PokerNews Cup Australia: The Main Event Day 2 | 2008 PokerNews Cup Championships - Australia

10-19-2008 21:54 UTC+11

Nat Nyk Eliminated in 26th Place ($5,740)

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In a battle of the blinds, Nat Nyk shoved for around 50,000 from the small blind with Sam Sayed making the call in the big blind.

Nyk: {A-Clubs}

Sayed:

The board ran out {3-Spades}

giving Sayed a pair of eights and the best hand to eliminate Nyk from the tournament in 26th place for $5,740. Sayed now has a mountain of chips in front of him with close to 700,000.

Tags: Nat Nyk Sam Sayed

10-19-2008 21:50 UTC+11

Jovan Skekic Eliminated in 27th Place ($5,740)

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Jovan Skekic moved all in from the hijack position for his last 73,500 and Grant Levy made the call in the cutoff.

Skekic: {7-Spades}

Levy:

The board fell {K-Hearts}

giving Levy a full house to jump to 635,000 and ending the tournament of Skekic in 27th place for $5,740 in prize money.

Tags: Grant Levy Jovan Skekic

10-19-2008 21:42 UTC+11

Roger Palazzo Eliminated in 28th Place ($5,740)

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On a flop of {5-Hearts}

Minh Nguyen fired out a bet of 15,000 before Roger Palazzo moved all in. Nguyen made the call and tabled {K-Diamonds}

for top pair as Palazzo flipped {K-Hearts}

for the flush draw.

Needing a heart to stay alive the turn was the {2-Spades}

and river the {7-Diamonds}

to eliminate Palazzo from the tournament in 28th place. Nguyen is now up to 211,000.

Tags: Minh Nguyen Roger Palazzo

Level: 18

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 500

10-19-2008 21:34 UTC+11

James Potter Eliminated in 29th Place ($5,740)

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James Potter shoved from the button for his last 15,500 with {9-Clubs}

and Tim Heath made the call out of the blinds with {7-Spades}

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Although in a dominant position, the board didn't go Potter's way when it fell {7-Diamonds}

giving Heath a pair of sevens to eliminate Potter from the tournament. After being severly short-stacked on the bubble he ends up in 29th place for a payday of $5,740.

Tags: James Potter Tim Heath

10-19-2008 21:34 UTC+11

George Cotaidis Eliminated in 30th Place ($5,740)

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Harris Pavlou has just added to his field-leading chip stack with the elimination of George Cotaidis.

Minh Nguyen opened the pot with a raise to 22,000 and Harris reponded with a reraise to 65,000. Cotaidis then moved all in over the top of all bets for a total of 140,000. Nguyen folded and Harris made the call.

Showdown:
Pavlou: {A-Hearts}

Cotaidis:

The flop came {A-Diamonds}

giving Pavlou top two pair and the lead in the hand and he never looked back as the rest of the board filled out {4-Clubs}

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Harris moved to 815,000 in chips to extend his lead over the field while Cotaidis exited the tournament area with $5,740 in prize money.

Tags: Harris Pavlou

10-19-2008 21:25 UTC+11

Bill Jordanou Eliminated in 31st Place ($5,740)

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Bill Jordanou raised under the gun to 30,000 and Jim Mastorakos made the call on the button.

They saw a flop of {K-Hearts}

and both players checked. The turn was the {4-Spades}

and Jordanou fired out 25,000. Mastorakos made the call. The river landed the {6-Diamonds}

and Jordanou moved all in for his last 70,500 chips.

Mastorakos went into the tank for a long time before making a courageous call. Mastorakos tabled only {7-Spades}

which was merely middle pair, but it was good as Jordanou revealed {A-Diamonds}

for just ace-high.

Jordanou leaves in 31st place for $5,740 with Mastorakos now up to a healthy 318,000 chips.

Tags: Bill Jordanou Jim Mastorakos

10-19-2008 21:22 UTC+11

Dennis Huntly Eliminated in 33rd Place and Alex Webster Eliminated in 32nd Place ($4,920)

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Sam Sayed raised to 16,000 from the button before Dennis Huntly moved all in from the small blind for roughly 27,000. Sayed made a pot-committed call.

Sayed: {K-Hearts}

Huntly:

Huntly held the lead but the board landed {K-Diamonds}

to give Sayed two pair and eliminate Huntly from the tournament.

At the same time Alex Webster was eliminated on a nearby table, and since both eliminations occured at the same time on a money level jump both Webster and Huntly will split the prize money and take home $4,920 each.

Tags: Dennis Huntly Sam Sayed

10-19-2008 21:18 UTC+11

Abel Cabrera Eliminated in 34th Place ($4,100)

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Abel Cabrera has just been eliminated from the tournament by David Saab. Action folded around to Cabrera in the cutoff and he moved all in for 66,000. Saab isolated with an all in raise of his own (108,000) and the big blind folded:

Saab: {A-Spades}

Cabrera:

The board ran out {A-Clubs}

giving Cabrera a Broadway straight, but Saab's boat had Cabrera smashed. Cabrera will take home $4,100 in prize money for his efforts. Meanwhile, David Saab now sits with about 202,000 in chips.

Tags: David Saab