"Watch how lucky I get!" chirped Topakas before the flop fell to give him the lead. However it was short lived as the hit the turn to complete a straight for his opponent. The river was another to rub salt into the wound as the long day of "The Big Show" comes to an end.
2009 PokerNews Cup Australia
$550 Tony G Celebrity Shootout Bounty Event
Day: 1
Event Info
"Watch how lucky I get!" chirped Topakas before the flop fell to give him the lead. However it was short lived as the hit the turn to complete a straight for his opponent. The river was another to rub salt into the wound as the long day of "The Big Show" comes to an end.
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0
Scott called a raise preflop with pocket fives and another 2,000 on the flop before spiking the on the turn. The chips went flying and Scott's set was well in front of and a short stack's .
The river bricked the and Scott flies up to 19,000 chips.
"It was a dodgy call preflop, but I just wanted to GAMBLE!" laughed Scott as he raked in the chips.
Delaney is playing typical loose aggressive style. In this particular hand he led 500 on a flop of holding . His opponent moved in for 4000 with and Delaney snapped with just the open ender.
It would be enough to ship the hand down with turn and river making him runner runner two pair.
The board blanked out and Dodds has flashed by the media centre on his way up to the exits.
It delivered on the turn when the fell to complete the straight. The river was the and Saab doubles up to 10,000, leaving Jeffreys with 5,500.
According to Huntly he was up against a French player who made quite a big deal about putting his bet in. Thinking he had spied a tell that the guy was light Huntly made the call, only for the guy to have made his hand, with a bigger re-draw.
But as Huntly said "What can you do but pony up tomorrow". Huntly was last seen heading for one of the juicy cash games springing up in the room.
To further add to the complications, Gurung then announced he was also all in for all of his chips as the button decided it would be a good idea to step aside.
Gurung:
Ismail:
Big blind:
The board ran out and Ismail spikes a queen to scoop the pot and more than double up! He's up to 12,000 with Gurung slipping to 11,000.