Jason O'Brien seems to have it in for the Team PokerStars team. He recently eliminated PokerStars Team Online Pro Roy Bhasin and has now gone on to increase his chip stack even more, this time courtesy of Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang.
We arrived at the hand in question with a flop already out on the felt and with O'Brien and Huang committing 3,600 each. On the turn, Huang check-called a bet of 3,400 and a completed the board on the river.
Huang opted to again check-call, this time a bet of 4,200. When O'Brien tabled , that was enough to scoop up the pot and send Huang's chips in the opposite direction.
Luke Edwards is the latest player to be seen making his way to the rail. Edwards, who started Day 2b as one of the shortest stacks, will have to seek his third ANZPT final table appearance in another event.
Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang hasn't had a great start to Day 2b, losing a few more chips, this time to Corey Kempson. We arrived at the table with Kempson three-betting to 2,750 after Huang had opened to 1,200 from the cutoff. Huang went with the call and the dealer flipped over a flop.
Kempson led for 3,025 here and Huang made the call as a was flipped over on the turn. This time both players checked and a completed the board on the river. Kempson opted to lead again here, throwing out a bet of 5,600. Huang made the call and then immediately mucked when Kempson turned over .
Canadian online superstar Ami “UhhMee” Barer has just been bundled out of the Queenstown Snowfest in a dramatic hand against Yvo Molin.
We picked up the action on a flop of with Barer betting out 1,450 before Molin raised to 5,000. Barer made the call and the turn was the .
Barer checked and Molin immediately declared himself all in! It was a big overbet as Molin covered Barer who had about 29,000 behind. Barer put his headphones on before going deep into the think tank for a good five minutes before the clock was called.
Barer sighed, put his chips in one stack and slammed them into the middle with for top pair, but it was bad news as Molin showed him for top pair with a better kicker. Barer was already up on his feet as the fell on the river, with Barer making a hasty exit as Molin moves up to a healthy 70,000.
With the second level of Day 2b about to commence, the tournament staff are currently removing the 25-denomination chips from play. At the end of this level, the remaining players will head on a 10-minute break before partaking in the last level of their separate Day 2 flight.
When we arrived at Table 5, there was a flop out on the felt and it was a blind versus blind situation between John Shin and Kristian Lunardi. A check came from both players, with Lunardi in the small blind, and the dealer would flip over a on the turn.
Both players again checked here and a completed the board on the river. This time when Lunardi checked, Shin would bet 3,300 and Lunardi would call. Shin tabled his , with the rivered straight enough to take the pot off Lunardi.
When we arrived at Billy "The Croc" Argyros' table, he and Aaron Benton were already involved in a hand on the turn of a board. Both players checked here, with approximately 6,000 in the pot.
The completed the board on the river and Argyros bet 4,000. Benton made the call and then mucked when Argyros tabled . A few of the guys at the table started chatting here and apparently Argyros had checked the flop and the turn, hoping to sneak in a check-raise.
Michael Fadersen has spent much of the day with a fairly short stack, but has managed to improve immensely during the last half an hour. We recently watched Fadersen take down a handy small pot against Craig Blight.
The hand in question began when the action was folded to Blight in the small blind. He raised it up to 2,000 and Fadersen called out of the big blind. Both players then checked the [ 6h5dqs] flop and it was on to the turn. Blight led for 2,000 here and Fadersen called.
The on the river would see both players check. Blight's , for a pair of fives, was trumped by Fadersen's , for a pair of sixes, and the pot was sent to Fadersen.