Tony G Celebrity Shootout w/ Bounties | 2008 PokerNews Cup Championships - Australia

10-16-2008 16:19 UTC+11

Andre Andrade Eliminated in 8th Place ($3,255)

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The action folded around to Andre Andrade who moved his stack all in from the small blind. Eoghan Lyons made a quick call in the big blind and the cards were tabled:

Andrade: {A-Clubs}

Lyons:

The board bricked out {5-Hearts}

giving Lyons the pot and ending the tournament for Andrade in 8th place for a collect of $3,255.

Tags: Andre Andrade Eoghan Lyons

10-16-2008 16:15 UTC+11

Vakili AWOL

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Reza Vakili seems content to sit on his large stack for the moment as he has been noticeably absent from the table for the last few hands of action.

10-16-2008 16:11 UTC+11

Ali Draws First Blood

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Tony Bromham opened with a raise from early position to 11,000 and and Gursel Ali made the call in the small blind.

The flop landed {Q-Spades}

and Ali checked to Bromham who bet for 13,000. Ali then announced he was all in, and Bromham quickly gave up his holding. Ali is up to about 140,000 with Bromham falling to 45,000.

10-16-2008 16:07 UTC+11

Cards Are In The Air!

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The cards are in the air and this final table is underway!

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 0

10-16-2008 15:50 UTC+11

Tony G Celebrity Shootout with Bounties Final Table

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Welcome back to our continued coverage from Event #5: $550 Tony G Celebrity Shootout with Bounties. There are two bounties left in the field with well known Australian player Sam Khouiss and PokerNews Chief Financial Officer Tony Bromham, with our final table lineup as follows:

Seat 1: Eoghan Lyons - 160,500
Seat 2: Reza Vakili - 205,000
Seat 3: Gursel Ali - 115,000
Seat 4: Vito Montalto - 180,000
Seat 5: Tony Bromham - 80,000
Seat 6: Kenneth Damm - 140,000
Seat 7: Sam Khouiss - 220,000
Seat 8: Andre Andrade - 58,000

The action is set to kick off in about 15 minutes time so stay locked in to PokerNews.com for all the action as they play for the trophy and a tidy first place prize of $26,583.