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2008 PokerNews Cup Championships - Australia

$230 NL Hold'em - $75k Guar.
Day: 1
Event Info

2008 PokerNews Cup Championships - Australia

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qq
Prize
17,732 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
200 AUD
Prize Pool
84,400 AUD
Entries
422
Level Info
Level
20
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
0

A Free Lesson From Sach

Three limpers, including Jim Sachindis, saw a flop of {10-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{K-Spades}. The player under-the-gun fired out 1,200 and Sachindis re-raised all in. His opponent made the call and flipped {A-Hearts}{A-Clubs} but Sachindis had out-flopped him with his {K-Hearts}{10-Hearts}.

The turn was the {4-Spades} and river the {9-Clubs}, and Sachindis scooped the pot to send his opponent's aces crashing to the rail.

As Sachindis collected the pot worth 7,500, he decided to provide a free lesson for his departing opponent, "Limp under the gun with aces? That's not how it teaches you in the books, is it? Go and play PokerPro!"

Tags: Jim Sachindis

Level: 5

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

Chips-a-Choy!

Koun Choy has just eliminated an opponent from the tournament and moved to 5,300 in chips.

All of the money went in preflop -- Choy holding {J-Hearts} {J-Diamonds} and his opponent with {8-Clubs} {8-Hearts}.

The board ran out {6-Clubs} {10-Hearts} {5-Spades} {3-Diamonds} {J-Spades} and Choy's single pair of jacks improved to a set, solidifying the win.

Tags: Koun Choy

Palavos Stunned By Two-Outer

After apparently straddling the previous hand and having his {A-?}{K-?} cracked, George Palavos appeared to be tilting when he pushed all his chips into the middle soon after. However, it turned out he held pocket aces and was in great shape for a double up against the pocket kings of James Houlis.

That is, until the board fell {4-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{K-Hearts}{J-Clubs} and Houlis spiked his two-outer to end the day for Palavos.

Tags: George PalavosJames Houlis

Tran Doubles With Gutshot

Trung Tran
Trung Tran
Trung Tran has just found a fortunate double up. With two limpers in front of him, Trung Tran moved all in for 950 from late position holding {K-Clubs}{Q-Clubs} with one of the limpers making the call tabling {9-Hearts}{9-Spades}.

The flop came {6-Diamonds}{J-Spades}{9-Diamonds}, giving his opponent a set, but the {10-Hearts} on the turn gave Tran the gutshot straight. Tran avoided a repeater on the river when the {3-Hearts} bricked to double Tran up to 2,150.

Tags: Trung Tran

Daryl'ing River!

Daryl Sivies just took down a whopper of a pot to jump up to 9,000 in chips.

With the board showing {Q-Clubs} {8-Spades} {Q-Spades} {3-Clubs}, Sivies traded raises with his opponent, eventually calling his opponent's 2,250 all-in bet. At the showdown, Sivies found himself in bad shape, drawing to three winning outs holding {Q-Hearts} {J-Hearts} against his opponent's {A-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds}.

A lucky {J-Diamonds} fell on the river though, clinching the hand for Sivies, whose opponent's poor fortune landed him a spot on the rail

Tags: Daryl Sivies

Level: 4

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

Official Numbers Are In

The official numbers are in. Today we had 422 entries for the first event of the PokerNews Cup series. The top 40 players will be guaranteed of at least $464 in prize money, with first place set to pocket close to $18,000.

We'll have the complete prizepool and payouts for you shortly.

Pinzone Recovering

Michael Pinzone was down to 700 at one stage today, is now back to 3,500 after moving all in on a flop of {10-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{4-Spades} for his last chips. He had four opponents to navigate through, and he did so successfully as they each released their hands.

Pinzone was one of the chip leaders during the Main Event of the Victorian Poker Championships held at Crown in August, eventually finishing in 21st place, and he will be looking for another big performace here at the PokerNews Cup.

Tags: Michael Pinzone