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25.10.11
Steve Baker Wins ShaneWarne.com Super Stack
The Crown Poker Room was abuzz with activity this weekend as the spin king himself played host to the inaugural ShaneWarne.com Super Stack event with Steve Baker emerging victorious to grab the $35,000 first place prize.
To get there, Baker had to overcome a field of 606 entries which is an excellent turnout for a $300 event. Players enjoyed the generous 30,000-chip start bank and plenty of game time that saw the field reduced to 138 after the first day of play. Shane Warne was among the chip leaders late in the day before crashing and burning, with Ben Pockett leading the way.
Only the top 54 players would finish in the money, so there were a few nervous moments around the bubble, but the rapid eliminations throughout the day saw the final table reached by the dinner break. Some of the notable players to reach the final few tables included Nick Porta, Andrew Watson and Andrew Demetriou.
Steve Baker carried the chip lead into the final table, but the rapidly rising blinds and antes soon shook things up.
Chris Whitmee and Alex Ung were first to go in a double KO as they ran into Canaan Johnson’s pocket kings, before Jeffrey Harris launched his pocket tens into the set of eights held by Katrina King.
Day one chip leader Ben Pockett fell in for 7th place when his pocket queens were cracked by the king-jack of John Tuckman, before Crown regular Petar Vujic bowed out in 6th place.
When Katrina King ended John Tuckman’s run in 5th place, King and Canaan Johnson held the majority of chips in play but with the blinds so large, the swings were keeping everyone in the game.
Janine Atkinson fell in 4th place before the remaining three players settled on a deal to divide up the prize money and duke it out for the title. That of course encourage the action, with Katrina King quick to fall in 3rd place, before the final hand of the event saw Canaan Johnson move all in preflop with ten-eight and Steve Baker made the call with king-jack. The board bricked out to secure Baker a tremendous victory!
1st Steve Baker - $35,000
2nd Canaan Johnson - $22,555
3rd Katrina King - $14,200
4th Janine Atkinson - $11,010
5th John Tuckman - $9,440
6th Petar Vujic - $7,865
7th Ben Pockett - $6,290
8th Jeffrey Harris - $4,720
9th Chris Whitmee - $3,150
10th Alex Ung - $1,890
For all the live coverage of the event visit Poker Media Australia
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