2008 PokerNews Cup Championships - Australia

$550 NL Hold'em 6-handed
Day: 1
Event Info

2008 PokerNews Cup Championships - Australia

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
109
Prize
25,347 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
500 AUD
Prize Pool
106,500 AUD
Entries
213
Level Info
Level
20
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
2,000

Huntly Out-Kicked and Out-Flushed

On a flop of {8-Hearts} {A-Hearts} {2-Spades}, Dennis Huntly and another player got all their chips in, with Huntly having his opponent covered. He showed {A-Clubs} {Q-Hearts}, but his opponent tabled a bigger kicker with {A-Diamonds} {K-Hearts}.

Fourth street was the {10-Hearts}, and the river brought the {9-Hearts}, and Huntly dropped a big chunk of chips to his opponent's bigger flush. He is down to 3,000.

Tags: Dennis Huntly

Hard to Beat Quads

Michael "Sticky" Guttman raised to open the action, making it 600 to play from the cutoff seat. Next to him, the player on the button made the call.

Heads up, the flop came {10-Hearts} {J-Spades} {8-Hearts}. Guttman led out with 1,500 chips, and his opponent moved all-in for an additional 6,125 on top. Guttman made the call, putting a big pot up for grabs.


Showdown:
Guttman: {9-Spades} {10-Spades}
Opponent: {Q-Hearts} {K-Hearts}

Guttman was in front with his pair of tens, but his opponent had a strong drawing hand. The turn paired the board with the {10-Diamonds}, giving Guttman trips and eliminating a lot of his opponent's outs. Just to rub it in, he pulled the {10-Clubs} on the river, running down quad tens to double up over 16,000.

Tags: Michael GuttmanSticky

Alston Doubles

Artie Alston moved all-in for the last 1,500 chips in his stack from under the gun. He was called by Mark Cornwall from the button and the two blinds got out of the way.

Showdown:
Alston: {A-Hearts} {4-Clubs}
Cornwall: {A-Diamonds} {K-Hearts}

The board ran out {J-Spades} {5-Spades} {2-Clubs} {9-Spades} {4-Hearts}, with the river being just what the doctor ordered to bring Alston back to life, and double him up to 3,300.

Tags: Artie AlstonMark Cornwall

Level: 5

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

What's a Duckworth?

Tim Duckworth
Tim Duckworth
Jamie Pickering came into the pot raising from middle position, making it 600 to play. Action passed around to Tim Duckworth on the button, and he re-raised to 1,800. When it came back around the table, Pickering moved all-in for about 2,000 chips. Duckworth made the call, turning over {K-Clubs} {Q-Hearts}. His opponent was live, but behind and at risk of elimination with his {8-Spades} {4-Spades}.

The flop brought some drama, rolling out {Q-Spades} {9-Hearts} {2-Spades}. The turn was the {4-Diamonds}, and the river was the {Q-Diamonds}, earning Duckworth the knockout. He has chipped up to 9,850.

Tags: Tim Duckworth

Pratis Picks a Good Spot

Peter Pratis raised to 600 under the gun, and the player in the cutoff seat re-raised to 1,600. When it came back to Pratis, he moved all-in for an additional 1,750, which his opponent called.

Pratis showed down {10-Clubs} {10-Spades} and was in good shape to double up against {10-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds}.

The board ran {J-Diamonds} {2-Hearts} {5-Spades} {A-Spades} {3-Diamonds}, and Pratis did indeed increase his stack two-fold.

Tags: Peter Prattis

Nathan = Busto

A short-stacked Rayan Nathan got his last 350 into the middle holding {Q-Clubs} {3-Hearts} and was given action by a player who tabled pocket tens.

A nine-high board ensued and the ChipMeUp founder join the rail, midway through the fourth level of play.

Levy Moves Up

Grant Levy
Grant Levy
From the cutoff seat, Grant Levy came in with a raise to 475. The action passed around to the button, where the player seated there re-raised to 1,200. Levy called.

The heads-up flop came down {K-Clubs} {J-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds}. Levy checked, allowing his opponent to put out a bet of 1,000, which Levy called.

Fourth street brought the {2-Hearts}, and both men checked.

On fifth, the board paired with the {2-Diamonds}, and Levy took the lead with a bet of 1,500. His opponent made the call, and Levy showed {K-Hearts} {Q-Spades}, which was the winner. He has chipped his way up to 19,000 already.

Tags: Grant Levy