Manny Rodriguez Outplays Big Field In Event #5

Well known Melbourne cash game regular, Manny Rodriguez has taken down his biggest live MTT win with an outstanding effort to oulast 609 other hopefuls in the Vic Poker Champs Event #5, $550 NL Holdem tournament.

Manny Rodriguez ended up heads up with Paul Taylor, who had already made the final table of Event #3, The Terminator for a 4th place finish; but Rodriguez was victorious when his 8♦6♠ held of Taylor’s J♠5♣ on a 6♦J♥5♥6♣7♥ board.

Rodriguez picked up over $65,000 for the win.

Vic Champs ‘08 - Event #5 - $550 No Limit Holdem

• 1st $65,575 Manny Rodrigues Melbourne Australia
• 2nd $44,225 Paul Taylor Melbourne Australia
• 3rd $30,500 Colin Peckover Sunshine Coast Australia
• 4th $24,400 Garth Kay Melbourne Australia
• 5th $19,825 David Lovell Sydney Australia
• 6th $15,250 Marlon Goonawardana Melbourne Australia
• 7th $12,200 Bao-Tu Hoang Melbourne Australia
• 8th $9,150 Ismail Ismail Sydney Australia
• 9th $6,100 Scott Peel Melbourne Australia

Anthony Donjerkovic Claims Event #4

Melbourne poker player, Anthony Donjerkovic has claimed Event #4 at the Vic Poker Champs, the $240 NL Holdem with Rebuys; and in the process beaten out the other 121 entrants for the 1st prize of $20,000.

The 121 starters swelled the total prize pool to an astounding $71,300 with an extraordinary 471 rebuys.

Donjerkovic had previously run well at the 2006 Vic Poketr Champs cashing in Event #2, the $550 NL Holdem evenmt for $1,430 and 20th place; and in Event #5 $230 Limit Omaha HiLo for 5th place and$1,512.

Event 4 $240 NL Holdem with Rebuys

• 1st $20,000 Anthony Donjerkovic Melbourne Australia
• 2nd $13,333 Hui Mai Melbourne Australia
• 3rd $9,483 Jonathon Karamalakis Adelaide Australia
• 4th $7,166 Con Cotsomitis Melbourne Australia
• 5th $5,633 Jimmy Siu Melbourne Australia
• 6th $4,706 Andrew Demetriou Melbourne Australia
• 7th $3,920 Roy Vandersluis Sydney Australia
• 8th $3,137 Graeme Putt Melbourne Australia
• 9th $2,353 Kevin Khouiss Sydney Australia
• 10th $1,569 David Lim Melbourne Australia

Michael O’Brien Takes Terminator

Local Sydney poker player, Michael O’Brien has won Event 3, the $340 NL Holdem Terminator at the Vic Poker Champs.

O’Brien was always handily placed at the final table, sitting 3rd with chips as play got under way; and prevailing for a $15,000 collect over Melbourne poker player, Michale Triandafillou.

The results were as follows :

Event 3 $340 NL Holdem Terminator

• 1st $15,222 Michael O’Brien Melbourne Australia
• 2nd $10,380 Paul Triandafillou Melbourne Australia
• 3rd $7,612 Marlon Goonawardena Melbourne Australia
• 4th $6,228 Paul Taylor Melbourne Australia
• 5th $4,844 Peter Aristidou Melbourne Australia
• 6th $3,979 Damien Elsing Melbourne Australia
• 7th $3,114 Simon Cleal Melbourne Australia
• 8th $2,422 Timothy Clarke Melbourne Australia
• 9th $1,557 Stiven Strmecki Melbourne Australia
• 10th $1,038 Paul Pedersen Melbourne Australia

Ken Eastwood Takes Event 2

Event 2, the $340 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo tournament saw field of 98 take to the felt and at the end only Melbourne poker player, Ken Eastwood was still standing.

The Crown Poker regular has been uber-consistent at the regular Crown tourneys and is currenlty sitting 9th in the Crown Poker Player Of The Year standings, his best finish prior to yesterdays $8,465 payday had been a 5th place in Event 2 at the Joe Hachem Deepstack Series; the $240 NL Holdem event for a $5,200 collect.

The final results were as follows:

• 1st – Ken Eastwood $8,465
• 2nd – John Dalessandri $5,866
• 3rd – Joseph Cabret $4,380
• 4th – Con Tsapkounis $3,267
• 5th – Oliver Gill $2,367
• 6th – Sam Khouiss $1,782
• 7th – Tom Di Pasquale $1,485
• 8th – Rainer Quel $1,188
• 9th – John Homan $891

Final Table Decided For Terminator Event 3

The final table has been decided for Event 3, $340 NL Holdem Terminator; with New Zeleand poker player, Paul Taylor holding a commanding lead.

Paul, who won the 2006 Aussie Millions $560 NL Holdem Event 1 for a $62,250 collect; used his experince to run roit over the other players at the “final table bubble” and picked up nice collects knocking out Peter Raditsas and Brian Hull for 11th and 12th place finishes respectively.

The Terminator tournament is unique in that each player will receives a “Terminator” button at the start of the tournament. Once a player is eliminated they pass their original terminator button to the player who eliminates them, keeping any that they have accumulated during the tournament.

The “Terminator” buttons are redeemed for $100 each from the prizepool at the completion of the tournament.

The player to watch at the final table will be Peter Aristidou who is a Melbourne local and Crown Poker regular. He is currently sitting second in the Crown Poker Player Of The Year Standings and his best finsih so far this year was taking down the Event 4 at the Joe Hachem Deepstack Series in the $500 HORSE tournament for a $10,650 prize.

The final table play gets under way at 4:00pm Thursday 7th August.

Event 3 $340 NL Holdem Terminator Final Table

• Seat 1: Stiven Strmecki 67,000 (5 “Terminators”)
• Seat 2: Peter Aristidou 124,000 (7 “Terminators”)
• Seat 3: Tim Clarke 36,000 (3 “Terminators”)
• Seat 4: Paul Triandafillou 156,000 (5 “Terminators”)
• Seat 5: Paul Pedersen 55,000 (3 “Terminators”)
• Seat 6: Marlon Goonawardana 77,500 (9 “Terminators”)
• Seat 7: Paul Taylor 286,000 (5 “Terminators”)
• Seat 8: Damien Elsing 242,000 (8 “Terminators”)
• Seat 9: Michael Obrien 160,500 (6 “Terminators”)
• Seat 10: Simon Cleal 180,000 (6 “Terminators”)

Brendan Edmonds Wins Crazy Pineapple

Brendan Edmonds has won the $100 Crazy Pinapple tournament at the 2008 Vic Poker Champs beating out 75 other hopefuls in the process.

His win earned him $2,262 and backs up his 28th finish in Event 1, the $230 NL Holdem event; which earned him $658.

The Sydney poker player has now competed 5 tournaments at Crown and made the money on every occassion, his best result coming from an 8th placed finish at the 2008 Melbourne Poker Champs $1100 NL Main Event which netted him a 15,030 collect.

Here is the final results :

• 1st $2,262 Brendan Edmonds Sydney Australia
• 2nd $1,421 Sean Dunwoodie Kawana Australia
• 3rd $775 Rowan Barrat Melbourne Australia
• 4th $581 Marwan Nassif Melbourne Australia
• 5th $452 Nina Gojak Gold Coast Australia
• 6th $388 Chris Housser Ontario Canada
• 7th $323 Vanessa Butterworth Melbourne Australia
• 8th $258 Bradley Gauci Melbourne Australia

Callum Ford Wins Vic Poker Champ Event 1

Sydney poker player, Callum Ford has won event 1 of the 2008 Vic Poker Champs taking down a $17,000 first prize and beating out 410 other hopefules in the $230 NL Holdem event.

The first placegetters looked like this :

• 1st $17,260 Callum Ford Sydney Australia
• 2nd $11,919 Ryan Mckay Sydney Australia
• 3rd $8,220 Milan Gurung Melbourne Australia
• 4th $6,576 Matthew Hawker Melbourne Australia
• 5th $5,138 Tola Chim Melbourne Australia
• 6th $4,110 Scott Reddie Melbourne Australia
• 7th $3,288 Danny Mountt Melbourne Australia
• 8th $2,466 Michael Christodoulou Melbourne Australia
• 9th $1,850 David Lovell Sydney Australia
• 10th $1,233 Alan Xerri Melbourne Australia

2008 Vic Poker Champs Kick Off At Crown

One of australian poker ’s biggest events of the year has kicked off at Crown Poker, The 2008 Victorian Poker Championships.

With thirteen official Championship events on offer, culminating in the three day $2,700 No Limit Holdem Main Event, plus feature events including Mixed Games, $100,000K Challenge, Camp Quality Poker Cup and Ladies Night, this year’s Championship is not to be missed.

Listed below is the fulls schedule for the 2008 Vic Poker Champs :

2008 Victorian Poker Championship

• Sat 2 Aug 12:30pm Victorian Poker Championship Step 2 Satellite (20 Seat Guarantee) $300 (270+30)
  7:10pm High Stakes Holdem Satellite $1,100 (1,000+100)
• Sun 3 Aug 12:10pm 1 No Limit Holdem - (2 Day event) $230 (200+30)
• Mon 4 Aug 10:10am Crazy Pineapple $100 (85+15)
  2:10pm Main Event Satellite $70 (55+15) / $50 (45+5) Rebuys
  4.00pm Final Table - Event 1
  7:10pm 2 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo $340 (300+40)
• Tue 5 Aug 10:10am Pot Limit Omaha $100 (85+15)
  2:10pm Main Event Satellite $70 (55+15) / $50 (45+5) Rebuys
  7:10pm 3 No Limit Holdem Terminator $340 (300+40)
• Wed 6 Aug 10:10am Limit 7 Card Stud $100 (85+15)
  2:10pm Main Event Satellite $70 (55+15) / $50 (45+5) Rebuys
  7:10pm 4 No Limit Holdem - Rebuy Tournament $240 (200+40) / $100 Rebuys
• Thu 7 Aug 10:10am Razz $100 (85+15)
  2:10pm Main Event Satellite $70 (55+15) / $50 (45+5) Rebuys
  7:10pm 5 No Limit Holdem $250,000 Guarantee - Day 1 Flight 1 $550 (500+50)
• Fri 8 Aug 12:30pm No Limit Holdem $250,000 Guarantee - Day 1 Flight 2 $550 (500+50)
  6.10pm State of Origin Feature Event $3,000 per team
• Sat 9 Aug 12:30pm No Limit Holdem $250,000 Guarantee - Day 1 Flight 3 (Repechage) $550 (500+50)
  7:10pm High Stakes Holdem Satellite $1,100 (100+100)
• Sun 10 Aug 12:30pm No Limit Holdem $250,000 Guarantee - Day 2
  4:10pm Main Event Satellite $300 (270+30)
  7:10pm 6 PokerPro Mega Stack No Limit Holdem $220 (200+20)
  8:10pm $100,000 Challenge - 10 Players Winner Take All $10,200 (10,000+200)
• Mon 11 Aug 12:30pm 7 H.O.R.S.E. $1,100 (1,000+100)
  4:10pm Main Event Step 1 Satellite (100 Player Max) $75 (60+15)
  7:10pm 8 Camp Quality Charity Poker Cup $340 (300+40)
• Tue 12 Aug 12:30pm 9 No Limit Holdem 6 Handed $1,100 (1,000+100)
  4:10pm Main Event Step 1 Satellite (100 Player Max) $75 (60+15)
  6.10pm Ladies Night No Limit Holdem $100 (80+20)
  7:10pm Main Event Step 2 Satellite $300 (270+30)
• Wed 13 Aug 12:30pm 10 Pot Limit Omaha $5,200 (5,000+200)
  4.00pm Final Table - Event 9
  4:10pm Main Event Step 1 Satellite (100 Player Max) $75 (60+15)
  7:10pm 11 Teams Event No Limit Holdem $550 (500+50)
• Thu 14 Aug 12:30pm 12 High Stakes Holdem $10,200 (10,000+200)
  2:10pm Main Event Step 1 Satellite (100 Player Max) $75 (60+15)
  7.10pm Main Event Step 2 Satellite $300 (270+30)
• Fri 15 Aug 12:30pm 13 Main Event Day 1 Flight 1 $2,700 (2,500+200)
  4:10pm Last Chance Main Event Satellite $300 (270+30)
• Sat 16 Aug 12:30pm Main Event Day 1 Flight 2 $2,700 (2,500+200)
  4:10pm Aussie Millions Phase 2 Satellite $250 (230+20)
• Sun 17 Aug 12:10pm Main Event Day 2
  12:30pm Aussie Millions Phase 2 Satellite $250 (230+20)
  4:10pm Aussie Millions Phase 3 Satellite $1,150 (1,050+100)

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