We were expecting big things from this final table, and from the moment that the first hand was dealt, right through to the intense heads-up battle, it was pure entertainment for the crowd here on the rail of the Jupiters Poker Room that watched it all unfold. We rocketed out of the gates on the very first hand with the double elimination of two of the big threats on this final table in online sensation Dominic Coombe and the ultra-consistent Michael Spilkin. They both ran into the pocket queens of Nauv Kashyap, as the overnight chip leader continued his hot
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Day 4
ANZPT Gold Coast Final Table: Level 26 (blinds 25,000-50,000, ante 5,000)
6:15pm: Ricky Kroesen eliminated in 2nd place; Nauv Kashyap wins the ANZPT Gold Coast! Ricky Kroesen was down to around 600,000 when he moved all in from the button. Nauv Kashyap snap-called in the big blind and the cards were on their backs. Kroesen: K♦2♦ Kashyap: T♣T♠ The board was...more
ANZPT Gold Coast Final Table: Levels 24 & 25 (blinds 20,000-40,000, ante 4,000)
6:00: Ten-minute break 5:50pm: Nothing like flopping the nuts Nauv Kashyap raised to 110,000 from the button and Ricky Kroesen made the call in the big blind. They saw a flop of 9♦A♦5♦ and Kroesen checked to Kashyap who fired 130,000. Kroesen made the call. The turn was the 3♠...more
ANZPT Gold Coast Final Table: Levels 21, 22 & 23 (blinds 12,000-24,000, ante 3,000)
3:40pm: O'Rourke bluffs his way to the break Liam O'Rourke has been caught bluffing on a couple of occasions, and Nauv Kashyap has already shown a tendency to call down pretty light. So it was a no surprise to see O'Rourke muck his cards when Kashyap made a call for...more
Day 3
ANZPT Gold Coast: Final Table Profiles
Seat 1 - Aaron Benton, Woolongong, NSW, PokerStars Sponsored Player (751,000 chips) This 32-year old recruitment consultant known online as azzabentonaces was working in Singapore when he finished runner-up in a major online tournament worth US$262,500. He went on to win the 2009 APPT Grand Final in Sydney, stamping his...more
ANZPT Gold Coast: Kashyap Looking To Cash Up
Day 3 of the 2010 Gold Coast Main Event was a day that saw our field of 42 reduced to the final nine players within seven levels of play. There was plenty of action early as the short stacks struggled to survive, but as the day went on and the...more
ANZPT Gold Coast Day 3: Level 22 (blinds 10,000-20,000, ante 2,000)
6:30pm: Balaban eliminated in 10th place; Final table is set! It didn't take long for our final table bubble to burst after the short-stacked Darko Balaban pushed his last chips in preflop against Aaron Benton. Balaban had a monster with his K♦K♥ as Benton would need help with his A♦J♦....more
Day 2
ANZPT Gold Coast: It's All Wong On Friday The 13th
Poker players can be a strangely superstitious lot. Many own a lucky card protector, some wear their lucky cap at every event, while some players have been known to re-wear the same clothes over and over for the duration of the tournament to avoid the wrath of lady luck....more
ANZPT Gold Coast Day 2: Levels 13 & 14 (blinds 1,500-3,000, ante 300)
5:50pm: Break The players are now taking their last ten-minute break of the day. When they return, we'll play just one more level before we call it a night. 5:38pm: Steicke takes out Watson Andrew Watson won't be able to replicate his runner-up finish in Queenstown as he's just been...more
ANZPT Gold Coast Day 2: Levels 11 & 12 (blinds 1,000-2,000, ante 200)
3:40pm: Ten-minute break 3:35pm: Kittos doubles Chris Kittos was all in for his tournament life with 7♣7♥ against the A♠Q♥ of Wayne Hockey. The race was short-lived as Kittos spiked a set on the board of 7♦8♣9♥8♥5♠ to double up to 45,000. 3:25pm: Moussa crashes and burns It wasn't long...more
Day 1B
ANZPT Gold Coast: A Darko Day
It was a day that brought with it a lot of expectations. And after eight levels of frantic action, you would have to say that those expectations were met. Last night we knew we were in for a big day as the whispers surfaced of a likely capacity field. The...more
ANZPT Gold Coast: Levels 7 & 8 (Blinds 400-800, Ante 75)
8:15pm: A few late stumbles The final five hands provided a couple of rough moments for Karl Krautschneider and David Steicke to finish the day. Krautschneider got himself into trouble in a button versus big blind battle against Dominic Coombe. With all the chips in preflop, Krautschneider held king-queen but...more
ANZPT Gold Coast: Levels 5 & 6 (Blinds 200-400, Ante 50)
5:55pm:Ten-minute break 5:44pm: Vo sets it up Is there anything better than flopping a set against an overpair? It's one of the most deceptive, and profitable, situations in the game and Tommy Vo has just taken full advantage of it to eliminate Swiss player Serge Mazza from the tournament. The...more
Day 1A
ANZPT Gold Coast: Shivan Abdine Leads The Way
The day started with high expectations for 140 entrants to the 2010 ANZPT Gold Coast Main Event and by the end of eight levels of play that number had been reduced to just 69. It was a field of the highest calibre, with multiple ANZPT champions, an Aussie Millions champion,...more
ANZPT Gold Coast: Levels 7&8 (Blinds 400-800, Ante 75)
8:15pm: Da Silva succumbs as Abdine heads the pack In the final stages of play we lost one of the Da Silva brothers as Bruno lost the war with Scott Kerr. Da Silva's final chips were in on the turn on a board of 7♠K♣3♥5♠ holding 6♦3♦ for a pair...more
ANZPT Gold Coast: Levels 5&6 (Blinds 200-400, Ante 50)
6:00pm: Break The players are now taking their final ten-minute break of the day. 5:45pm: Mixed fortunes for two champions "COME ON!!!!!" was the cry heard around the room as Bruno Da Silva had the defending champion Scott Kerr in bad shape. Kerr committed his last chips preflop with...more
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