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

10-03-2009 15:12 UTC+10

The Numbers

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The official number for today's field is 210, which includes 53 players who repechaged into today after already busting out yesterday. This puts the total number of entrants for the 2009 PokerNews Cup Main Event at 381.

While last year's field generated 410 entrants, the final figure of 381 is a strong one considering current tough economic times, the general slide in total numbers across the poker industry and the abundance of poker events available to players in 2009.

The top 32 players will finish in the money with a minimum cash worth $4,000. Reach the final table of nine and you'll pocket $12,000, while the champion will claim the trophy and a whopping $250,000.

10-03-2009 15:16 UTC+10

Duckworth Takes A Hit

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Preflop, Tim Duckworth opened to 450 from under the gun and got one call before another opponent made it 1,500 to go. Duckworth and the other player both called, along with a third opponent, going to the {6-Diamonds}

flop.

All three players checked the flop and on the {3-Hearts}

turn one of the players came out firing 10,000. The other players folded and Duckworth set the aggressor all in for 15,500 after sitting in the tank for around three minutes. The opponent called.

Duckworth: {j-?}

Opponent:

Duckworth looked set to add to his chip lead but the {7-Spades}

spiked the river to make his opponent a straight. Duckworth is down to 32,000.

Tags: Tim Duckworth

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

10-03-2009 15:22 UTC+10

Chris Christoff Eliminated

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On a flop of {A-?}

Chris Christoff bet out and his opponent raised. Christoff made the call and took the turn {8-?}

. Both players checked and went to the river {10-?}

On the river the opponent checked once again to Christoff who moved all in. The opponent snap called tabling {A-?}

for a flopped full house. Christoff looked dejected as he rolled over his own {7-?}

for a rivered straight.

10-03-2009 15:32 UTC+10

David Gorr Benefits From The Big Action

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Preflop, Matt Hawker opened to 525 with David Gorr flat calling from middle position. Stewart Scott raised to 2,025 from late position and the player in the big blind called.

Hawker then popped it up to to 6,525 and Gorr responded by pushing all for 28,000. Scott and the big blind got out the way and the decision was on Hawker.

After tanking for a bit, he made the call with {A-Diamonds}

. He wasn't happy to see Gorr's {k-Diamonds}

.

The board ran out {10-Clubs}

. Hawker drops to 12,000 and Gorr moves up to about 65,000.

Tags: David Gorr Matt Hawker Stewart Scott

10-03-2009 15:38 UTC+10

A Bouya-Flop But River Disaster

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Steve Bouya opened with a raise to 600 before Morry Edelstein popped it up to 2,200. Aytunc Tezay cold-called the raise from the blinds and Bouya came along as well to see a flop of {6-Spades}

.

Tezay checked and Bouya led out for 2,600. Edelstein then announced he was all in for 6,500 in total as Tezay tanked before releasing (what he later claimed was pocket jacks). Bouya instantly called and the cards were tabled.

Edelstein: {A-Diamonds}

Bouya:

Edelstein had the nut flush draw but he'd need to connect as Bouya showed a flopped straight and straight-flush draw!

The turn was the {2-Spades}

but the river found another diamond as the {7-Diamonds}

landed to give both players a flush but Edelstein's ace-high flush took it down. He doubles to 26,000 as Bouya falls to 14,000.

Tags: Morry Edelstein Steve Bouya

10-03-2009 15:39 UTC+10

Michael Tran's Time Is Up

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Michael Tran has become the latest player eliminated after running {A-?}

into an opponent's {K-?}

.

Preflop, the opponent opened from under the gun to 625 and Tran flat called. They took a {7-?}

flop and the opponent fired off 1,150. Tran called again.

A {k-?}

hit the turn and the opponent checked. Tran took the opportunity to fire out 2,000 only for the opponent to move back over the top all in covering Tran.

Tran went into the tank considering his options before making the call. He would be drawing dead to the river, and so packed up his stuff and hit the road.

Tags: Michael Tran

10-03-2009 15:48 UTC+10

"It's Not Stewart Scott's Day" - Stewart Scott

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We caught action on the turn with the board reading {q-Hearts}

with an already good sized pot in the middle.

Stewart Scott had just fired out 3,500 chips and Claude Hatchadourian moved over the top for 10,000. Scott went into the tank before making the call.

The river {j-Diamonds}

fell off and Scott made a defeated looking check and Hatchadourian moved his stack in.

Scott folded leaving just 6,500 behind. He then got up from the table and muttered "It's not Stewart Scott's day, today".

Tags: Claude Hatchadourian Stewart Scott

10-03-2009 15:57 UTC+10

Calling Is Awesome

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Jonathan Karamalikis emerged victorious from a seven handed flop

An interesting, albeit uneventful, hand just went down on table 30.

Preflop the under-the-gun player opened to 600, with six players making the call to go to the flop seven handed!

The mass of players then checked the {10-Clubs}

flop. On the turn {3-Diamonds}

the blinds and the under-the-gun player checked to Tim Duckworth who bet out 2,200 only Jonathan Karamalikis made the call.

They went heads up to the river {q-Spades}