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Sun Aug 10 2008 17:03 GMT+10 | Posted by cwhe0770
Cook Gone
Noosa boy Ray Cook has been dismissed after his
tried to make a move unsuccessfully against Geoff Menz's 
when the board fell 
.
The average stack is now 750,000.
13 players remain. -
Sun Aug 10 2008 16:50 GMT+10 | Posted by cwhe0770
George Streaks Ahead
Paul Georges moves to 2.6 million in chips - a lead of almost 1.7 million after winning a 929,000 pot with
, knocking out two fellow contenders.
Ther are currently 15 players remaining. -
Sun Aug 10 2008 16:45 GMT+10 | Posted by cwhe0770
The Rich Get Richer
Alex Falon and Richard Dilkes are swapping chips and not giving the small stacks a chance.
With Dilkes in the small blind, the outer west player chose to raise from 30k to 180k and was called by Falon.
Dilkes checked a board of 
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Sun Aug 10 2008 16:29 GMT+10 | Posted by cwhe0770
Chip Up for Georges
With only 22 players remaining in the 2008 APL TOC, Paul Georges of Inner West has chipped up again in a three-way all in.
With the blinds at 30k/60k, South West's Romeo Cruz pushed all in for 81,000 under the gun before Novacastrian Kyle Ives chose to push all in for 66k.
Georges, in the big blind, made the call with
, Romeo showed 
and Ives 
.
The board fell
, with Georges maintaining the lead until the fell on the turn to give the champ a set.
A on the river was not enough to help Ives or Cruz, both out of the tournament.
With an average chip stack of 460,000, Georges now leads the tournament with a stack of 1.6 Million in chips. -
Sun Aug 10 2008 16:06 GMT+10 | Posted by cwhe0770
Still The One
Siobhan Smyth still leads the 2008 TOC with only 30 players remaining. Her stack currently sits at just under 1,000,000.
28 players remain in the tournament. Only 8 players to go until our prize money jumps from $3000 to $5000.
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Sun Aug 10 2008 16:03 GMT+10 | Posted by cwhe0770
Steve Halford loses to Fred Gould's pocket pairs.Go For Gould
Newcastle's Steve Halford has just lost a 450k pot and doubled up Nowra card shark Fred Gould after Halford made a move on the regional pro whilst holding
.
Halford's hand was unable to improve against Gould's
and sees him out of the TOC for 2008. -
Sun Aug 10 2008 15:45 GMT+10 | Posted by cwhe0770
Aaron Out
Big stack contender Justin Aaron from Brisbane has been eliminated in 34th position after making a move with
only to be pushed all in by fellow big stack Alex Falon whose 
proved enough to terminate Aaron's tournament life. -
Sun Aug 10 2008 15:41 GMT+10 | Posted by cwhe0770
Final 34
Only 34 players remain in the 2008 APL TOC. With a number of short stacks doubling up in the last 10 minutes, the field has tightened in anticipation of the big cash.
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Sun Aug 10 2008 15:15 GMT+10 | Posted by cwhe0770
Paul Georges after a miracle river card moves him into 2nd position.Its A Free-For-Paul!
Inner West's Paul Georges has just won a pot in excess of 600,000 in the last hand before the break.
With the blinds at 15k/30k, Paul raised pre-flop to 100k only to be reraised by Andrew from Brisbane.
Georges yelled "All-In" before Andrew had the chance to call the amount on his raise. This left the Queenslander with the choice of contributing a min raise to the pot and folding, or pushing all his chips into the middle to go toe to toe with Georges.
After 2 minutes of thinking time, Andrew made the call and flipped over
, up agaist Georges' .
Georges was in front, but not for long after the flop fell .
The turn came the, but was followed by a miracle on the river to knock Andrew out and see Georges stack grow to almost 800,000. -
Sun Aug 10 2008 15:02 GMT+10 | Posted by cwhe0770
Cook Gets Comfortable
Noosa's Ray Cook has employed a masseuss to moderate his stress levels as he edges ever closer to the big money.
Started 8th Aug, 2008
