Kevin Kelsall
report: 16:06
Hello and welcome to the Limit Hold'em event here at the 2001 Australasian Poker Championships, at Crown Casino, Melbourne, Australia.
The 102 entrants (listed below) commenced play at 12:30 local time.
Burke Les
Bugiera Jenny
Thornton Lindy
Rodriguez Manuel
Mordaunt Peter
Woolfe Jack
Crossman Dr Bob
Boxell Wendy
Lee Jack
Boulton Phil
Eastwood Ken
Heath Tim
Li Weiping
Taylor Paul
Maver John
Putt Graeme
Gorr David
Juczenko Eugene
Horowitz Alex
Argyros Bill
Rowley Darren
Hull Brian
Gale Paul
Szetho David
Newton Chris
Ostoja Anton
Lang Ken
Hansen Ulf
Maitland John
Cuscheri Charles
Madaffari John
Cowan Tony
Bainbridge Tony
Csalleny Adam
Butler Tom
Hart Neville
Matherson Glenn
Homann John
Homann Andrew
Jones Larry
Daly Peter
Boynton Bruce
Holmes Peter
Sommerville Steve
Georgoulas Nick
Sclavos Eric
Korman Sam
Nelson Lee
Wylie John
Bobbin Ian
Ivin Mike
Horowitz Abram
Morrison Kirk
Marcos Micheal
Kane Di
Motherwell Tom
Hachem Joe
Meissner Joe
Boxell Leo
Farley Ken
Ascenzio Nino
Benson Gary
Khouiss Sam
Astroshenko Toby
Schwerdt Eddie
Kramer Vic
Humunicki Joe
Comer Mike
Smyth Bart
Coltman Dane
Potter James
Selby Peter
Dyson Rod
Bugiera Wes
Stanton Mick
Samia Joe
Cleal Simon
Holmes Richard
Grant Tony
Moro Vince
Riach Bill
Kelsall Kevin
McMahon Magaret
Fitt Gerard
Hatzis David
Berenger Maureen
Pinder Paul
Stoevski Dusan
Gallichio Vince
Humunicki Doris
Potts Bill
Alcock Damon
Dalessandri John
Coe Stella
Sahinkaya Taskin
Ward Gary
Tomeny Micheal
Joe Poljak
Khouiss Kevin
Frydman Micheal
Wise Steve
Ryan Micheal
16:14 The chip leaders at this early stage are:
Manny Rodriguez - 13K
John Homann - 11K
John Maitland - 11K
Mike Ivin - 10K
16:31 The live games are hotting up as players are eliminated from the tournament.
Currently in the Poker Room are:
Dealers Choice, Pot Limit, Omaha/Omaha Hi Lo/Holdem
20/40 Hold'em
6/12 Hold'em
4/8 Hold'em
5/10 Draw Half Pot
3 Card $5 Manila
$2 Manila
16:39 30 Players remain.Chip leaders are now:
Tony Grant - 19K
Ken Eastwood - 16K
Peter Daly - 13K
Manuel Rodriguez - 12K
16:59 24 players remain, with Di Kane the last female in.
17:10 Di Kane exits the field, in 23rd place, and the players will soon stop for a meal break.
17:16 Leo Boxell departs in 22nd place. One more player to go then the tables will break to two.
17:20 5 minutes left at this level. Next level will be 500/1000.
17:28 Total prize pool for today's event is $36720.
17:35 Chip leader is now a battle between Ken Eastwood & Manual Rodriguez both with approximately 20K.
17:49 Steve Wise from Sydney goes all in ...
17:51 ... and Steve exits the tournament in eighteenth place. Good effort Steve.
17:55 The blinds have now increased to 700/1400.
Sixteen players still battling it out for the Australasian Hold'em Championship.
18:03 Chip leader is now Adam Csalleny from Minnosota, USA, holding approximately 40K.
18:05 Kiwi G goes all in and survives with AK.
18:17 Kiwi G exits in 14th place.
18:18 Remaining players holding approximately:
TABLE 1
Ken Eastwood - 18K
Darren Rowley -2K
Manny Rodrigues - 8K
John Homann – 14K
Kevin Kelsall – 10K
Dane Coltman – 5K
John Maitland – 14K
TABLE 2
Nick Georgoulas – 25K
Mike Ivin – 15K
Peter Daley – 7K
John Maver – 13K
Adam Csalleny – 30K
David Gore – 20K
Tony Grant – 6K
18:18 Short stacked Darren Rowley exits.
18:19 Tony Grant all in for 5K pocket 10's. Adam Csalleny had pocket 4's. A 4 came on the river.
18:23 12 to go. When we get to 10 we'll break to one table and the remaining players will be in the cash.
18:29 Blinds in the Championship event are now at 1000/2000.
18:31 John Maver takes out Peter Daly in 12th spot.
18:36 Manny Rodrigues goes all in with pocket rockets...
18:36 ...and Manny survives to fight another battle.
18:42 David Gorr has just been eliminated in 11th position.
18:44 Play has now stopped and we are breaking to one table.
Seating, players, and hold amounts to follow shortly...
Also, updates will be more detailed from now. Players will return at 7:15pm local time.
18:55
Seat 1 - John Maitland - Victoria - 34.8K
Seat 2 - Mike Ivin - New South Wales - 46.9K
Seat 3 - Nick Georgoulas - Victoria - 19.2K
Seat 4 - John Maver - Victoria - 11.2K
Seat 5 - Kevin Kelsall - South Australia - 11.7K
Seat 6 - Adam Csalleny - USA - 47.3K
Seat 7 - John Homann - Victoria - 9.0K
Seat 8 - Dane Coltman - ACT - 1.9K
Seat 9 - Ken Eastwood - Victoria - 17.6K
Seat 10 - Manny Rodrigues - Victoria - 4.2K
All players from this point on will finish in the money.
19:29 Welcome back.
19:31 All in player on the first hand, Dane Coltman, for 1.9K. Dane holds A,10. The flop comes 2h, 10c, Jd.
No improvement on the Turn and River.
Kevin Kelsall rolls A, Q to win the side pot with no pair Ace high. Dane stays alive with his pair of 10's.
19:36 John Homann goes all in with A,K against Adam Csalleny and his A,J. The board reads 4h, 2h, Jc, 8s, 5d.
John leaves in 10th place with $734 prizemoney. Well done John.
19:38 John Maver goes all in...
19:41 John holds a pair of 5's, against Kevin Kelsall's pocket rockets. The board reveals Ks, Qs, 4s, 4h, 2d to give the pot to Kevin and 9th place to John Maver.
Congratulations John. John collects prize money of $1102.
19:45 Manny goes all in....
19:49 Manny Rodrigues goes all in for 7.2K against Kevin Kelsall. The flop comes down: 2, 7, 10. Manny rolls A, 5 offsuit. Kevin shows K,Q. The Turn is a K, the River a 3.
Manny is out in 8th place with prize money of $1469.
Well done Manny.
19:50 Kevin Kelsall claims another scalp.
19:52 Kevin's pair of 10's is too good for Ken Eastwood's K, 10. No joy on the board of 4, A, 8, J, 2.
The 15K pot goes to Kevin and 7th position and prizemoney of $1836 goes to Ken. Congratulations Ken.
19:55 Next hand...Dane Coltman all in for 8.4, against Adam Csalleny from the USA. Dane holds Qs, 6d. Adam has 5s, 7c. The board reads 8d, 7h, 7d, 10c, Ah. Adam's trip 7's ousts Dane in 6th place. Dane collects prizemoney of $2203.
Great effort, Dane.
19:58 Adam Csalleny is chip leader with approximately 70K.
20:00 Chip trailer is Mike Ivin with approximately 6K.
20:01 Mike Ivin goes all in for 6K...
20:03 Mike holds Kc, 9c against Kevin Kelsall's As, Js.
The board delivers 10h, Jc, 3c, 9h, Ad to crush Mike and deliver the pot again to Kevin. Mike collects $2570 for 5th place. Well done Mike.
20:06 John Maitland raises 6K against Adam Csalleny's 4d,5h. The board comes 7d, 6h, 6c, 8h, 9h to deliver a straight and the 36K pot to Adam.
20:08 Same two players...
20:09 Adam Csalleny bets on the river, John Maitland goes all in. The pot holds 50K. The board reads 4s, Ah, Qs, 6c, 5c. Adam folds, and John picks up the very healthy pot.
20:10 Chip leader is now Kevin Kelsall.
20:12 Kevin and Nick Georgoulas go head to head for a 15K pot putting Nick all-in. The board reads Ad, 5d, Qd, Qc, 9d. Nick's As, 5c, crumbles against Kevin's Jd, Js, and Nick leaves the tournament in 4th place with $2938 to console himself with. Terrific effort Nick.
20:13 Blinds have now risen to 2.5K/5.0K.
20:18 Kevin Kelsall has just picked up a mammoth 110K pot with a pair of 10's against John Maitland. The chip count for the three remaining players:
Adam Csalleny - USA - 65K
Kevin Kelsall - South Australia - 124K
John Maitland - Victoria - 13K
20:19 Kevin the Terminator does it again, to pump up his table stakes to 160K with another win, this time over Adam Csalleny.
20:21 John Maitland the chip trailer with 2.5K and a prayer.
20:21 Adam Csalleny now holds just over 20K.
20:22 "Crow Eater", Kevin Kelsall does South Australia proud by screaming ahead with 180K+ in chips.
20:25 John Maitland, the last remaining Victorian, goes all in for 2.5K holding Jh, 2s against Kevin Kelsall's Js, 10h. The board comes down 7s, As, 6d, 8c, Qd.
Kevin claims the 7.5K pot and John picks up 3rd place prizemoney of $3672. Congratulations John, a brave attempt.
20:26 Now...the BIG question... will the Australasian Hold'em Championships go interstate or off-shore???
20:29 The play has slowed down now with the blind-only pots oscillating between the two players. IT'S GETTING SERIOUS !!!
20:35 50K pot. Adam holds 9s, 4h. Kevin has Jd, 5d.
The board comes down Kd, 5s, 2s, 6h, 6d. Kevin stands firm with his two pair.
20:37 Chips stacks now:
Adam Csalleny - Minneapolis, USA - 12K
Kevin - South Australia - 192K
20:38 Adam goes all in. The 24K pot goes to Adam to double his chip stack.
20:39 The blinds have now increased to 3.5K/7K.
20:42 Adam inching back - now holding 53K.
20:48 As the 19 year old Yank gains ground, the mood here is changing...will calculating Kev be able to outwit Adam before it's too late?
20:48 We're holding our collective breath.
20:49 OH MY GOD !
20:50 The pot was 90K.
20:50 Adam was BLUFFING.
20:51 Adam folds leaving his chips depleted to 7.5K.
20:51 Next hand...
20:53 Adam goes all in with 7.5K holding As, 3h. Kevin shows Qc, 7h. The board rolls down 10s, 9h, 10c, 7c, 9c.
Adam lives again with two pairs with an Ace and collects the 15K pot.
20:54 Next hand !!!!
20:55 Adam hides 6s, 8s. Kevin does similarly with 9d, 10c. The board says it all - 3c, 2h, 6c, 6d, 5s. Trip 6's to the kid.
20:57 Adam picks up the next 60K pot. Chip stacks now at:
Adam - 60K, Kelvin - 144K
20:57 Just a reminder... 1st place - $12852, 2nd place - $7344
21:01 Adam goes all in ...
21:05 Adam holding Jc, 8d. Kevin has 10s, Kd.The flop comes down 3c, 2h, Kc. Adam all in, the pot now 44K. Kevin in front... The Turn shows Ac The River 7c....ADAM PICKS UP A FLUSH ON THE LAST CARD (and there's a collective sigh of despair from the crowd).
21:07 Here we go again....
21:08 Adam goes all in holding Ad, 3h.
21:08 Kevin holds Ks, 8d.
21:08 The pot stands at 70K.
21:13 The board sets it in stone...7s, 6c, 8h, 4c, Kh.
IT'S ALL OVER (Phew!!)
Kevin's two pairs K's over 8's cements his fate.
Adam Csalleny, from the USA, collects 2nd place prize money of $7344.
Kevin Kelsall, from South Australia, can eat all the crows he can buy for $12852, now that he's the Australasian Hold'em Champion for 2001.
Congratulations gentlemen, a fine display.
Day 1 of the Australasian Poker Championships at CROWN Casino in Melbourne,
One hundred and two players paid the AUD $400 entry fee to play the opening event Limit Holdem on Sunday the 19th of August. Keith Sloan Poker Operations Manager proudly announced, “a record entry “ for the event. Cards were in the air at 12:32 pm as we all got down to it. It was a fairly typical wintry day outside for Melbourne at this time of the year, but inside in the card room no-one much cared – there was money to be won.
The room currently has 16 tables but should soon be expanding its area to accommodate the next two Championships which will be held in January from now on – I can assure you a much more pleasant time of the year to see Melbourne. The main events for the next two championships will be a $5000 NLHE and in 2002 a $10,000 buy-in NLHE event, many European players already booking spots for the 2002 event.
Today though just a friendly Limit Holdem Tournament to get us underway.
The story of the day seems to involve Americans ( nearly always happens on the first day ). For those of you who know Kirk Morrison, he seems to have picked himself a roving the world poker playing role. Finding himself in Minnesota recently he befriended a youngster called Adam Csalleny. Adam, a computer science astro-physics (sp?) student, made the trip to Melbourne as Kirk’s protege (his words). Adam, only 19, by my reckoning can’t have played much Casino poker let alone Tournament poker in the US - if I had known this before the tournament I would have attempted to get some money on at any odds to get to he final table.
Well if you have read the results or report you will know he came second, but you had to be there to see the hands. The most stand-out one I witnessed was second or third hand on the final table. Adam in small blind 1K, made 4K by John Maitland about 3rd to speak, folded to Adam who makes it 3bets, BB folds, John reraises Adam calls 10K in pot. Flop 5 4 7 rainbow John bets Adam calls.. Turn 8 John bets Adam calls last card 6 Adam bets, the straight on the board, John calls, Adam flips up 9 10 offsuit nut straight.
Probably the other story of the day was John coming back from this to finish third a very creditable result.
Just a word about the eventual winner Kevin Kelsall from Adelaide in South Australia. Kevin mentioned afterwards that this was his first tournament victory at CROWN and seriously you would be hard pressed to find a more genuine and deserving character than Kevin (has Poker ability too) and I congratulate him on the win.
Draw poker half-pot today, not for me (realised that although I’d been playing this since I was five I had NO idea what I was doing) I’ll be trying to find some pickings in the live games.
All the Best
THE BARRACUDA ( Chris Newton )
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