Vic Champs -$100k Challenge Coverage

13:30
Coverage of the NL HE with Rebuys

13:30
The $100k challenges to start in about 30mins.

14:38
There are two tables running separate challenges.

14:39
Table 1: 1. Mark Vos 2. Jamie Pickering 3. Ralph Burd 4. Jason Gray 5. Michael Guttman 6. Joe Hachem 7. Emad Tahtouh 8. Sam Khouiss 9. Sean Dunwoodie 10. Richard Holmes

14:40
Table 1: On a flop of Q 8 4 with two diamonds, Emad bets out 1000 and Sean raises to 2500. Emad moves all in for 9500 more, having Sean well covered. Sean calls with KQ and Emad turns over TT. The Queens hold up and Emad is left with around 5000.

14:41
Table 1: Joe raises to 550, Emad calls and Jason calls. The board of K K J K 4 is checked all the way and Jason wins with pocket Queens.

14:44
Table 2: 1. Warwick Mirzkinian 2. Greg Sclavos 3. Nick Assiotti 4. Joe Reina 5. Moody Aboughattas 6. Tino Lechich 7. Roy Vandersluis 8. Arul Thillainadesan 9. Bill Argyros 10. Steve Wise

14:51
Table 2 Greg Sclavos runs into trouble on the first big hand. Warwick with QJ andf Greg with K7 Flop 10 9 8 all the money goes in on the river and Warwick takes the big pot. Another big hand and Tino departs. Tino limps in with AK Roy bets 600 Warwick calls and Joe calls. Tino goes all in $1750 (pot about 2350 all up) Roy folds and Warwick and Joe call. Joe bets 3K and Warwick passes Tino goes out to Joe A 10 Tino leaves.

14:59
Table 2 Moody goes on Table 2 Flop AQ4 Nick bets and Moody all in Nick shows 4 4 and Moody A Q Farewell to popular Melbourne identity Moody. Arul and Billie in a clash Flop J 6 10 and Arul makes small bet Billie calls Turn Js and Arul bets 8,5K allin Billie ponders and folds. Arul shows trips.

15:24
Table 2 Nick is now big chip leader. Roy small blind 75 Arul BB 150 Ad6D7D flop Arul bet6s 1.5K Joe raises to 5IK and Arul folds. Steve SB 75 Warwick BB 150 All call family pot. Flop 5s Qs 7s Bill bets 900 and all fold. Three hands blind steals back and forth. Arul SB 100 and Billie BB 200 Warwick plays Flop Kc 10c Ks 4c Bill bets 600 and Warwick calls river 8c Bill checks Warwick bets 1K Bill ponders and reckons Warwick kas a club and folds but before he folds makes me promise not to report it if he is bluffed. I can't be trusted. Bill folds and exposes the third King and Warwick shows rags. Nice [pt fopr Warwick. Vendetta now?

16:00
Table 2 Big moves here and there Roy SB Arul BB Steve calls Warwick raises 800 Joe raises to 2.5L Steve folds and Warwick calls. 2s Qd 9h Joe bets 2 K Warwick calls. Turn 8c Joe bets 5K Warwick folds and Joe shows pocket QQ and takes nice pot. Warwick now vulnerable. Arul SBG Bill BB Joe calls Bill and Arul Flop 3d Kd 10h Arul bets 300 and all call Turn 8d River Jd Bill bets 500 and show AQ. Bill takes pot.

16:22
Table 1 Joe, Sam on the button, Sean in the small blind and Richard in the big blind see the flop for 400 apiece. The flop is As-3d-Jh, Sean checks, Joe bets 600 and Sean calls. The turn is 3c, Sean checks, Joe bets 800 and Sean calls. The turn is a Jd making two pair on the board, Sean thinks and bets 1500, Joe pushes all-in and Sean eventually folds. Joe shows AA. ============= Sean and Mark are in for 600 apiece preflop. The flop is Ad-2h-Jh, Sean bets 900, Mark reraises to 1900 total and Sean folds. Mark shows JJ and Sean said he folded a weak ace. ============= Joe raises 400 UTG, Mark reraises to 950 and Joe calls. The flop is Qh-7d-5d, Joe checks, Mark bets 1100 and Joe folds. Mark shows TT. ============= Sam raises to 550, Richard reraises to 1100 and Sam calls. Flop is 3h-8c-3c, Sam checks, Richard bets 1100 and Sam folds. ============= (blinds 75/150) Ralph raises to 300, Sam calls on the button. Players check to the river on a board of Ah-2h-7d-Js-3s, Ralph bets 500 and Sam folds.

16:33
Table 1 Blinds up to 100/200 Emad limps, Sean raises to 1200, Ralph calls out of the small blind and Emad folds. Both players check to the river on a board of 6h-Jc-Qh-Jd-3h. Ralph bets out 2500 and Sean calls. Ralph has pocket nines but Sean has AdQd. Sean is now chip leader while Ralph has 4500 left. Next hand Emad limps, Sam limps, Jamie raises to 1200 from the cutoff and Ralph pushes all-in from the button. Emad and Sam fold while Jamie calls. Jamie shows pocket aces, while Ralph is in trouble with pocket nines. Ralph gets lucky on the flop with 9, but then on the turn an ace comes and he is eliminated in 10th place. ============= (blinds 75/150) Sam, Richard, Mark on the button, Jamie in the SB and Ralph in the BB all limp. Flop is Jd-6d-Tc, it's checked around to Richard who bets 900, Sam is the only one who calls. Turn is 5d and both players check. The river is the Qc, Sam bets 2k, Richard calls and Sam shows Ad5d for the flush.

16:39
Table 1 Mark raises UTG to 700, and is called by Joe and Sam on the button. The flop is Ks-9c-Ah, Mark bets 1300 and Sam calls. The turn is the 3s Mark says to Sam "I know you have a gutshot" and bets 3k. Sam folds and shows QdTs, while Mark shows aces. ============== Mark limps, as does Mick Guttman from the button, Joe in the SB and Emad in the big blind checks. The flop is As-Qh-9h, Mark bets 600 and Mick calls. Turn is 3s, Mark checks, Mick bets 1500 and Mark raises to 4100 total. Mick folds and Mark shows 4d5d. ============== Sam limps, Mark raises from the button to 1100. Sam folds and Mark shows Qd5c. ============== Mark raises to 575, Sam calls from the BB. The flop is 4h-8c-3h and Sam check-calls Mark's bet of 700. Players check the turn card of Qs and the river is a 7s. Sam bets 2k and Mark calls, Sam shows As5s to win with ace high.

16:43
Table 1 Jamie, Joe on the button, Emad in the small blind and Sam on the big blind all limp. Flop is Jh-8c-Ah, it's checked to Joe who bets 800. Sam and Jamie both call. Turn is the Ad, Sam bets 1150, Jamie calls and Joe raises to 4500. Sam and Jamie both fold and Joe shows Qs8d - both players say they folded a jack. =============== Mark raises to 900 and Mick Guttman reraises to 2000. Mark folds and shows AJ while Mick shows pocket sevens. =============== Blinds up to 150/300 Emad raises UTG to 900, Sam reraises to 4000. Sean thinks for a long time and then folds. Emad folds and Sam shows AdJc. Sean said he folded queens. Emad - "It's like the twilight zone!"

16:45
Table 1 Emad goes all-in for 1500, Sam calls on the button and then Richard pushes all-in for 2900 more from the BB. Emad: Ac7c Sam: Js7s Richard: AdQs Flop is 3c-5c-Th giving Emad a flush draw but a Qh on the turn and 6h on the river see him eliminated in 9th place.

16:47
Table 1 Chip counts from the last break: Mark - 6,500 Jamie - 14,500 Jason - 9,700 Mick - 10,500 Joe - 17,800 Sam - 3,775 Sean - 17,200 Richard - 12,500 blinds are 200/400 and are just about to go up to 300/600. Sorry for the backlog of updates, will be more regular from here on out.

16:55
Table 1: Jason raises to 1.1k and Sean calls. The board comes 7 5 K 2 3 and Jason bets 1.5k on the river. Sean calls, Jason shows 99 and wins the pot. ============= Mark raises to 1.5k and both Jason and Richard call. The flop comes 8 4 5 and it is checked to Mark on the button who bets out 2k. The others fold and Mark shows K Q.

16:56
Table 1: Sam raises to 1.4k and Richard re-raises to 4k. Sam calls all-in and shows Ah-Jh. Richard has pocket eights and they hold up, eliminating Sam.

17:02
Table 1: Four players see the flop of Ad-2d-8d to a raise. Sean bets 3.2k and Richard is the only caller. The turn is the 8c. Richard checks, Sean bets 3525 and Richard calls. The river is the 8h. Richard checks and Sean checks behind. Sean shows two diamons for a flopped flush, but Richard made a runner-runner full house with AK. ============= The flop is A A 8. Michael bets 800 and Jason calls. It's checked on the turn (2) and river (K). Michael shows 82o but Jason caught up on the river with his KT. ============= Jamie raises to 1100 and Jason and Joe call. The flop comes 3h-J2-Ts. Joe checks, Jamie bets 2000, Jason folds and Joe makes the call. The turn (6h) and river (4d) are checked and Jamie shows KTo to win the pot with a pair of Tens.

17:05
Table 1: Richard raises to 1.2k and Sticky re-raises another 2.4k. Richard folds showing Ah-Th, and Sticky shows him his AQ. ============= The flop is 6h-5d-Th. Joe bets 1.4k and Richard raises to 4.4k. Joe shows a Ten and folds. Richards show KT and Joe says he had the same hand.

17:07
Table 1: Mark limps from the button, Jamie raises to 1.4k and Mark calls. The flop comes 5 7 8. Jamie bets 2k and Mark calls. The turn is a 6 and Jamie checks. Mark bets out 2.5k and Jamie calls and checks in the dark for the river. The river comes another 6 and Mark bets 3.7k. Jamie thinks for a minute but eventually makes the call. Mark says he has two pair, and turns over 33 for Sixes and Threes. It must be good - Jamie mucks his hand.

17:10
Table 1 (blinds 300/600) Mark raises to 1700 and Jason calls on the button. Players check to showdown with the board showing 7s-6c-Jc-Tc-Kh, Mark shows 9s6d and Jason shows Ad6h to win with a pair of sixes.

17:11
Table 1 Richard limps UTG, Joe raises to 2300 total out of the small blind and Richard calls. Flop is Ac-8d-Tc, Joe bets out and Richard quickly folds. Joe turns over KK.

17:12
Table 1 Richard is now chip leader with over 16k.

17:12
Payouts: 1st - $50,000 2nd - $30,000 3rd - $20,000

17:22
Table 1: Jamie, Sticky and Joe limp. Richard completes from the small blind and Mark checks the big blind. The flop comes Td-7h-4c. Jamie bets 2.5k, Joe calls, Richard raises to 6k, Jamie calls and Joe passes. The turn is the 9h and Richard bets 4k. Jamie goes in to the tank but eventually decides to move all in for an extra 2.7k. Richard of course calls and shows 77 for a flopped set. Jamie has QQ and needs to find a third to remain in the tournament. The river comes an Ace and Jamie Pickering is eliminated.

17:33
Table 1 Jason raised and Joe moved all-in. Jason called with pocket jacks and Joe was caught out with 7h2h. The board was 9c-Jd-2s-8d-Qd and Joe is eliminated in sixth place.

17:43
Table 1 Sean raises to 2400 from the small blind and Richard calls. Flop is 7d-3c-Js, Sean checks, Richard bets 4k (Sean only has 5600 left) and Sean folds. Chip counts: Richard - 38,000 Mark - 7,800 Jason - 33,000 Mick - 16,000 Sean - 5,600 Four minutes left at 400/800.

17:53
Table 1 Richard raises to 2.8k and Sean moves all in for 4.4k more. Richard makes the call and the cards are tabled. Richard: Ah 8h Sean: As 9d The flop comes 8s-Th-5s and now Richard is in front. The turn is the Qh, giving Sean a lot more outs. No heart, no 9, no Jack and Sean is out in 5th place.

18:03
Table 1 On a board of J-J-A-8, Richard bets out and Mick calls. The turn is an Ace and both players check. Richard shows pocket 8s for eights full but Mick has J8 for jacks full.---

18:05
Table 1 Mark is all-in for 6875 from the small blind, Jason on the big blind calls. Mark has As5d while Jason has 4s4c. The flop is Td-3h-2d, and the turn is a 5h to give Mark a pair. The river is a blank and Mark doubles up. Chip counts: Mark - 16,000 Richard - 42,500 Mick - 13,500 Jason - 29,000

18:12
Table 1 Mark raises to 3.5k and Jason re-raises to 10k. Mark moves all in for a few thousand more with TT and Jason calls with AA. The aces hold up and Mark is left with around 3k in chips.

18:24
Table 1 Mark all-in for 2,400, Richard in the BB calls. Mark has A6 and Richard K6 but the flop is Kd-7s-4h. The turn is a 5 giving Mark a straight draw but the river is a 7 and he is eliminated in fourth. Mark doesn't seem to mind too much and immediately walks over to the final table of the NL rebuys event where he his chip leader.

18:29
Chip counts; Richard - 48,000 Jason - 32,500 Sticky - 19,500

18:29
Players on a break.

18:44
Blinds 800/1600. Table 1 Sticky makes it 4k from from the big blind and Jason calls from the small blind. The board of A J 6 9 J is checked all the way and Jason wins with 22. ============= The flop is 3h-4s-7h and Sticky pushes all in. Jason folds Qh-2h and Sticky shows 35o.

18:46
Table 1 The flop is Qd-8d-Kd and Sticky and Jason get their chips in. Sticky has Kh-5h but Jason has Ad-2d for the nuts. Another Queen comes on the turn giving Sticky some hope, but the river is the 7d and Sticky is out in 3rd. 3rd - Michael Guttman - $20,000

18:49
Table 1 Chip counts Richard - 25k Jason - 75k

19:13
Table 2 Big gap in reporting as one computer down and many events running. Major events were as follows after many plays of hit and counter hit for the blinds We are down to three with Nick a massive chip leader followed by Joe with big chips and Steve struggling to survive. Blinds at 400 800 and no change. Blinds 600 and 1200 Joe SB 600 and Steve BB 1200 Flop 3c 2s 10d/2c/Kc Bets 2k and calls Jioe shows KQ and wins. Steve SB 600 and Nick 1200 Steve calls and Nick raises 50K and Steve calls all in Nick shows Ah 10h and Steve As Ad Flop Ac Jh Kd 5s 5c and Steve wins massive 182 Pot putting him back into the game. Nick SB 600 Joe BB 1200 Steve bets 3K and Joe calls Js 5d 3d flops Steve bets 4K ansd Joe callsTurn 5s River6c Joe goes all in and Steve folds. Nick SB 800 Joe BB 1600 Steve raises 4K and Joe calls Flop 10h 3d 8h Steve shows A 5 and Joe J 10 Turn 9h and River 8s and Joe wins Steve goes out for third position and 20K prize. Nick and Joe with big chips and Nick commanding Joe 800 and Nick 1600 Joe raises 5K and Nick calls Flop 9s 4s Ks Turn 9c River Kh Joe goes allin and Nick calls Joe shows QQ and takes pot. Joe now with small lead. Final pot goes to the straight. Nick SB 800 and Joe BB 1600 Nick bets 5K Joe calls 5K Flop comes 10c 9s 10d Joe bets 5K and Nick calls Turn 5hy River 7s Nick bets allin and Joe calls Nick J 8 for the straight and game over. Nick Assioti 1st 50K Joe Reine 2nd 30K and Steve Wise 3rd 20K. A top performance fronm all players with Steve surviving low chips for about 90 minutes

19:16
Table 1 With the chips still 25 Richard / 75 Jason, they are playing all in or fold here.

19:17
Table 1 Richard makes it 5k and Jason calls. the flop comes 9 T 2. Jason checks and Richard moves all in. Jason makes the call with 89. It was a good call as Richard has KQ. But a Queen spikes the turn and Richard doubles through.

19:19
Table 1 All the chips are in (exact action unknown) on the flop of 3 T 6 and Richard turns over 56. Jason has KQ and hits a King on the river to eliminate Richard. 1st - Jason Gray - $50,000 2nd - Richard Holmes - $30,000