October Deepstack

Expect an action packed long-weekend with Neil Diamond in town, a 4am close on Saturday and a $250 deepstack freezeout tournament starting at 2pm on Sunday afternoon!

He who must not be named...

Artists Impression

Just a small Thursday $10 Turbo tonight with only 24 players. Where were all you fella's??  Anyway the final 4 were Bardy, Jesse, T.I and Danny W.

Danny pushes with K,2 to be called by Bardy with pocket 10's, two J's on the flop and nothing useful on the turn or river leaving Danny out cold on 4th.

Next hand up Jesse (holding 4,5) shoves to try steal blinds but not so fast! T.I snaps with A,7. Flop comes J,9,Q. Still any one's game. Another Q on the turn, still a chance... But nope, 10 on the river sending Jesse home and T.I to the top 2 with Bardy.

Heads up now and Bardy limps into the flop. Flop comes out K,8,6. Now we get an all in from Bardy and T.I calls. Cards roll and Bardy flips A,4 off and T.I with 7.8 off. This puts T.I in the lead with a pair of 8's. Turn and river come 10,3 giving T.I the win!! Well done!!

Gary takes the points

Another great turn out for the Wednesday Poker Tourney seeing 3 full tables competing for the main prize of over $1000 for first!

The Barron returned to defend his win from last week but was knocked out in the early stages.  There were 5 prizes up for grabs this week with a total of 30 players. The 5 were Ray W, Danny W, Jason S, Sheldon E and Gary T.

It's getting late into the tourney and Danny goes all in pre flop. Danny short stacked is looking for someone to call and Sheldon does so. Danny has A K off, Sheldon A 6 suited. Flop comes, 3 5 2 turn 9, river an 8. Danny doubles his stack with A high K kicker.

Sheldon now short stacked shoves pre with A 10. Brave call by Jason with A 2. Community cards 9 9 3 4 10. Sheldon doubles up his stack with 2 pair.

Now we see Ray make a move, Gary still quietly folding away.
Ray has shoved with A 7 and a confident call by Sheldon with K Q. Flop is looking good for Ray, A 4 7. Turn 10 river 3. Ray takes this one with 2 pair. Still 5 in play and the stacks seem to be going back and forth.

Jason has a dabble and pushes all of his chips to the middle of the table. Sheldon can't help but call. Jason has pocket 10's and Sheldon Q 10. The flop is 2 Q 4 followed by 9 then another Q. Sheldon is happy to take the pot.

Some big action now as we see a 3 way all-in. Ray 7 3 diamonds, Danny K 8 off and Jason A 4 off..Flop J 10 3 hearts. Ray ahead with a small pair. Turn 5. Ray still ahead. Danny looking for a K and Jason has a gut shot or a flush draw. River 7 hearts. Ray has 2 pair, Danny K high and Jason takes this one with A high flush and knocks out Ray for 5th place.

Down to 4, Danny shoves A 7 off and an eventual call by Jason with pocket Js. J 2 8 on the flop. All spades. Danny has an A spade looking for that one more while Jason wants to pair the board.Turn 3 river 9. Jason takes this one with top set and sends Danny packing in forth.

One of the longest tournaments we've had and the last three decide to do a deal and play for the points and the famous photo. The chips are back and forth until Jason calls Sheldon's shove. This is all or nothing for Sheldon. Jason has pocket Ks and Sheldon A J. 2 4 2 6 5 gives Jason 2 pair.

Down to Jason and Gary now. For the points they both go all in blind. Jason has J 9 suited and Gary A 6. We see the flop now, 5 10 3. Gary ahead with A high. Turn 6, small pair for Gary. River K. Gary takes the win with a pair of 6s. Well done Gary and those for making it to the final table.

Jesse beats a field of 36

Another big night tonight of the $10 R/A Thursday poker tourney with 36 players wanting a piece of the prize pool which was considerably more than the guarantee.

There were 5 prizes to be won today, Gary T taking out 5th prize followed by Jason T taking 4th.  Only 3 players left, Sammy short stacked for the majority of his time on the final table. A few good shoves and some lucky flops saw Sammy creep up in to the top 3. Joining him were Brendan N and Jesse R both pretty evenly stacked.

Sammy short stacked shoves with K 10. Jesse calls with 9 5. Flop shows 6 4 8. Jesse looking for a gut shot. Q on the turn then a 6.  Sammy wins with a pair of 6, K kicker.

Sammy's stack increases somewhat but as the tourney progresses the chips are slowly diminishing with increasing blinds and antes.

Another shove by Sammy sees Jesse call again. This time Sammy has A 6 off against Jesse's J 2 suited. Cards come to the middle of the table. 7 A 3. Pair for Sammy so far, no chance of a flush. 5 on the turn and a 4 on the river. Sammy's luck still with him as he wins this one with a straight 3-7. The stacks are yo-yoing between Sammy and Jesse while Brendan is playing it cool.

Into round 18 at this point and Jesse has opted to go all in pre flop with A 8 off. Brendan calls with A 4 off. 10 K Q, turn 10. Could it be a split pot? No! An 8 on the river gives Jesse 2 pair and a boost in chips. This could be the boost Jesse needs.

A lot of shoving going on, Sammy again with A 7 suited. Jesse cant help but call with A 2. Board has 7 6 9 6 4. Pair for Sammy and increases his stack.

Round 19, shove by Brendan with a dominant hand J 10 - an easy call by Jesse with pocket 4s. Flop 6 8 2 turn Q river to be an A. Jesse sends Brendan packing, placing 3rd with a pair of 4s.

Next hand heads up, Sammy and Jesse. Sammy has done extremely well to get to where he is, starting the final table with 9K. Jesse goes all in with an A 2 suited only to be called by Sammy with 10 7. Flop is 8 3 3. Turn J and river Q. Jesse wins the tourney with an A high flush! Congratulations Jesse and the top 5 players.

The Barron and his K9

 

Grueling Wednesday Classic this week, with the short stacks swapping back and forward a lot just before bubble.

Top 4 for this week were Brendan Ng, Ryan H, Peter Ba and Andrew A.

First out was Ryan, who ships it with A,8 off and gets called by Brendan with A,10 suited. Board comes 4,7,7,which didn't help Ryan. Turn comes a 3, making it look rather grim. 9 on the river moves Brendan to Top 3 and Ryan heading home.

Up next Brendan shoves pre-flop with A,5 off to get called by Andrew with Q,J off. 3,3,9 on the flop gives neither in a firm lead. 10 on the turn giving Andrew a chance for a straight. River comes another 10... Andrew unfortunately loses this one and is out at 3rd place.

Heads up between Brendan and Peter now. Peter goes all in with pocket 9's. Brendan calls very aggressively with pocket 6's. 9's hold and Brendan loses 90% of his stack, The 6's didn't work so well this week.

Brendan later on with a much shorter stack pushes pre-flop with Q,6 to be called by Peter's K,9 off. The board comes A,K,10, Giving Peter the lead, Still, a gut-shot could hit for Brendan. On the turn we get a Q. This gives Brendan another out, but the river comes a 7. Peter wins the Wednesday Classic with "The Mutt" Well done Peter!!

Thursday Turbo $10 NLH-RA

Regularly filling each week with names on the wait list, the Thursday Turbo remains a popular event for both experienced players as well as beginners.

Wednesday Classic $30 NLH-RA

With a Guaranteed Prize Pool of $2000, Wednesday's Classic Qualifier is Dunedin's premier poker event!  The Classic Final is currently worth an estimated $6.5k.