2009 PokerNews Cup Australia

$2,200 No Limit Holdem Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2009 PokerNews Cup Australia

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
45
Prize
250,000 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
2,000 AUD
Prize Pool
762,000 AUD
Entries
381
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Kings No Good For Savage - Twice!

Savage: king of bad beats
Savage: king of bad beats
Ben Savage has been eliminated after getting dealt pocket kings twice in a row and twice being beaten.

Savage raised preflop to 7,500 under the gun holding {K-Spades}{K-Clubs}, only to see Marwan Nassif reraise from the button to 22,000. Savage shoved all and and Nassif snap-called, rolling up {A-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}!

The board of {10-Spades}{3-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs} kept Nassif in the lead the whole way, doubling him up to 140,000 and leaving Savage with just 20,000.

In the very next hand, the action folded around to James Bernard who popped it up to 9,000 from the cutoff. Savage shoved all in from the big blind and Bernard made the call.

Savage: {K-Hearts}{K-Clubs}
Bernard: {K-Spades}{J-Clubs}

Savage was in good shape to recuperate those lost chips - that is, until the flop came down {Q-Hearts}{A-Clubs}{10-Hearts}, giving Bernard "Broadway"!

The turn and river bricked out {8-Hearts}{5-Spades}. Bernard now moves up to 240,000; Savage won't be wanting to see kings of any kind for a while now.

Tags: Ben SavageJames BernardMarwan Nassif