Tony G Celebrity Shootout w/ Bounties Day 1 | 2008 PokerNews Cup Championships - Australia

10-16-2008 01:02 UTC+11

Bromham Gets Cracked

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Just minutes after busting an opponent with aces, Tony Bromham raised to 5,500 from middle position and behind him, Antonis Kambouris moved all in for 22,000 total. It folded over to George Palavos in the big blind and he announced that he was all in as well. Bromham quickly made the call and all the players stood up to watch the action unfold. Kambouris was the player with the least amount of chips on the hand and Palavos had the most.

Bromham: {A-Clubs}

Kambouris: {10-Clubs}

Palavos:

The board ran out {Q-Hearts}

and just like that, the river jolted life back into Kambouris' tournament.

Bromham started the hand with around 34,000 chips and won a small side pot in order to stay in the tournament with 22,600 chips. Kambouris tripled up to 69,000.

"I've had aces five times in this tournament," mentioned Bromham to one of our reporters. "Nothing I can do there."

Tags: Antonis Kambouris George Palavos Tony Bromham

10-16-2008 00:55 UTC+11

Cotsomitis Triples

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Joe Cabret, Nauv Kashyap, and Con Cotsomitis all committed their chips preflop in a huge all-in confrontation.

Cabret held {A-Hearts}

but was dominated by Cotsomitis' {A-Spades}

, as Kashyap held the lead with his {J-Spades}

.

The board ran out {A-Diamonds}

giving Cotsomitis a triple-up to 17,000, with Cabret down to 20,000 and Kashyap still in good shape with 60,000.

10-16-2008 00:51 UTC+11

Bromham Busts One

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Tony Bromham moves all in for 14,000 with {A-Spades}

preflop and is up against an opponent holding {A-Diamonds}

, whom he has just slightly covered.

With 28,000 chips in the middle of the table, the dealer runs out the board: {3-Spades}

. Bromham not only holds, but finds the case ace to make a full house. He nearly doubles up, snatching those 28,000 chips and sending his opponent out to the exit.

Tags: Tony Bromham

10-16-2008 00:45 UTC+11

Donovan Ilic Doubles Up

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Facing a 4,500 preflop raise from a player on the button, Donovan Ilic moved all in over the top for a total of 6,500 from the small blind. A player in the big blind then moved in over the top of all bets, upping the ante to 17,500 and the player on the button folded.

Showdown:
Ilic: {A-Hearts}

Big blind: {J-Clubs}

The board ran out {K-Spades}

giving Ilic two pair, kings and threes, which was all he needed to rake the pot and double through to 17,500 in chips.

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 0

10-16-2008 00:36 UTC+11

Pacheco Busto

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PokerNews' photographer Filipe Pacheco has final tabled twice this week in the morning series of the PokerNews Cup Championships, but hasn't been able to replicate that form in the evening events.

He put in a strong showing tonight, but was recently eliminated at the hands of Kenneth Damm. On a flop of {K-Diamonds}

Pacheco moved in at the pot holding {A-Spades}

for a pair and gutshot draw, but Damm snap-called with {A-Diamonds}

for the Broadway straight.

The turn was the {K-Hearts}

and river the {10-Diamonds}

to end the run of Pacheco, as Damm increases his stack to 116,000.

Tags: Filipe Pacheco

10-16-2008 00:36 UTC+11

Vos to the Rail

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With just about one big blind left, Mark Vos moved all in holding {10-Hearts}

. Kristian Svensson looked him up with {K-Spades}

.

The dealer turned over the flop: {2-Spades}

. "Oh, I see a ten!" yelled Vos. "Woohoo, Mark Vos makes it through to the next round!"

Indeed, Vos did manage to make the winning pair of tens, doubling up to 3,200. However, those chips would go into the pot a short time later. This time, Vos showed down {8-Diamonds}

, and it was Svensson trying once more to knock out the pro. He was in the lead with {A-Clubs}

, and had Vos on the ropes.

On this hand, Vos couldn't overcome the deficit, as the board came out {Q-Hearts}

. Svensson hit his pair of aces, knocking Vos out, much to the delight of some of the players at his table, who were less than entertained by some of his light-hearted antics tonight.

Tags: Kristian Svensson Mark Vos

10-16-2008 00:25 UTC+11

Huntly Picks Off Another

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Matthew Kirk raised to 3,500 from under the gun before Dennis Huntly reraised all in for 55,000. Huntly had Kirk covered, but Kirk did make the call for his last 20,600.

Kirk: {Q-Clubs}

Huntly:

Huntly was able to smack top pair, top kicker on the flop of {A-Hearts}

. With two queens remaining in the deck, Kirk would need to catch one of them to stay alive. The turn and river were not what Kirk was looking for though, when the {5-Diamonds}

and

came off to end his day.

Tags: Dennis Huntly Matthew Kirk

10-16-2008 00:17 UTC+11

Saab Story

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David Saab has just been eliminated from the tournament by Kenneth Damm. Saab opened the hand with a raise to 2,500 from late position. Damm called from the button, Joe Cabret called from the small blind and Manny Stavropoulos joined the fun from the big.

The flop came {9-Spades}

and the table checked around to Damm who led out with a 5,500 bet. Both Cabret and Stavropoulos folded and when the action returned to Saab, he moved all in for 14,000. Damm made the call and tabled {A-Diamonds}

for trips; Saab revealed {A-Clubs}

for air.

The turn and river filled out {A-Spades}

,

and Damm improved to a full boat to cement the hand and send Saab to the rail.

Tags: David Saab

10-16-2008 00:14 UTC+11

Cabrera Continues on His Way

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Vic Thornton raised to 2,300 from under the gun and Chris Homenja made the call. The action then passed to Abel Cabrera, fresh from his win in the H.O.R.S.E. event earlier today, who moved in for 15,300 in total. The blinds folded, with Thornton making the call as Homenja stepped aside.

Thornton: {5-Hearts}

Cabrera:

The board fell {3-Clubs}

and Cabrera's jacks held up as he jumps to 27,000 and brings the tournament of Vic Thornton to an end.

Tags: Abel Cabrera Vic Thorton