2009 PokerNews Cup Australia

$1,100 PokerNetwork Live vs Online Challenge
Day: 1
12
Event Info
2009 PokerNews Cup Australia
Final Results Event Info
Buy-in
1,000 AUD
Prize Pool
32,000 AUD
Total Entries
32
Level Info
Level
13
Blinds
1,200 / 2,400
Ante
300
Players Left 1 / 32
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Leonard Leads The Way

In the other match of the online young guns, team captain Steve Leonard has gone 1-0 up against Damien Elsing. It was Leonard's pair of threes that held in the preflop race against Elsing's {K-Hearts}{8-Hearts}.

Graham Survives

Stewart Scott was just racing for a spot into the next round, but the race went against him to follow the trend of Graham winning the flips that count!

Graham had min-raised the button to 200 before Scott shoved all in over the top. Graham had over 3,000 chips behind and thought for a few moments before making a gambling call.

Scott: {2-Clubs}{2-Spades}
Graham: {K-Clubs}{J-Spades}

The board ran out {3-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{K-Hearts}{7-Spades} to give Graham two pair and the double up to take the lead in their deciding match.

Tags: Jarred GrahamStewart Scott

Delaney Looking Good

Lisa Walsh is keen to fight back
Lisa Walsh is keen to fight back
Ben Delaney is close to a 2-0 victory over Lisa Walsh. Both players have been jostling to be more aggressive than the other player and it has made for some interesting situations.

In the latest hand Walsh moved all in on a {j-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{9-Diamonds} flop and Delaney made the call with {k-Diamonds}{q-Spades} for two overcards and a gutshot straight draw. He would be in front against Walsh's {5-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} flush draw though.

Walsh hit her flush on the turn {a-Diamonds} but it would give Delaney a re-draw to a bigger flush. He got there with the {3-Diamonds} river.

Walsh drops to about 2,000 in chips.

Tags: Ben DelaneyCNT_CrusherLisa Walsh

Savage Luck

Mat Hawker is ahead
Mat Hawker is ahead
Ben Savage has taken a hit after making a massive hero call only to get rivered.

With 300 in the pot preflop and a flop of {4-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds} Mat Hawker and Ben Savage went to war.

Savage opened to 250 with Hawker making it 625. Savage went back over the top to 1,750, and Hawker didn't hesitate moving all in.

Savage went into the tank for a while before making the call. He tabled {9-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} to be in front of Hawker's {a-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}.

The turn {7-Spades} was all clear, but the river spiked the {a-Clubs} to give Hawker the advantage in the match-up.

Hawker has about 8,400 chips.

Tags: Ben SavageMat Hawker

Nathan Squares It Up

Rayan Nathan
Rayan Nathan
Rayan Nathan is also now even in his match with Dave Lee after winning the second rubber. The chips were in the middle on the turn on a board of {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades}{Q-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}.

Lee held {A-Clubs}{6-Spades} but was drawing dead against Nathan's {A-Spades}{8-Spades}. The river was the {3-Hearts} as the players head to a decider!

Tags: Dave LeeRayan Nathan

Scott Levels; Jeffreys Leads

Stewart Scott has finally felted Jarred Graham to even things up at one rubber apiece. It was Scott's {A-?}{3-?} against Graham's {J-?}{10-?} and a three on the flop was enough to send the pot Scott's way.

Meanwhile Andrew Jeffreys is now one-up in an all-online battle against Jonathan Karamalikis who was short-stacked and pushed with {10-?}{7-?} against Jeffreys' {A-Clubs}{6-Hearts}.

The board delivered Jeffreys a full house to give him the pot and the advantage.

Pearson Gets There

Matthew Pearson
Matthew Pearson
Clonie Gowen raised the button to 375 with Matthew Pearson making the call.

They saw a flop of {J-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{8-Spades} and both players checked. The turn card produced the {3-Hearts} and Pearson led for 450 before Gowen popped it to 1,100. Pearson made the call.

The river landed the {9-Diamonds} and Pearson led for 1,800 before Gowen moved all in for a few hundred more, with Pearson making the call.

Gowen flipped {Q-Clubs}{9-Spades} for the flopped straight, but the river was a fatal blow as Pearson flipped {K-Spades}{Q-Hearts} for a bigger straight to take the pot and a 1-0 lead.

Tags: Clonie GowenMatthew Pearson

Portaro Departed

Bruno Portaro has joined a growing list of live poker players hitting the rail.

In his final hand of the heads up tournament Portaro raised to 1,200 over a 300 chip raise from Guzzardi. Guzzardi pumped his stack into the middle as quick as he could, with Portaro snap calling.

Guzzardi tabled {A-Clubs}{9-Clubs} to be in front of Portaro's {k-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}.

The board ran out {8-Spades}{8-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{3-Clubs} sending Portaro to the rail. The Online Team have their first entry into the final eight.

There are seven games still in progress with the Online Team seemingly dominating across the board.

Tags: Bruno PortaroMichael GuzzardiThe Big SiCko

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