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

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.

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 0

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!

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 16:15 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 16:19 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 16:24 UTC+11

Lyons Resteals From Khouiss

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Sam Khouiss raised to 10,000 from the cutoff but Eoghan Lyons wasn't going to let Khouiss steal that easily as he put in a 3-bet from the button to 31,000. The blinds folded as did Khouiss as Lyons collects another pot.

10-16-2008 16:32 UTC+11

Damm Takes One From Montalto

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Four players limped into the pot to see a cheap flop of {Q-Hearts}

. The action checked around to Sam Khouiss who put out a feeler bet of only 4,000. Vito Montalto called in the small blind, Tony Bromham folded in the big blind with Kenneth Damm coming along for the ride from under the gun.

The turn brought the {5-Spades}

and the action checked through. When the river landed the {10-Spades}

that's when things heated up. Montalto led out with a bet of 20,000 before Damm bumped it up to 50,000 to go. Khouiss folded and Montalto deliberated before also releasing his hand.