2009 PokerNews Cup Australia
$2,200 No Limit Holdem Main Event
Day: 2
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but ran into the 
of Angelo Prifti who thought for a moment or two before committing to a call.The board bricked




to give the chips to Prifti, leaving Mordaunt to collect $4,000 for a fine tournament.



board with Donlon pushing with 
but Gibson insta-called with his 
.The river bricked the
and Donlon is left with just 20,000 as Gibson doubles to around 160,000.
Argyros:


Gupta:


The board ran out




to give Crocky a full house and leave Gupta as the first to visit the cashier in 32nd place for a collect of $4,000.
Nedanovski:


Sclavos:


The board fell




and Nedanovski spiked an ace on the flop to eliminate Sclavos on the bubble as the remaining 32 players are now in the money!
Action folded to Jason Brown in the small blind who raised enough to put Sclavos all in, and he made the call for his last 27,500.
Brown:


Sclavos:


Nothing changed on the


flop but it was the
on the turn which left Sclavos with three outs to survive.The gasp came when the
landed on the river to give Sclavos the double up! The bubble continues!
Interestingly a little tension has emerged, which is not uncommon for the bubble situation.
Stephen Doolan had the clock called on him preflop and when it timed out his pocket queens were declared dead.
Meanwhile Carl Booth is currently serving a one orbit penalty. After Emad Tahtouh raised to 20,000, Booth put in the re-raise to 100,000 and Booth quipped, "Whatever you do, I'm calling!"
The floor was called and by this stage Tahtouh had folded, but the penalty was enforced as Booth's comments were binding and considered acting out of turn.
Hand-for-hand play continues across the five tables.
Brown:


Leonovas:


The board ran out




and the aces hold to send Leonovas to the rail in 34th place.Meanwhile New Zealand's Jason Brown, who qualified for this event on Party Poker is now one of our chip leaders with over 400,000.
It's been a big week for Party Poker, who are one of the biggest supporters of this event, with the recent signing of Aussie Millions Champ Stewart Scott to their stable in preparation for a big Aussie Millions satellite campaign over the coming month. It could get even bigger if Jason Brown can take down the $250,000 prize here at the PokerNews Cup!

. Dunst tabled 
and was happy enough to be racing.Dunst was even happier when the board ran out




to give him trip nines and eliminate the 2009 Victorian Champs Main Event winner from the tournament.