2009 PokerNews Cup Australia

Sam Khouiss is freely imparting his advice and wisdom upon all of his opponent's at the table. He spares no one.

After one of his masterful insights, Carl Booth said to him, "You must be the Oracle of Crown, people come to you for advice".

"Yeah! Because I know everything," said Khouiss.

After a moment's pause Khouiss added, "The Oracle, I like that, call me the Oracle from now".

German Marchese has doubled through a couple of times, as he pushes his stack to keep his head above water.

First Marchese moved in preflop with and Sam Khouiss made a quick call with . Marchese hit the flop and the board blanked off to double him through to 360,000.

After losing some to blinds and antes he found him all in against Khouiss again.

This time in battle of the blinds Marchese with called for all his chips against Khouiss' . The board ran out to make Marchese two pair and move him up to 430,000.

Sam Khouiss drops to 700,000.

Sam Khouiss made an opening raise in late position and action folded to Carl Booth in the big blind.

Booth went into the tank while Khouiss taunted him about calling.

"If I call here and bust you with this hand, you're going to whine about what a donkey I am," said Booth.

Booth showed as he folded.

"What you're going to call me with that?" questioned Khouiss. "I got a picture of you here," he said and flashed the .

Michel Bouskila opened to 175,000 before the action folded to German Marchese who moved all in from the small blind. Bouskila made the call.

Bouskila:
Marchese:

The race was on and it ended in favour of Bouskila on the board.

He doubles up to over one million in chips to leave Marchese cripped with just 180,000.

Sam Khouiss and Carl Booth are discussing the thought process behind Booth’s call with that sent Angelo Prifti to the rail.

Booth was claiming that he hadn’t had a hand all day and needed to make something happen. “This game is about being brave” said Booth.

Khouiss wasn’t overly impressed. “I would have been the Aussie Millions champion last year, except someone was brave and hit a two outer” he responded.

Sam Khouiss and Carl Booth are discussing the thought process behind Booth’s call with that sent Angelo Prifti to the rail. Booth was claiming that he hadn’t had a hand all day and needed to make something happen.

“This game is about being brave!” said Booth.

Khouiss wasn’t overly impressed, “I would have been the Aussie Millions champion last year, except someone was brave and hit a two outer,” he responded.

Joe Cabret opened to 180,000 from the cutoff and Nino Ascenzio moved over the top all in from the button. Cabret folded. Ascenzio showed the table .

“That’s the only move you’ve got,” said Sam Khouiss. With the blinds getting huge, it may soon be the only move in all the players’ arsenals.

Carl Booth made an opening raise from the cutoff and action folded to Joe Cabret who thought for a moment before folding his hand.

Booth had a wry smile as he flashed the .

Michel Bouskila has found a much needed double up through Joe Cabret. In a preflop battle of the blinds Bouskila shoved for 312,000 and Cabret called from the big blind with .

Bouskila’s would need to hit to keep him alive, and it caught a nice big chunk of the flop. The turn and river completed the board, doubling Bouskila through.

Bouskila now has 650,000 chips; Cabret drops to about 800,000.