Vic Champs - Event 4 $230 OH8

20:14
Here's the list of starters, 109 names but only 108 starters.

ANSON, MARK W
BAMFORD, ERROL
BARBIS, JOHNNY B
BEAHAN, DANIEL A
BEATTIE, KELVIN J
BENNETT, LINDA
BENSON, GARY
BEREC, JOZEF
BOULTON, PHILLIP A
BOXELL, LEO W
BROOKSREID, MICHAEL
CICCONE, FABIO
COHEN, PHILLIP L
COOPER, ALLAN W
CORMIO, TIZIANA
DALESSANDRI, JOHN
DANIEL, JUSTIN M
DAOUD, TONY
DAVIS, SIMON
DEGUZMAN, DONCHARLE
DONJERKOVIC, ANTHONY
DRYDEN, JIM
EBEYAN, JIRAIR
EDWARDS, ADAM L
EDWARDS, ALLAN
EICHBERG, DAVID A
FARID, DANIEL J
FRANCIS, DEAN
FURNISS, MARK D
GOLDBERG, GLEN S
GOLLAN, STUART A
GOONAWARDANA, MARLON A
GORR, SAMUEL
GRACE, RICHARD
GURUNG, MILAN
GUTTMANN, MICHAEL
HANSEN, ULFGEIR
HEGYI, STEVEN K
HOANG, TUAN
HOMANN, JOHN G
HULL, BRIAN G
HYLTONSMITH, MARTIN C
ITALIANO, ANGELA R
JAMIESON, LUKE
JESUDASON, TIMOTHY C
JONES, LARRY M
KAZARYAN, HENRY
KHOUISS, KEVIN
KHOUISS, SAM
KING, THOMAS S
KRONOS, JAMES
LANGERAAR, MARK
LARUFFA, JOSEPH
LUX, ADAM J
MADAFFARI, GIOVANNI A
MALKI, MOURAD
MARCUS, VAN
MARINO, LYNETTE M
MAVER, JOHN
MAY, PHILLIP G
MCKAY, COLIN A
MEFFERT, DAVID J
MOUNTT, DANIEL
MUNDAY, DAVID R
NASSIF, MARWAN
NATION, DAMIEN T
PALAVOS, GEORGE
PAVLIDIS, FRANK
PEARS, MAURICE B
PESOCHINSKY, ROMAN
PINSKY, VADIM
POOLE, PHILLIP G
PORTARO, BRUNO
PRITCHARD, WARREN J
PUTT, GRAEME H
QUEL, RAINER
RAMONDETTA, PAUL
RIACH, BONNIE J
RIACH, WILLIAM J
RICH, COLIN G
RILEY, PETER A
ROYSTONING, ELLEN L
ROZSIVAL, JIRI
SAAB, DAVID
SAMPIERI, MICHEAL F
SEREMET, ANTONIO
SEREMET, DANIEL
SHEWARD, JENNY
SMITH, MICHAEL A
SMITH, SCOTT A
SMITHIES, GREGORY B
STANTON, MICHAEL A
STARRENBURG, NICHOLAS
STERGIOTIS, ANDREW
SUHAN, ANTHONY J
SZETHO, HOONG P
TAHTOUH, EMAD
TALBOTT, DOUGLAS E
TESORIERO, JOSEPH
THILLAINADESAN, ARULMOLYVA
THORNTON, VICTOR J
TRAN, KHACTRUNG
VALENTE, JASON
VINCENT, JOHN
VOS, MARK C
VRATSIDIS, PETER
WARRENER, JOHN
WHIBLEY, MICHAEL
ZOWIE, MICHEAL

20:17
Marwan Nassif an early casualty.

Mick Stanton doing a lot of talking (as well as playing). Vos coming close for number of times out of his seat/talking across the room.

20:18
Sam Khouiss just out.

20:28
George Palavos is all-in on a flop of Kd-Js-2s. Mark Vos calls, as does Steve Hegyi. On the turn of 9d, Mark bets out and Steve calls, both players check the river of Ks. Mark turns over AA23 for a pair of aces, Steve shows Ts5s to win the side pot with a flush while George has JJQT for the full house.

20:37
Blinds have just gone up to 200/400. Play is going to be nine-handed from here on in.

20:55
Mick the Hoon continues to spout a round of quotable quotes but many of them cannot be reprinted.

Vos, George Palavos and Gary Benson are all in for 400 preflop. The flop is Ad-Qd-Kc, George checks, Vos bets 200, Gary folds and George calls. The turn is 5d, and George check-calls Vos' bet. The river is the 2c George bets 400 and Vos calls. George shows JhKh5h5s and Vos shows 4d7dQhAc for a flush for hi and A-2-4-5-7 for the low to scoop.

21:02
Players are on break - Master was an early leader but has dropped back slightly.

Some chip counts
Master - 8,500
Mick Stanton - 7,800
Vos - 6,500

will get some more numbers when players come back from break.

21:12
89 players remaining, Blinds 250/500, average 3,640.

21:24
Coconut - 6k
David Saab - 6k
Emad Tahtouh - 14k

Payout Information
Entries - 108
Total Prizepool - $21,600
Places paid - 10

1. $6,696
2. $4,320
3. $2,484
4. $1,944
5. $1,512
6. $1,296
7. $1,080
8. $864
9. $756
10. $648

21:26
Players dropping like flies - 76 remain.

21:37
David Gorr was just knocked out....69 players remaining.

21:46
(Blinds 300/600) On a flop of 6s-Ks-Jd, Al (alcoop on PNW) checks, Coconut bets and Al calls. Turn is 8s and both players check. River is a 4s, and Al check-calls Coconut's bet. Coconut turns over A-A-T-9 with one spade, and Al shows 75 for the straight and the low to scoop.

Some more chip counts:
Al - 9k
Angie Italiano - 5k
Daniel Beahan - 7.5k

22:00
Scott Smith raises from the cutoff to 600, is called by John Madaffari on the button and Emad in the small blind. On a flop of 5s-3c-8s, Emad checks, Scott bets, and John and Emad call. The turn is the Ah, Emad and Scott check and John bets. Emad calls and Scott folds. The river is the 6s, Emad bets and the John raises. Emad groans and John shows him the As2s. Emad says "I hope you haven't got the 4" and calls, showing 4d-2c-8c-2h with the wheel for the nut low. The players split the pot.

22:07
(blinds 300/600) On a flop of Td-Qc-7s, four players see the turn for 300 apiece. The turn is 3d and they all check. The river is a Qs and one player bets out, Master calls but the other player shows QT for the full house.

Blinds have just gone up to 400/800.

22:15
60 players remaining, average is 5,400.

22:31
Master raises to 800, Milan goes all-in from the button for 800 and the big blind goes all-in for 700.

The hands:
Master: Kc-Js-8c-8h
Milan: Jd-4h-2c-Ac
BB: Jh-Ts-4c-2s

The board is 9c-Tc-Qd-7c-Tc, which gives Milan the nut flush to take down the pot and triple up.

22:39
Vos is all-in for 300 and is called in three spots. Another player goes allin for 400 on the flop of Ad-2c-7d and the other two players call. The turn is 7c, the river a 5d and one of the live players shows Kd4d for the nut flush. Mark wins half his pot with 3h6d for the low and doubles up to 600.

22:40
48 players remaining, blinds are now 600/1200. Average is 6750.

22:48
Scott Smith is all-in for 2000, John Madaffari is all-in for slightly less and one other player has called.

The hands:
Scott: Ac-3c-Td-Th
John: Ah-Ad-5s-Tc
Other player: Kd-Ks-Qs-6d

The board is Qc-As-2h-4c-5d and Scott has the wheel for the nut high and low to scoop the pot and triple up.

23:03
Jenny Sheward is all-in and David Saab and two other players are in for 4 bets apiece going to the flop. The flop is 8s-3d-Tc, David bets 600 and the other two players call. The turn is the 9c, David bets 1200, one player raises, the other goes all-in for 3k, David raises again to 4200 and is called by the remaining live player.

The river is 5c and the other player goes all-in for 400 and David calls. David has Qs-Jc-Ts-9d, the player all-in on the river has As-2c-Js-Qc, the player all-in on the turn has Ad-2d-2s-6s and Jenny mucks. David has the straight for the high, while the other two players split the lo.

23:08
Players are now on break, 37 remain, average stack is 8,756 and blinds will be 800/1600 when play resumes.

23:19
Mark Vos has just been shifted to Mick Stanton's table....players have been advised to wear earplugs.

23:29
Gary Benson is all-in versus David Saab on the turn with the board showing 3d-6c-5d-Ac. Gary shows Qd-4c-3c-2s for the straight and the nut low, while David has 5s-9s-2c-Ad for two pair. The river is the 8s, Gary scoops the pot and doubles up.

23:33
Chip counts:
Mick the Hoon: 24k
Emad: 9k
Gary Benson: 7k

23:38
Players still in: Mick the Hoon, Daniel Beahan, Mark Vos, Gary Benson, David Saab, Al, Coconut, Scott Smith, Master.

30 left.

23:48
David Saab all-in, Mick the Hoon and Daniel Beahan call. Flop is 9s-4c-3c, Daniel bets and Mick calls. Turn is As, Daniel bets and Mick calls again, river is 4s pairing the board, Daniel bets and Mick calls once more. Mick shows Ad-Qs-9d-4h for the full house, while Daniel has Ac-Jd-5d-2s for the wheel for the low. David mucks and is eliminated.

23:50
Master - 7k
Al - 11.5k
Coconut - 7.5k

Blinds have just gone up to 1200/2400, 27 players remain, average stack is 12,000.

00:16
Emad has been all in 3 times in the last few hands and each time has chopped the pot.

00:17
Mark Vos is all in with A 3 5 9 vs A A K 3. The board comes as K T 7 T T and Mark Vos is eliminated. 22 players now remain.

00:41
Emad is all in on with J 9 5 6 on a flop of J 8 3. His opponent turns over 2 3 9 T and makes his straight with the river Queen. Emad is eliminated.

00:44
Michael Sampieri is all-in versus Rattler and one other player.

The board shows Q-2-3-4-x with three hearts. Rattler has K-Q-6-6, the other player has A-2-x-x and has no lo hand, Michael triumphantly shows the AhQh for the nut flush and wins the pot.

John Warrener from Queensland is the runaway chip leader at present with just over 50k.

00:45
19 players left, average is 17,052, blinds are now 2,000/4,000.

00:50
Daniel Beahan out in 19th and we are down to two tables.

01:02
Mick and Al are in a hand - Players check to the river on a board of Tc-4d-9d-Qd-8c and Mick bets 4000. Al calls and shows Jd5d for a flush but Mick has Kd2d for a higher flush. Al is left with 1200.

Next hand Al is all in for 1200, three players call. The three live players check to showdown and one player shows 8s8h for the full house and Al is eliminated.

01:08
Maurie is all-in versus John Warrener and Michael Sampieri. With the board showing Ks-9s-8d-4h-3d, Michael bets the river and John folds. Michael shows 4c-4d-2d-Tc for a set, while Maurie has Kc-9c-Td-3h for two pair and he is eliminated in 17th.

01:11
Gary Benson is all-in with Ac-7d-7h-2d versus Ah-Ts-5s-4s. The board is Jc-2h-3s-4c-Ad and the other player gets the wheel to knock Gary out in 16th place.

01:18
John Dalessandri is all-in versus Kelvin Beattie. John has Ah-Kh-5d-2c, while Kelvin has As-Ad-Tc-3c. The board is Qs-Kc-8c-Jd-9c and Kelvin hits the flush to eliminate John in 14th place.

01:26
Players are on break, blinds will be 3000/6000, average stack is 25k.

01:39
Some quick chip counts:

Mick the Hoon: 40k
Ulf Hansen: 43k
John Warrener: 45k
Kel Beattie: 33k

01:52
Michael Sampieri raises UTG, everyone folds and he turns over A-A-2-2

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Rattler raises preflop and is called by Frank Pavlidis. On a flop of 2h-4c-9h Rattler bets and is called. On the turn of 9d Rattler goes all-in for 2k and Frank calls. The river is a blank and Rattler shows 9c-Ts-5c-3h for trip nines to double up.

01:56
Ulf raises preflop and Mick calls. The flop comes Ah Th 2c. Ulf only has one bet left and he gets his chips in. Ulf has AKT4 for two pair and a low draw and Mick has 5h6hA9. Mick hits his flush on the turn and the river is no help for Ulf and he is eliminated.

01:57
Hand for hand now during the bubble.

02:11
Peter is all-in for 6,500 versus Michael. The board is 4s-3h-Ks-2c-2s, Peter shows As-Ac-5c-7d and Michael shows Ts-Jc-6h-3s and they chop.

A few hands later Peter is on the big blind. Rattler raises from the small blind and Peter goes all-in for 6,500 total. Peter has As-Qs-7c-8s and Rattler has Ac-Kd-9d-8d. The board is 6c-Ad-Td-6d-Jc and Rattler eliminates Peter on the bubble in 11th place.

02:12
Blinds are 4k/8k.

02:20
The final table is set and the approx chip counts are as follows:

Seat 1: Rattler - 40k
Seat 2: Michael Whibley - 7k
Seat 3: Michael Sampieri - 40k
Seat 4: Mick Stanton - 110k
Seat 5: John Warrener - 19k
Seat 6: Kelvin Beattie - 40k
Seat 7: Jiri Rozsival - 20k
Seat 8: Colin McKay - 26k
Seat 9: Stuart Gollan - 26k
Seat 10: Roman Pesochinsky -15k


02:23
Mick raised from the button and was called by John in the small blind and Kel in the big blind. On a flop of 7h-3s-7c, John bet, Kel raised, Mick folded and John pushed all-in. Kel made the call and showed the 7d, the turn and river were no help to John's Jd-Kc-Ad-9d and he was eliminated in 10th place.

10th - John Warrener - $648

02:26
Colin calls from the button, Stuart folds the small blind and Roman checks from the big blind. The flop comes J 6 9. Roman bets out and Colin folds. Roman shows J J. The short stacks are hanging on for a higher payout.

02:29
Michael raised UTG and Colin McKay called all-in for his last 8k. Michael had Ad-Ac-8h-6s while Colin was in trouble with As-Ts-9c-2h. The board was 2s-4d-Jd-Jc-7c and with neither player having a low hand, Colin was eliminated in 9th place.

9th - Colin McKay - $756

02:33
Jiri calls and Michael W throws in his extra chip to be all in on the small blind for 3k. Michael S checks his big blind. Michael S and Jiri check it all the way down on the board of 8h 3h Js Th 4c. Jiri has A 2 3 2 for the nut low, Michael S has an 8 to make a pair of eights for the high for the side pot and Michael W has the hearts to make a flush for half of the main pot. Michael W still alive with 7k on the button.

02:34
Blinds are up to $3000/$6000 ($6000/$12000 bets).

02:37
Michael Whibley pushed all-in for 5k, and was called by Kel in the small blind, and Jiri Rosival in the big blind. Players checked the flop of 3s-7s-Tc, and on the turn card of 9d, Kel checked and Jiri pushed all-in. Jiri showed Jh-8s-2h-Ac for the straight, the river was a blank and Michael with Ah-Kd-Js-9h was out in 8th place.

8th - Michael Whibley - $864

02:53
Rattler raises, Michael calls on his left in the cutoff as does Jiri in the big blind. The flop is Th-Ts-8d, Jiri bets out, Rattler calls and Michael raises. Jiri throws his last 3k in and Rattler folds. Jiri shows Kh-Kd-4s-3d, while Michael has Ad-2c-Ts-7s. The turn is a 8h and the river a 5h and Michael wins with trip tens to eliminate Jiri in 7th place.

7th - Jiri Rosival - $1,080

02:59
Rattler raises to 12k, Stuart re-raises to 18k and Rattler calls all in. Rattler has A K 6 2 and Stuart A K 9 6. The board comes 6 7 2 9 4 and they split the pot.

03:00
Michael raises to 12k, Mick calls, Roman calls all in for 1lk from the small blind and Rattler calls from the big blind with about 5k left behind him. Rattler, Michael and Mick check it down on a board of T 3 9 4 4. Roman, the all in player, turns over T T 5 8 to scoop the pot.

03:09
Mick completes from the small blind and Kel checks. The flop is Qc-Td-Ks, Mick bets, Kel raises and Mick calls. The turn is the Jd, Mick bets and Kel calls. The river comes a 4h, Mick bets again and Kel (who only has 8k) goes into the thinktank. Time is eventually called and Kel's hand is declared dead. Mick shows AK for the straight.

Michael and Mick are chipleaders with about 100k apiece. Rattler is down to 2k.

03:14
Rattler moves all in for his last 2k from mid position. Michael calls the 8k, Kelvin calls in all for 8k and Stuart checks from the big blind. The flop comes T 9 8 rainbow. Stuart check-folds to Michael's bet and we see a showdown between Rattler, Michael and Kelvin.
Rattler has J J T K, Michael has A K J 9 and Kelvin J 3 2 5.
The turn and river comes 7 9 which means there is no low. Michael takes the side pot, but Rattler and Michael split the main pot with their Jack high straights. Kelvin is eliminated.

6th - Kelvin Beattie - $1,296

03:17
Rattler was all-in UTG for 4k, Stuart limped in the SB and Roman checked the BB. Players checked to showdown and Rattler showed Ac-Kc-Ah-3h with the board 9c-Jd-Qc-3c-Qd to triple up with the nut flush.

Michael is up to 120k.

03:23
Roman raises to 16k and Stuart calls from the small blind. The flop comes Ts 8c 3s. Stuart bets the 8k, Roman raises and Stuart folds.

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Michael raises to 16k and Rattler calls all in for 12k. Rattler has A Q 4 5 and Michael A Q J 2. The board comes T 7 6 4 9 and Rattler stays alive, again.

03:26
Stuart raises to 16k, he has 1k left. Michael calls out of the big blind. The flop is 2d-3h-5d, Michael checks and Stuart goes all-in. Michael calls and shows Jd-Kd-Qh-4c for the flush draw, while Stuart has Ad-2h-3s-4h for the wheel. The turn is 6s and the river is a Th and Stuart doubles up.

03:28
Rattler moves all-in for his last 10k and Stuart calls the extra 2k from the BB. Rattler shows Ad-Kc-Td-3d while Stuart has Qc-9d-5c-4s. The flop is Tc-9c-3c which gives Stuart the flush, and a Jh on the turn and a Js on the river mean that Rattler is eliminated in fifth place.

5th - Anthony Donjerkovic - $1,512

03:30
Chip counts:

Roman: 100k
Stuart: 48k
Michael: 80k
Mick the Hoon: 80k

03:34
10 min break. When play resumes the blinds will be $6000/$12000 ($12000/$24000 stakes).

03:53
Michael raises to 24k from the button and Stuart calls from the big blind. The flop comes 2d 6s 2s. Stuart bets and Michael calls. The turn is the Kc and Stuart puts his last 12k into the pot. Michael calles and shows A A J 9. Stuart has A 4 5 7 so the river cannot help.

4th - Stuart Gollan - $1,944

04:06
Roman raises on the button and Michael in the big blind calls. Flop is 7d-Jc-2s, Roman bets and Michael calls. Turn is 7c, Roman bets, Michael raises to 48k and Roman calls. River is 2d, and Roman check-calls Michael's bet. Michael shows Ks-Kh-Td-7s and Roman mucks. After winning the 168k pot, Michael is now well in the lead.

04:11
Michael raises to 24k from the small blind, and Mick eventually decides to call in. Michael has A 3 5 6 and Mick Q T T 7. Mick stays ahead the whole way as the board stays high and makes a straight on the river for good measure. A nice double up when needed most. With a $2000 difference between 2nd and 3rd, Mick and Roman are being careful with their chips.

04:15
All 3 players limp. They all check the flop of 9c-9s-8c. The turn is the 2c, Roman and Michael check to Mick, who bets out. Roman calls, Michael folds and the two players both have 5k left. The river is the Ac and both players throw their last 5k in, Mick shows Ah-Qs-7s-4s, but Roman has 5c-5h-3c-3d for the flush for hi A-3-4-5-7 for the low. Mick the Hoon is out in third place.

3rd - Mick Stanton - $2,484

04:17
Chip counts:

Roman: 116k
Michael: 208k

04:22
Michael calls from the small blind, Roman raises and Michael calls. The flop comes K 7 4, Roman bets and Michael folds. The stacks are now fairly even.

04:30
Michael raises from the small blind and Roman calls. The flop is Ad-4d-3s, Roman checks, Michael bets, Roman raises, Michael 3-bets and Roman calls. The turn is the 6s, Roman bets, Michael raises, Roman is all-in for 45k and Michael calls. Roman has Ac-Qc-4s-8s for a flush draw, but Michael has 2d-5d-5h-6d for the straight and the nut low. The river is the Qh, and Michael scoops the pot and the title.

1st - Michael Sampieri - $6,696
2nd - Roman Pesochinsky - $4,320