Official S2 2009 Live Reporting Thread.

[Brett Kay]

Ozbiricik Overs


In a 3 way all in, a huge pot developed on the feature table. Deb Desira, Jason Richards, and Bahri Ozbiricik all rolled over the cards. Jason Richards had the [10h 10s] and was in front of Deb with [10c ks] and Bahri with [ah kh]

The flop bought [jh 7h 2c] Giving Bahri a flush draw and still the two overs. The turn bought the [kc] and the river [qd] didn't give any miracle cards to Deb or Jason.

[Brett Kay]

Dillon Delivers

Patrick Dillon pre flop all in is called by Nicole Dilaveris. The cards are revealed to show Patrick [ad ks] well in front [ac 4c] with the board running out 10x 9x 9x 5x there were a lot of cards for a chop. However the [as] on the river gives Patrick the better kicker in the battle of the two pairs. Giving him a boost to 23k in chips.

[Brett Kay]

Bailey Boosts
Nicole Dilaveris and James Bailey get all their chips in on a flop of [8c 7d 9s]. When the cards are exposed, Nicole is behind with her [ad ks] to James [jh js]. The board brings the [10d] on the turn giving James the straight. Hoping for a chop on the river, the board doesn't deliver bringing the [4d]

Bailey boosts his stack whilst Nicole is left with a few chips.

[Brett Kay]

Feature Table Fun

In a 3 way all in pot. Nicole Dilaveris and Steven Lee have put their tournament lives on the line being called by James Bailey.

The cards are rolled over to reveal Nicole's [qs 10h] vs Steven's [ks kd] very much being the [ah ac] being held by James.

The board runs out [qh 2d 9c 10s 5d] to give Nicole the 20k main pot with 2 pair. And to eliminate Steven from the tournament whilst James takes down the 50k side pot.

[Brett Kay]

Kirsh Knocked Out.
Bahri Ozbiricik calls the preflop all in of Aaron Kirsh. The cards are shown with Bahri [Ac Ad] way ahead of Aaron's [Jc Kd]. The board runs out [6s 7d 9c 10s 10c]. Aaron Kirsh is knocked out. Whilst Bahri is left to stack up another 20k

[Brett Kay]

Aces with the Shortstack
Kerry Price moves all in for her last 2k and is called by Barhi O The big stack at the feature table. Kerry rolls over the Ah Ac and Barhi shows the Kh 7s. The Ks on the flop gives Barhi some outs. The Kd on the turn gives him a big lead in the hand. and the river bricks to eliminate another player.

[Brett Kay]

Aces Cracked pt 2
Patrick Dillon puts his chips in the middle against Barhi O. Both players have a hand with Barhi table the [qc qh] and Patrick ahead with the [ah ad]. The flop bought some trouble with [10d jc 9s] the turn bought the [8c] to really hurt and to give Barhi and insurmountable lead in the hand. The river bricks out and we lose Patrick.

[Brett Kay]

Dinner Break
2 minutes to the dinner break. So another 45 minute break ahead. The bounty event has just come back from a break with a lot of white bounty hats still in the field. A lot of money is left there for those that are willing to risk the payoff.

[Brett Kay]

Back into the room

4 minutes left in the break. 74 players left in the 888pl Grand final. The cards will be back in the air soon.

[Brett Kay]

Aces not Cracked

In a big pot. 2 all ins were called by the big stack of Maitanga Tuifua. The at risk players were Jason Holiday and Paola Williams. Jason was calm when he showed the [ah ad] whilst Maitanga had a chance to crack with his own pair of [9c 9h] and Paola was in trouble holding the [as 7s]

The board ran out [js jd qd 5c jh] to give Jason the higher full house and stay in the tournament. Whilst Paola Williams was left to wonder what could have been.