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2009 PokerNews Cup Australia
$2,200 No Limit Holdem Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 PokerNews Cup Australia
Buy-in
2,000 AUD
Prize Pool
762,000 AUD
Entries
381
Level
27
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Play Resumes
The Numbers
The number is comparable to last year's opening flight which also drew 171 players for an event which drew a field of 410 in total.
With this year's event allowing players who bust today the chance to rebuy back into tomorrow, you may have expected today's flight to be produce a little more than 171 if players were looking to take advantage of the second chance opportunity.
So it should mean that tomorrow's field will be a rather hefty one if we're to exceed last year's numbers.
Powell Doubles Through Lunardi
. We caught the action just as the cards were being tabled:Powell:
Lunardi:
Powell was well ahead with two pair, but Lunardi still had a chance to knock him out with the flush draw.
However the turn and river ran out
, seeing Lundari drop to 18,000 while Powell doubled through, now up to 31,000.
Saidal Sent Packing
, but an ace from space on the river landed to pair up his opponent and send Wardak to the rail.
Aristidou Eliminated
, only to be called down by a player holding 
.The turn produced a
to give the opponent the straight and the river bricked out, sending Aristidou to the rail - which is where he told this very story to this blogger from.
Jeffreys Looking For Win #3
What a week it's been for Andrew Jeffreys! The man knows as "Adgee" is a frequent contributor to ChipMeUp with buying and selling of shares to major online and live tournaments. Many of his shareholders would be thrilled with the success of Jeffreys on the felt this week.
First Jeffreys won the heads-up portion of the PokerNetwork.com Live vs Online Challenge. Unfortunately that win didn't bring a trophy, so he backed up two days later to win the $550 Tony G Celebrity Bounty Shootout event which was good for a $20,520 score and the coveted trophy that Jeffreys had been craving for so long.
He's back at work again today with a mission to win his third event of the series and has currently chipped up nicely to 28,000.
Last night, Jeffreys caught up with PokerNews' own Lynn Gilmartin following his big victory.
Kaselias Defends His Title - Take Two?
With the flop reading
, Kaselias led out for 3,000, Khouiss raised to 6,000 and Kaselias called.On the turn of the
, all the money ended up in the middle - Kaselias was the shorter of the two stacks with 7,700.Khouiss:
Kaselias:
Requiring one of the two aces or a ten to make a straight, the river was a meaningless
and Kaselias' tournament life came to an end.Khouiss now moves up to the top of the chip counts with 62,000.
Justice Restored For Jeffreys
Brkovic opened to 650 from under the gun and found three callers to go to a flop of
. Action checked to Brkovic who tossed out 1,350. Jeffreys popped it to 4,400 to force the other players from the pot, before Brkovic moved all in. Jeffreys made the call with his tournament on the line.Brkovic:
Jeffreys:
The turn was the
and river the 
and Jeffreys doubles back to 26,500 with Brkovic slipping to 22,000.