) 
(X)Topakas: (
) 
(X)Cabrera was able to pull ahead on fifth street when he nailed two pair, but his hopes were dashed for the moment on sixth when Topakas made a better two pair. With only one card to come face down, the dealer needed to hit Cabrera hard for him to stay in the tournament.
Topakas immediately turned up his
on the river for no improvement. Cabrera squeezed and squeezed hard to push out the to make a full house with a big sigh of relief. He was able to double back to 40,000, with Topakas dropping to 60,000.