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Poker Tournament Results

Australasian Poker Championship

Pot Limit Omaha
August 25, 2000 at 1:00 PM
Crown Casino
Tournament Schedule
Buy-In $ (AUD) 400
Prize Pool $ (AUD) 64,920.00
Entries 77 + 186 rebuys
Report Available

Place Name Prize
1 Graeme Putt AKA "Kiwi" (New Zealand) $ (AUD) 22,722.00
2 Robin Isaac $ (AUD) 12,984.00
3 David Gorr (Victoria, Australia) $ (AUD) 6,492.00
4 Joe Hachem (Melbourne, Australia) $ (AUD) 5,194.00
5 Vic Thornton (Melbourne, Australia) $ (AUD) 4,544.00
6 Alex Horowitz (Sydney, Australia) $ (AUD) 3,895.00
7 Michael Sampieri (AUS) $ (AUD) 3,246.00
8 Darren Rowley (NZ) $ (AUD) 2,597.00
9 Alex Levy (Australia) $ (AUD) 1,948.00
10 Mike Markos (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $ (AUD) 1,298.00

Tournament Report

Graeme Putt
Graeme Putt (1st)
Graeme Putt
Graeme Putt (1st)
Winners
Graeme Putt (1st) & Robin Isaac (2nd)

AUSTRALASIAN POKER CHAMPIONSHIPS 2000
EVENT #5: POT LIMIT OMAHA

77 Entrants
Levels increase every 45 minutes
Chips in play 154,000 before the re-buys
Levels increase every 30 minutes during the re-buy period and 45 mins thereafter.
Prizepool $27,720 plus the $200 re-buys to be added.
186 rebuys
TOTAL PRIZE-POOL $64,920

Prize pool Break-up:
1st $22,722
2nd $12,984
3rd $6,492
4th $5,194
5th $4,544
6th $3,895
7th $3,246
8th $2,597
9th $1,948
10th $1,298

3PM UDATE:

Chip leaders:

Paul Ravesi 33.0
Mike Comer 22.0
Tony Grant 20.0
Jack Lee 16.0

50 players remaining...
5 tables....
Blinds are now 200/400.

3:23 PM
Doris Humunicki bets 6000,
Nino Acsenzio goes all in for 12,100 ......
Doris takes her time and folds....Nino wins a substantial pot...

3:24 PM
Renato Maiale goes all in for 2,100, three hearts flop...
Gerald Jurie calls his bet and a repeat Q on the river gives Gerald a full house....too good for Renato's nut flush......
A bad beat for Renato.....

Overall Points Leaders:

John Dalessandri on 45 pts.
Lee Nelson on 42 pts.
Jeff Lisandro on 36 pts.
Jamil Dia on 35 pts.
Jack Lee on 30 pts.

All of these players are still in today's tournament and could take out the prize....

3:54 PM
Robin Isaac just put Jeff Lisandro and Nick Georgoulas all-in and knocked the two of them out with trip 5's......

3:56 PM
Robin Isaac (N.Z.) just lost a 25,000 pot to Nino Ascenzio the very next hand
With a third spade landing on the river, Nino bet a further 5000 and Robin folds....

4pm Update:

Chip Leaders:
Paul Ravesi 45.0
Nino Ascenzio 43.0
David Gorr 42.0
Robin Isaac 30.0

Down to four tables, 35 players remaining...

5pm Update:

23 players remaining...

Chip Leaders:
Paul Ravesi- 60.0
Joseph Hachem- 48.0
Gerald Jurie- 40.0
Martin Comer- 35.0
David Gorr- 34.0

5:20 PM
Down to two tables now....
Jack Lee just went out in 20th place against Paul Ravesi..
Paul has about 70,000. There is a total of 522,400 chips on these final tables.....

5:25 PM
The last players:
Table 1
Steve Wise, Martin Comer, Alex Horowitz, David Gorr, Gerald Jurie, Alex Levy, Michael Sampieri ,Kevin Kelsall, Sammy Korman, Lee Nelson,
Table 2
Robin Isaac, Darren Rowley, Vic Thornton, Paul Ravesi, John Warrener,Michael Marcos, Joseph Hachem, Charles Cuschieri, Graeme Putt..

5:26 PM
The players are having a break until 6pm.....

6:01 PM
The clock has started, 19 players start back and the blinds are 1000/2000. Game's on...........

6:04 PM
We just lost 'The Colonel'Sammy Korman.....against David Gorr.
David wins with two pair A's and 6's and Sam folds.....
Down to 18 players.

6:09 PM
All-in on table one..John Warrener.
John went all-in on the flop.....K,9,J, Kiwi G calls...
The hands are rolled over,
Kiwi G has straight to the King
John's trip K's not good enough......John leaves in 18th place.

6:15 PM
Vic Thornton just wins a 59,000 pot from Paul'The Virus' Ravesi.
Vic went all-in for his last 11.0 and wins with Q's and 5's against Paul's 7's and 5's.

6:33 PM
Gerald Jurie goes all-in for his 6000, against Martin Comer, Martin shows four Jacks........Gerald folds and leaves us in 17th place.

6:35 PM
Huge pot of 58,000 contested between Joe Hachem and Paul Ravesi
Paul went all -in for his last 8000 with the river card to come.
Paul had pocket K's to give him two pair........
Joe rolls over pocket A's to knock 'The Virus' out in 16th place.

6:46 PM
Blinds have just increased to 2000/4000.
15 players remaining.

6:50 PM
Michael Sampieri all-in for 6.5, Steve Wise all-in for 11.0, Lee Nelson 11.0, ALL BEFORE THE FLOP.
The board reads.....2d,7h,8c,Ac,Jd.......
Michael's pair of Jack's in his hand give's him trip Jacks and a 25,000 pot. Lee remains for the remaining side pot and Steve finishes in 15th place,

6:56 PM
Kevin Kelsall all-in for 4000, Lee Nelson all-in for 10,500 against David Gorr....
The Board reads 10d,Qh,As,7d,2d
Kevin rolls over 4,4,10,A
David rolls over A,K,10,7
Lee rolls over 3,3,4,5,
David's Aces over-ride.
Lee Nelson our Kiwi/yank is out in 14th place.....
Lee is our OVERALL POINTS CHAMPION. He wins the magnificent Waterford Crystal Decanter and tumblers, and a return trip to Moscow for the tournament in October......

7:07 PM
Martin Comer all-in for 9.5 against Alex Levy.
The board reads 4h,6s,Qs,7s,Ad
Alex has pocket K's but two spades for a flush draw to take Martin out in 13th place

7:09 PM
Kevin Kelsall all-in for his last 6000 with 8,9,J,Q,
against David Gorr's 2,9,7,J.
The final board read 6,8,3,4,................10 to give David a straight to the 10.
Kevin is out in 12th place.

7:18 PM
Tables are going hand for hand until we get to the final 10....
Charles,Michael,all-in against Joe
Michael all-in for 10.0 with 6c,3c,5d,Ad
Charles all-in for 7.0 with As,Ac,6c,7c
Joe's cards As,Ac,6c,7c,
The final board reads 6d,Qh,6h,4h,4s,..........
Joseph knocks out two players Charles leaves us in 11th and Michael Marcos in 10th place.........

FINAL TABLE:

Seat 1: David Gorr, Vic,:84,500
Seat 2: Michael Sampieri, Vanuatu,: 47,000
Seat 3: Joseph Hachem, Vic,: 149,000
Seat 4: Alex Horowitz, NSW,: 39,500
Seat 5: Robin Isaac, N.Z.: 15,500
Seat 6: Darren Rowley, N.Z.: 35,000
Seat 7: Alex Levy, Vic,:65,500
Seat 8: Vic Thornton, ACT,: 64,000
Seat 9: Graeme Putt, QLD, :26,500

Total Chip Count $526,500

Joe major chip leader thus far.....

7:34 PM
Robin,Joe,Vic,David,Michael all call Darren's BB.
24,000 in the pot before the flop.....
Flop comes Qh,7c,2c,
Robin aggressively bets 24,000...the pot limit.....
Everyone else folds.....

7:36 PM
There's the buzzer and the next blind level is 3000/6000 for the next 45 minutes...

7:41 PM
Alex levy BB, Joe Hachem calls, Robin Isaac calls, SB folds...
14,000 in the pot (the last hand at 2000/4000)
The flop comes 2c,3s,7h, check all round...
Turn card is a repeat deuce.....
Alex bets 14.0, Joe folds, Robin calls........
Total board now reads 2c,3s,7h,2h,5c,
Alex checks..Robin bets 10,000.........
and after much deliberation ......Alex folds.
A 42,000 pot goes to Robin....

7:49 PM
Biggest pot of the evening so far....
The flop comes 2s,7c,6c,
There is now 64,000 in the pot.
Turn card came 8s,
Vic checks.. Alex bets 14,000.....Vic calls
River cards shows Jd
Alex Levy goes all-in for his final 14,000 and Vic calls
This is a 92,000 pot....
Vic rolls over 4d,9s,7s,7h,
Alex rolls over 3s,Qc,9s,10s,
Vic's trip 7's too strong for Alex and he leaves us in 9th position.

7:53 PM
Darren Rowley all-in before the flop for 21,000....
David Gorr (BB) re-raises the maximum, Robin folds so David is in for 21,000.
The boys rolled their cards over for the crowd
Darren Rowley: Kh,Qs,Js,Ah
David Gorr: 9c,Qc,9s,10s
The board reads 7c,Kd,3s,7d,8c
Darren's K's and 7's wins him a 51,000 pot...!!!!!

8:14 PM
David SB,
Michael BB,
Joe raised to 21,000
Robin calls the 21,000
Darren goes all-in for his final 15,000
David folds and Michael calls the 21,000.
The flop comes Ad,5h,5d...
Michael checks, Joe bets 20,000
Robin re-raises and goes all-in for 96,000!!!!!
Michael folds
Joe folds....
Robin and Darren roll them for the crowd..
Robin shows 4d,8d,4s,5s
Darren shows Jc,Jh,Kh,Qh
The final board reads Ad,5h,5d,3h,10s....
Robin's trip 5's wins the biggest pot of the night....
There is a total of 196,000 in the pot....
Excellent effort to Darren who finished in 8th place...

8:20 PM
Michael Sampieri went all-in for 18,000 before the flop and David Gorr calls.
Total 42,000 pot.
The boards reads 2d,Kc,Kh 10s,10d
the players show their hands......
David wins with trip 10's to take Michael out in 7th place..

8:25 PM
Blind level now 5000/10000

8:28 PM
Alex (BB), Vic raises to 30,000
Alex goes all-in to match his bet.
The boys roll them for the crowd.
Alex shows Ah,9h,Qh,9s
Vic Qs,8d,Ks,Kc
The flop comes 6h,Jh,2c
Robin bets 30,000
Vic calls and raises to 90,000
Robin re-raises again to put Vic all-in for a further 22,000....
Vic shows Qh,Qd,5c,Kc
Robin shows 7d,Kh,4h,4c
The board reads 7d,8s,Kd,2s,2h....
Alex leaves us in 6th place...
The final board reads 6h,Jh,2c,5d,8h........
Robin catches the straight and the flush on the river.....
and Vic, one of the absolute gentlemen of Poker finishes in 5th place. Bad luck Vic....

8:42 PM
Flop comes 4h,5s,5h
Turn comes 4c.........
Robin bets 20,000
Graeme Putt goes all-in for 18,000.
Graeme's hand : As,4s,Qc,7h
Robin's hand : 6h,Ac,Qd,2s
The final board reads 4h,5s,5h,4c,Ah
Graeme wins with a full house 4's and A's
50,000 in the pot...

8:46 PM
Robin raises before the flop to 30,000
Joe calls....
The flop comes 5c,8d,Ah
The turn shows a Jc, Robin bets 10,000 to put Joe all-in
80,000 in the pot...
Robin's cards: 6s,Ac,Jd,10h
Joe's cards: 6h,6d,Qd,10d
The board reads 5c,8d,Ah,Jc,4h
Robin's two pair A's and J's wins......
Joe leaves us in 4th place. An excellent effort by the local gentleman.

8:53 PM
David raises before the flop to 30,000
Robin calls,
The flop comes 7s,9d,7h
Robin bets 60,000
David calls........
Turn card comes 3c
Robin puts David all-in for another 15,000
River comes 8d.....
robin has 7h,8s,9s,3s,
David has As,Ad,6h,Qh,
Robin's two pair 9's and 8's too strong for David's Aces....
David Gorr leaves us in 3rd place and takes $6,492

9:00 PM
Right then........
Down to Graeme 'Kiwi G' Putt and Robin Isaac.......
The flop comes 5d,10c,7c.........
Graeme goes all-in for 57,000
Robin calls......
The boys rolls the cards for the crowd..
Robin shows Ad,6s,Kc,Qd,
Graeme shows Qc,Ac,6h,6d
The final board reads 5d,10c,7c,8c,3d
Kiwi G gets the nut flush.....174,000 pot....

9:07 PM
Robin raises to 30,000 before the flop.
Graeme calls.
The flop comes 2d,7s,7c,.....
Robin bets 60,000
Graeme goes all-in for 144,000
Robin calls...
Robin's cards 10c,10s,Qd,5c
Graeme's cards Ac,8c,9h,7d
Graeme's trip 7's wins the pot.....
Robin makes it 60,000 before the flop.
Graeme calls.
120,000 in the pot.

9:18 PM
Flop is Qh,4h,7s
Both check
Turn comes Jd
Robin checks
Graeme bets 60,000, Robin calls....
River 10h,
Robin moves all-in...............
Graeme folds........180,000 pot goes to Robin..

9:19 PM
Blinds are now 10,000/20,000

9:25 PM
120,000 before the flop.........
Flop comes 6c,Jh,5c,
Grame goes all in for 103,000.........
Robin indicates he calls that bet
Robins cards 7d,Ah,8d,Qd
Graeme cards 5d,Qc,4c,Qs
Final board reads 6c,Jh,5c,Ac,2d,
Graeme wins with a flush...........
A 326,000 POT!!!!!!!!!!!!!HUGE

9:32 PM
Graeme raises to 60,000 pre-flop.......
Robin calls........
The flop comes Ks,6h,10c
Graeme bets 120,000
Robin calls................
Turn card comes 10h
Robin goes all-in, and Grame calls......................
The final board reads Ks,6h,10c,10h,4h
Graeme'Kiwi G' Putt wins with K's and 10's
Robin Isaac runner up....
A fantastic finish gentlemen, congratulations to the both of you.
Graeme Putt is the Australasian Pot Limit Omaha Champion 2000

Final Placings:

1st place: Graeme Putt $22,722
2nd place: Robin Isaac $12,984
3rd place: David Gorr $6,492
4th place: Joe Hachem $5,194
5th place: Vic Thornton $4,544
6th place: Alex Horowitz $3,895
7th place: Michael Sampieri $3,246
8th place: Darren Rowley $2,597
9th place: Alex Levy $1,948
10th place: Michael Marcos $1,298

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