Back from the break and ready for more!
The antes now kick in, with blinds at 100/100 with a 25 ante.
Back from the break and ready for more!
The antes now kick in, with blinds at 100/100 with a 25 ante.
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Its the first break of the day in the Crown Poker Room.
The players will have 15 minutes to ready themselves for more action!
On a board, Dan Smith pushed out a 1,400-chip bet into a pot of roughly 2,000.
His lone opponent in the hand check-called from the small blind as the landed on the river and Smith continued for 2,500.
His opponent spent a little longer deliberating before making the call.
Smith tabled his to collect the pot and move to just under 18,000 in chips.
Julian "intimad8or32" Cohen has just been eliminated from today's tournament.
Left with only 300 chips, Cohen found himself all in holding against two players; one of which was Karib Karib.
The board of was checked down before Karib pushed out a bet on the river to force an insta-fold from his opponent. Karib tabled his for a flush to collect the pot and send Cohen to the rail.
The reason why Cohen was left with just 300 in chips? On a board, Cohen lead strongly with his flopped set of sevens only to have his opponent spike a two-outer set on the river with their .
Sitting at his table and fiddling with just 300 in chips, 2010 ANZPT Queenstown Main Event winner Julian Cohen's day was looking bleak.
"I'll see you tomorrow Tom," Cohen said across the table to fellow local player, Tom Wing.
"No doubt about it!", laughed Wing.
Alot of players will be thankful for the ability to buy-in on multiple day ones.
The pre-flop action was folded to Graeme Putt, who made it 550 to go. The New Zeland veteran, known as "KiwiG", managed a call from Tom Wing in the cut-off position and it would be two to the flop.
Flop:
With the flop came a bet of 750 from Putt. Wing made the call and we would see a turn.
The turn brought the and with it a couple of checks.
River:
Putt checked and sent the action to Wing who fired out 3,000.
Putt asked, "Ace-King or Ace-queen?", while studying his young opponent.
Wing gave nothing away and Putt eventually made the call.
Wing turned over and Putt immediately mucked. The young Aussie online player taking the pot and crippling the veteran.
Catching the action on a flop, Maria Ho fired out a roughly half-pot sized bet of 600 into two players.
Both her opponents made the call - one of which was local player Andrew Demetriou - as the landed on the turn and the action was checked to Demetriou in the hi-jack.
Pausing for a moment, Demetriou pushed out a bet of 1,400 which only Ho called as the on the river was checked by both players.
Demetriou tabled his , but it would be Ho's that would see her scoop the pot to move to roughly 15,500 in chips.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
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