496 qualifiers showed up for the NSW Rhino's State Championship, all eager for the biggest game of poker in town, all wanting to prove themselves as the best player in NSW and to be crowned NSW State Champion. Not only were they aiming for the title, each player was also vying for one of 12 elusive tickets to the 2008 Tournament of Champions set to take place in Sydney this August with a guarenteed first prize of $250,000 cash.
In every tournament, there always seems to be one card that seems to dominate the whole day - one card that always seems to take down the big pots. For the NSW Rhino's State Championship at the Campbelltown Catholic Club, this card was the Queen.
The final table provided a fantastic example of this. Any player that had a Queen in their hand, so it seemed, won the pot. One of the biggest pot won, was an all-in of 355,000 with held by Krystle Horne from Port Stephen, and called by Idris Hall from Inner West with , the chip leader at the time. This quickly changed when the flop came down with a , giving Krystle a pair. To re-enforce the supremacy of the Queen, another came on the turn, giving her trips, and handing her the chip lead.
The final hand of the day was a beauty, with blinds of 50,000 and 100,000, and three players left. Idris Hall on the button went all-in with 85,000. Ravi Maravar from Inner West completed his small blind with a flat call, and Krystle checked on big blind, creating a side-pot of 30,000. Flop came down , and both Ravi and Krystle checked. Turn card was a , and Ravi checked. Krystle bet the minimum 100,000, which Ravi contemplated before flat calling the bet. River card was a , and Ravi bet 200,000. Krystle moved all-in, and was instantaneously called by Ravi.
With that, everyone turned over their cards. Idris held and had 2 pairs with and . Krystle held and had made a full house on the river. However, Ravi held , hitting a full house on the turn, and took everyone down, to become our newest NSW State Champion.
496 qualifiers showed up for the NSW Rhino's State Championship, all eager for the biggest game of poker in town, all wanting to prove themselves as the best player in NSW and to be crowned NSW State Champion. Not only were they aiming for the title, each player was also vying for one of 12 elusive tickets to the 2008 Tournament of Champions set to take place in Sydney this August with a guarenteed first prize of $250,000 cash.
held by Krystle Horne from Port Stephen, and called by Idris Hall from Inner West with 
, the chip leader at the time. This quickly changed when the flop came down with a 
, giving Krystle a pair. To re-enforce the supremacy of the Queen, another 
came on the turn, giving her trips, and handing her the chip lead.
, and both Ravi and Krystle checked. Turn card was a 
, and Ravi checked. Krystle bet the minimum 100,000, which Ravi contemplated before flat calling the bet. River card was a 
, and Ravi bet 200,000. Krystle moved all-in, and was instantaneously called by Ravi.
and had 2 pairs with 
. Krystle held 
and had made a full house on the river. However, Ravi held 
, hitting a full house on the turn, and took everyone down, to become our newest NSW State Champion.
