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Ante is 500 and the blinds are up to 1500 and 3000


Un-official chip count:
Chris Cornell - 550k

Shannon Shorr - 230k
Eric Baldwin - 100k

Sebastian Riviere - 100k
Troy Otto - 70k

Diidn't catch Charles Flicker's figures, sorry.


Shuffle up and Deal!


3.40pm
Charles Flicker flies 'All-In' and Shannon Shorr calls him.

Charles has A 9 and Shannon has A K.
The flop: 8 J 3

Turn: 3
Shannon takes it all with a flush and sends Flicker packing.Charles Flicker finishes in 6th place with a $28,704 sweetener.




Charles' post-tournament interview.


And then there were 5.
3.42pm

Sebastian Riviere goes head to head with Troy Otto.
Riviere shows A 5 and Otto counters with A K.

Flop: 4 6 2
Turn: J

River: 7
Troy's doubled up and he could use the cash! Sebastian now finds himself in a fairly dangerous position.


3.50pm

Sebastian Riviere has been eliminated and I missed it. EURGH! sorry folks, nature called. He's finished 5th with $34,997 in his back pocket.



Sebastian getting interviewed by David.


4.00pm

Eric Baldwin (I'd forgotten he was here, he's been so quiet)looks like he's going to bust a move. WOAH! he's gone 'All-In' pre-flop, Chris Cornell folds, Shannon Shorr calls and Troy Otto folds.
Eric flips over A 8 and Shannon shows 2 2. Eric's chip count is 49k.

The flop: Q J 3.
Turn: A

Then the river: 6
Eric's doubled up on with a cheeky pair of Aces.




Troy getting some support from his Girlfriend.


4.20pm
Chris Cornell raises to 70k. It's down to Shannon Shorr...and he goes all in with 113k. Chris thinks, looks at his cards and then fold. Shannon scoops the pot.


4.33pm

Shannon Shorr's gone all in against Chris Cornell again - I think he likes it. Chris can't believe his eyes, he look at Shannon and then folds. Shannon wins a big pot again - nicely done.



Shannon restyling his stack


5.00 pmBreak for 60 min. Shannon Shorr and Chris Cornell look like chip leaders with Troy Otto at the bottom.


6.00pm

Clock's started.


6.11pm
Troy Otto goes 'All-In' pre-flop and Chris Cornell calls him.

Chris has A 3 and Troy has A Q.
Flop: 9 6 3

Turn: 2
River: K

Troy Otto has been eliminated and finishes 4th with $43,146. Not bad for a guy who was afraid of being ejected on Day 2 (see post).

6.20pm
Eric Baldwin goes 'All-In' pre-flop and Shannon Shorr calls him. Eric shows A K while Shannon has A 6

Flop: J 5 4
Turn: 7

River: Q Eric's doubled up nicely there.


6.35pm


Eric, Chris and Shannon left at the table


6.43pm


Shannon Shorr





Chris Cornell





Eric Baldwin


6.49pm
Shannon takes a substantial pot after the flop, Eric and Chris fold.


6.58pm

Again Shannon'sagression takes the pot after Eric folded.


6.59pm
Chris wins a small pot as Eric & Shannon fold.


7.05pm

Eric Baldwin goes 'All-In' pre-flop and Chris Cornell calls. Eric has A 5 and Chris has A 4
Flop: A 4 3

Turn: Q
River: Nothing (meaning I didn't catch it but it was obviously irrelevant)

Eric is done and finishes in 3rd place with a not-to-be-sniffed-at $57,528.00





Eric being interviewed by David.


7.15pm
Clock stopped. Short break before the final showdown Chris and Shannon

And in the background they're playing competitive backgammon -bizarre


7.50pm


Shannon waiting to start play



Chris waiting to start play




Chips on table...looks like Chris is 3/1 on Shannon.


7.55pm
We're still waiting for the prize money to arrive before play begins.

2nd place will get $75,265
1st place will get $148,614.

Once it arrive play will resume.


8.05pm
Play has started...

Chris has approx $790k

Shannon has approx $280k


8.25pm
Shannon raises to 60k and Chris calls after a long wait and takes with a pair of 3s


8.30pm

Chris & Shannon both stomp in:
The flop: 2 3 8

The turn: 4
The river: 9

Chris wins with a pair of 9s.


8.45pm
Ante is now 1000 and the blinds are 3000/6000


8.48

Chris raise 8k, Shannon goes 'All-In'. Chris calls, he can afford to.
Flop: 8 5 3

Turn: 6
River: 7.

Shannon doubles up....





9.04pm
Shannon goes 'All-In' pre-flop again - cheeky! Chris calls.

Shannon has A Q and Chris has A 4.
Flop: Q 2 3

Turn: 9
River: 9.

Shannon doubles up again. He has to be aggressive, but its a high-risk tactic.


9.20pm
THE FINAL HAND.

Pre-Flop Shannon Shorr wades in, Chris Cornell calls him.
Flop: Ad 9d 10d - Shannon goes 'All-In', again aggressive and Chris calls.

Shannon flips over a J Q and Chris has 5d 9c.
Turn: 8h

River is 6d
Chris wins with a flush.


CHRIS CORNELL and is the 2006 Partypoker Canadian Poker Champion

I will post more info and updates in the next day or so.....

Yipeeeee, we are online and will give you live information as it happens. (keep clicking refresh)


Live from the Party Poker Canadian Poker Championship 2006 in the Crown Ballroom at Atlantis Resort & Casino on Paradise Island in The Bahamas.


We are down to the final 9 Players


1. Eric Baldwin - 85,000
2. Glen Blankenship - 24,500

3. Chris Cornell - 357,600
4. Raymi Sanchez - 61,300

5. William Erickson - 24,500
6. Charles Flicker - 21,200

7. Shannon Shorr - 190,000
8. Sebastian Riviere - 84,300

9. Troy Otto - 166,200








12.00pm Clock is started. Level 11: Ante 300 Blinds are 1000-2000


12.25pm First Player out of the tournament is Glen Blankenship. Finishes in 9th place.
Glen went 'All-In' with A 3 and Chris Cornell chased him with K Q

The flop produced a K with no relief for Blankenship on either the turn or the river for Glen. Exits philosophically.


1.00pm The flop drops 7 4 6 and only 2 players in play, Shannon Shorr and Chris Cornell. Shannon re-raises, Chris thinks and then calls. The turn brings a 9. Shannon raises 40k, straight away Chris goes all in. Shannon thinks and thinks then folds. He has just lost a sizeable pot of 91k to Chris Cornell.


1.12pm
HUGE HAND ALERT

Flop is 10 8 3. Raymi Sanchez goes 'All-In' and Shannon Shorr calls him. Sanchez has K K and Shannon has A A
The turn delivers a hefty K, delivering Sanchez King trips. Everybody goes wild.....Shannon isn't happy..

Then the river...WOW! A and Shannon knocks out Sanchez with nut trips.
Raymi Sanchez is out and finishes 8th, collecting $19,176 in prize money.




Shannon Shorr can't believe how close that was.



Raymi Sanchez Eliminated


1.25pm Now on a 15 minute break.


1.40pm Clock started and now on level 12: Ante 400 and the Blinds are 1200-2400.


1.52pm

HUGE HAND ALERT!
Charles Flicker goes 'All-In' preflop. Everyone folds exept Shannon Shorr. Shannon calls. Cards are revealed and showing that Charles has 4 6 suited while Shannon has Q Q.

The flop.... 4 6 7 WOW, big cheer from the crowd. Charles has 2 pairs.
Turn is a K,

River's an A. Charles has doubled up.




2.10pm Shannon Shorr raises to 10k, Troy Otto re-raises and the pot is now 80K. Only person left is Chris Cornell and he goes 'All-In'. Shannon folds. Troy take a little time to think as this could put him out of the compitition. after at least 5 mins. He fold and is not best pleased as Chris snags the 80k pot.


2.15pm
Flop is 2 2 10 and the turn is 3, it is up to Shannon Shorr, (I tell you, he's the hardest working man out there today) the only other player with an interest being William Erickson. Shannon take a while to think then goes 'All-In'. William then folds and Shannon sneaks off with the pot.


2.29pm Troy Otto goes all in on the flop, Shannon Shorr thinks and then calls.

Troy has 5 8 (bigger balls than....) and Shannon has 3 6suited - wild cards. Nothing more plays so Troy wins with 8 high....


2.31pm Sebastian Riviere has just lost a substantial wad to Chris Cornell. Sebastian folded on the River - missed the details, sorry!





2.45pm
Huge Hand Alert

William Erickson goes all in with $17,300, feeling he needs to make a statement. Charles Flicker thinks....and thinks....and thinks..counts his chips then folds.
Chris Cornell calls him and displays Q 9 while William has A K.

The flop brings them both a pair with a 9 for Cornell and a K for Erickson.
The turn: a Q! Gives Chris 2 pairs. Down to the river: and a 4. William Erickson is out of the Canadian Poker Championship 2006. He finishes 7th with $23,970 in prize money.

3.08
Chris Cornell and Troy Otto each drop 7k on the bet. Flop comes and it is Q Q 2. Cornell then bets 30k and Troy Otto folds.


3.09pm

Shannon Shorr snaffles a nice pot out of Chris Cornell.


Now on a 15 min Break... by looking at the table the chip leaders appear to be Shannon Shorr and Chris Cornell. Just a guess but Charles Flicker seems to have the lowest chip count.

We at Bahamas Poker Blog have enjoyed our week so far. When a tournament starts, we like to pick a couple of players and have little side bets with each other as to which of our chosen competitors makes it further.
Believe it or not, in the Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure, Dave the Gooner picked Steve Paul-Ambrose, the eventual winner, on day 1. All my choices were out by day 2. Now you know that such selections are pure luck, so do I, but try telling him.

Jazz's big pick for this event is Troy Otto who's made it to the last 27 with a brash display of audatious talent. I went with David Matthew (for the highly scientific reason that I liked his T-shirt).
However, we were all rooting for Scott, a fellow blogger at DoubleAs, who was also here for the Pokerstarsin early January. We read his stuff regularly and were pleased to see him make the final 54, only to be disappointed when he dropped late in the afternoon.

We'll check back with a full report of Day 3 in a little while.








Play Party Poker Here

Table 1:
1. Matthew Novak

2. Peter Smith
3. Jeff Petronack

4. Dean Boutin
5. David Rogers

6. Kenneth Borror
7. William Erickson

8. Grant Lang
9. Tom Franklin


Table 2:

1. Francis Wisnewsei
2. Luciano Guistini

3. Vernon Kots
4. Mike Klein

5. Ray Fortifr
6. Trou Otto

7. Jennifer Dixon
8. Bob West

9. Charles Furey


Table 3:
1. Webber Kang

2. David Gallant
3. Glen Blankenship

4. Glen Coward
5. Richard Long

6. Shannon Shorr
7. Larry Nicholas

8. David Winters
9. Jeff Cheevers


Table 4:

1. Michael Hatch
2. Jason Poole

3. Andrew Baxter
4. Charles Flicker

5. Canh Phan
6. Kirk Bell

7. Chris Papulis
8. Yuri Kozinsky

9. Sebastian Riviere


Table 5:
1. Adrian Thomas

2. Chris Cornell
3. Glenn Magid

4. Steven Garrett
5. Landaver Lothar

6. Wayne Bourfreacex
7. Mark Parkinson

8. Chuck Winter
9.Keith Tilston


Table 6:

1. Joel Font
2. David Anderson

3. Eric Baldwin
4. Hoon Chun

5. Zak Gilbert
6. David Matthew

7. Daniel Elizondo
8. Raymi Sanchez

9. Jerry Timber


When we come back for Day 3, we'll show who's up and who's gone home.

At the start of Day 2, we're down to 54 competitors. This how they faced up at the get go


Day 1: Chip Leaders


1. Webber Kang - $58,525
2. Bob West - $53,250

3. David Matthew - $47,100
4. Raymi Sanchez - $39,700

5. Eric Baldwin - $36,900
6. Chris Cornell - $36,425

7. Kenneth Borror - $32,200
8. Chris Papulis - $29,425

9. Keith Tilson - $27,275
10. Landaver Lothar - $26,150


11. Shannon Snorr - $26,050

12. David Winters - $25,150
13. Vernon Kots - $24,675

14. Glen Blankenship - $24,025
15. Adrian Thomas - $23,000

16. Larry Nicholas - $22,400
17. Hoon Chun - $22,275

18. Sebastian Riviere - $21,575
19. Mark Parkinson - $21,175

20. Joel Font - $20,825


21. Daniel Elizondo - $20,250
22. Wayne Bourfreacex - $20,200

23. Charles Flicker - $19,400
24. Zak Gilbert - $19,225

25. Charles Furey - $18,150
26. Matthew Novak - $16,225

27. Jason Poole - $16,125
28. Yuriy Kozinsky - $15,925

29. Richard Long - $15,850
30. Jennifer Dixon - $15,575


31. Michael Hatch - $13,925

32. Canh Phan - $13,200
33. Grant Lang - $12,700

34. Tom Franklin - $12,525
35. Andrew Baxter - $12,150

36. Jeff Petronack - $12,150
37. David Anderson - $11,175

38. Jerry Timber - $11,000
39. David Gallant - $8,750

40. Ray Fortifr - $8,750


41. Steven Garrett - $8,675
42. Francis Wisntewsei - $8,350

43. Luciano Guistini - $8,150
44. Jeff Cheevers - $8,075

45. Chuck Winter - $6,750
46. David Rogers - $6,650

47. Peter Smyth - $6,500
48. Dean Boutin - $6,100

49. Glenn Magid - $5,650
50. William Erickson - $5,550


51. Kirk Bell - $5,400

52. Troy Otto - $4,925
53. Mike Klein - $3,825

54. Glen Coward - $1,575