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October 24, 2007
A small but star-studded field lined up for Event 2 - the $240 Pot Limit Omaha with $100 Rebuys. Spotted in the early levels were Joe Hachem, Mel Judah, Billy the Croc, and Lee Nelson, plus locals Emad Tahtouh and Van Marcus - who took 3rd in the $1500 PLO event at this year’s WSOP.
The black $100 chips were flying think and fast, and as the first break signalled the end of the rebuy period, it was PokerNews’ own Gareth Edwards and local Crown player Sherif Derias who shared the title of most rebuys with 19.
Both players needed to finish in 9th place or better to break even, Gareth elected not to rebuy, while Sherif pushed on and was eliminated with around 45 players left.
As the money approached, Stewart Scott and Julian Powell were atop the chip counts. They were both overhauled by Steven Djingga, who leapt to 90k in chips after busting Nat Seet and Nicholas Jankovits in 19th and 20th place respectively.
Djingga continued his roll, with his Ad-As-4s-4c knocking out Mario Caputo with Ac-Ks-Tc-9s in 18th, but he doubled up Tino Lechich and Stewart Scott in quick succession and was left crippled to be eliminated in 14th place.
Julian Powell continued to cruise to the final table, jumping to 120,000 after flopping quad threes against Lee Nelson. However towards the end of the day, Julian was involved in a huge hand with fellow bigstack Tino Lechich. With blinds at 4,000/8,000, Julian raised to 20,000. Tino raised the pot from the big blind, Julian pushed all in and Tino called.
Julian held Kc-Ks-Tc-8s, while Tino had Ac-Ah-Th-6h. The flop came down Ad-Kd-6d giving both players sets, but Julian couldn’t catch up and was left with 12,000 while Tino surged past 200,000 and was the chip leader going into Day 2 and the final table.
Tino led the final table from start to finish, eliminating four players en route to getting heads up with Karlos Farah.
Karlos managed to double up to draw things even, and took the chip lead at one stage. However with Tino holding a slight lead, all the chips were in the middle on a flop of Qd-Th-6c. Farah had Jd-Td-3h-3d, while Tino had Farah outkicked with Ah-Js-Ts-7c. Tino’s pair of jacks with ace kicker held, and he collected the $22,264 and the trophy.
Event 2 Pot Limit Omaha with Rebuys Final Table Results
1. Tino Lechich $22,264
2. Karlos Farah $14,520
3. Stewart Scott $10,648
4. Barry Carter $8,712
5. Rainer Quel $6,776
6. Lee Nelson $5,808
7. Jim Sachinidis $4,804
8. Sandra Propper $3,872
9. Adrian Sullivan $2,904
10. Julian Powell $1,936
For full results, see our Results page
PokerNews Cup Leaderboard Update
Tino jumps into second place with his win, and is just 27.5 points behind Steven Charles.
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September 6, 2007
Here at PokerNews we like to try and do a little something extra for our players, so we’re proud to announce that we’re giving the best overall player at the PokerNews Cup a great 2008 Aussie Millions package for free!
This great prize features entry to the opening event of the 2008 Aussie Millions - the $1,100 No Limit Holdem on January 5, ten nights accommodation at the Crown Towers hotel, and a $1,000 Food and Beverage voucher.
The winner will be determined as the best player across our six championship events:
#1 $175 No Limit Holdem (Sun Oct 21)
#2 $230 Pot Limit Omaha with $100 Rebuys (Mon Oct 22)
#3 $230 No Limit Holdem (Tues Oct 23)
#4 $550 No Limit Holdem with One Rebuy/Addon (Wed Oct 24)
#5 $1,100 H.O.R.S.E (Thurs Oct 25)
#6 $3,000 PokerNews Cup Main Event (Sat Oct 27-Mon Oct 29)
The top finishers in each event will accrue points on our PokerNews Cup Leaderboard, and the top player at the end of the championship will receive the package.
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