Coreys Cube Conquest

Eighteen players took the opportunity  to flee holiday festivities and attempt to take down the $50 cubed tournament tonight. Rebuys took the prize pool over the $2000 mark with a tasty $1030 in the champions purse.

Corey dominated the early going , bringing a formidable stack to the final table and continuing that dominance almost immediately with a double knockout when his pocket AA stood strong against Gary's QQ and Carl's JT of spades.

Danny was out in 7th and Charlotte followed in 6th when her A9 of spades was no match for the power of Corey's KQ offsuit, which made a full house. Nor was Josh's Aj offsuit, falling to Corey's 77. Corey again making a full house and again picking up the knockout.

Ross was today's bubble when his A5 offsuit failed to overtake Chris and his AK.

Chris himself was all-in facing a big ace when his KJ ran into AQ. A flop of T92 brought some hope with any picture card being enough to get the double up. Alas a 7 and a 3 was not going to do it and Chris was out in 3rd pocketing just over $400.

Heads up was Tumua and Corey. Tumua was certainly up against it with Corey having most of the chips and seemingly all the cards. Things had to come to a head and Tumua soon found himself all in and dominated with 63 and Corey with K6. A board of 2J24J was no help and Corey's K high enough to take down the comp.

A thoroughly convincing and comprehensive victory for Corey tonight. Well done.

Cube Winner has the Edge

Another exciting night of poker here at Dunedin Casino with our 3rd No Limit Hold'em $50 Cubed Tournament.  Limited to only 20 players we had 19 entries with most players take advantage of their 2 rebuy/addons.

Tonight's total prize pool came to $2565 which included a whopping 38 rebuy/addons.  Once again 1st prize was well over $1000 and the tournament paying to 4th place.

1st $1155
2nd $720
3rd $435
4th $255

With the new cubed format a few players chose not to use their final rebuy/addon just before the break but choosing to bust out then re-enter, allowing them to rebuy and addon instantly.

Down to the last table and our bubble tonight went to Chris who lost to Garry with A8, Chris with AK, flop comes 8-2-6, turn's a J and river's a 2, leaving Chris out of the money this week.

Next to go was Greg who battled his way back from under 5K to double a few times as well as steal a few blinds but was stopped by Garry again who had AQ.  Greg with KQ and the flop comes 5-7-2, turn's a 6 and river's a 4 making Garry's A good and Greg bows out in 4th winning $255.

Final 3 and Danny with T7 sees the flop with Alex holding 63.  Flop comes 8-3-T, which was enough for Danny to push all in.  Alex calls and the turn comes and its a 6!  Then the river's a 2, Alex knocking Danny out with 2 pair.  Danny taking away $435 for 3rd place.

Heads up and Alex has a slight chip advantage of around 30K. 

Final hand and Alex pushes all in with A3 and Garry calls with K7.  Flop comes 7-A-8, turn's a 5 and river's an 8 giving Alex 'Dead man's hand' and the win.  Garry out in 2nd taking away $720 and Alex taking away 1st prize of $1155.

Brilliant night of poker with Alex playing his last tournament here, making the move to Auckland in the next few weeks.  One of our regular players, we all wish Alex the best of luck for 2018!

No Rebuys, No Addons, No Problem!

What a night of poker, with the prize money to go with it!

Tonight's $50 Cubed No Limit Holdem Tournament was action packed right from the start, all 20 seats available were filled right away and we had a further 3 people on the waiting list ready to go once someone busted out.

All together tonight we had 23 buy ins, with a further 38 addons and rebuys to add.  This made a total prize pool of $2745 paid between 4 players.

1st  $1235
2nd $770
3rd $465
4th $275

Down to the final table and we had Justin as our bubble tonight, out in 5th place after a massive chip advantage just after the final table formed.

In the money Andrew pushed all in with A 8 up against Liam with K Q, flop comes 2 5 J, turns a 9 and the river a 10 giving Liam his nut straight and knocking Andrew out in 4th place.  Andrew taking away $275 for his effort.

Last 3 and Dean shoves with K J, Liam again calls with pocket 5s, flop comes 7 10 7, turns an A and river a 6 making Liam's 5s good enough and taking another monster pot and knocking Dean out in 3rd.  Dean taking away $465 for his efforts.

Final 2 and we had Kirby and Liam battling for the top prize,  Kirby down to only 34K, 20% of Liams huge stack pushes all in with K 2, Liam calls with A 4, flop comes 3 3 7, turns a 2 and river a Q making Kirby's 2 good for the pot and she doubles up.

Next hand again Kirby doubles up again with 10, 10 up against Liam with K 4, flop comes 3 8 A, turns a 5 and river a J, this hand almost evening things up against the 2.

Final hand and Kirby pushes all in with A 5 up against Liam with A K, flop came A J K, turns a 10 and river a 2, Unfortunately Kirby's amazing come back was cut short with Liam hitting 2 pair and 1st prize.  Kirby taking away $770 for 2nd prize and Liam taking away a massive $1235 for 1st prize. 

With only a $50 buy in and choosing not to use his rebuy or addon, this was a great effort to still take out the tourney.

Be sure to be in early to sign up next week to gurantee your seat in the Dunedin Casino $50 Cubed No Limit Holdem Tournament.

$50 CUBED UPDATE

There's always a bit of trepidation when trying a new format and last Wednesday was no different.  While overall we felt that the format worked, there were some things that we wanted to improve, and this week the following changes will be implemented.  We hope these changes improve gameplay while still retaining the essence of the Cube format.  Good luck!

1. Rebuys are now rebuys.

Last week we allowed all stacks to be purchased at any time.  We believe this slowed the action down and took a bit of pressure off some players.  This week, all rebuys will have to comply with the restriction that you have less than or equal to the starting stack of 5,000.  You will still be able to use your addon as a rebuy if you lose your first rebuy, but you will have to 5,000 or less.

2. No forfeit, but one last hand before the break.

You aren't guaranteed to keep your seat if you bust out, so offering "forfeit" would be only be useful to those not following the clock.  The old fashioned method if you were running low on chips would be to keep an eye on the time and deliberately (but legally) dump your remaining stack before the break, but we know how difficult that can be sometimes so this week we're going to give you an extra hand at the end of the level prior to the break for those who need the option. 

Just to be clear, if there is a waiting list and you bust out before the break, your seat will go to someone on the list.  You will however be offered a space on the list and be guaranteed a seat after the break as they becomes available.

Also remember that if you are All-in and you are called and there is no further action, you cannot muck and you will be in contention to win the pot.

3. 10 second shot clock.

We're going to start pushing the 10 second shot clock now just to keep everyone on their toes!  Prior to the break it is to everyone's benefit that we get as many hands in as possible, so get ready for some fast thinking action!

To manage this, the Dealer will count down from 10 in their head and from 3 out loud and once reaching zero will announce "Time".  Your hand will be at risk if you do not act in time!

Exciting Start to $50 Cubed No Limit Hold'em Tournament

Tonight we had our first No Limit Hold'em $50 Cubed Tournament.  5000 chip starting stacks limited to 20 players max and only 1 rebuy and just 1 addon available per player.

17 players started straight away tonight with the new structure, and with 21 Rebuys and Addons, all together tonight's total prize pool was $1,710.

$855 for 1st
$515 for 2nd
$340 for 3rd.

Unlike the Terminator Bounty Tournaments the action was more conservative with the limited rebuy and addon's on offer.

Final table and the bubble went to new comer Tristian who shoved all in and got 2 callers.  Unfortunately for him the flop came 2 3 3 turns another 3 and river a 9, Ross show's his A high and Tristian mucks and finishes in 4th place.

Next to go was Rayel who was short stacked and shoves with KT, Alex calls with 62, flop comes 3-6-A, turns another 6 and the river a K - Rayel out in 3rd place but taking away $340 for his efforts.

Heads up and it was over pretty quick, Alex with sizable chip advantage and blinds up to 8K 16K, Ross finally gets a hand and pushes all in with A6, Alex calls with Q2.  Flop comes A-K-6 all clubs, turn a 7c and the river a deuce.  Alex's Qc good enough for a flush and our 1st Cubed winner taking away $855 for 1st place.  Ross again in the money taking away $515 for 2nd.

A fantastic start to our Decembers Cubed Tournament giving our Terminator Bounty Tournament a break over the quieter holiday period.