$2,700 Main Event [Day 3]
Structure Chip counts Prizepool
Photo Gallery Players Left: 1 out of 269
"Champion Michael 'ITSOVER9000' Egan"
August 30, 2010
Congratulations to Michael Egan, Winner of the $2,700 Main Event ($160,700)!
We have seen some fantastic poker at the 2010 Victorian Poker Championships, but unfortunately - or fortunately depending on how you look at it - the final tournament has come to a close with Michael Egan being crowned champion of the $2,700 Main Event!On Saturday, 269 players formed one of the most highly skilled and talented fields the Crown Poker Room has seen this year. Old-school veterans, online phenoms, tournament junkies and everyday amateurs from around the country sat down to emulate the feats of previous champions Albert Amato, Jay Kinkade, Graeme Putt and Mike Ivin.
Only half of the above mentioned players took to the felt, and sadly were unable to make it past the first day along with the likes of Michael Guzzardi, Joel Dodds, Peter Aristidou, Leo Boxell, Tyron Krost, Simon Watt and Brendon Rubie as Martin Comer lead the 97 player field into day two.
Like most penultimate days of a Main Event, the action was hot and heavy as elimination after elimination graced the PokerNetwork blog as the likes of James Obst, Jonathan Karamalikis, Benn Skender, Billy Argyros and Joe Hachem all bundled out shy of the money. Unluckily for Jason Mann, he would be the one to fall agonisingly shy of the min-cash when he was ordained with the title of bubble boy.
From there players such as Mitchell Carle (27th), Chris Evans (26th), Peter Peeters (23rd), Trung Tran (21st), Ricky Kroesen (18th), Andrew Demetriou (17th), Sean Keeton (16th), John Dalessandri (14th) and Grant Levy (12th) all padded their wallets, but were unable to spike a place in the final ten as play halted for the night with Comer again topping the field with hopes of going wire-to-wire to capture the $160,700 first prize.
A true old-school veteran of the game, Comer was joined by Antonis Kambouroglou and David Gorr while the young guns of Jackson Zheng, Michael Egan and Josh Barrett looked to spike the victory for the online brigade.
Zheng however would stand behind the rail first before Mishel Anunu joined him. Local players Cliff Lee and Gorr, along with Michel Bouskila, would each suffer their ill-fate eliminations at the hands of Egan, but it would be Comer that still held onto the chip lead tightly. He would release the lead only slightly before eliminating fellow old-schooler Kambouroglou to hold over forty percent of the chips.
Comer would then gift youngster Barrett with the lead - and nearly half the chips in play - following a double up, before seeing the rest of his stack shipped over to him just a few hands later. Short-stack ninja Karib Karib was unable to pull another miracle from his hat as he exited in third to leave online guns Barrett and Egan to battle it out.
With Barrett holding a slight four-to-three advantage, he pushed that out even further with some aggressive early heads up play before Egan managed to fight back and then double when his pocket nines held true. Barrett slid further behind - eventually down to a near six-to-one deficit - only to double and then chip up to snatch the lead back. Barrett however would return to that deficit when his dominated ace failed to improve, and just several hands later would see his tournament come to an end against Egan's favourite
.Congratulations to Michael 'ITSOVER9000' Egan who managed to best a small, but high calibre field after displaying a mix of aggression, patience and determination to capture the $160,700 first prize, large coveted trophy and title of 2010 Victorian Poker Championships Main Event Champion!
Thank you for following the PokerNetwork coverage of the 2010 Victorian Poker Championships, and if you can't help but get your tournament fix, PokerNetwork will be providing the exclusive coverage of the upcoming Sydney Poker Championships from September 7th - 12th.
Until then . . . may your Aces greet Kings . . . flushes best straights . . . and triple barrel bluffs go uncalled!
"Josh Barrett - 2nd Place"
August 30, 2010
Josh Barrett Eliminated in 2nd Place ($114,300); Michael Egan Wins!
It's all over as Michael 'ITSOVER9000' Egan is the 2010 Victorian Poker Championships Main Event Champion!The final hand saw Egan move all in from the button with Josh Barrett making the call in the big blind for his last 850,000.
Barrett opened
and Egan showed his favourite hand - . Of course earlier in the tournament, Egan managed to get away with a chopped pot after making a move with the very same hand. This time however, Egan connected with the board as it ran out 
.Josh Barrett put up a great fight on this final table and should be well satisfied with his second place finish, good for a tidy $114,300.
Barrett Crippled
A huge pot has just unfolded to leave Michael Egan in a commanding position to take down this tournament.Josh Barrett opened to 200,000 before Egan made it 475,000 to go. Barrett responded by quickly moving all in and Egan was happy to call.
Barrett:
Egan:
The board landed
to give Egan a huge double up to 5.8 million, leaving Barrett with just 900,000 chips.
Two Pair for Barrett
. . . And we're back!Both players committed 200,000 preflop before a
flop was checked down before Josh Barrett fired out 300,000.Michael Egan made the call, only to muck at the sight of Barrett's
as Barrett surged to 3,850,000 in chips - about 1,000,000 ahead of Egan.
Small Break
Both players are taking a quick bathroom break.Egan Folds Flush
Michael Egan opened to 200,000 from the button and Josh Barrett made the call to see the flop fall.Both players checked as the
landed on the turn, and once Barrett tapped the table once again, Egan fired out 250,000.Barrett made the call, and when the
landed on the river, he slid out a bet of 500,000 to prompt an insta-fold from Egan as he flashed his .The chip counts are virtually back to even!
Barrett Back
Michael Egan raised to 200,000 from the button with Josh Barrett making the call in the big blind. The two players checked the
flop, before the hit the turn. Barrett checked again and Egan fired 250,000. Barrett made the call before both players quickly checked the river.Barrett tabled
for aces and nines for the best hand.
Flop Fold for Barrett
Josh Barrett limped in and Michael Egan bumped it to 250,000 from the big blind.Barrett made the call, but swiftly folded for 210,000 when the
flop fell.
Four-Bet Victory for Egan
Michael Egan opened the button with a 200,000-chip raise only to have Josh Barrett three-bet to 500,000.Looking blankly down at the pot, Egan's head snapped up as he waved his hand in an all you can eat motion while also announcing he was all in.
Barrett disgustedly threw his cards into the muck while slipping back behind with 2,800,000 as Egan returned to the lead with 3,900,000.