2008 PokerNews Cup Championships - Australia

PokerNews Cup Australia: The Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2008 PokerNews Cup Championships - Australia

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
250,000 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
2,000 AUD
Entries
410
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
10,000

Hand #213 - Nali Kaselias

Nali Kaselias has the button in Seat 5.

For the first time in ages, he completes from the small blind, and Kenneth Damm checks, setting up a friendly flop.

It comes {2-Hearts} {6-Spades} {Q-Hearts}, and both men check.

Turn: {4-Diamonds}. Damm checks, and Kaselias pauses before counting out and betting 300,000. Damm wastes no time reaching for his towers of chips, sliding out a reraise to 850,000. Kaselias doesn't hesitate for long either; he calls.

River: {J-Diamonds}. Damm keeps the heat on, betting a cool 1,000,000 chips in two tidy stacks. Kaselias lays his head in his hands, seemingly pondering a tough decision. Of course, any decision that could earn a man $250,000 AUD is a tough decision, one would think.

Finally, after maybe four or five minutes, Kaselias snags his chips and forcefully slides in the call.

Showdown:
Damm: {10-Clubs} {3-Diamonds}
Kaselias: {10-Hearts} {4-Hearts}

As soon as Kaselias moved into the pot, Damm nodded his head in acknowledgment of the good call. When Kaselias turned his cards over, the whole audience got to see just what a good call it was. Missing his flush draw, Kaselias was able to call Damm down with just fourth pair.

With that win, Kaselias has vaulted up to 5,860,000, while Damm is knocked back to 2,355,000.

Tags: Kenneth DammNali Kaselias