888PL Grand Final - Live reporting.

[Brett Kay]

Mark moves up the counts
With a shortstack on the table Mark Krunchie74 Kroehn pushes all in and is called down by the big blind of Peter Solm.

Krunchie revels the [5c 6h] and Peter reveals the [js 7s]

The board runs out [2s 8c qs 5h kh]
And krunchie fades a lot of outs to take down the 75k pot.

[Brett Kay]

Krunchie Knocked out
After doubling up the previous hand, Krunchie moves all in for his stack, and is called down by Paul Wright.

Krunchie reveals the [4d 4h] and Paul Wright reveals the [kd kh]. Can the cowboys hold up?

the board runs out [9h jh 6c 5h 7h] with Pauls King High flush beating Krunchies 4 high flush.

Mark Kroehn is out in 16th Position for $1100. The next player out will receive $1550.

[Brett Kay]

All ins on Both Tables
On the feature table Nicole Dilaveris calls the all in bet of Nigel Robertson.
Nicole: [qd 10h]
Nigel: [qs jh]

the board runs out [6d 8d 7c jc 7s] giving outs to both players but Nigel getting the better and doubling up

On the other table.
Jack Baird pushes all in and is called down by Peter Solm.

Jack: [Ah Qh]
Peter: [6c 6h]

The window card on the flop makes it difficult to Jack to improve with the [6s] being there along with the [3s jh] needing runner runner to take it down, the turn and river bring the [4s 3h] and we lose Jack Baird.

Jack Baird out in 15th position for $1550.

[Brett Kay]

Dilaveris takes a bit out of Bailey

On a board reading [4h 8c 8d] Dilaveris checks to Bailey, Bailey bets 100k. Dilaveris after a short moment reraises to 200k.

Bailey takes a minute but decides to fold.

Dilaveris then flashed the [8s] and takes the chips to push her stack over 400k.

[Brett Kay]

Bailey Bites Back

Gary Bailey pushes all in preflop, Tom "Nitro" Jenkins called.
The cards revealed are:

Gary: [7c 7h]
Nitro: [Ad ks]

Nitro is looking for some help from the gods, however the board does not oblige.
Coming out [3s 9d 8s 4h 10h]

Gary Bailey pushes his stack over 500k, whilst Nitro drops down to 200k.

Tales from the felt
Tom Nitro Jenkins, started yesterday on the feature table. He managed to knock out Warnie along the way as well as Aaron Kleemann our dream team leaderboard winner. However his fortunes have also been up and down through this tournament, at one point dropping to half an average stack. He has built his stack up and lost most of it countless times and has been playing extremely well to get to this position.
Starting on one of the outer tables, he is now back onto the feature table and is hoping to turn that into a final table berth, and definitely is hoping to be crowned champion.



Grant gets back up off the felt

Holding [4c 4h] Grant Scott is all in and has been called by Nigel Robertson. Nigel turns over the [Ah Jh] and needs some help to improve. The board runs out [5c 8h 10c 2h 5h] to give Grant a much needed double up, and Nigel takes a slight hit to his stack.

[Brett Kay]

Brother Vs Brother
Gary Bailey and Steven Bailey tangled together, getting it all in Preflop.

Gary with the bigger stack revealed [As ks] whilst Steven was at risk with [7s 7h]. However family harmony survived intact with the board coming out.

[2d 8c 5h 5d 10s] and Steven doubles up to 330k

Table Counts and Players
Feature Table.
1 540000 Matt Ralph
2
3 430000 Gary Bailey
4 230000 Tom Jenkins
5
6 480000 Nicole Dilaveris
7 70000 Nigel Robertson
8 110000 Grant Scott
9 330000 Steven Bailey

Table 2
Table 2
1 480000 Peter Solm
2
3 170000 Paul Wright
5 897000 Phillip Ellsworth
6 320000 Graham Powell
7 410000 Tim Bredl
8 260000 Wilson Burridge
9 185000 Maureen Trudgeon

[Brett Kay]

Nigel No More

Gary Bailey shoved pre flop and Nigel Robertson was willing to take the gamble for his tournament life with [Kh 7c], Gary was ahead with the [Ks Qs]. Nigels joy was shortlived on the flop [Kc 7d Qh] when he realised his opponent also flopped two pair.

The board bricked with the [4h 8c] sending Nigel Robertson out in 14th position with a $1550 cash

Grant Gone

Grant Scott has just been eliminated. After getting all the money in preflop Grant turned over the [ad 10c] and Matt Ralph revealed the [ah qc] to be ahead in the race stakes.

the board came down [3s 8d ks 5d qs] to knock out Grant and to improve the quiet Matt. m

Grant Scott out in 13th position with a $1550 payday.

Trudgeon takes a tumble
Maureen Trudgeon has staked her tournament on the line with [Ks Jd] on a board showing [kd tc 6c kc] Paul Wright called her down and showed the [3c 4c] for the flush

Needing the board to repeat or pair with her jack, it was not to be with the [qh] coming down on the river.

Maureen Trudgeon is out in 12th spot for $1950. The Trudgeon family had 3 players representing and it was good to see one of them go so deep.

However with Maureen just eliminated it means out Last female standing is Nicole Dilaveris, who won her ticket on the Friday Night Frenzy tournament. Congratulations to Nicole.

Burridge Bowled out
Wilson Burridge put his tournament on the line and was called down by Tim Bredl.

Wilson was thinking he was ahead with the [jc jd] however he was shocked when Tim rolled over the [Ah As]. Needing some help from the board. The board came down [2h 8s 2c 9s qs] and Wilson has been sent to the rail in 11th position with 1950 to his name.

Tales from the Felt

Wilson qualified in Tasmania in one of the buy in satellite events. However he was a little worried about getting to play in this event as he works in Newcastle. Once the travel had been organised, Wilson had to catch two planes leaving Newcastle at 6am on Friday morning. After getting to Adelaide he was trying to find out which other Tasmanians were flying the flag, and caught up with them at the Friday Night Players Party after having a much needed rest and relaxation at the Hotel.

To get this far in the tournament and to do so well, Congratulations Wilson, you are our unofficial longest lasting New South Wales Participant .

[Brett Kay]

And with that amount of action in the last 20 minutes. We are now down to the unofficial final table of 10 players.

Poker players are now on a half hour tea break. Once the reseating and the cards are back in the air, we will start reporting on it again.

So the players still remaining are:

Matt Ralph
Gary Bailey
Tom Jenkins
Nicole Dilaveris
Steven Bailey
Peter Solm
Paul Wright
Phillip Ellsworth
Graham Powell
Tim Bredl

We will update their chip counts shortly.

[Brett Kay]

Who will be champion?

[Brett Kay]

Matt Ralph - 700 000
Gary Bailey - 572 000
Tom Jenkins - 337 000
Nicole Dilaveris - 410 000
Steven Bailey - 389 000
Peter Solm - 486 000
Paul Wright - 255 000
Phillip Ellsworth - 788 000
Graham Powell - 181 000
Tim Bredl - 976 000