2009 PokerNews Cup Australia
$550 Tony G Celebrity Shootout Bounty Event
Day: 1
Jeffreys outflopped Savage on the flop and Savage wasn't able to catch up through the turn and river.
Savage will have AU$6,460 to console himself with.
The flop came and Haidaris shoved for 62,000. Prifti made the call tabling to dominate Haidaris' . The hit the turn and the teased the rail-bound Haidaris on the river.
Haidaris will exit with AU$4,940.
Savage shoved the last of his tiny stack with and Angelo Prifti called from the big blind with .
The flop looked set to send Savage to the rail, but he paired up on the turn to save himself. The hit the river.
It looks to only be a momentary reprieve as he still horribly short-stacked.
Level: 16
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 0
In the hand Andrew Jeffreys opened to 20,000 from the button and the short-stacked Nguyen pushed all in. Jeffreys called the extra chips and tabled to go up against Nguyen's .
Jeffreys flopped the flush draw on the flop and completed it on the turn. The river was the .
Nguyen leaves with $3,800 for his sixth place finish, while Jeffreys chips up to 180,000.
The board ran out to give Nguyen two pair and 60,000 chips. Ben Savage drops to 22,000.
On the flop, Prifti shoved for 99,000. Nguyen tanked for a good while before making the call with . He was in front but would have to survive Prifti's flush draw.
It wasn't to be. The spiked on the turn, and although Nguyen had the re-draw to the flush on the river, he wasn't able to hit. The harmlessly completed the board.
Prifti moves up to about 240,000. Nguyen is down to just 25,000.