Vic Champs Main Event Day 2 - Final Table

22:52
The final table of 7 players is currently being setup. The final table will be webcast on Crown Poker site at about 40mins delay.

23:08
Seat 1: Barry Long - 949,000 Seat 2: Ben Savage - 1,372,000 Seat 3: Steve Buuya - 1,012,000 Seat 4: Chris Wood - 923,000 Seat 5: Michael Frydman - 1,286,000 Seat 6: Kristoffer Evenstad - 1,315,000 Seat 7: David Saab - 1,284,000

23:13
Blinds are 12,000/24000 (4000 ante), average stack is 1,163,000.

23:39
Things quiet to start with, most hands getting folded to whoever raises first. ===== In a battle of the blinds, Steve Buuya limped and Chris Wood checked. Steve bet out 50k on the flop of 9d-6c-7s and Chris called. The turn was a 8s, Steve fired out 50k again and this time Chris raised to 150 total. Steve folded and Chris showed a ten.

23:47
For all those people that don't want to scroll down, here are the final table payouts: 1st: $112,110 2nd: $81,810 3rd: $61,812 4th: $48,480 5th: $39,390 6th: $30,300 7th: $22,725

00:00
Bazza limps from the small blind and Ben checks from the big blind. It's checked all the way down on the board of A-A-5-5-6 ad Barry wins with a Queen. ===== Michael raises to 70k and Kristoffer calls. A-2-3 flops out. Michael bets 85k and Kris calls. The turn is a King, Kris bets 125k and Michael calls. On the 7 river Michael checks, Kristoffer bets 275k and Michael passes. ===== David continues to bet out when it's checked to him, and picking up lots of small pots.

00:05
Steve Buuya raises to 30k, Michael calls, and David Saab pushes all-in from the button. Steve goes all-in for 742,000 and Michael folds. David has 22 and Steve is well ahead with JJ. The board is 7h-Td-4c-6s-Kd and Steve doubles through. He now has almost 1.6 million in chips.

00:09
After doubling up Steve, David has gone all-in on the next two hands. No-one called and he took down the blinds and antes.

00:15
Kristoffer Everstad - 1,800,000 Steve Buuya - 1,590,000 Chris Wood - 1,100,000 Ben Savage - 1,060,000 David Saab - 950,000 Barry Long - 940,000 Michael Frydman - 800,000

00:16
David all-in again...still no one wants to call.

00:39
Ben raises to 85k and gets called by David in the big blind. Flop is Qs-Th-9h, David checks, Ben bets out 160k and David folds. ===== David pushes all-in from the small blind, Barry Long in the big blind shakes his head and folds. ===== Barry limps, so does Ben from the button and Chris checks the big blind. Flop is 7h-4d-9h, Chris checks, Barry bets out 30,000 and Ben and Chris call. Turn is the 3c, Chris bets out 80,000 and Barry and Ben fold. ===== Steve raises to 80k and Michael goes all-in for 585k more. Steve thinks for awhile and then folds.

00:39
13 minutes left at 15k/30k (5k ante)

00:56
Was only a matter of time, but David was finally called. He moved all in again but this time Barry gave the action. To the surprise of Barry, David had a hand, As-Ks. Barry turned over Ah-Th. The Ace-King stayed infront, and Barry's 600k stack is pushed over to David. 7th - Barry Long - $22,725

00:56
Players now on a short break.

01:04
David - 2,104,000 Steve - 1,475,000 Kristoffer - 1,413,000 Ben - 1,200,000 Chris - 1,092,000 Michael - 600,000

01:12
Play about to resume, blinds will be 20,000/40,000 (5,000 ante)

01:21
Kristoffer raises to 155k from UTG+1, David goes all-in (of course), Ben on the button has a think, and pushes all-in himself. Kristoffer and everyone else folds. David has As4s and Ben has JsJd. The flop is 4d-2d-5s, giving David a lot more outs, but the turn and river come 5c-Kc and Ben doubles up to 2.8 million and is the new chip leader. David all-in again next hand....is called by Michael, details soon

01:23
David pushes with his last 600k(ish) and is called by Michael who has just a bit less. David has Kd-8d and Michael As-Qs. Michael wins the pot, with an Ace on the river just for good measure. David is left with about 100k.

01:29
David all-in under-the-gun for 105,000. Michael calls from the small blind, and Kristoffer in the big blind calls without looking at his cards. Michael and Kristoffer check it down - the board is 8c-Ad-8d-6s-5s. David, amazingly, flips over pocket kings. Kristoffer looks at his hand, the first card is a 6c. He does the squeeze....and the second card is an 8! Kristoffer has a full house and eliminates David in 6th place. 6th - David Saab - $30,300

01:37
Ben - 2,800,000 Kristoffer - 1,500,000 Steve - 1,300,000 Chris - 1,000,000 Michael - 950,000

02:03
Chris raises to 100k and Ben calls from the small blind. Flop is 7h-7d-7s, Ben checks, Chris bets 100k and Ben folds. ===== Kristoffer raises to 150k from under-the-gun, Michael reraises to 400k from the big blind and Kristoffer folds. ===== Chris raises to 120k, Michael reraises to 320k. Chris folds and shows an ace.

02:06
The flop comes 6h-8h-4h. Kristoffer bets 125k and everyone else folds. He shows the Kh. =========== Ben raises 100k more and Chris calls. The flop is dealt; Kc-8s-Qc. Chris bes 100k, Ben raises to 250k and Chris folds.

02:13
Chris raises 140,000 under-the-gun and Ben pushes all-in from the small blind. Chris calls and is in trouble with AhJh against Ben's AsKh. The flop is 3d-Kd-2d and Kristoffer jokingly calls for a 4d on the turn, and it comes but a Qc on the river means no split and Chris is out in 5th. 5th - Christopher Wood - $39,390 Ben is now a massive chip leader with 3.7 million (there are just over 8 million chips in play).

02:14
blinds are up to 30,000/60,000 (5,000 ante)

02:20
The flop is 8-9-J. Steve bets 500k and Kristoffer raises all in for 735k more. Steve calls and turns over K-T for an up and down straight draw, but Kristoffer has two pairs, jacks and eights. The turn and river are bricks for Steve and Kristoffer doubles up.

02:32
Steve is down to 300k and goes all-in UTG and is called by Michael. Steve has AhKd, Michael KsJh, the board is Kc-5d-4c-9h-8d and Steve doubles through to 600k.

02:32
Kris raises to 160k from the button and is called by Ben in the small blind. The flop is 8-7-4 all clubs, and Ben bets out 250k. Kristoffer folds and shows the Qc.

02:34
Ben raises to 150k from the button, and Steve goes all-in for 640k in total. Ben counts out the chips, thinks for a bit, and eventually makes the call. The door card on the flop is the Ah, followed by the 4d and Ts. A jack on the turn gives Steve some more outs and he can win with any jack, queen or king. The river is the Td and he is eliminated in 4th place. 4th - Steve Buuya - $48,480

02:35
Chip counts: Ben - 4,700,000 Michael - 550,000 Kristoffer - 2,800,000

02:55
Kristoffer raises from the button to 200,000 and Ben calls from the small blind, Michael folds. The flop is Qc-4d-Kc, Ben bets out 300,000 and Kristoffer folds showing pocket nines. Ben shows pocket aces. The very next hand, Ben limps from the button, Michael completes the small blind and Kris checks. The flop is Js-7d-6h. Michael pushes all-in for 535,000 and Ben quickly calls. Ben flips over another monster - pocket kings, and Michael is in bad shape with 5s6s. However the turn is another 6 for Michael and he doubles up to over 1 million in chips.

03:00
The flop is Qh-Js-4h. Michael re-raises all in with J7o and Kristoffer calls with QTo. The turn is a King and the river an Ace for Kristoffer to win the pot and eliminate Michael. 3rd - Michael Frydman - $61,812

03:03
Down to headsup. The chips are fairly even, about 4M each.

03:11

03:12
Ben has won the first three hands heads up, he is betting aggressively and Kristoffer is having to fold. Kristoffer raises to 180,000, Ben reraises to 400,000 and Kristoffer calls. Flop is Qd-Ah-5h, Ben bets 300,000 and Kris folds, Ben shows Jh3c. Ben - 5,100,000 Kris - 2,900,000

03:17
Ben raises 300k on top of the blind, Kristoffer raises 1M more, Ben moves all in and Kristoffer calls. Ben: A4 Kris: A8 The board comes Q-5-3-J-9 and Kristoffer doubles up. Chip counts; Ben: 1.8M Kristoffer: 6.2M

03:25
Kristoffer raises to 210,000 and Ben calls. the flop is 6h-4s-3h and both players check. The turn is the 5s and Ben pushes all-in, Kristoffer calls quickly. Ben has Qc6d for top pair and an up and down straight draw, but Kristoffer has Jd2d for the bottom straight. The river is the As and Kristoffer is the champion. Congratulations to Kristoffer (he's only 19) and also to Ben. 1st - Kristoffer Evenstad - $112,110 2nd - Ben Savage - $81,810

03:32


03:35
Not to steal Kristoffer's thunder, but Tournament Director extraordinaire Danny McDonagh predicted the end of the tournament at the dinner break, and was only out by one minute. At the Melb champs, he got it exactly right.

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