$115 NL Hold'em PokerPro Deep Stack
Day 1 Completed
2008 PokerNews Cup Championships - Australia
$115 NL Hold'em PokerPro Deep Stack
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
2008 PokerNews Cup Championships - Australia
Buy-in
100 AUD
Prize Pool
9,000 AUD
Entries
90
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Armed with a 3-to-1 chip advantage over opponent Daniel Schembri, Mark Casale quickly decided that his
was good enough to call Schembri's all-in reraise. At the showdown, Schembri's cards were revealed -- two black eights -- and he seemed to be in great shape to double up and bring the match close to even.The
board cooperated with Schembri through the turn, but the 
on the river clinched a victory for Casale, who told us afterwards that the win is the biggest he's experienced thus far in his young poker career. One final interesting note before we sign off for the evening -- Casale's father Antonio, a well known local who finished sixth at last year's Aussie Millions Main Event ($300,000 AUD), also played in today's PokerPro event, though he was the very first player eliminated from the tournament.
We hope you'll join us again tomorrow night (7:10 p.m. local time) for our continued coverage of the 2008 PokerNews Cup Australia Championships, live from the Crown Casino in sunny Melbourne, Australia. Until then, good night and good luck!
Italiano's exit sets up a heads-up match between Mark Casale and Daniel Schembri. Casale will begin the match with about a 3-to-1 chip lead over his opponent. $2,700 is on the line for the event's eventual winner, along with a very sharp looking crystal winner's trophy, similar to the one pictured here.
Here's how fourth place through ninth place panned out:
4th: Adam Reid - $900
5th: Matt Walker - $720
6th: Michael Matthews - $540
7th: Kim Peart - $450
8th: Mark Grech - $360
9th: Ian Daniels - $270
Seat 2: Dom Italiano - 133,000
Seat 3: Ian Daniels - 72,000
Seat 4: Daniel Schembri - 204,000
Seat 5: Matt Walker - 50,000
Seat 6: Michael Matthews - 100,000
Seat 7: Mark Grech - 29,000
Seat 8: Adam Reid - 39,000
Seat 9: Kim Peart - 53,000
Forced all in from the small blind, Pickermann's
was in bad shape against his opponent's pocket queens. To make matters worse, the board ran out a very salty 
(X), giving Pickermann's opponent quads and smashing his final table hopes in one fell swoop.A list of the nine finalists and their starting final table chip counts will be posted momentarily.
When we reach the final table, we'll provide you with a list of the nine finalists along with their chip counts.
Stay tuned!
The tables fit up to ten contestants and instead of chips, each player sits in front of his or her own personal touch screen computer on which all of their betting actions are controlled. A larger monitor fills the middle of each table and displays the pot size, player actions, community cards and stack sizes of each player. When set up for a cash game, the players can either purchase pre-paid cards to deposit money into the table, or set up their own PokerPro account.
James Frendo - 30,700
Jim Halfacre - 30,300
Jason Chahine - 29,700
Mark Casale - 29,400
Karib Karib - 27,100
1st: $2,700
2nd: $1,800
3rd: $1,260
4th: $900
5th: $720
6th: $540
7th: $450
8th: $360
9th: $270