Tom Motherwell (1st)
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Tom's Cards
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Lee Nelson (2nd),
Tom Motherwell (1st)
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Lee's Cards
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AUSTRALASIAN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2000
EVENT #3: LIMIT 7 CARD STUD
Number of players 77
Chips in play 154,000
Levels increase every 45 minutes
Prizepool $27,720
1st $9,702
2nd $5,544
3rd $3,326
4th $2,772
5th $2,218
6th $1,663
7th $1,386
8th $1,109
4 ladies
3pm update
62 players remaining.
Chip Leaders:
Arnold Lindsay 5.0
Steve Smith 5.0
Mark Jones 5.0
4pm Update:
59 players remaining.
2 ladies still in Joan Allen and Lynette Marino.
Chip Leaders:
Mark Jones 7.0
Stephen Smith 7.0
Eugene Juczenko 5.0
Paul Taylor 5.0
5pm Update:
28 players remaining.
Joan Allen the only female representative remaining
Sam Debrincat 13.0
Kirk Morrison 10.0
Gary Benson 8.5
Mark Jones 8.0
Lee Nelson 8.0
Limit's have just gone to 100 Ante, 200 L/Card, 500/1000. Four tables remaining...
Joe Meissner was out in 18th place.
6pm update:
Down to 16 players.
Current Chip Leaders:
Tom Motherwell 23.0
Lee Nelson 18.0
Gary Benson 16.0
Jack Panagiotou 13.0
Charles Cuschieri 12.0
Levels have increased to Antes 200, L/Card 400, Limits 1000/2000.
Joan Allen still keeping up with the boys
Down to 2 tables...........GAMES ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!
6:18 PM
Cards are in the air.
We started today with 77 players and now we're down to the finest 16.
We have two Gold Bracelet winners (World Series Event) still in the field, Gary Benson 1996, and Kirk Morrison 1998.
6:30 PM
Jamil has gone all-in against Charles on table 2.
No pair showing for either player...
Jamil has no improvement....a pair of 8's.
Charles shows a pair of K's.
Jamil Dia leaves us in 15th position.....
6:37 PM
Arnold Lindsay from New zealand goes all-in against Tom Motherwell.
Arnold's k's and 2's not good enough for Tom's Straight to the eight. Arnold , one of the loveliest gentlemen of poker stands and immediately shakes Tom's hand.
6:41 PM
On table one, Kirk Morrison goes all-in for his final 500 against Lee Nelson.
Kirk's pair of K's not strong enough for Lee's trip Q's.
Kirk found it hard to put Lee on trip Q's having one Q in the hole....
Kirk finished in 13th place
6:44 PM
Twelve players remaining.
Vic Thornton from A.C.T. all-in for his final 700 against Joan Allen.
Vic ends up with a pair of 7's, not good enough for Joan's Jacks. Vic finishes in 12th place.
6:46 PM
Kevin Khouiss has two pair showing and goes all-in.....against Jack Lee.
Jack rolls over his third King to put Kevin from Sydney out in 11th spot.
6:51 PM
Steve Wise has gone is for his final 800 against Keith Found and Tom Motherwell.
Keith's trip 5's far too strong for Tom's Jack's and Steve's two pair K's and Q's.
Steve Wise (Sydney) finishes in 10th place
6:52 PM
9 players left, one away from the money and final table....
6:57 PM
Lee Nelson has a pair of deuces showing against Gary's three hearts.....
Gary bets 1000, Lee calls...
Gary goes all-in on 4th street..... and the boys roll them over for the crowd.
Lee has another 2 in the hole...
Gary needs one more heart....
Gary's pair of fours not good enough.....
Gary Benson leaves just out of the money in 9th position...
7:08 PM
Final table:
Seat 1 Keith Found 16,600
Seat 2 Tom Motherwell 35,300
Seat 3 John Dalessandri 10,200
Seat 4 Joan Allen 7,900
Seat 5 Jack Panagiotou 7,100
Seat 6 Lee Nelson 49,800
Seat 7 Jack Lee 22,900
Seat 8 Charles Cuschieri 4,200
7:13 PM
Charles gone in for his final 3500 against Tom.
Charles has a pair of 5's with an Ace showing...
Tom has a pair of 9's with a jack showing.....
Tom's pair of K's in the hole too strong for Charles pair of 8's in the hole.
Tom's higher two pair wins and knocks Charles out in 8th place taking home $1109.
7:15 PM
Antes now 300
Limits 1500/3000
7:21 PM
Icecream Jack all in for his final 2.8.
Once again against the aggressive Tom Motherwell....
Jack sees no improvement on his pair of K's.
Tom confidently rolls his straight to the Q.
Jack from Adelaide leaves us in 7th place...
7:26 PM
Joan now all in for her final 6000....
Joan and Tom(yet again!!!wow he's on fire) roll their cards for the crowd.
Joan's cards read K,J,J,5,10,3 pair of Jacks so far...
Tom's cards read A,4,2,9,2,K pair of deuces……Joan leads..
7th street still dealt face down, both players squeeze for an improve....
Joan no better.....
Tom gets a second Ace to win with two pair A's and 2's.
Joan leaves us in 6th place and takes home a lazy $1,663.
Well done Joan, a tremendous effort!!!
7:35 PM
Keith Found in for his last 2400 against .......surprise, surprise....TOM MOTHERWELL......
They roll them over for the crowd....
Keith had a pair of K's in the hole.... Tom had A,J, in the hole but found another Ace.....
Keith no improvement...he leaves us in 5th place...
Keith is one of our much loved local players and every dealer in the room was on his side....(probably his downfall!!!!!!)
Great effort Keith..
7:47 PM
Big pot won by Jack Lee against Lee Nelson...
Jacks pair of Ace's winning against Lee's pair of Q's.
Jack won over 30,000
7:52 PM
Another huge pot with Tom Motherwell, Lee Nelson and Jack Lee all involved.
Jack had three clubs and a diamond showing,
Lee has Q high no pair showing,
Tom (PHOTO) has a pair of 9's showing...
Jack Lee folded his card on the show down,
Lee's cards reads 3,10,2,Q, Q,Q,7 trip Q's
Tom's cards read 9,9,10,3, 3,4,and......9..
He gets a full house 9's and 3's to take a HUGE POT!!!!
45,000 POT.
8:02 PM
Jack Lee now all in for his last 100!!!!!!!!!!!!
YOU'LL NEVER GUESS WHO ITS AGAINST!!!!!!!
The boys roll over their cards for the crowd....
Jack's cards 3,7,5,5,K,9......
Tom's cards Q,3,A,8,4.....A.......
Jack needs to improve
Jack ends up with two pair 9's and 5's..
Tom gets a third ace on 7th street....
Jack Lee another of our favourite local players goes out in 4th position....
8:10 PM
Three players remaining.
Tom definitely chip leader with 118,000
John Dalessandri has 9,500
and Lee Nelson has 32,500
8:12 PM
Tom continues to attack the shorter stacks.
Tom, from Canberra has played exceptionally well today.
Antes now are 400, L/C 800 with limits 2000/4000.
8:20 PM
John Dalessandri now all-in against Lee.
They roll them over for the crowd..
John's cards.....A,Q,6,7,4,3,10
Lee's cards......Q,J,K,K,6,2,6...
Lee finds too many repeats and John finishes in 3rd place.
Another excellent effort from our local talent...
We've certainly given these interstate and overseas players something to think about..............
8:31 PM
Tom wins another 35,000 pot.
Lee has now about 18,000 remaining....Tom just keeps chipping away.....
8:41 PM
The final hand of the evening.....
Lee Nelson all-in for his remaining 5,700.....
The cards are rolled for the crowd...
Lee holds a pair of 6's in the hole...and a pair of 9's showing..
Tom has K.8 in the hole and...2,A showing....
Lee is in the lead so far...
Lee's final cards read....
6,6,9,9,7,J,2
Tom's board read....K,8,2,A,K,........8,10 two pairs...
Tom Motherwell wins two pairs K's and 8's
Tom is the AUSTRALASIAN 7 CARD STUD POKER CHAMPION 2000
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