Joseph Vinecombe started the final table with a narrow chip lead and finished with victory and a first prize of more than $40,000 as the inaugural Poker Zone Cup Main Event champion at Adelaide Casino.
Vinecombe defeated Lenny Graziano heads-up after a see-sawing day in which the chip lead changed hands on several occasions. The chip count started like this:
Joseph Vinecombe 812,000
Bunteon Bok 749,000
Peter Lay 715,000
Josh Barrett 685,000
Carmelo Graziano 619,000
Adam Cusenza 609,000
Jarrod Glennon 309,000
Matt Burton-Clay 93,000
Mark Griffiths 84,000
Glennon and Griffiths were KOed on the same hand by Josh Barrett before Bunteon Bok bowed out seventh after his pocket aces were crippled by Peter Lay’s set of kings.
Matt Burton-Clay finished sixth, Adam Cusenza also fell to Barrett then Peter Lay jammed his K-Q into the pocket kings of Lenny Graziano to place fourth. Vinecombe reclaimed the chip lead after dispatching Barrett in third, and rode his stack to victory over Graziano.
Poker Zone Cup $1100 Main Event results (158 players; 20 players paid; total prizepool $157,210)
1 Joseph Vinecombe $40,880
2 Carmelo Graziano $23,180
3 Josh Barrett $15,320
4 Peter Lay $12,180
5 Adam Cusenza $9820
6 Matt Burton-Clay $7460
7 Bunteon Bok $5900
8 Jarrod Glennon $4710
9 Mark Griffiths $3930
10 Pheap Chea $3930
11 Vince Moro $3930
12 Mishel Anunu $3930
13 Stevan Lackovic $3150
14 James Redmond $3150
15 Jan Djemal $3150
16 Patrick Healey $3150
17 Fred Chaptini $2360
18 Mikel Habb $2360
19 Rick Kroesen $2360
20 Sandy Retallick $2360
Poker Zone Cup event 4: $50 Pot Limit Omaha w/ $30 rebuys & single/double add-ons
Unlimited $30 rebuys during the first three levels helped bolster the prizepool beyond $10,000 in the $50 PLO event, which drew a field of 52 players. Melbourne’s Milan Gurung emerged victorious, taking home more than $4000.
Milan Gurung $4110
Craig Ruehland $2375
Phil Sutherland $1620
Andrew Dales $1190
Chris Wookey $870
Ryan Boswell $650
Poker Zone Cup event 5: $235 NLHE Terminator ($50 bounty on each player)
Former Adelaide Crows, now Norwood, footballer Luke Jericho was the last man standing in the $235 buy-in NLH Terminator, collecting five bounties along the way.
Luke Jericho $4450
Andrew Michael $2430
Mick Rawlings $1620
Russ Learmonth $1210
William Skountzos $950
Michelle McShane $810
Lindsay Thompson $670
Grant Middleton $540
Johnnie Dichiera $410
Omid Samimi $410
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