Vic Champs - Camp Quality Cup Live Reporting

17:04
Camp Quality Charity event starts at 7.15pm.

18:33
1st $5,000 & a Cricket Bat signed by the Australian Cricket Team
2nd $2,000 & a V8 Superlap at Phillip Island
3rd $1,000 & a Football Boot signed by James Hird
4th $750 & a Racing Jacket signed by Greg Murphy
5th $500 & a Commonwealth Games Flag signed by Ron Walker
6th $300 & Two Rove Live Audience Tickets
Plus cash prizes for 7th to 20th place getters

19:03
225 entrants with 15 minutes to go before we get under way!

19:16
“Shuffle up and deal” – the 2006 Victorian Championships is now underway.

19:27
Locked out at 264 players.
$50 of the buy in is a donation to Camp Quality.

19:50
We already have $15,000 in donations to Camp Quality. Keep the donations coming in!

19:51
We are already down to 240 players, this could be a quick night!

20:27
We are up to Level 3. Blinds are $100/$200 and there are less than 200 players remaining.

20:28
Players are on a break. We will be reporting some of the leading chip stacks shortly. We are down to 166 players.

20:43
All players back from break. Blinds are $200/$400 and the leading chip counts are:

1. Martin Bergerman - $16,000
2. Arul Thillai - $14,000
3. Maroan Nassis - $11,000
4. Mourad "doc crazy" Malki - $9200
5. David Lee - $9,000
6. Paul Gardner - $9,000


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21:01
Marten Benjemen eliminates Michael Ford

Benjemen holds Q6 and Ford AJ
Flop comes:
A A Q and Ford is looking good
Turn comes:
Q and Benjemen has picked up some outs
River comes:
Q and Benjeman makes quad Queens to eliminate Ford. Tough break on that hand!

21:04
Arul Thillai is making a charge up to 19k
Marten Benjemen after doubling through Ford is up to 18k

Marten Benjemen


21:23


21:25
David Saab gets it all in on a flop of 8 3 K and is called behind. David shows J8 and his opponent has QQ. Another 8 peels off on the turn and David doubles up to about 18k.

21:38
Blinds are now up to $800/$1600. Expect mass eliminations this round! We are down to just 73 players with the average chip stack $7232.

21:39
David Saab goes on tilt and looses his stack with KJ against pocket QQs

21:41
60 players now, as expected several simultaneous eliminations.

21:48
Mourad "Doc Crazy" Malki is a big chip leader. Currently Doc Crazy has around 30k.

21:55
Doc crazy going nuts! Mourad "Doc Crazy" Malki is pushing all-in on every opportunity and is on a rush. He currently has 45k in chips and is a massive chip leader.
Doc crazy just pushed with AJ against an opponent who showed K4. Board was:
KJAJA
Doc Crazy doubles up again!

22:00
40 players remain prize money for 27

22:07
Blinds are $1300/$2600 and there are 37 left. The next blind level is $2000/$4000 so small stacks will need to start to push.

22:08
Brian Hull going well. He is up to 35k in chips and playing well.

22:12
Arul Thillai still doing well, 20k plus in chips. down to 35 players.

22:16
Arul Thillai takes another pot down. Holding KK Arul doubled up against Angela Eagleton who had JJ. Arul made quad KK's to take a big one down. Angela is still in and is one of the few remaining ladies. Blinds are up next hand and we are down to 3 tables.

22:24
Enes Jukic - 37.5k

22:26
28 players left with 2000/4000 blinds. 10 mins to go until 3000/6000 level. Average stack just under 19k.

22:36
Arul moves all in with AQ and is quickly called by Jimmy V with KK. Arul spikes his Ace on the river. Jimmy V walks off mumbling "my cowboys fell off their horses again.."

22:38
Frank Mirza nearly tripples up. 3 all-in players Frank holding KK against an opponent with QQ and a third opponent with QJ. The board is no help for anyone and Frank collects some serious chips up to about 30k.

22:40
Rhiannon Cawte catches a bad break. One of the last remaining ladies in the field goes all-in with 96 against opponents 10K. Rhiannon is in front going to the river with the board being:

6 10 9 3

River Comes 3

and Rhiannon's two pair is no good. But she makes the money.

We are down to 19 players

22:47
Christine MccRaw takes some chips off Doc Crazy. Doc makes it 16k from middle position and Christine makes it 7k more all-in. Christine shows pocket aces against Doc with AK suited. The board comes with an ace and Christine doubles up to 44K and is in good shape.

22:50
27th - Angela Eagleton - $150
26th - Fabian Rosano - $150
25th - Con Doukelis - $150
24th - Jim Ververis - $150
23rd - Rhiannon Cawte - $150
22nd - Tony Gee - $150
21st - Craig Matthews - $150
20th - Sid Brkic - $150
19th - Assas Tannous- $150

9 mins left of the 3000/6000 level then the players are on a break.

22:54
Frank Ghiri on a rush. Frank first doubled up against Frank Vella Ghiri was holding A10 and Vella 55. When a 10 hit on the turn it was all over for Vella.

Next hand Ghiri takes down another big pot with K10 vs an opponent with AQ. This time a K hit on the river to beat his all-in opponent. Ghiri is now amoung the chip leaders with 50k plus.

22:55
18th - Robert Bartuccio - $150
17th - Frank Vella - $150
16th - Adam Miller - $150
15th - Paul Gardner - $150


23:04
14th - Manuel Herrera - $150
13th - Frank Mirza - $150

Players are now on a break. When they come back the blinds will be 5000/10000. The average stack is about 40000. When we get the final table chip counts and player names will be made available.

23:13
First hand back from the break and Arul moves all in from the button, having the blinds easily covered. Self-named Dr Crazy calls from the big blind with A4o and Arul turns over 68o. The flop brings T Q 9. Turn another T, and a gutshot 7 on the river for Arul to bust another player.

23:15
PokerNetwork regular Rohan Saffstrom is going well. Above 50k in chips. Doubled up JJ vs 10Q when the board did not help either player.

23:15
Just 12 players left now. We will be reporting major hands from the final table. Stay tunned.....

23:20
12th - Mourad Malki - $200 (donated 100% to Camp Quality)
11th - Enes Jukic - $200

Final table being set up...

23:34
The final table is set;

Seat 1: Frank Ghiri - 75,500
Seat 2: Arul Thillai - 58,000
Seat 3: Nick Kaselias - 62,500
Seat 4: Marwan Nassif - 51,000
Seat 5: Owen Howden - 15,500
Seat 6: Christine McCraw - 86,500
Seat 7: David Lee - 26,000
Seat 8: Rohan Safstrom - 47,000
Seat 9: Tim Evans - 28,000
Sea 10: Brian Hull - 78,000


23:35
First hand and Arul pushes all in. David Lee calls with AK and Arul turns over A4. No help for Arul and David doubles through.

23:43
Monster Pot! Two players eliminated and Frank Ghiri triples up. UTG Arul Thillai goes all-in with pocket sixes for 32k. From the small blind Brian Hull comes over the top with QJ and Frank Ghiri from the big blind makes a brave call with QhKh.

The flop comes:
4hAh3h leaving Frank in front. Frank also picked up a flush draw for backup

The turn comes: .
3d.

Frank still in front. .

The river comes.
Kc.

Brian’s hand holds up and he has a monster chip lead well over 100k. .

Arul Thillai is eliminated in 10th spot and Brian Hull in 9th.

23:47
Frank limps in mid position and David raises 30k more from the small blind. Frank calls and the flop comes 6 T 8. David checks and Frank checks behind. The turn is a 5 and Frank bets out 20k. David moves all in for 37k and Frank calls with extra 17k turning over AKo. David only has J7, a straight draw. He misses the river and is eliminated in 8th place.

23:51
Tim moves all in from the button for his last 5k. Frank in the small blind folds and Marwan in the big blind (16k) turns over 6To. Tim as AJo but Marwan hits the 6 and Tim is out in 7th place.

23:54
Rohan Safstrom is eliminated in 6th spot by Christine McCraw. From an early position Christine raised 42k and was called by Rohan. Christine showed the cowboys (KK) and Rohan turned over the fish hooks (JJ). The board was no help for Rohan!

00:00
Approx chip counts;
Frank - 180k
Nick - 70k
Marwan - 15k
Owen - 80k
Christine - 190k


00:01
Blinds are now up to 13000/26000 (from 8000/16000).

00:04
Marwan Nassif eliminated in 5th spot. Marwan very low in chips in the BB calls the button raise. Marwan turns over 9 6 and Frank Ghiri from the button turns over AK. The board is no help for Marwan.

Blinds are now $13000/$26000

00:06
Frank calls from the small blind and Nick moves all in from the big blind for an extra 7k. Frank of course calls and turns over A5. Nick has pocket deuces. The deuces hold up and Nick doubles up.

00:11
Nick Kaselias eliminated in 4th place. Nick moved all in from the button for 34k and was called by Christine in the BB. Nick showed Js9s and Christine Ks8d. Nick did pick up a flush draw on the turn, but could not hit.

00:13
approx chip counts

1. Christine McCraw: 250k
2. Frank Ghiri: 180;
3. Owen Howden 100k.

00:16
Christine raises to 52k from the button and Owen calls the extra 26k from the blig blind. The flop comes K 9 2. Owen moves all in and is quickly called by Christine. Owen shows K2 for two pair and Christine as AK for top pair. The turn comes a King and Owen fills up - but another 2 hits the river which means a split pot. Both players Kings full of Twos.

00:20
Owen Howden eliminated in 3rd place and wins James Hird's boot. Owen moves all-in from the button and is immediately called by Frank who turns over AhQd. Owen turns on JsKd. The board is:

Ac Jd 3h 10d 6h

Frank's pair of aces is good. Owen collects and autographed James Hird boot.

00:25
Christine won her seat to this tournament via a raffle at a Pub Poker event. She has done very well at Crown events so far...

Christine has a slight chip lead for the heads up battle.

00:34
Christine McCraw takes down a big one!

Christine McCraw calls $20,000 from the small blind and Frank checks. The flop comes 10 j 3. Frank checks to Christine who bets 20k and it is called by Frank. The turn comes another 3 and it is checked by Frank and Christine moves all in for a total of about 250k. Christine shows 8 3 and Frank has 10 7. Frank missed his 10 on the river and is left with about 32k.

00:36
Frank is in the small blind for 20k, so must call his extra 12k with any two cards. He has 74 and Christine has 75. Dominated. The board brings a 7 and some high cards so the pot is chopped.

00:39
Frank is forced all in the big blind so the cards are turned over. Frank has J6 and Christine has T9. The board brings two Tens and Christine is the Camp Quality Cup champion. Congratulations Christine!

00:40
The fun continues with a special headsup match for Camp Quality. $500 buy in with $50 fee to Camp Quality with Jonno and Danny dealing. Gaz took the first spot and Peter 'Anumul' Riley accepted the challenge...

Frank Ghiri - 2nd place

Owen Howden - 3rd place

Nick Kaselias - 4th place

Marwan Nassif - 5th place

Rohan Safstrom - 6th place

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