Congratulations to our players who managed to earn a Wii console during our December Scavenger Hunt! We are currently finalizing cash and prizes, and hope to see the Wii winners getting in plenty of Super Mario Galaxy gameplay.
Royal187
Froliche1
radraymond
FrederickHendrick
ciorex
FatFranklin
BlackMastiff
BSWspiritus
Herakleios
ragujar
– Phil @ CarbonPoker
All our players did CarbonPoker proud at the 2008 Aussie Millions, but one too many bad beats and bluffs saw four eliminations too many. However, in the Turbo Hold’em Event, a ferocious lennie10 scored a fifth-place finish good for a $13,358 payday. Seen here enjoying a tasty Aussie meal after the Main Event, it was nothing compared to the smile he would have after the turbo cash!
The 253-player field was tough, and the $1,100 buy-in no chump change. lennie10 made the right plays at the right times during the turbo tournament – this means faster blind levels a strict thirty second time frame in which to act.
A great end result for lennie10, and all our players had a great time in Melbourne. The next stop for another CarbonPoker team in 2008? The World Series Main Event!
– Phil @ CarbonPoker
Over the past few months we’ve seen our players win entry to the biggest live tournaments through our satellites. This includes our recent Choose Your Own Seat series, and on Saturday we found yet another $12,500 winner!
99 players sat down, and one left with a live entry package. The online tournament lasted for over 3.5 hours, and eventually heads-up play began between MoosePuppyMN and vegasbound14.
Neither player picked up much of a hand, but vegasbound14 limped in to see the flop. The flop was huge – 3s Ad Ac, and MoosePuppyMN bet out with 4000 chips. vegasbound14 came over the top all in, and was called.
vegasbound14 isn’t heading to Vegas just yet – his bluff holding Kh 6s failed, with MoosePuppyNM holding 8c 3h for two pair.
We’ll be seeing MoosePuppyNM hitting the tables this year at a major event along with fellow CYOS winner and future WSOP entrant Josekk, and we will keep you posted on all our players globetrotting to play in the biggest tournaments of 2008.
– Phil @ CarbonPoker
Coming back from break, blinds are now at 800-1600 with 200 ante.
The average stack is 92,850 and Mike is sitting with approximately 100,000.
Professionals that Mike has outlasted:
John Juanda
Howard Lederer
Phil Ivey
Gus Hansen
Patrik Antonius
Eli Elezra
Brad Booth
Annette Obrestad
Joe Hachem
Grant Levy
Jimmy Fricke
Gavin Smith
Mike Sexton
Jennifer Harman
Chris Ferguson
Lee Nelson
Phil Laak
Good luck!
– Phil @ CarbonPoker
Level 8 has just started, with blinds at 600-1200 with 200 ante.
Before the break, Mike check-raised pocket Queens on the flop, going all in with the strength of his full boat. His opponent made the call, and Mike was certainly happy to see he held pocket fours.
It’s been a rollercoaster ride for the past couple of hours, but Mike is now at 120,000 chips, and the average stack is 78,000. The current chip leader, Con Angelakis, is holding 430,000. Nothing that Mike can’t catch with a few good hands!
Exactly 200 players now remain, which means almost half of the players will make the money. Given that Mike is well above average, things are certainly looking good for the young poker hotshot.
– Phil @ CarbonPoker
Michael Wang (miw210) has been absolutely tearing into his opponents at the table, and he has just crippled John Tabatabai, the runner-up in the 2007 WSOP Europe.
With blinds at 500-1000, Mike raised to 1500 under the gun, and was called by the small and big blind. The flop comes down Ah Ts 7h, and both blinds check. Mike bets 5000, Tabatabai in the small blind calls and the big blind folds.
The turn is the 9d, and Tabatabai checks. Mike continues the assault by betting 10,000 chips, and finds a call. The river is the 3c, and Tabatabai checks again. Mike fires 15,000, and Tabatabai takes several minutes before other players at the table call the clock on him. Reluctantly, he calls and Mike shows pocket Tens for a flopped set. Tabatabai mucks.
Mike rakes in a pot worth over 60,000 chips, and rockets to over double the average stack, which is 65,000. 240 players remain.
Keep it up Mike!
– Phil @ CarbonPoker
The first three Day 1 flights at the 2008 Aussie Millions have concluded, and 330 players from a 780 player field remain. At the start of Day 2, this included both bartyuk and miw210.
Yesterday, both pelicancruse and lennie10 took bad beats to be eliminated. Pelicancruse pushed all in in late position holding KK, and was amazingly called by two players holding Q6 and Q4. A Queen and six fell on the board to crack the Kings, and pelicancruse hit the rail.
lennie10 found himself in a pot with none other than Howard Lederer, and both re-raised preflop until lennie10 was all in with AK. Lederer was dominated, holding KQ, but sure enough a Queen came down to overcome lennie10 and bust him in a terrible beat.
Action began this morning with bartyuk very short-stacked, with only 5450 chips. miw210, however, was sitting pretty at 85,00, well above the 46,000 average stack.
Holding AQ, bartyuk easily called an all in push from an opponent in mid position. he had 44, and the board came down with a set of threes to give the opponent a boat. Bartyuk couldn’t pick up an Ace or Queen and was eliminated.
All our players performed extremely well in one of the biggest major tournaments in the world, with a field overflowing with professionals. And, we are still following Michael Wang, aka miw210, on his road to success throughout the day. Mike is currently 33rd in a field of over 300, an extremely strong position for cashing in this massive tournament. More to come!
– Phil @ CarbonPoker
Bartyuk: 4450
lennie10: 29,000
miw210: 46,000
pelicancruse: 27,000
Average stack 25,400
212 out of 270 players remain.
We’ve started Level 4 now and chip counts are still steady. bartyuk needs a bit of help from the deck, but it’s not lost yet.
miw210 picked up a hand holding pocket Nines. The flop came down 3 6 Q, and he bet out approximately 2000. The button calls, and we see the turn card, which is the valuable 9. miw210 slow-played his set by checking, and the button bets 2500. miw210 re-raises to 6000 and is called. The river was a blank, and out comes a bet of 10,000 from miw210. The button calls, and flips pockets Sixes for a flopped set, but miw210’s Nine on the utrn gave him a higher set and a huge pot!
