Nali Kaselias raises to 70,000 and takes down the blinds and antes.
2008 PokerNews Cup Championships - Australia
PokerNews Cup Australia: The Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 PokerNews Cup Championships - Australia
Buy-in
2,000 AUD
Entries
410
Level
29
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
10,000
Nali Kaselias raises to 70,000 and takes down the blinds and antes.
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Action passes around to Nali Kaselias, who announces, "Raise," sliding out 65,000 chips. Kenneth Damm then moved all-in. Kaselias takes his time to consider before laying his hand down, and Damm takes down the first pot of the day.
Level: 22
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 2,000
Ray Sukkar has been playing poker for 15 years and hails from Sydney, Australia. The 44-year-old Sukkar has two major cashes to his name, with his greatest accomplishment being a win in the $2,500 Short-handed event during this year's Joe Hachem Deepstack Series here at Crown Casino. A finish which was good for just over $50,000. If Sukkar wins today, he'll pocket five times that amount and will be looking to spend the winnings on a new car. When not playing poker, Sukkar enjoys staying active and involving himself in all types of sports.
Sukkar enters the final table with 1,152,000 chips.
Martin Comer brings a big stack and a wealth of experience under his belt to today's final table. A regular on the Australian poker scene dating back twenty years, Martin's biggest accomplishments in poker include two Aussie Millions final tables, and a WSOP cash for careers earnings in excess of $400,000. According to TheHendonMob.com, this puts him at 18th on the all-time Australian money earners list.
Living in Sydney, "The Doc" stormed through the field yesterday, taking down several key pots to amass over 1.3 million chips; third in chips at today's final table. If we wins today, Comer says the money will go straight towards paying off his mortgage.
Kenneth Damm is a native of Copenhagen, Denmark, and he is the youngest member of today's final table. At just 23 years old, Damm has only been playing poker for two years, but he has managed to put on a fine show here at the PokerNews Cup already. Just last Thursday, he captured the trophy in the $550 Tony G Celebrity Shootout, taking home $26,583 plus two bounties. That money's in the bank though, as Damm won his seat to the Main Event via an online satellite.
Damm just recently graduated from Copenhagen Business School with a Bachelor of Economics degree. He'll need all the financial wisdom he can muster today as he comes into action on the short stack, sitting with 384,000 in chips.
Grant Levy is the highest profile player at this final table, thanks to his victory in the 2007 APPT Grand Final in Sydney, which saw him become the first Australian to win $1 million on home soil. Some may not know that his first break in poker actually came twelve months ago, in this very same event, where his 3rd place finsh saw him collect $130,000.
Grant received his seat into today event thanks to PokerNetwork.com, who awarded him the Junior Player of the Year for 2007.
Grant is married with 2 children, and still considers himself an amateur in the world of poker. Grant keeps his feet on the ground by teaching physical education a couple of days a week.
Back-to-back final tables is an incredible achievement, and we're sure Grant will be looking to finish higher than his placement last year.
Nick Kaselias is a 36-year-old who resides right here in Melbourne, Australia. 'Iraqi Nick' has been playing poker for five years, but is still up in the air on whether or not he considers himself to be a professional. With a degree in civil engineering, Kaselias finds that the poker table is a great place to put your mind to the test. This will be Kaselias' biggest cash to date.
He enjoys traveling, sports, and going out with his friends. When asked what he'd do with the cash if he won, he replied "Gamble it!"
Kaselias comes into today second in chips, with 1.530,000.
David Lee is a 32-year-old, full-time poker player from right here in Melbourne. He lists his occupation as a "Poker Donk" who has been playing for just a little over three years. Lee's biggest accomplishment on the felt came earlier this year when he took home the title in the $1,000 Turbo Event at the Aussie Millions. Away from the felt, he is an avid fan of racing cars and enjoys having a little spending money burning a hole in his pocket. If he manages to win today, he says he'll use the cash to pad his poker bankroll, as well funding his upcoming wedding in April.
Lee enters the final table with 503,000 in chips.