$2,200 No Limit Holdem Main Event Day 1a | 2009 PokerNews Cup Australia

$2,200 No Limit Holdem Main Event

Day 1a Completed

10-02-2009 23:05 UTC+10

That's A Wrap, Folks!

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It's fair to say that this year's PokerNews Cup Main Event Day 1a flight will go down in history as one of the most star-studded, action-packed and fun-filled day ones that Australia has ever seen!

171 players took to the felt and 49 will return on Sunday for Day 2. Sydney's Sammy Khouiss has emerged on top of the counts with 144,900. In second place and biting at Khouiss' heels is Trevor Henry on 135,500, followed by Grant Levy (133,100), Michael Pedley (124,000) and Ali Ghezelbash (122,000).

Other big names to have survived the carnage include Jarred 'FlopNutsOnYou' Graham (121,100), Robert Wang (98,000), Ben Savage (93,000), Julian Powell (88,000), Ben 'CNT_CRUSHER' Delaney (70,000), Andrew 'Adgee' Jeffreys (68,000) and Lisa Walsh (53,000).

Those who will have to contemplate buying back in for the repechage tomorrow or watching from the sidelines include Michael 'TheBigSiCkO' Guzzardi, Tony 'bond18' Dunst, Dennis Huntly, Tino Lechich, Kristian Lunardi, Gary Benson, Dean Nyberg, Jonathan 'xMONSTERxDONGx' Karamalikis, Stewart Scott, Peter Aristidou, Raj Ramakrishnan, Stephen 'The Big Show' Topakas and 2008 PokerNews Cup champion Nali 'Iraqi Nick' Kaselias.

That wraps up Day 1a of the 2009 PokerNews Cup Main Event. Be sure to join us tomorrow from 12.10pm AEST (2.10am GMT) for all the action of the Day 1b Repechage flight. For now, it's beer o'clock - cheers!

10-02-2009 22:49 UTC+10

Wenlock Eliminated

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Ali Ghezelbash raised to 3,000 from early position, only to see Latisha Wenlock move all in for her last 21,000. Ghezelbash snap-called.

Ghezelbash: {K-Hearts}

Wenlock:

The board ran out {K-Spades}

; Wenlock was eliminated and Lisa Walsh is now the last woman standing in today's Day 1a flight.

10-02-2009 22:46 UTC+10

Dave Lee Doubles

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Dave Lee will return with 50,000 chips after doubling through Grant Levy.

All the money went in on a flop of {10-Hearts}

with Levy holding {8-Diamonds}

for a made straight, and Lee on the flush draw with {a-Hearts}

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The flush hit the {5-Hearts}

turn to double Lee through.

The river was a meaningless {9-Diamonds}

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Tags: Dave Lee Grant Levy Grunter

10-02-2009 22:43 UTC+10

Guzzardi Gone

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Michael Guzzardi put the last of his short stack into the middle holding {J-?}

, only to be called down by Jason Brown holding pocket sevens.

Brown's hand won the race on the {A-?}

and 'TheBigSiCkO' quietly made his way out of the room.

Tags: Jason Brown Michael Guzzardi

10-02-2009 22:43 UTC+10

Van Marcus Eliminated

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Van Marcus takes the long walk to the rail at the end of the day

Van Marcus has been eliminated after moving in the last of his chips with {9-Hearts}

preflop and finding a call from Albert Amato with {j-Diamonds}

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Marcus failed to improve and we'll probably see him back in action in the repecharge flight.

Tags: Albert Amato Van Marcus

10-02-2009 22:40 UTC+10

String Of Busts

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We're expecting a string of eliminations on the end here as the shortish stacks move all in hoping to either double to something decent or get in on the repechage flight.

10-02-2009 22:40 UTC+10

Levy Fires Up

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The money was all in on a flop that read {8-Hearts}

between Grant Levy and Lisa Walsh; Walsh had {9-Hearts}

for the overpair but was dominated by the set of sevens that Levy had with {7-Diamonds}

.

The

fell on the turn, giving Levy the full house and there would be no counterfeit as the river bricked out the {J-Clubs}

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Levy doubles up to 160,000 while Walsh slips back to 50,000.

10-02-2009 22:38 UTC+10

Four More Hands

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The tournament staff have just announced that we'll have only four more hands for the night. After that the players will bag and tag and return on Sunday with the players who qualify from the repechage tomorrow.

10-02-2009 22:30 UTC+10

Kane Sherwell Battling Hard

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It's not been an easy day for 2009 Victorian Poker Championships Main Event Runner Up Kane Sherwell. Thanks to Julian Powell he should have at least have a workable amount of chips heading into day two.

Preflop Sherwell limped in and Powell made it 4,700 to go. Sherwell decided to have a look at the {j-Diamonds}