Business as Usual

The Classic may be wrapping up this week, but it's business as usual with our Weekly Wednesday $2K GTD and our Thursday Turbo $600 GTD scheduled for three more weeks before we break for Christmas.  There's no more points or leaderboards, but there's also no more classic rake, so expect the prize pool to be a little juicier!

Weekly Wednesday $2K GTD

No Limit Hold'em ~ 15 Minute Rounds

Buy-in $30 ($26+$4) for $2000 in tournament chips

Rebuys $30 ($26+$4) for $2000 in tournament chips

Single Addon $30 ($26+$4) for $3000 in tournament chips

Double Addon $60 ($52+$8) for $6000 in tournament chips

Thursday Turbo $600 GTD

No Limit Hold'em ~ 12 Minute Rounds

Buy-in $10 ($8+$2) for $2000 in tournament chips

Rebuys $10 ($8+$2)  for $2000 in tournament chips

Single Addon $10 ($8+$2)  for $3000 in tournament chips

Double Addon $20 ($16+$4) for $6000 in tournament chips

The Dunedin Casino Xmas Classic - 5 December, 2015

Tournament Details

Day:  Saturday 5th December, 2015  Start Time:  2pm 
Starting Chip Stacks:  $15,000 
Round Length: 20 minutes 
Breaks: The first break will be 15 minutes after round 5, during which time we will also provide a selection of finger food for your enjoyment.  Subsequent breaks will be 10 minutes every five rounds.

 

Entrants

In alphabetical order, here are the players who have earned a seat in the Grand Final this coming Saturday:

Adam Matahaere
Alex Maynard
Andrew Adamsen
Brendan Ng
Chad Maitland
Chris Roy
Chris Shum
Daniel Smith
Daniel Wells
Gary Tuhou
Greg Scott
Jake McDonald
Jesse Row
Karl Radel
Kev Flett
Lucas Taua-Fahey
Mark Buckingham
Mark Nafatali
Matt Kelly
Michael Owen
Pete Hebden
Peter Barron
Ray Wong
Ross McTaggart
Ryan Hunter
Sam Chin
Sheldon Eden-Whaitiri
Todd Wightman
Tumua Ione
Will Stovall

 

Prize Pool

Over this season the prize pool has grown to an impressive $6,142.  The top five places will be paid as follows:

First Place:  $2,641 (as well as a sweet bracelet and bragging rights)
Second Place:  $1,597
Third Place:  $921
Fourth Place:  $553
Fifth Place:  $430

Some Photo's from the Classic Repechage

Tumua Too Lucky?

Tumua graced us with his talent once again showing us that he has what it takes to be Dunedin Casino's next Classic Champion, dismissing 12 other players to end the fastest turbo event so far.

XMAS CLASSIC REPECHAGE QUALIFIERS 2016

The top 20 players earned a direct seat in the Classic Grand final, playing for a $6142 Prize Pool. They will be joined by 10 more players to be determined in the Saturday Repêchage starting at 2pm.

The players who qualify for the Repechage are as follows:

Alex Maynard
Carsten Lux
Gary Tuhou
Jason Santos
Jesse Row
Aaron Mctainsh
Rayel Newman
Todd Wightman
Shane Hobbs
Gabriel Tan
Zane Lewis
Evalyn Leong
Lucas Taua-Fahey
Thomas Figure
Sam Hetchinson
Sam Chin
Bruce King
Mark Nafatali
Glenn Wallace
Kirby Mackay
Mark Buckingham
Luke Millington
Amin Osama
Jason Taylor
Matt Kelly
Kenny Potter
Adam Matahaere
Wiremu Miller
Michael Grant
Matt Lawry

Apologies to those with misspelled names, but it's likely we misread your scribbly writing.

If you see your name on this list, please contact us to confirm your seat.

No substitutions are permitted for this event and once there are 10 contestants remaining, the tournament will end.

Rounds: 15 min
Start Stack: $15k

Tumua Too Good

A shorter field of just 15 tonight with the top 3 being Sammy, Tumua and Sheldon.

Sammy goes all in blind with T,2 for less than BB and Sheldon calls with J,4.  Flop rolls Q-J-8.  Looking strong for Sheldon.  Turn is a T which helps Sammy, but unfortunately the river delivers an 8 giving Sheldon 2 pair, J's and 8's.

Final hand Tumua and Sheldon limp into the flop with the cards on the board being Q-9-3.  Both end up all in and Tumua flips over top pair, to Sheldon's middle pair.  Turn is a T, not looking good for Sheldon.  River puts out a 6 to give Tumua Q's and 6's and 1st place with Sheldon taking 2nd.

Radel Wins Everything

With many signing up days in advance, the Final Classic Qualifier amassed 31 entries and a monster prize pool of $2,838.  A couple of people busted out early and didn't stick around for add-ons, while the majority played it out and got as many chips as they could.  Tonight there were also knockout bounties worth 50 points for each scalp you get!

The final five this week were, Ross, Sheldon, Karl, Tumua and Jake.

In fifth was Sheldon who went head to head with Karl in a rollercoaster hand.  Sheldon had QhTh and Karl had AhKd.  The flop rolled out 4-2-5 (two hearts) turn came the 3 of hearts to give Sheldon his flush and Karl a straight.  River came 7h which gave Karl the Ace high flush and the knockout bonus.

Forth went to Jake who called Ross with J7 when he went all in with pocket 9's.  Board:  6-4-10-9-5. Set came on the turn for Ross, even though he didn't need it and Ross takes another knockout for the tournament.

Karl and Tumua were next to go head to head, Karl on AQ and Tumua holding JT.  Karl flopped a pair of Queens and Tumua hit his Jack on the turn.  Pair of queens held up when the river blanked.

Last two to play it out were Ross and Karl, and after a few folds they decided to get it all in.  Ross is holding KQ, while Karl has K8.  The flop looked good for Ross, 2-5-9. The turn was an 8 giving Ross just a Queen to win.  A duck on the river and Karl took the 1st + another knockout + top finisher on the leaderboard, automatically netting him $450 cash!

Well done Karl on dominating another knockout bonus tournament.

Deepstack Hyper Turbo no problem for $ugar_$hum

Two tables kicked off at 8pm and by 8:30pm we had 16 players in total.  4 players were felted in the the first half hour, but used their second chance to extend their tournament.  This gave us a prize pool of $340 for a cheap and fun 2 hour tournament.

And the winner of our third and final $20 Sit'n'Go for the week, none other than $ugar_$hum himself, well done.

We're going to take a few days off now, and we'll be resuming on Wednesday with the last Classic qualifier tournament, worth 50 bonus points for the top 10 players as well as a 50 point bounty on everyone's head.  It'll be the last chance to earn points for the year and the leaderboard will be published shortly after the tournament ends.

Good luck everyone.

Chad Tastes Victory

The second of our weekend Sit-n-go's gave Chad his much desired win and he was keen to get some photographic proof!

Chad is now holding a comfortable top 20 position on the Classic Leaderboard, and is looking forward to taking a shot at the $6k Classic Grand Final coming up in a few weeks.

All the best Chad and well done tonight.

Todd Tops the Turbo

This Thursday Turbo we had a total of 32 players with the top 5 being Danny, Todd, Ray, Jason and Charlotte.

First of the knockout hands saw Todd under the gun betting $20K only for Charlotte to push for around $55K.  Todd thinks for a few seconds and calls.  Charlotte rolls over pocket 5's and Todd shows pocket 9's.  Flop comes out 4,3,2, putting Todd ahead but giving Charlotte a straight draw.  Turn comes a 7, river a 3, no help to anyone and Todd's 9's hold up sending Charlotte out on 5th.

 Up next Danny with A,6 goes all in on the button for around $15K to be called by Ray on BB who has J,10.  The flop misses everyone leaving Danny ahead for a brief moment but then Ray has some luck and hits both live cards with runner runner T, J to win with two pair.


Next up Ray and Jason go all in, Ray with K,7 and Jason with K,10.  Flop is dealt out A,6,J, not helping Ray but giving Jason a gutshot draw.  Ray picks up a 7 on the turn and river is no help sending Jason home in 3rd position.


Last hand of the night Todd bets out $20K and Ray shoves only to be insta-called by Todd.  Ray's holding K,Q but Todd has A,8.  Flop comes out 3,7,A putting Todd firmly ahead.  Turn is a J giving Ray a gutshot, but the board holds with a rag river and Todd's Aces are good.

Congratulations Todd! And well done to everyone.

Will's Little Slick Hold's Up

Tonight we had a short field due to the big concert in town, the pot still made it just shy of $2200 and there were a couple of new faces.

Top four this week were, Brendan, Danny, Ross and Will.

The final hand of the night was between Will and Danny, holding little slick and dead man's hand respectively.  The board came 4-T-T-T-9 giving Danny kicker trouble and Will the win.

After a slow start to the season, Will is quickly catching up, but is it too little too late?  One more round to go, and with 50 bounty points on everyone's head, it's going to come right down to the wire.

Top Pair Takes It

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Thursday Turbo this week we had 34 players with a player busting out every 5 minutes!

The top 5 were Miles W, Tumua, Sheldon E, Justin D and Josh A.

First hand we had Miles who went all in blind for 2.5 BB with K,9 against Tumua with K,Q. Miles didn't get there though and got 5th place.

Next up Josh holding J,J and Sheldon with A,9 are all in. Flop comes 10 8 8. Turn is a 6, Sheldon now looking for a 7 for the gutshot. The river delivers a J, giving Josh a set and sending Sheldon out on 4th.

The next knockout hand Justin (J,9) and Tumua (K,Q) are in a hand together with flop being J 7 5. The turn rolls a Q causing Justin to go all in and getting called. A T on the river means Tumua wins with a pair of Q's and Justin gets 3rd place.

Final hand of the night Josh limps in and Tumua checks it. On the flop we get Q 7 A. Josh then pushes all in, Tumua takes his time with calling but does so in the end. Josh is holding Q,9 so he's hit his Q, but Tumua flips over A,3... Turn and river are 6,8, so Josh gets 2nd place and Tumua gets 1st, winning with a pair of A's. Well done guys!!

A Chip and a Chair

Tonight we had a total of 26 players and a prize pool of $2288.

There was a bit of a lull when we got down to seven players and nobody busted out for over an hour!

Final five this week were, Greg, Karl, Andrew, Ray and Ross.

Scotty was out in 5th place and although there was not paid out this week, the final five had agreed to pay out $25 each to the bubble. He went out after he found himself with a short stack and he had gone all-in blind with K,3. The community cards came 4 9 9 9 7 and Ray had a full house on the river when his seven hit.

Soon after, Ray and Andrew went head to head with A,7 and A,J. The board revealed 5 3 T, 6, 3. the Jack kicker played for Andrew and he sent Ray home.

Ross Called a push with J,rag from Andrew with 9,T of diamonds. The flop came two diamonds and also an open ender for Ross. The turn was nice enough to complete Ross' hand with another Diamond. The river not so kind... A 4th diamond came into play and Andrew's Jack just happened to be the Jack of diamonds. Next hand Ross was down to less than a BB and was forced all-in. The board had a four card straight on it and Ross managed to hit the seven, the bottom end of it... Sadly again for Ross this wasn't good enough and Andrew had the Queen high end. Bad luck Ross.

Final two were Andrew and Karl (who had made an impressive recovery from a single $5K chip) The two got it all in, Karl with A,5 spades vs Andrew with Q,T off. Community cards came K 3 J, 4, 4. Karl dodges the open ender on the flop and manages to take home 1st with his high Ace playing. Well done Karl, nice to see another winners pic!

The Masters Games 2016

The Masters Games are fast approaching, and if you’re interested in competing in poker or any of the games, the registration fee is currently just $65 until the end of November. If you want to play poker, the sport fee is $25 for three events, with an additional $20 buy-in for the Saturday event. The minimum age is 30 and the Poker events are on the 2nd, 5th and 6th of February. Good luck everyone.

Keep Your Eye on the Prize

Sure, the top 30 Dunedin Casino Poker players will be duking it out for a share of over $6,000, but we all know the real prize is the bracelet and the bragging rights that let's face it will last longer than the prize money.

Just a reminder, the top 20 players qualify for the Xmas Classic Final, and the next 30 players will have to battle it out for the remaining 10 seats.

Click on the Leaderboard link above for more details and your current position.  Only the top 150 names are published.

Chris On Form

Tonight's $10 tournament had 32 entries and a prize pool over $1000!

Final five were, Andrew, Chris, Gert, Hayden and Miles.

5th prize was Gert who was up against Chris. Gert had A,2 vs Shum's A,K. The flop came out 9 3 5 with two clubs, 4 of clubs on the turn and a 10 of clubs on the river. Chris had the Ace of clubs and took down the pot.

The next big clash was between Hayden and Andrew. Hayden went all in with J Q UTG and got called all-in for less by Andrew with A 8. Dealer flopped out 10 3 8, Ace on the turn pairing Andrew up. River came the King to fill in the gap on Hayden's straight, sending Andrew home.

Shum pushed all in on Miles' BB and with almost half his chips already in the pot he called with 10 3 vs Chris' Q Q. K 6 K 9 8 on the board and the Queens held up for Chris.

Some very strong heads up play tonight between Hayden and Chris. Hayden went all in on his BB and Shum could smell a weaker Queen then his and called Hayden and his Q 5 out with his vastly superior Q 6. the flop brought another 6 out along with a 3 and a 4, giving Hayden an open ender. The turn popped out a 9 and so did the river. No straight for Hades, bad luck mate.

Well done Chris!

Rayel for the Win

We had 25 players tonight in the weekly classic creating a total prize pool of $2134.  Final table also scored 100 bonus points this week.

Top 4 were, Danny, Rayel, Ray and Will.

Danny found himself severely short stacked and UTG and shipped it in the dark with 1/3rd BB.  After the flop, Rayel isolated it with A,Q (2 overs to the board).  Danny looked down and had 2 live cards, K,7.  Danny didn't hit on the turn or river but was happy with 4th.

Ray had a go at taking some blinds and went all in pre-flop with 7,5 and got called by Rayel with A,3 spades.  Flop came 4s,Js,3, turn a Q and river the 5s.  Ray was pleased to see his pair of 5’s on the river, until he realised that it made Rayel's Flush.  Ray went home with 3rd and a decent chunk of points for his first week back after a break.

Heads up was between Rayel and last week’s $10 turbo winner, Will.  They played out for around 20 minutes until the deciding hand.  Blinds were 5,000/10,000.  Will raised on the small blind and got a re-raise by Rayel to put him all in.  Will insta-called showing A,K with Rayel holding A,10.  The flop missed everyone, but the turn hit Rayel and he scooped the pot with a pair of Ts.

A nice result for Rayel after putting the table under a lot of pressure during final table.  Also kudos to Will for getting a 1st and a 2nd in back to back tournaments!