Vic Champs - Event #6 $175 NL HE

19:26
Bit of a madhouse here....the tournament has just been locked out, final number is around 600 players. The blinds will not go past 50/100 until all the alternates have been seated.

Tentative prizepool at this stage has just over $18,000 for first place.

19:47
Final number still coming, but there is over 100 alternates and 484 players seated....

19:52
Alternate number 50 has just been seated....the poker room is absolutely chockers!

20:32

Early exits Gary Benson, Joe Humunicki and John Warrener
Definite final number of entrants was 597 - wow


20:34
Tonight was a big test for the nerw didital systems for seating and reporting. It is has been a great success. I'm afraid the old white board would have blown up by now. Starting to quieten down now and we will give a rough progress by 2100.

20:36
Bugsy just called into the PNW console to "thank all those people who made this event possible". ONYA Bugsy.

20:43
Special for Sean --- Final entries 599 599 599


21:10


21:12
Short break coming up now. 385 players left.


21:20
Al from Sydney was the 100th alternate....and has already doubled up to over 5k - not bad

Daren Yoon (antivirus on PNW) going along nicely at 4.5k, Yoyo says he's at 14k but 25% of this figure is probably more correct :)

Tam another early casualty.

Players now on break.

21:29
Payout Info:

Number of Entrants: 599
Total places paid: 60
Total Prizepool: $89,850.00

Payout Structure
1st - $18,860
2nd - $12,579
3rd - $8,087
4th - $6,065
5th - $4,942
6th - $4,043
7th - $3,145
8th - $2,471
9th - $1,797
10th - $1,348
11th-20th - $899
21st-30th - $629
31st-40th - $494
41st-50th - $359
51st-60th - $270

22:25
List of starters:

ABL, GERNOT K
ABOUGHATTAS, MOODY
ADAIRCOSS, SCOTT
ADAMOPOULOS, KON P
ADAMS, SHANE
ALEXANDER, RAEMIN
ALEXOPOULOS, THEO
ALI, HURKAN
ALLAN, MICHAEL D
ALVARADO, MIGUEL R
AMADI,DANIEL
ANASTASI, BENJAMIN A
ANDERSON, CRAIG J
ANDERSON, MATTHEW S
ANSON, MARK W
ARANGO, JAVIER A
ARISTIDOU, PETER
ARMANIOS, KHALIL
ARTUFEL, FRANK
ASCENZIO, ANTONINO
ASSADOURIAN, ERIC
ASTRUC, PETER D
AUCHETTL, BARRY J
AYDOGAN, SINAN
BAITIERI, MATTHEW
BAMFORD,EROL
BAMPTON, JOHN S
BARKHO, MICHAEL M
BARTUCCIO, ROBERT L
BASTOW, ANDREW P
BATHIE, GLEN A
BEAHAN, DANIEL A
BEATTIE,KELVIN
BENNETT, LINDA
BENNETT, ROSA J
BENNETT, SASHA J
BENSON, GARY
BERNARDO, MICHAEL
BERNSTEIN, JUSTIN
BESHIR, MICHAEL
BIGIEL, STEVEN
BITSAKIS, CON
BLACK, ROBERT K
BOER, THOMAS J
BOTTA, DANIEL
BOUYA, PHARES
BOXELL, LEO W
BOYD, JASON J
BRADSHAW, DAVID
BRICE, PAUL A
BRIGG, JEFFREY P
BRIGHT, WILLIAM F
BRIMBLECOMBE, STEVE
BROOKSREID, MICHAEL
BROOM,JAMES
BROWN, GEOFFREY S
BROWN, HEATH A
BROWN, TAMARA J
BURGE, ANTHONY
BURKE, LESLIE F
BUSH, PIERRE
BUTLER, RHETT M
BYRNE, CRAIG
CABARET, JOE
CAKICI, FIRAT
CALDER, ROHAN M
CAMPBELL, DAVID
CANAVAN, CHRISTOPHER
CANEVER, MATTHEW G
CARATTI, AARON G
CARAYANNIS, ANTHONY
CARDNO, MARTIN J
CARELSE, BRAD J
CARRUTHERS, LUKE A
CECCHINI, BARRY
CHAN, HOWARD
CHAN, SIK WAH
CHANDRA, SOETANTO
CHARLTON, RICKY J
CHEN, HONG H
CHENOUDA, FOUAD H
CHHOR, SRENG
CHIRKIN, ALEX
CHOU, RAYMOND
CHRISTODOULOU, MARIO
CHUA, CHARLES
CICCONE, FABIO C
CLARK, CATHERINE J
COCKLE, ANDREW S
COHEN, HUGH P
COLLETTE, STEVEN
COMEAU, JASON J
COMEAU, MARY
COMER, MARTIN
CONCHA, JOSEPH
CONCHA, MARIA C
CONNORS, SHAUN P
COOK, GREGORY S
COOPER, ALLAN W
COOPER, GEOFFREY
COOPER, IAN D
COPELAND, MARTIN
CORBA, GABOR
COTAIDIS, GEORGE
COTSOMITIS, KONSTANDINOS
COWYE, MARK
COX, JOHN S
CRIDLAND, MARK R
CRNAC, JOZO
DANAHER, LUKE
DANIEL, JUSTIN M
DAVID, JEFFREY
DAVIDSON-PARK, THOMAS J
DAVIES, KAYCEE M
DAVIS, SIMON H
DEGUZMAN, DONCHARLE
DEHEY, JESS
DELLATTE, GIOVANNI
DERIAS, SHERIF
DERMODY, PHILLIP J
DHINGRA, GAUTAM
DIMITRAKIS, NEKTARIOS
DIMITRIOSKI, GORGI
DIMOPOULOS, THEO
DIONISSOPOULOS, GEORGE
DIPETTA, DINO E
DJAPRI, ARJUNA
DOCINTHE, TEDDY
DODD, JAMES
DODDS, JOEL R
DOLL, RYAN P
DONACHY, ROBERT J
DONJERKOVIC, ANTHONY
DORIA, MARIO
DRATSAS, KOSMAS
DRIUSSI, ADAM
DRYDEN, JIM
DUNCAN, CORIE J
DUNWOODIE, SEAN ANDREW
DYSON, GLEN R
EBEYAN, JIRAIR
EDMONDS, BRENDAN
EDUARD, TIM
EDWARDS, ALAN
EFFENEY, PAUL L
EICHBERG, DAVID
EINEJORD, JORGEN V
ELHINDI,DANIEL
ELSHEIKH, GEORGE
EMPSON, JASON P
ENATY, DAVID W
ENGLISH, TIMOTHY G
EPSTEIN, DAVID S
EVANS, MATHEW J
EVANS, TIMOTHY J
EVENSTAD, KRISTOFFER
EZEKIEL, JEREME
FACCER, ERIC M
FARAH, KARLOS
FARNANT, RICHARD
FAWCETT, GRANT
FAYMAN, JOSHUA F
FAZZOLARI, ANTONIO
FELLOWS, KERRIGAN C
FERGUSON, ANDREW
FERMAN, TARKAN
FITT, GERARD R
FLETCHER, SHANE L
FORD, CALLUM
FROMBERG, RICHARD
FROMMER, ALFRED L
FRYDMAN, MICHAEL
FURNISS, MARK D
GADDE, ROHAN
GANGE, JOHN C
GARRETT, ANDREW R
GASSALI, DARRYL
GATWARD, TIMOTHY J
GELSI, STEVEN M
GEORGES, SALAM P
GEORGOUILAS, NICK
GIANFRIDDO, PAUL
GIANNOUKOS, JAMES
GIBSON, LAWRENCE J
GIFFORD, ROHAN
GILBEE, PETER J
GILBERT, JASON R
GILLETT, CHRISTOPHER J
GINNANE, DAN
GIUDICE, JOSEPH P
GLATZ, BRAD I
GOLDBERG, GLEN S
GOLDBERG, MATTHEW J
GOLDBY, PETER G
GOLDWATER, STEPHEN L
GOLLAN, STUART A
GOONAWARDANA, MARLON A
GORR, SAMUEL
GOV,RICKY
GRACE, RICHARD
GRADZKI, DARREN M
GRAHAM, ALISTAIR
GREGORY, XAVIER J
GRGIC, MATT
GRIFFITHS, JOHN E
GRINING, MARK
GROGAN, TRAVIS M
GUERIN, TIMOTHY P
GUILL, HUGH
GUNNING,TONY
GUPTA, ASHISH
GURUNG, MILAN
GUY, MICHAEL
HACHEM, JOSEPH P
HAFDA, WESAM
HAINSWORTH, WAYNE
HALKIC, ALIJA
HANSEN, ULFGEIR
HARDMAN, VANESSA
HARRIS, CHRISTOPHER
HARRIS, EDWARD J
HARRIS, ROBERT
HARRISON, DAVID A
HASSETT, JOHN M
HATCHER, MATHEW R
HATZINIKOLAOU, CHRISTOS
HAVIB,ROLAND
HAYES, JAI D
HEENAN, SEUMUS L
HEGYI, STEVEN K
HENRY, CRAIG B
HILL, TANYA L
HILLSDON, CHRISTOPHER R
HO, TERENCE
HOLLAND, EDWARD A
HOMSY, CHARBEL
HORAN, TIMOTHY J
HUGHES, DARREN F
HULL, BRIAN G
HUMUNICKI, JOSEPH E
HUNTLY, DENNIS J
HYLTONSMITH, MARTIN C
INGLE, PETER W
INVELITO, BENJAMIN
IRTEM, TUNCAY
ITALIANO ANGIE
ITALIANO, DOMENICO
IVIN, MLADEN
JAMIESON, LUKE A
JARDIM, RICARDO F
JARKAN, MERT Y
JEONG, JONGKIL
JESUDASON, TIMOTHY C
JIEW, YVONNE L
JONES, GRANT C
JONES, LARRY M
JOSEPH, RUSTY E
JOUKHADAR, DANNY
JUKIC, ENES
JUMPERTZ, MARIE
JUSUFI, HALIT
KAFROUNI, ELIE
KALANTZIS, ARTHUR
KALOKIDIS, PANTELIS
KALTZIDIS,PETER
KANARIDIS, ANDREW
KARABAS, EROL
KASAPOGLO, ALPHER
KASELIAS, NALI Y
KATSAROS, GREGORY
KAZARYAN, HENRY
KEETON, SEAN J
KERR, GAVAN T
KHOUISS, KEVIN
KHOUISS, SAM
KING, BRADLEY J
KIPNIS, MICHAEL
KIRZNER, SIMON B
KOCH, EFKAN
KOCHAN, DANIEL
KOUKOUNAKIS, GEORGE
KRIPS, HENRY J
KRONOS, JAMES
KROST, TYRON
KUTLESA, TONY
KUTOGLU, SERKAN
LAI, NELSON
LANCASTER, LAURA J
LANGERAAR, MARK
LARUFFA, JOSEPH
LAU, SHIU MING
LAUGHTON, JAKSON
LAY, MENG
LE, DAM T
LE, KARL
LE, SANG V
LEE, CLIFFORD S
LEE, DAVID
LEE, JOON W
LEWIS, ALEX
LEWIS, LEIGH
LI, JIANG PING
LIGHTMAN, SARNE L
LIMANIS, ANGELO
LINDEBLAD, STEPHEN
LINDENMAYER, MARK
LOGAN, BADEN V
LOGIUDICE, MICHAEL
LOH, JIAXUN D
LONG, BARRY C
LONGMORE, PETER R
LOU, TONY
LUCAS, GEORGE S
LUX, ADAM J
LYNCH, SAMUEL J
MADAFFARI, GIOVANNI A
MAGAOIDH, BRIAIN S
MAHAR, DANIEL
MAHONEY, DAVID J
MALISHEV, ADAM G
MALKI, MOURAD
MANSAS, ALEXANDER
MAPSTONE, VINCENT P
MARCELO, HEIDI
MARINO, DARIO
MARKS, KEVIN M
MARRA, TONY
MARTINEZ, MARTIN L
MASTORAKOS, DIMITRIOS
MATTHEWS, CRAIG T
MATTHEWS, NICHOLAS S
MAUNSELL, DAVID
MAVER, JOHN
MAY, PHILLIP G
MAYER, SHELDON L
MAZZOCCHI, OMAR
MCCALLUM, GRAHAM R
MCCANCE, ROBERT P
MCDERMOTT, ANDREW L
MCIVER, DEAN C
MCIVER, LAUREN
MCKAY, GRANT C
MCKAY, JEANETTE M
MCKAY, PAUL
MCKENZIE, LOUIS P
MCKINNON, DUNCAN J
MCLAUGHLIN, ROSS
MCLEAN, LUKE P
MCQUAY, PAUL
MCRAW, CHRISTINE
MEFFERT, DAVID J
MERCALDI, ANDREW A
MERCURI, GABRIEL
MICHAEL, JOHN A
MILES, CHRIS G
MILLAR, NICHOLAS A
MILLER, ADAM D
MILLERS, JAMES M
MILNE, ALLAN
MITCHELL, ANTHONY
MONAGHAN, ADAM
MONEA, GREGORY F
MOORE, BRENDAN A
MOORE, JULIE E
MORAN, JOE
MORAN, PETER
MORDAUNT, MARGARET M
MORDAUNT, PETER
MORRIS, ANTHONY
MOUNTT, DANIEL
MOURATIDIS, PETER
MUNDAY, DAVID R
NADALIN, MILO
NASSIF, MARWAN
NATHAN, GREGORY
NAYEF, NIC
NGO, DYUNG T
NGUYEN, CONG T
NGUYEN, THANH T
NGUYEN, THE S
NICHOLSON, PAUL M
NOLTON, MICHAEL J
NOWAK, ROBERT
OCONNELL, LIAM P
ODDY, ANTHONY R
OLIVER, BRETT R
OLLINGTON, HAYDN
OMAR, HAYSSAM
ONTING, CHE D
OREILLY, COLM J
OZGOOD, JOHN
PAINO, ANTONIO J
PALAVOS, GEORGE
PALMER, GRANT F
PAMPLIEGA, LUIS
PANAGIOTOU, JACK
PANOS, LUCAS I
PAPAS, CHRIS
PARTRIDGE, SEAN
PATE, ROSS
PATISON, LANCE G
PAVLIDIS,FRANK
PECKOVER, COLIN
PEMBERTON, BRETT M
PERKINS, JAMIE
PERRYMAN, SIMON J
PESOCHINSKY, ROMAN
PETRODIS, FRANK
PHAM, SAU VAN
PHU, NGOC N
PINDER, PAUL
PINSKY, VADIM
PISANI, GIOVANNI A
PLIATSIARIS, DEAN
PODGER, TESS E
POOLE, PHILLIP G
PORTARO, BRUNO
POTTER, JAMES T
POUDEL,EUGENE
PRATIS, PETER
PRICE, MARK C
PRITCHARD, WARREN J
PUTT, GRAEME H
PUYK, FRANK
QUATTRONE, PAUL
QUEL, RAINER
RAMONDETTA, PAUL
RANDALL, ROBERT B
RASETA, PAUL H
RASKIN, ZVI G
REDDIE, SCOTT
REKHVIASHVILI, REYN
RHODES, RICHARD G
RHODES, ROBERT L
RICH, COLIN G
RIECK, JUERGEN
RIZZOLI, TODD
ROBERT, JOSE
ROCHFORD, PAUL
ROCHFORD, VIKI A
RODGERS, CLINTON A
RODRIGUES, LESTER D
RODRIGUES, MANUEL
ROLLS, MICHAEL A
ROSANO, FABIAN
ROSE, CAMERON
ROSENBERG, JASON
ROUSAKIS, JOHN
ROYSTONING, ELLEN L
ROZARIO, ANDREW J
ROZSIVAL, JIRI
RUFFIN, DANIEL
RUSSELL, STEPHEN C
RYZY, GREGORY D
SAAB, DAVID
SAAB, ROBIN I
SABER, MARK K
SACHINIDIS, JIM
SAFSTROM, ROHAN I
SALVATORE, SIMON
SAMPIERI, MICHEAL F
SANTO, LUKE S
SANTOMARTINO, ANTONIO
SANTONE, ENZO
SAVAGE,BEN
SCARA, DINO
SCEKIC, JOVO
SCHENA,TONY
SCHMALTZ, ROLAND
SCHOOTS, IAN
SCHWARTS, GEOFFREWY
SEGETH, JEROEN G
SELIMI, LIRON
SELLYN, JASON L
SELVAGGI, ANDREW M
SEREMET, ANTONIO
SEREMET, DANIEL
SHANAHAN, ANDREW J
SHARBANEE, PAUL G
SHEWARD, JENNY
SHIPLEY, CAROLYN M
SIDERIDIS, EMMANOUEL
SIMMONS, LUKE J
SKARDAL, JENS
SKIFFINGTON, MARK
SKILTON, DAVID
SLATER, DAVID J
SLATER, SCOTT
SLOAN, XAVIER
SMITH, GEOFF
SMITH, MICHAEL A
SMITH, ROGER D
SMITH, SCOTT A
SMITH, SELINA
SMITHIES, GREGORY B
SMITHIES, MARK
SO, JUN SEONG
SORTINO, PAOLO
SPINAZZOLA, LUIGI P
STANTON, MICHAEL A
STEENDAM, JAMES A
STEIN, ILIA
STEPHENS, LISA M
STERGIOTIS, ANDREW
STEVENS, ANTHONY D
STEVENSON, RUSSELL T
STICHLING, WAYNE M
STILES, BRADLEY
STILLMAN, LUKE
STOEVSKI,DUSAN
STOKES, DAVID M
SUHAN, ANTHONY J
SULLIVAN, STEPHEN
SULTANA, JOHN
SWANELL, SAMUEL J
SZETHO, HOONG P
TAHTOUH,EMAD
TALBOTT, DOUGLAS E
TANNOUS, ASSAD
TANNOUS, GEORGE A
TANTAU, BENJAMIN J
TAYLOR, PAUL J
TESORIERO, JOSEPH
TEZAY, AYTUNC
THILLAINADESAN, ARULMOLYVARMAN
THOMAS, JAI A
THOMAS, MICHAEL W
THOMPSON, LUKE
THORN, CHARLTON J
THORNTON, LINDA
THORNTON, VICTOR J
THRASIVOULOU, PHEDROS S
TOLTSAN, ZORICK L
TOMA, SAMIR
TOMARCHIO, GUISEPPW
TOMARCHIO, JOE
TOPAKAS, ANDREW L
TRAN, KHACTRUNG
TRAN, THANH
TRAN, THANH V
TRAN, TIEN VAN
TRAN, TUAN V
TRAVERS, MICHAEL G
TSAPAZIS, LUKE
TSAPKOUNIS, CHRIS
TSAPKOUNIS, CON
TSIVELEIDIS, THEOFILOS
TUHAKARAINA, TRACY
TURNER, MICHAEL
TURNER, NATHAN D
TUTUNGI, ELLI
UKALOVIC, TOMISLAV
VAKSMAN, KIM
VANDERMEER, GEOFFREY
VARNAVELIAS, NICHOLAS
VAROXIS,COSTA
VASSILOPOULOS, GEORGE
VEENHUYZEN, MARCUS
VELLA, FRANCIS
VELLA, WAYNE F
VEREY, PETER
VERKUIJL, JOHAN
VERVERIS, JIM
VEVLE, KIM B
VINCENT, JOHN H
VOGIAGIS, EMMANUEL
VOLKOFF, TAMARA
VONGSYKEO, BONG
VRAKAS, PETER
VRATSIDIS, PETER
VUKOVIC, MICHAEL
WALL, DERRICK
WALTER, RAYMOND W
WARDAK, SAIDAL
WARNE, LEIGH A
WARRENER, JOHN
WEST, GUY
WHIBLEY, MICHAEL
WILLETT, NATHAN
WILSON, SCOTT A
WINES, CRAIG S
WISE, STEPHEN D
WONG, CHRISTINA
WONG, HELENA
WONG, MARK
WONG, PETER
WONG, YEE W
WOOD, CHRISTOPHER D
WYATT, DAVID
YAMAN,OLCAY
YANG, FRANK
YAP, IAN
YEHSON, DENNIS
YIH, WILLIAM
YOON, DAREN T
YOST,MICHAEL
ZAIRIS, GEORGE
ZHU, JING YI
ZUCCA, PAUL M

22:27
Down to 230 players, average stack is 6,510, 20 minutes left in 300/600.

23:12
(Blinds 500/1000) Peter Pratis raises to 3500, player on the button goes all-in for 6600 total. Peter calls and shows As9s versus KsQs. Unfortunately Paul Gianfriddo folded Ad9d, putting Peter behind. The flop is K-Q-4 and another four on the turn leaves Peter unable to catch up but he still has chips to play with.

23:15
Blinds have just gone up to 700/1400, 133 players remaining, average is 11259, a lot of unknowns in the field.

23:18
Danny Seremet just out with KTs versus JJ.

23:29
Some Chip Leaders

Rohan Calder 24k
Hayssam Omar 37k
Barry Long 21k
Steven B 27k
Rohan Gadde 41k
Weng Wong 29k
Brendon Edmons 46k

Brendon appears to be chip leader

23:38
Roman Pesochinsky was up till 4:30am as he took out second in the $230 Omaha Hi-Lo and is still alive with about 6k in chips in tonight's tourney with 100 players left.

23:40
Sam Khouiss - 50k

23:47
Weng Wong just eliminated two players holding Ac2c with a flush on the turn, one player had flopped a pair of jacks, while the other had pocket aces. Weng now has 60,400 and is the unofficial chip leader.

00:06
Brendan Edmons is close to the chip lead. Up to 55k. His pocket 66s held up against an all-in opponent with pocket 22s.

00:21
We are one table off the money!

00:21
Brendon Edmons is now a big chip leader up to 75k!

00:22
Peter Goldby triples up. Peter's pocket 10s managed to hold up against two all-in opponents. Peter is up to 30k in chips.

00:24
Bruno Portaro going well! Bruno eliminated an opponent when an ace it on the river.
Bruno held A3 against pocket 9s. Bruno is up to 30k, well above the average chip count which is 21700.

00:24
Down to 68 players...

00:36
We are on the bubble, but that is not going to bother Greg Cook who is our new chip leader. Greg has been on a hot streak and has 92k in chips.

00:36
We are now in the money!

00:43
Sam Khouiss takes down another big pot. Player UTG raises 10k and a player from the field goes all-in for 6k. Sam also moves in for about 60k to put pressure on the UTG raises. UTG folds and Sam shows AK vs all-in opponent with 44. The river comes a king and Sam goes to about 76k in chips.

00:44
Al (alcoop on PNW) is unconfirmed bubble boy....bad luck Al!

Sam Khouiss knocks out Paul Quattrone in 59th with AK vs 44....king on the river. Sam is at 70k.

Players dropping like flies since we hit the money....will try and keep everyone updated.

00:47
Brian Magaoidh knocked out in 55th spot. Brian held 10,10 vs an opponent with AQ. Brian was about 57% to win the hand, but his opponent hit a Q on the dreaded river.

00:49
Blinds are 3000/6000 and there is a lot of blind stealing right now.

00:57
Biggest Pot of the Night!

Two of the chip leaders head to head in a monster pot. Greg Cook vs Brendan Edmons. Both players all-in preflop. Pot is 130k. Brendan shows QQ vs Greg with 1010.
Board is
3d, 9c, 10d, Ks, As
Greg now has over 160k in chips and is a clear chip leader. Brendan is eliminated in about 50th spot.
Bad luck Brendan

01:01
50th - Brendon Edmunds - $359
51st - Barry Long - $270
52nd - Luke Santo - $270
53rd - Tony Paino - $270
54th - Briain Magadoih - $270
55th - Sang Le - $270
56th - Tamara Volkoff - $270
57th - Zvi Raskin - $270
58th - Xavier Sloan - $270
59th - Paul Quattrone - $270
60th - Frank Yang - $270

01:02
Weng Wong is still doing well. The Adelaide dealer is up to about 71k in chips. Not taking many chances and picking on the smaller stacks.

01:08
45th - Glenn Goldberg - $359
46th - Peter Golby - $359
47th - Andrew Topakas - $359
48th - Larry Jones - $359
49th - Jeffrey Brigg - $359

01:10
Sreng Chhor doing very well. Sreng is up to 75k in chips!

01:13
Weng Wong takes down a big one!.

Weng raised from middle position 12k and Jim Giannoukos went over the top for another 16.5k. Weng had an easy call to make. Weng showed AhJh while Jim showed QhKd.

The board was:
7hKh8d19h3s
Weng made his flush and now is well above 100k


01:16
41st - Ian Schoots - $359
42nd - Chris Canavan - $359
43rd - Jim Giannoukos - $359
44th - Paul Taylor - $359

01:23
38th - Mario Christodoulou - $494
39th - Kerrigan Fellows - $494
40th - Joel Dodds - $494

Mario eliminated in 38th with AJ versus A2 - two on the flop and it was over...bad luck!

01:26
Phil May gets knocked out by Bruno Portaro in 35th spot

Bruno made a straight against Phil's top pair.

01:27
34th - Tony Gunning - $494
35th - Phil May - $494
36th - Ellen Royston-Ing - $494
37th - Mark Saber - $494

01:27
5 minutes left at 3000/6000

01:30
Roman Pesochinsky takes a big pot down off of Sam Khouiss...Sam had AQ and Roman AK. Roman doubled up when the board was no help for either player. Roman is up to about 50k and Sam is still in good shape with about the same.

05:15
Luke McLean pushed all-in for 25k and was called by the player on the button. Luke had Ac2s versus 44, the board was 7s-Tc-6c-Kh-8h and he was out in 23rd place.

Brett Oliver moved all-in with AT and was called by the player in the big blind with 69. Flop is T-Q-Q, the turn was a six, the river was another six and Brett was eliminated in 31st by runner-runner trips.

05:16
Derrick Walo moved all-in for 33k with Ah8d and was called by a player with pocket nines, the board is no help for Derrick - Qs-Tc-6h-3h-9h and he was out in 21st place.

05:23
Tracy Tuhakaraina raised to 30k and one player called all-in for 22k. Tracy showed As4s and was up against AcKh. The flop was Qh-4h-5h, giving Tracy a pair and her opponent a flush draw, a Jh on the river doubled the other player up.

The very next hand Tracy is all-in for 34k and chip leader Greg Cook is on the big blind for 12k and calls the extra 22k. Tracy has QsTs and Greg Ah6c. The board is Ac-Qh-7h-4d-8s and Tracy is eliminated in 17th place.

05:25
The very next hand, Sreng Choor is all-in preflop versus Greg. Sreng has JhJd while Greg has AdKh. The board is 4h-3d-5s-Ks-6s and Sreng is out in 16th.

05:27
A player pushes all-in UTG for 35k, Jens Skardal in the small blind moves all-in for 46k, Sam Khouiss calls from the big blind and the player UTG calls as well. Players check to showdown, the board is Jh-5c-Jc-6s-Ts, the UTG player shows AsKd, Jens has AhQh, and Sam mucks. Jens is eliminated in 12th place.

05:29
George Lucas pushes all-in from the button for 64k with KhJh and the player on the small blind calls with As7s. The board is 7d-4d-Qd-6h-6s and George is eliminated in equal tenth along with Geoff Cooper who was out on the other table on the same hand.

05:37
=10th - George Lucas - $1123.50
=10th - Geoff Cooper - $1123.50
12th - Jens Skardal - $899
13th - Weng Wong - $899
14th - David Meffert - $899
15th - Matthew Hatcher - $899
16th - Sreng Choor - $899
17th - Tracy Tuhakaraina - $899
18th - Bruno Portaro - $899
19th - Rohan Calder - $899
20th - Roland Habib - $899
21st - Derrick Walo - $629
22nd - Joseph Tomarchio - $629
23rd - Luke McLean - $629
24th - Louis McKenzie - $629
25th - David Wyatt - $629
26th - Jai Hayes - $629
27th - Johan Verkuijl - $629
28th - Andrew Locke - $629
29th - Liron Selimi - $629
30th - Liam O'Connell - $629
31st - Brett Oliver - $494
32nd - Steve Gelsi - $494
33rd - Tom Ukalovic - $494

05:40
Final table:

Seat 1 - Greg Cook - 362,500
Seat 2 - Tony Kutlesa - 116,000
Seat 3 - Jereme Ezekiel - 98,000
Seat 4 - Sam Khouiss - 134,000
Seat 5 - Charlton Thorn - 192,500
Seat 6 - Kim Ueule - 189,500
Seat 7 - Steve Buuya - 158,500
Seat 8 - Roman Pesochinsky - 134,500
Seat 9 - Peter Astrul - 112,000

05:42
Final table will resume at 5pm later today.

Special congratulations to Roman Pesochinsky who has made back-to-back final tables. After finishing up at 4:30am and coming second in the $230 Omaha Hi-Lo, almost 24 hours later Roman had made the final table for this event....good luck!

16:30
Action to kick off in about 30mins. Delayed web cast is available on Crown Poker site.

16:55
1st - $18,860
2nd - $12,579
3rd - $8,087
4th - $6,065
5th - $4,942
6th - $4,043
7th - $3,145
8th - $2,471
9th - $1,797


17:09
Play is underway. Tony Kutlesa will not be playing the final table due to "breach of terms and conditions". His chips have been removed from play. We don't know how and if this affects prize money.

17:16
Blinds are back to 4000/8000.

Greg Cook says "I wan't to get this over and done with quickly so I can play the Omaha."

17:26
First big hand of the night with Greg in 1 and Sam in 4 Sam raises 20K and Greg calls (48K in pot) Flop7s, Ad, Qs Turn Kd Greg checks Sam checks River come 6c Greg raises 40K and Sam raises 40 K again.Greg calls. Sam shows the nut straight (JhQh) for a 208K pot6. Greg remains with about 160K, Sam moves to Chip Leader.

17:29
Sam raises to 20k and Steve calls. The flop comes 2 5 6 and both players check. The turn is a 4. Sam checks, Steve bets 30k and Sam folds.

17:30
Kim raises to 23k and then Peter moves all in for about 100k. Kim folds.

17:32
Steve raises to 20k, Greg re-raises to 50k and Steve makes the call. The flop comes Ks 3s 7d. Greg checks and Steve checks behind. The turn is the 8c and Greg bets 50k. Steve thinks for a minute and raises to 100k. The minimum raise was enough to make Greg fold. Steve shows one card, the Jack of Diamonds.

Maybe Greg will make the Omaha tournament?

17:46
Big five minutes action.
A number of hands leading to raise and fold until

Steve the Dealer wuth Roman small B and Peter BB.
Sam raises 20K. Charlton raises to 100K.
Sam calls 100K.
Flop copmes 6s 3d Jh
Sam checks
Charlton bets 50K
Sam raises all in and Charlton calls.
Sam turns KK on a slow play and Charlton turns 99.

Sam a very big favourite No straights or flushes.

Turn Js

River 4 h and Sam takes out a mighty pot.

Sammy "the Mouth" Khouiss a formidable Australian and WSOP player is now chip leader in a commanding position.

8th - Charlton Thorn - $2,471

17:48
Peter is playing 'all-in or fold'. Yet to be called, but just a matter of time?

17:49
Jereme raises 25k more from the small blind and Sam calls from the big blind. The flop comes AT5, all hearts, and Jerome moves all in for about 60k. Sam says he has no heart so cannot call. Jerome shows the Ace of Spades.

18:10
Roman dealer Peter SB 6K Greg BB 12k
Sam raises to 25K
all fold and Sam shows As8S
Peter Dealer, Greg SB 6K, jeremy BB 12K
Ken bets 25K and all fold.
Greg D, Jeremy SB, Sam BB
Greg all in and all fold for 45K
Jeremy D, Sam SBH, Ken BB
Jeremy calls. Flop 2s 9h 4s
All check
Turn `10S Ken bets 15K; Jeremy raises to 30K and Ken folds.
Sam D, Ken SB, Steve BB.
Sam raises to 30K. No callers and Sam shows AQ
Steve D, Roman SB, Peter BB
GHreg all in 56K all fold
Greg builds up to 74K badly needed chips.
Roman D, Peter SB 6K, Greg BB 12K
Sam bets 30K, Steve calls and greg folds.
Flop 5h, Ks 10c all check Turn 4d all check
River Ac and Steve bets 50K. Sam folds.


18:14
Greg moves all in from the button (for just under 60k) and Kim makes the call. Greg turns over 99 but Kim has TT. The tens hold up and Greg is eliminated.

7th - Greg Cook - $3,145

18:14
Blinds to 8000/16000.

18:17
Jerome, Sam and Roman see a flop of J92, all clubs. They check the flop and the turn comes 8s. Jerome bets 25k and Sam moves all in. Roman folds and Jerome calls the remainder of his stack with Js5s for top pair, but Sam turns over Td7d for the straight.

6th - Jerome Ezekiel - $4,043

18:32
Sam D, Ken SB 8K, Steve BB 16K Ken plays Turn 10d, 4d, 8d Steve bets 20K and Ken folds Ken D, Steve SB, Roman BB Sam raises 45K, Roman allin 150K and Sam folds. Sam shows K9H and Roman turns over AA Steve D, Peter BB Sam raises 45K Peter folds and Sam shows As. Roman D, Peter sb Sam BB 16K Sam bets 40K Roman raises to 100K plus all in. Sam calls. Flop Qs 10d K Sam shows Kd Jh and Roman JQh Turn 2h and river 6c and Roman is out Sam is now in a commanding lead with 700K plus (table 1.385 M) With Sam's experience, position and chip lead he is unbackable BUT ???

18:36
Chip counts; Sam - 750k Kim - 160k Steve - 230k Peter - 240k

18:40
Sam raises to 32k and Peter calls. The flop comes 5 T 3 rainbow, Sam bets 30k and Peter calls. The turn is a T. Sam checks and Peter checks behind. Sam checks again on the river 6 and Peter pushes all in. Sam calls with KK, but Peter turns over 47. Gutshot on the river.

18:52
Big hand here and first time Sam has hit a bad streak. But not crippling.

Sam D Kim SB 10K Steve BB 20K
Sam raises 60K Steve raises all in 100K plus. Sam calls.

Steve shows As 9C
Sam shows 8c 10d
Flop 3c 3h 5h No help
Turn 7c
River 2h
And Steve holds up for a 340K pot.



19:03
The board is T J 7 9. Sam bets 20k and Peter calls. The river comes a repeat 9 and Sam bets again. Peter folds and Sam shows an 8 for the straight.

19:08
Peter raises to 80k and Sam moves all in for 242k more. Peter thinks for a minute and makes the call. Sam AQ Peter A6 "You called me with A6?" Sam asks. "It's not even suited!" The flop comes 2 6 7 all hearts. Not only did Peter hit is three outter, but he has the Ace of Hearts as well. Sam needs a Queen but doesn't hit it. Unlucky Sam. 4th - Sam Khouiss - $6,065

19:27
Kim SB 15K and Steve 30K; Peter raises 80K and takes the blinds Steve 15K SB and Peter 30K BB
Kim Calls
Flop 3s 8c Ah and Kimm bets 60K. Steve fiolds.

Peter SB and Ken BB
Steve bets 80K and Peter raises 160K, Steve folds.

Kim SB 15K and Steve BB 30K Kim 100K and Steve goes all in. Kim shows 10d As and Steve shows Ac Qd Flop comes Ad 4c 5c Turn 7s River 6h and Steve's Q holds up for a 230K Pot and Steve is back in the game.

19:29
Peter moves all in and Steve calls off his 220k stack. Peter has A5 and Steve has him dominated with A7. This time the dominating hand winds and Steve doubles through.

19:41
There has been a lot of blind stealing for the last few hands til the decider. Steve 40K and Peter 80K
Steve goes all in and Peter calls. Peter shows AcKh and Steve A6d. Flop 6h 6d and Jh Turn is 3c River Kd and Steve is out leaving HU Kim and Peter. 3rd - Steve Buuya - $8,087

19:45
A few hands into the headsup battle and Peter moves all in, having Kim well covered. Kim calls with Ad4d and Peter turns over Th7h. The flop brings a 7, and the turn a T so seal Kim's fate. Unlucky Kim. 2nd - Kim Ueule - $12,579 Congratulations to Peter Astrul! ($18,860) Since the prize pool still has the outstanding $1,797 from 9th place, we guess official results may change.

Peter Astrul

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