Main Event [Day 1b]
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"Chip Leader Ewan Morgan"
January 07, 2009
Day 1b Concludes
It's a wrap from Day 1b of the 2008 Victorian Poker Championships. 207 started but only 84 are going to make day 2 to join the 47 survivors from yesterdays flight.Ewan Morgan will be our likely chip leader with a stack of over 150,000, however Sam Khouiss will be close behind after a late surge. David Borg and Harris Pavlou will also take big stacks into Day 2 play.
Play is going to recommence at 12:10pm tomorrow with the Poker Network team bringing you all the live coverage until we reach a final table of nine.
Late Surges
There have been some late surges in the final minutes of todays play. Jimmy Siu has just eliminated a player holding
up against 
with a final board reading 
. With that pot Siu moves up to 54,000 in chips.Sam Khouiss has also just eliminated a player when his
out-flopped his opponents 
when the board read 
. Khouiss now sits on a healthy 120,000 in chips.
Khouiss Likes Big Slick
The action folded to Leo Boxell in the cutoff who raised to 4,000 before Sam Khouiss moved all in on the button for his entire 100,000 chip stack. The blinds thought for a moment before folding as did Boxell.Khouiss flashed
with several members at the table surprised to see him overbet so huge with that hand."What? You guys don't go all in with ace-king? What planet are you all from?" bantered Khouiss.
"I thought you had aces!" said one player.
"Aces? I haven't seen them in 16 years!" laughed Khouiss as he finished off another drink. "Actually I did see aces three times last night...at the baccarat table!"
Khouiss is enjoying himself as the evening draws to a close as he sits with one of the tournament's biggest stacks.
"Billy Sukkar Loves Cowboys"
January 07, 2009
Sukkar Survives
Billy Sukkar has just doubled to 50,000 when his
survived against his opponents 
.The final board read
sending Sukkar to an above average stack as the day is concluding.
"Tony Hachem Gets a Present"
January 07, 2009
It's Christmas For Hachem
An amazing hand has just developed that ended in Tony Hachem being gifted a pot.On a
flop Hachem put out a bet of 2,200. His opponent then tossed out a yellow 5,000 chip before moving the rest of his stack all in. This action was ruled as a string bet, and since the player didn't verbally announced his intentions, he was held to a call.The turn was a
and Hachem checked to his opponent who again appeared set to move all in but for some reason only slid 3,000 of his remaining 3,600 into the middle, leaving his green 25 denomination chips behind. Hachem made a reluctant call.The river was an
and both players checked. Hachem flipped 
for just a missed straight draw, and his opponent showed 
for just king-high however he then made the fatal mistake of tossing his cards into the muck thinking that Hachem had him beat! Since Hachem had the only live cards he was awarded the pot! He is now in good shape with 40,000 chips.
Lucky Shades Doubles
Tim 'Lucky Shades' Horan has just doubled when he flopped a set of threes holding
against his opponent's .Both players got their whole stack in on the flop of
, and when the turn and river came the 
and 
, Horan doubles to 40,000 in chips.
Marcus Rockets Up Leaderboard
An early position player raised to 2,000 before Van Marcus bumped it up to 6,000 from the small blind. His opponent made the call.They took a flop of
and Marcus fired out 7,000 which was called.The turn was the
and both players checked. The river bricked and Marcus slid 14,000 into the middle. His opponent called but mucked when Marcus showed 
. Marcus is now up to 83,000 chips.
"David Borg"
January 07, 2009
Borg Runs Huge Bluff
David Borg raised preflop to 2,500 and was called by three oppponents as they saw a flop of
. Borg fired out 2,500 and found two callers.The turn was the
and Borg put a healthy bet of 15,000 into the middle and one opponent called.The river landed the
and Borg let go with another barrel worth 20,000. His opponent folded and Borg flipped over ace-high for a huge bluff to take it down. He is now up to 140,000
"Michael "Sticky" Guttman, during the 100k Challenge"
January 07, 2009
Sticky Unstuck
Michael Guttman has been eliminated after putting his last 2,900 in the middle preflop with
but ran into .The board fell
sending Guttman home.