Where There's A Will, There's A Way

We had a total of 31 players in the $10 Turbo tonight. Prize pool over $1000.

Final 5 were, Adam, Chad, Chris, Gavin and Will.

Going home with 5th prize was Adam who called off what looked like a pot stealing bet with his Middle pair.. Sadly for him, Will had top pair of Queens and he took down the pot.

Will also knocked Chad out for 4th prize, soon after. This brought Wills stack up to around 2/3 total chips in play, three handed.

Gavin got it all in pre with a short stack and 6,6. Chris called him with two overs, J,9. Chris hit as much as he could without actually hitting 10 8 5 (open ender and two overs) The straight came on the turn for Chris by way of the Queen. Needless to say, the straight was good.

Final two, Chris and Will. Chips went back and forward for a few hands until Chris tried to steal Wills blinds and went all in. Chris had 10,7 and Will had called with A,5. The board came 3 8 5, 8, Q. The Ace played and after dominating final table, Will took home a well deserved 1st. Nice!

Michael for the Win

Good times for the Wednesday Classic tonight! Our top 4 being Karl R, Pete H, Michael O and Scotty.

Firstly, well done to Karl for the most knockouts, He knocked out a whopping 9 people, or 1/3 of the tournament!

Fourth prize goes to Pete. With Pete under the gun he bets $15K to have Karl ship all in, Pete responds with a snap call! Pete flips over A,4 suited and Karl rolls over bullets! Board comes 8,2,J,10,J rainbow. Cheers for playing Pete.

Next person out is Scotty who goes all in on the small blind for $7K to be called by both Michael and Karl. Board comes 2,3,K,A,J, checked all the way. Scotty shows pocket 8's but is disappointed when Michael flicks over his A,9 off to win with a pair of Aces.

Final hand of the night Karl on small blind shoves with A,8 off and is insta-called by Michael with A,9 off! On the flop we have J,K,7, putting Michael slightly ahead. Turn is rolls a 5, this doesn't help Karl. Lastly the river is a 3, which of course means Michael wins the tournament with A high! Congrats to Michael and his faithful Spidey.

Jason wins the Spring $250 Deepstack

One out before the break, drawing to a flush, bringing us down to a field of 17 playing it off for $4150 with $2070 for 1st.

Brown eyes (Rayel), sitting pretty with a double stack. Brendan also sitting on 2x stack.
D wells around 6k stack, searching for a double up.

Ross is the 1st to push it all in, no caller but takes 2500 in chips.
 
Karl took Aaron out.

Ross called Sheldon’s all in with his pocket 99 and Sheldon had 88, three 3s on the table but no 8s. Sheldon was next out.

Kev and Chris got it all in pre with AQ vs AK, the kicker held up and Kev was next out.

Rayel flopped top pair King kicker and pushed into Rosco, Ross called with top set and got a double up with his 9k stack.

Hayden pushed for 4800 (AJ), Danny called all in for 2800(AQ clubs), and Rosco called 4800 (6,8) Rosco turned 2 pair and took out Hayden but Danny got his final club on the river and took 2800 x 3, plus the blinds.

Scotty pushed with a small stack and an open ender, got called by Jason with 2 pair on a paired board. The straight didn't arrive and Jason scooped the chips.

Chris and Thanh got it all in, Chris with 66, Thanh with JJ. Thanh flopped his set and turned a boat and there was no hope for Chris by the river.

Danny’s stack had dwindled again and he got himself all in with KQ vs Mark with 77. Danny flopped his pair of Kings, by the turn Mark had an open ender and a flush draw, a 4 came on the river with competed the low end of the straight.

10 players left

Huge hand, the two big stacks tangled with nut flush vs 2nd nut flush... Jason scooped an 80k pot. Thanh left with around 17k chips.

Roller coaster hand next. Kirby and Thanh all in. JJ both red VS AA both black, flop an ace and two other diamonds (set vs 4 card flush) turn another diamond! Kirby made her flush. The river... a 3.. Pairing the board, giving Thanh his full house! A bit of a fml hand for Kirby but a nice pair to go out on.

Rayel got knocked out AK vs KK when he tangled with Mark and his big stack.

Two big stacks on the final table, Jason and Mark, both on around $80k.

Next out was another big hand. 77 vs JJ. Brendan's sevens got called by Mark with a big stack and two Jacks. Mark hit his set on the flop and Brendan got some salt in the wound when he hit his smaller set on the river.

Very next hand. Charlotte all in with TT vs AQ clubs. Nut flush on the flop by Jason, the turn and river were no help for Charlotte.

Michael got a double up off a big stack with JJ getting him back in the game with around $30k chips.

Rich get richer.. Jason calls Karl's all in with KK and it holds up. Down to six players.

Thanh gets unlucky with a preflop bluff when Mark looks down to see AA and takes his chips.

Final Four, everyone agrees for a deal for 4th to get there buy-in back.

From a very small stack, Ross gets up to $35k after getting two double ups from Mark. Very generous.

Michael bubbled but got his money back, with the deal. QQ vs Q8

Jason on monster stack, around 170k, Ross on around 40k and Mark around 60k

Over three blind levels Ross manages to earn his way up and over $100k.

Ross's stack dwindled and he ended up all in vs Jason for $20k. Jason with AJ, Ross A6. Flop came a Jack and it didn't improve for Ross on the turn or river. 3rd prize was still a juicy $830

Final 2 made a deal for 1700 and 1500 and play it out for 1st.

Both got all in soon after. Jason with A4, Mark with A6, the 4 hit and held for Jason. With the deal Mark wasn't too upset about his 6 high not holding.

It was a great day of poker and very entertaining to watch. Special thanks to everyone who came out to play and to the dealers, Sam, Sean, Troy and Megan!

An 11:1 chip lead and a little luck...

Tonight we had 33 players play in the tournament, with a few more in the waiting list that didn't get the chance for a seat. Total prize pool of $1032

Greg, Jesse, Josh, Nick and Todd made it to the final five.

Jesse decides to shove, hoping for a call...Josh calls, Greg and Nick fold. Jesse has A,J going up against Josh's A 4.  Flop is shown A,3,4..Josh has the percentage. 7 on the turn, Josh still hanging in there. He needs this or he's out of the tourney. Turn comes...4. Josh doubles up with trips.

Two hands later we have another all in and a caller. This time between Greg and Nick. Greg is all in with pocket Ks. Nick has called with 10,J. the flop comes and it's 2,J,6. Greg ahead. Turn is a 7. Greg still ahead and needing this win to stay in the game. Nick has 2 outs. Can he get a 10 or J. Here comes the river....J. Nick has busted Greg out of the tourney for 4th place.

Showdown between Jesse and Josh now. Jesse is all in with 9,8. Josh has K,9. The flop is 2,9,7. Josh slightly ahead. The turn is a K which has given Josh the win and there's still the river to come. It's a J. Jesse finishes up in 3rd.

Last two standing at around 23:30 between Josh and Nick fighting for the 1st place. Josh had about 25k and Nick had about 280k chips and the blinds were 3k/6k. Josh doubled up his stack three times making him positioned ahead of Nick at one stage. But Nick has made a come back at the end with a leading stack. In the last hand Josh pushed all-in pre-flop around 80k stack with (A,3) versus Nick's (10,Q) 220k stack. Community cards dealt 5,9,10,8,9 made Nick winning the first place of tonight's tournament.

Congratulations to Nick, well done!!!

Down to Rags...

We had 28 Players turn up tonight to play it out for a prize pool just shy of $2500.

Final five this week were, Andrew A, Carsten, Chris S, Danny and Jason S.

Andrew went all-in pre for 2.5 BB UTG and Chris called for just around 2 BB. Andrew with AQ vs QJ hearts. Chris flopped a flush draw and Andrew flopped a pair to his Ace. Turn came a Jack which also paired up Chris but neither the flush or another Jack came on the river, so Chris took 5th.

The next knockout came from a three way all-in, Jason, Danny and Cartsen, A10, KK, AQ respectively. Danny had the middle stack with KK and was happy to see a low board: 2 4 3, 9, 4. Cartsen took home 4th prize and Jason took a hit to his stack.

Andrew pushed pre-flop with 4,3 and was unlucky when he ran into a monster, Jason called him with KK. Andrew was dead to a chop on the flop, it came 10 K J, Turn an Ace, no Queen on the river, just a 10. Jason completed his full house and sent Andrew home 3rd with just under $400.

Heads up play went back in forward over three all-in hands. Jason started with 190k vs Danny's 70k chips. 1st hand, Danny doubled up with a pairs of 9's when Jason missed with two overs. 2nd hand, Jason fought back and took his chips back with a pair of johnnies.

The final hand was a battle of the rags with Jason 4,5 and Danny 6,9. Chips were all in blind after a deal had been arranged. The board came, A 8 5 8 10. Jason took it out with a pair of 5's.

Well done Jason!

November Poker Tournament Schedule

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.