2009 PokerNews Cup Australia

$2,200 No Limit Holdem Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2009 PokerNews Cup Australia
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
45
Prize
250,000 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
2,000 AUD
Prize Pool
762,000 AUD
Total Entries
381
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 381

Marchese Chips Up

Sometimes it's easy being Marchese!
Sometimes it's easy being Marchese!
Having started the day with 78,800, Herman Marchese is now sitting on around 180,000 in chips after eliminating two opponents.

The money was all in the middle after some heavy betting preflop. We caught the action as the cards were tabled:

Marchese: {A-Spades}{A-Hearts}
Opponent 1: {Q-Spades}{Q-Hearts}
Opponent 2: {J-Spades}{J-Hearts}

The board ran out {9-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} and Marchese's aces held up - the rest, as they say, is history.