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It features Grant Levy, Mitchell Carle, James Broom, Tim Duckworth, Manny Stavropoulos, Gursel Ali and 2005 World Champion Joe Hachem.
A formidable lineup at any poker table, let alone midway through day one of a major event.
2008 PokerNews Cup Championships - Australia
PokerNews Cup Australia: The Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2008 PokerNews Cup Championships - Australia
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
2,000 AUD
Total Entries
410
Level
29
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 410
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It features Grant Levy, Mitchell Carle, James Broom, Tim Duckworth, Manny Stavropoulos, Gursel Ali and 2005 World Champion Joe Hachem.
A formidable lineup at any poker table, let alone midway through day one of a major event.
. Desplace bets out 5,000, and Croc mini-raises it to 10,000. Desplace moves all in, and Argyros quickly makes the call. Argyros confidently turns over his 
for top two pair, while Desplace is in bad shape, tabling 
.The turn is an unhelpful
, but lightning strikes on the river. The 
peels off, giving Desplace trip jacks.Neither player initially realizes the correct result of the hand though, as Desplace celebrates while The Croc backs away from the table, dejected. That jack on the river was also a third spade, making Argyros the winning spade flush. Both players reacted as if Desplace had won, and the dealer had to inform them that Argyros had won. The news was bad for Allistair Desplace; losing that pot means he is out of chips, and heads to the rail. The Croc, meanwhile, has chipped up to the lead, sitting on 110,000.
. Stavropoulos led from under the gun for 1,300 and Hachem made the call.The turn was the
and Stavropoulos checked to Hachem who fired 2,500. Stavropoulos then check-raised to 5,500 putting the pressure back on Hachem.Hachem thought for a moment before announcing he was all in. Hachem covered Stavropoulos who went into the tank for an eternity before eventually finding a fold.
Stavropoulos is down to 13,500 with Hachem now up to 50,000.
Showdown:
Dale:
Carle:
Racing for a big pot, the two men watched the board run out
. Dale's horse runs faster, and he wins the race, doubling up to 73,000. Carle, meanwhile, is down to 35,000.
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 25
In a recent hand relayed to us by Michael Pedley, Argyros five-bet Con Angelakis before the flop, effectively putting Angelakis to a decision for all of his chips. After quite some time in the tank, Angelakis laid it down, leaving himself 24,500 left to play with. Argyros flashed a king after Angelakis mucked.
It brought
. Gary Ryan checked, and Powell bet out 1,500. Ryan check-raised to 6,000, and Powell came right back over the top, reraising to 15,000. Ryan made the flat call.Fourth street was the
. Ryan grabbed control, moving all in, and Powell made the call.Showdown:
Ryan:
Powell:
The river failed to help Ryan, as the
locks the pot up for Julian Powell. He has vaulted into the chip lead, sitting now on a big stack of 95,000 chips.
Brooksreid:
Korman:
Brooksreid got caught making a move and when the board fell
he had doubled up Korman to 53,000. Brooksreid is left with about 24,000.
Sosa bet 3,050 on a
flop and Youssef countered by putting Sosa all in. After some time in the tank, Sosa made the call and tabled a pocket pair of nines; Youssef showed 
.The rest of the board ran out
, 
and Sosa took down the pot with two pair, nines and sevens.
Nathan:
Beyers:
The board ran out
and Beyers spiked his ace to take the pot and end the tournament for one of Australia's best online players in Rayan Nathan.
