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

10-05-2009 00:38 UTC+10

Double For The Croc

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The short stack of the field, Billy "The Croc" Argyros has just doubled up to give himself a little air from the ever-increasing blinds and antes.

Crocky's last 59,000 was in the middle with {6-Clubs}

to be racing with the {A-Clubs}

of Michel Bouskila. Crocky held the advantage and it stayed that way on the {9-Clubs}

board as he doubled up to around 140,000 chips.

Tags: Billy Argyros Michel Bouskila The Croc

10-05-2009 00:33 UTC+10

Bruce Nguyen Eliminated in 16th Place ($9,000)

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The action folded to Bruce Nguyen in the cutoff position who moved all in for his last 132,000 but Michel Bouskila took one look at his hole cards in the big blind before insta-calling.

Nguyen: {A-Diamonds}

Bouskila:

Nguyen had escaped death on multiple occasions but this was going to be one tricky escape act. It wasn't to be, as the board fell {Q-Clubs}

to eliminate Nguyen in 16th place right on the pay jump to $9,000 in prize money.

Tags: Bruce Nguyen Michel Bouskila

10-05-2009 00:28 UTC+10

Gibson's Turn To Double

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Lawrence Gibson moved all in for 140,000 from the cutoff position with Tony Dunst making the call in the small blind.

Gibson: {A-Hearts}

Dusnt:

Dunst was a warm favourite but the board went against him as it arrived {A-Clubs}

to give Gibson a big double up to around 300,000. Dunst slips under 400,000.

Tags: Lawrence Gibson Tony Dunst

10-05-2009 00:26 UTC+10

Tahtouh Back In Contention

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Emad Tahtouh opened to 48,000 before Angelo Prifti moved all in over the top. Tahtouh made the call with his tournament life on the line.

Tahtouh: {A-Clubs}

Prifti:

The board arrived {2-Clubs}

and Tahtouh finds a huge double up to get back into contention with over around 720,000.

Tags: Angelo Prifti Emad Tahtouh

10-05-2009 00:23 UTC+10

Final Two Tables

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Table 31

Seat 1: Michel Bouskila
Seat 2: Kris Nedanovski
Seat 3: Lawrence Gibson
Seat 4: Billy "The Croc" Argyros
Seat 5: Tony Dunst
Seat 6: Bruce Nguyen
Seat 7: Joe Cabret
Seat 8: Sam Khouiss

Table 32

Seat 1: Angelo Prifti
Seat 2: Carl Booth
Seat 3: Con Tsapkounis
Seat 4: Antonio Ascenzio
Seat 5: Marwan Nassif
Seat 6: Jason Brown
Seat 7: Herman Marchese
Seat 8: Emad Tahtouh

10-05-2009 00:18 UTC+10

Daniel Neilson Eliminated in 17th Place ($6,000)

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Daniel Neilson moved his short stack in preflop with {Q-Hearts}

but Jason Brown made an easy call with his {K-Spades}

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The board ran out {A-Hearts}

with no surprises to end the entertaining run of Neilson in 17th place for $6,000 in prize money.

The players are now rebalancing for the final two tables.

Tags: Daniel Neilson Jason Brown

Level: 21

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 2,000

10-05-2009 00:04 UTC+10

Tahtouh Gets In A Tangle

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A huge pot has just gone down between Emad Tahtouh and chip leader Carl Booth, and the hand didn't even get to the river.

It was Booth who raised preflop to 32,000 with Tahtouh making the call in the big blind.

The flop came down {A-Spades}

and Tahtouh checked to Booth who fired 35,000. Tahtouh then check-raised to 80,000 and Booth made the call.

The turn was the {3-Hearts}

and Tahtouh fired out a hefty 160,000 into the middle but he was met with an all-in reply from Booth to send Tahtouh into the think tank. He eventually released and decided to hang onto his last 275,000 as Booth extends his chip lead to around 1.47 million chips.

Tags: Carl Booth Enad Tahtouh