10-05-2009 20:50 UTC+11

Joe Cabret Eliminated In 2nd Place (AU$130,000); Con Tsapkounis Wins!

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Joe Cabret eliminated in 2nd place

Con Tsapkounis has won the 2009 PokerNews Cup Main Event after defeating Joe Cabret heads up.

On the final hand of the tournament Cabret opened the button to 250,000 with Tsapkounis calling. They took a {2-Hearts}

{2-Hearts}

{k-Clubs}

{4-Spades}

flop.

Tsapkounis took up the aggression on the flop firing 350,000. Cabret flat called.

The turn {5-Clubs}

{5-Clubs}

saw Cabret smooth-call another Tsapkounis bet, this time for 450,000 chips.

On the river {5-Diamonds}

{5-Diamonds}

Tsapkounis led 800,000 and Cabret went into the tank before coming over the top all in. Tsapkounis made the call tabling {4-Hearts}

{4-Hearts}

{5-Spades}

for a full house to beat out Cabret's {k-Hearts}

{k-Hearts}

{10-Clubs}

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Tags: Con Tsapkounis Joe Cabret